We begin our SEO process with a brief meeting to discuss goals and metrics, review the competitive landscape, and to outline how we’ll track and report our upcoming SEO campaign. Action items include: keyword targeting; traffic analysis; URL structuring; robots.txt and sitemap.xml submission; Google Search Console setup; Google Business setup; as well as a user experience audit to uncover anything that might be preventing users from completing your goals.
This is where we focus on page layout and how your content is structured. Organizing your content in a way that ranks for certain keywords and key phrases not only helps with search results, but also increases the overall usability of your website. Action items include: optimizing title tags and meta descriptions; adjusting heading taxonomy and page layout; and proper interlinking.
Off-page optimization focuses on your website’s overall authority, which is ultimately determined by what other people say about your website. The first step in off-page optimization is to make sure that all of your business information, like address and phone number, is consistent across all platforms (including social media) as well as any relevant business directories. This is also where we begin to monitor backlinks as well as promote the website using various social channels.
Once our keywords, site structure, and business listings have all been optimized – we typically begin to see some improvement in rankings. To keep the momentum going, its imperative that you develop and promote fresh content on an ongoing basis. Your content should be relevant to your audience and should provide some sort of value. The SEO long game is all about continuously building inbound link equity month after month, year after year.