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One of the most important factors Google takes into account when determining search rank is the usefulness of a website’s content to users. In order for users to find a website helpful, it must be navigable and accessible. Sometimes WordPress can be difficult to optimize for UX, but there are several plugins content creators can download to provide a better user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I read a SEMrush blog post<\/a> recommending six plugins for users to improve the UX of their sites. Here are the three I found most useful for the purposes of this class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content Aware Sidebars <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content Aware Sidebars is a plugin that allows content creators to customize what the sidebar looks like depending on what content a user is currently using. According to SEMrush, the sidebars can be extended or altered depending on what content a user is looking at. This makes a website much more quickly navigable for users and individualized for each user. This means content is much more useful and efficient for users which might help your website get boosted in the SERP by Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WP AI Assistant <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Word Press’s AI Assistant plug in can help reduce the bounce rate of a webpage. SEMrush suggests that oftentimes when a user cannot find what they need from a site, they just leave the page or the site altogether. WP AI Assistant helps users find what they are looking for so that they do not “bounce” off the site. The plugin asks the user a few questions and then suggests content according to their answers. This plugin is $25, so you would want to talk to your client and consider your budget before adding it to a site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SumoMe Content Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This plugin provides a heat map to content creators that shows them the number of users that reach certain page depths on a webpage. This can be helpful to admins because it could reveal places on a webpage that are potentially causing users to “bounce” from the page. Admins can then change these portions of a page to make them more useful to users and in turn improve their SERP ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s important to consider UX when designing a webpage. UX not only impacts your target audience, it also helps Google determine a website’s ranking. To increase website traffic, content creators should be sure to stay aware of their users’ experiences on their site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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