What to include in an SEO strategy
The main components of an SEO strategy include on-page optimisation, link building and competitor analysis.
On-page optimisation
On-page optimisation is the process of adding relevant keywords to your website’s content, titles and metatags to improve your website’s ranking in search engine results pages (SERPs).
Google’s BERT and MUM algorithm updates are heavily-focused on understanding the context of a piece of content. As such, it’s important to ensure that your website contains rich, naturalistic copy that’s written for users rather than search engines.
Link building
If you’re new to the concept of link building, it’s simply about getting relevant, high authority websites to link to yours. Targeted link building can help improve your site’s ranking because it signals to search engines that your website is trustworthy and relevant. It also helps improve your site’s “domain authority” which is a measure of how authoritative the links to your website are.
Technical SEO
Technical SEO involves assessing factors such as site speed, structured data, sitemaps, URL structure and more. This is a crucial component of any SEO strategy, as it will ensure your website is being properly crawled and Google bots can index all of the important pages on your site.
Content creation
Regular content creation helps you to target relevant keywords, as well establishing your business as an authority on a particular topic or sector. Creating content silos related to your business’ services will help to adhere to E-A-T, which is outlined in Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines.
Work with us Key performance metrics and forecasting
Monitoring performance is essential for any SEO strategy and there are a number of key metrics you should be tracking. These include:
- Organic traffic and conversions
- Website rankings
- Backlinks
- Referring domains
- Bounce rate, average session duration and other user behaviour metrics
- Organic revenue
Organic traffic, ranking and conversions are amongst the most important metrics to track. These factors indicate how well your website is performing and whether your SEO efforts are working. However, analysing all of the other metrics is just as important as it will help you to identify any quick-win SEO solutions and causes for concern with your site.
When it comes to forecasting, data is key. You should be constantly looking for trends and patterns throughout your performance data and using that information to predict whether the current trends will continue and what you can do to capitalise on them.
Forecasting is also essential for preparing for rough economic periods or seasonality. For example, if you know that traffic generally dips in winter, you can plan your content and link building campaigns accordingly.
Work with us The compounding effect of SEO
The compounding effect of SEO means that the more you work on your website’s SEO, the better your visibility will be. SEO takes time, but it’s important to continually work on it. Many businesses make the mistake of stopping and starting an SEO campaign once they have achieved their desired position. This is a mistake as SEO needs to be worked at.
Google releases algorithm updates continually and competitors are constantly working on their campaigns. As a result, the businesses that stop and start will get left behind.
You need to continually produce relevant content, build relevant backlinks and improve the site’s technical health.
SEO is a long-term investment and the compounding effect of SEO can be extremely powerful if the right SEO strategy is implemented. So, make sure you plan your campaigns accordingly and think long-term. Fortunately, we can help with that.
Here at CandidSky, we’ve helped countless clients implement robust, bespoke SEO strategies that achieve real, impactful results. Whether your goal is to increase organic traffic and sales, or you want to boost your brand’s visibility and authority, we’ve got you covered.
Factors that can limit SEO performance
There are a number of factors that can limit your SEO performance and unfortunately, most of them aren’t in your direct control.
Google algorithm updates
We’re always conducting research to see whether a Google algorithm is on it’s way, but we can’t predict how this will affect rankings and visibility. We always use the best SEO techniques to ensure your website is in the best position to absorb the impact of any major algorithm changes.
Slow to implement changes
Without making changes, you won’t see results. As such, it’s crucial to maintain the momentum on any SEO campaign and implement the relevant content or technical changes as soon as possible. The quicker these are made, the faster you’ll see a positive impact.
Too many copy changes
It’s important for you to review any SEO copy before it goes live on your site, but when too many people get involved in the end result is a diluted version of the optimised copy.
Website technical issues
If your website is down for any period, you won’t generate any traffic during this time and this can have a negative impact on your rankings if it isn’t addressed quickly. This is why it’s essential to stay on top of the technical health of your website and solve any major issues as soon as they arise to protect your traffic and rankings.
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