Is Elementor Bad For SEO? | Using Page Builders For WordPress??

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Friends it's time to discuss!!!!

I quote this words from a latest article from a reliable web source.

The downsides of Elementor for SEO
Page builders offer WordPress users more of a Wix or Squarespace visual builder style of interface. The downside of this type of builder is that it creates more bloat and unnecessary code in the html portion of the site’s pages. Quite often themes and plugins are already doing this, so its just adding more weight to the website. It’s really a trade off, ease of use over page speed and quality of page markup.

Organic rankings for search are very much dependant on your competitors, if you are competing against very fast sites with well formatted code then you may struggle to climb the rankings. Even if your content is very good, it may lose out on other factors. If you are relying on mobile page speed or using markup like rich snippets to stand out then Elementor is not really the right choice.

One real downside of page builders is not inherently the fault of them, it is the human element. They make it incredibly easy to add rich media content to websites. But without an understanding of page speed optimisation you can easily end up with slow and unresponsive pages that will not rank well or be a nice experience for anyone using the website. So if you plan on using a page builder, make sure you do a bit of research on optimising images to the right size and format. This is particularly important for video, due to the larger file sizes.

The benefits of using Elementor or page builders
Page builders like Elementor, WP Bakery and Divi Builder are great for allowing non-technical people to create great looking pages with quite complex functionality like forms, animated graphics and video embedding. They even allow the concept of global reusable elements like headers and footers as well as page templates.

For people who would otherwise not be adding extra content to their website if it weren’t for the convenience of Elementor, then it’s really just a no-brainer to use it. Having more content on the site, even if it is not formatted correctly is better than no content at all. I am guilty of occasionally using page builders when SEO is not the main focus and regular content is required.

Bounce rate plays a big part in SEO and there is no secret that dynamic and engaging pages keep people on your website for longer. Plus you can still use tools like Yoast SEO alongside page builders, although it is not fully integrated, you can still use all the guidance to make your posts and pages rank better.

So should I use Elementor?
Personally I would say, if you are a business looking to competitively compete in organic search then you are better off having a more lightweight and flexible approach to the build of your pages.

But if you are on a tight budget and just want to make your content look nice with very little money and effort then Elementor is a good choice. One caveat I would say, is that it is quite time consuming to go back and rebuild pages in something else once they have been built in a specific page builder.
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I've checked this on search because I've checked my already created website home page with elementor html code.... ooh it's a really seems like a shit load.

Do I need to use this?? I'm still thinking. Need your ideas about this, with experience.


Thank you so much.
 
I'm a noob that uses Elementor, did not know that it negatively effects SEO :(
 
Elementor makes site speed over Wp Bakery, and many themes even give you the option to make it without using page builder. So it’s always about testing what works best for you
 
The downside of this type of builder is that it creates more bloat and unnecessary code in the html portion of the site’s pages.
This is the reason more and more people use oxygen pro, it only loads the necessary stuff. Unfortunately its not free...
 
Elementor makes site speed over Wp Bakery, and many themes even give you the option to make it without using page builder. So it’s always about testing what works best for you
What about it creating more bloat and unnecessary code in the html portion? I just checked my html code after creating it feels like shit. Not looking as normal code. Looks likes wix shit.

It doesn't
It does. Read before answer.
 
Use WPRocket to get back the speed that you lost to elementor

Mmmmm. From using that way we can fix the site speed. Thank you for that idea. But I do not like the those unnecessary html codes(looks like wix shit) in the background when using these page builders. So I think I'm gonna use normal process.
 
Mmmmm. From using that way we can fix the site speed. Thank you for that idea. But I do not like the those unnecessary html codes(looks like wix shit) in the background when using these page builders. So I think I'm gonna use normal process.
I am quite sure Google ignores designer code and tags when assessing a site to rank, page speed definitely is a factor as Google thinks from the perspective of web user and not from SEO perspective. More than design Google may give weightage to useability of site navigation etc.
 
I don't like page builder. They make your site slow and clutter.

You should learn CSS, and design your own page by edit CSS.
 
Elementor doesn't effect SEO
Wrong!!
elementor effect seo.
Elementor outputs more code per page than a typical page built with the WordPress Editor. This extra code increases the page size and decreases the page speed. So Elementor does have some effect on SEO because page speed is considered to be one of the ranking factors of Search Engines.

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So, the page built without Elementor scored a grade of A(91) and took 257 milliseconds to load on an average.

While the page built with Elementor scored a grade of B(85) and took 413 milliseconds to load on an average.

That means, the page built with Elementor took 156 milliseconds more to load. That’s a decrease of 60.7% in page speed.

Also, Elementor increased the page size from 111.1 KB to 291.7 KB, which is an increase of 180.6 KB. In other words, Elementor increased the page size by 262.5%.

As you can see, a page built with Elementor will take more time to load than a page created with the core WordPress editor.

And the difference in speed and page size is notable.

So Elementor will definitely affect SEO to an extent where page speed is concerned.

Now, do keep in mind that the page I tested had only one Elementor widget on it. If you build a page with more Elementor widgets, then you might see an even bigger difference in page speed and size.


PAGE SPEED = RANKING FACTOR = ELEMTRO affect seo if we are not using any speed optimization plugins. Hope you understand


you can easily make a site fast while still using a page builder plugin.

Correct. Using page speed up plugins!
 
Wrong!!
elementor effect seo.
Elementor outputs more code per page than a typical page built with the WordPress Editor. This extra code increases the page size and decreases the page speed. So Elementor does have some effect on SEO because page speed is considered to be one of the ranking factors of Search Engines.

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So, the page built without Elementor scored a grade of A(91) and took 257 milliseconds to load on an average.

While the page built with Elementor scored a grade of B(85) and took 413 milliseconds to load on an average.

That means, the page built with Elementor took 156 milliseconds more to load. That’s a decrease of 60.7% in page speed.

Also, Elementor increased the page size from 111.1 KB to 291.7 KB, which is an increase of 180.6 KB. In other words, Elementor increased the page size by 262.5%.

As you can see, a page built with Elementor will take more time to load than a page created with the core WordPress editor.

And the difference in speed and page size is notable.

So Elementor will definitely affect SEO to an extent where page speed is concerned.

Now, do keep in mind that the page I tested had only one Elementor widget on it. If you build a page with more Elementor widgets, then you might see an even bigger difference in page speed and size.


PAGE SPEED = RANKING FACTOR = ELEMTRO affect seo if we are not using any speed optimization plugins. Hope you understand




Correct. Using page speed up plugins!
Whats a good page speed plugin you recommend?
 
There's all sorts of stuff that can add to your load speed, doesn't mean your SEO is effected. Maybe your competitors all have slower sites than you. Do you still think Elementor will negatively effect you? If you can make a site with Elementor that still loads under 1 second then how bad can it really be?

Maybe instead you should focus on more important aspects like link building and having decent content.
 
Great post on a should-consider issue on using a page builder for WordPress. Thanks.

For me, personally, I would start like this:
1. start with a lightweight theme like gerneratepress(super light + just enough customization).

2. if I can achieve what I want for my site by customizing gerneratepress alone, I won't use a page builder plugin. Skip 3.

3. if I need something that a page builder can give me easily, I tend to trade some speed for that.

4. Try to optimize the extra stuffs that page builder added to my site, using WP Rocket + perfmatter etc....

5. As long as my site loads quite fast enough (mostly under 1.5s or 2s), I would give it a green light.
 
Use WPRocket to get back the speed that you lost to elementor
Why pay for 2 annual subscriptions and use 2 plugins while they can get an Oxygen Builder (that doesn't add bloat) lifetime license ?
 
There's all sorts of stuff that can add to your load speed, doesn't mean your SEO is effected. Maybe your competitors all have slower sites than you. Do you still think Elementor will negatively effect you? If you can make a site with Elementor that still loads under 1 second then how bad can it really be?

Maybe instead you should focus on more important aspects like link building and having decent content.

Thank you for your thoughts.

Great post on a should-consider issue on using a page builder for WordPress. Thanks.

For me, personally, I would start like this:
1. start with a lightweight theme like gerneratepress(super light + just enough customization).

2. if I can achieve what I want for my site by customizing gerneratepress alone, I won't use a page builder plugin. Skip 3.

3. if I need something that a page builder can give me easily, I tend to trade some speed for that.

4. Try to optimize the extra stuffs that page builder added to my site, using WP Rocket + perfmatter etc....

5. As long as my site loads quite fast enough (mostly under 1.5s or 2s), I would give it a green light.

Great steps!

Why pay for 2 annual subscriptions and use 2 plugins while they can get an Oxygen Builder (that doesn't add bloat) lifetime license ?

I saw this about Oxygen builder in above one of comment also. Is that Oxygen builder is better than those other page builders? as you said it doesn't add bloats?
 
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I have designed two of my blogs with the help of elementor and with all optimization techniques, I still have speed issues, no double it is too good for designing but only - ve aspect you will face speed issue especially for mobile.
 
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