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Does changing text content on a site affects seo?
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HI,
i have changed some h1 and h2 , changed and added paragraphs,fixed plagiarism,grammar and added some pics with alt text,
I have just done it today,
I am ranking on second page
QUESTION-1 is it gonna affect my 2 months SEO efforts?
QUESTION -2 Do I have to submit sitemap to google again?
QUESTION-3 does changing content on the site frequently hurts SEO?
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Structure like a theme dont change the content, so yes you can safely change that. The URL's will remain the same as well so that shoud'nt cause an issue at all.
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thanks jeroen for clearing things up.i really appreciate your help
and if i change my websites theme, lets say its a primer theme from wordpress and i want to choose theme from themeforest , is that gonna change the structure.
can u explain other than adding a page what else will count as changing structure.?
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No that's content. Adding a page is extending your site structure.
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any reference link you can share, because i dont see my answers cleared up.
what do u mean by site structure , lets say if i add pictures or videos, is that structure change?
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1: If done right and google picks it up as it should you should see some gains for just updating your website.
2: you only have to submit a sitemap if you made physical changes to your website structure and pages, meaning that if you have'nt changed any of that you dont need to. A sitemap is just an index on how your website related to pages looks like.
3: See answer one.
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