If you’ve been reading the Tangible Words blogs you’ll know we’ve been easing you into the SEO evolution for a while. (If you haven’t been reading them you can catch up with TW Business Blogs now).
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) used to be incorporating keywords about your business into your online content as much as possible, now it’s much more. It’s all about the language you use and the quality of content you post. Search engines, like Google, have evolved to understand what users are looking for in their search phrases based on their intended meaning and not necessarily the exact combination of words.
Keyword stuffing, for legitimate business, is firmly entrenched on the don’t side of your website content do’s and dont's.
Now, to increase your ranking you need to create content, like blogs, that search engines can tie together to prove your business is genuine in its online marketing. Makes sense. You have a business that offers a defined product or service and you can provide content that proves it.
While headlines and meta data still count, it’s the combination of phrases and related content linked throughout the site that are going to get you noticed by search engines, then your consumers. As copywriters, our first priority is content that truly represents who you are and what you offer, and increases your chances of converting an online connection into a sale.
Tip: Don’t lose users to external websites. Yes, you may want to acknowledge your association with other organizations but do so in a blog format, chock full of your own interlinks, not by linking users directly to another website. You’ll keep users on your site and not rely on the hope they’ll come back to you once they’ve been led elsewhere.
Interested in talking about how your website can be better? Book a Tangible Words website sales assesment to find out where you can improve your content to boost your search engine (SEO) ranking.
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