Knowledge of SEO is important for front end developers.

Front end developers do not know everything, and they may not be familiar with all of the nuances of SEO. It is important for a front end developer to know about SEO. If the person learned about SEO a long time ago, what they knew then as relevant might not be relevant or useful today. One SEO marketer who also does front end development asked other SEO marketers and front end developers how to explain SEO to a person in 2019. One person replied with a suggestion to focus on speed optimization. This person pointed out that optimizing the speed of a site is not just a back end operation. The front end, with graphics, layout, images and videos, plays a big role in how quickly a page loads. Another person suggested checking Google Lighthouse and making sure that the site has a performance score of at least 85. A person wrote back to the original poster with a suggestion to check all of the internal linking. This person pointed out that the Google crawler should be able to easily crawl all of the site's important pages and use them in the site's overall ranking. This person added that an HTML version of site map can be helpful for this undertaking. One reviewer pointed out that a lot of front end developers do not know the difference between a semantic heading and a stylistic heading. The reviewer expanded upon this by explaining that the content of an H2 header needs to be optimized for SEO so that the crawlers understand its importance and relevance on the page. A few people pointed out that they rate themselves as "old school" and prefer a focus on quality content over anything else. Others commented back that quality content will not get a site anywhere if it does not include SEO and back links. This is a topic that can go on and on and back and forth without end. One person did make a comment that to improve metrics, a list page should have a next button in order to increase site interactions. For more information click here https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/b1qki2/howtoexplainseotoafrontenddeveloper_in/.