Modern SEO is anchored in why people search, not just what they type — so customer behaviour shifts the goal from ranking for high-volume terms to matching intent and converting. In practice that means pairing quantitative sources (GA4, Search Console, heatmaps, A/B tests) that show what users do with qualitative sources (support logs, social listening, surveys, reviews) that show why, then applying decision-psychology principles like social proof, loss aversion, and cognitive consistency to SERP snippets and page design. You then map content and CTAs to each journey stage — awareness, consideration, decision, post-purchase — and measure success through engagement, dwell time, and conversion rather than SERP position alone.
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