Increase Website Traffic with Advanced SEO Tactics
Search engine optimization (SEO) can be confusing, but with the right tools and techniques, it can help you bring relevant, organic traffic to your website. Based on the insights presented by Lukasz Zelenzy, Director and Co-Owner of SEO.London at our recent Digitalzone23’ event, in this blog, we will explore sophisticated yet actionable SEO strategies. Click here to listen to the presentation and for in-depth information!
Granular Keyword Tracking's Power
Determining which particular keywords and landing pages are driving traffic to a website is a common challenge. A smart solution called Keyword Hero combines information from Google Analytics and Search Console to provide insightful behavioral data.
Instead of only viewing a URL's overall organic traffic, you can view metrics such as;
- Traffic, clicks, and impressions are broken down by keyword
- Pages/session and bounce rate for keywords
- E-commerce revenue and goal conversions broken down by keyword
Making better optimization decisions is made possible by this fine-grained visibility. You can concentrate more on landing pages and keywords that convert well, or you can find "hidden gems" to target and enhance.
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Additional Information about Keyword Hero
- Combines information from Google Analytics and Search Console.
- Gives visibility into traffic, conversions, and revenue at the keyword level.
- Identifies areas for improving poorly performing or undiscovered keywords
- Discounts are frequently offered during periods of high shopping demand.
- 14-day free trial period to give it a try
Finding Unused Keyword Possibilities
It's simple to see how your website compares to competitors' for relevant keywords when using SEO auditing tools like SEMrush. Finding industry keywords that several competitors rank for but you don't currently is even more effective.
Through the exportation of this "gap analysis" data and subsequent sorting by priority (competitor positions, search volume, and cost-per-click), you can identify profitable keywords that indicate prospects for traffic growth:
- Keywords that several rivals rank for but you don't
- High-priority keywords are more reliable indicators to concentrate on first
Extra Advice on Gap Analysis
- Assessing your position about rivals indicates overlooked prospects
- For fast wins, sort using a custom priority score
- Find the long-tail, category, product, and commercial keywords
- Helps with decisions about business expansion and content strategy
- Data that can be used to calculate potential traffic
Keyword research is made less guesswork-based with this data-driven approach. Even product, category, blog, and long-tail keywords can be found and used to guide monetization and content strategies.
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The Power of Internal Links
A better internal link structure improves several performance metrics:
- Decreases the bounce rate
- Enhances page engagement and depth
- May raise rankings either directly or indirectly
- Saves time spent manually linking (when automated)
By automatically creating appropriate anchor text, tools like InnLinks simplify the process of adding contextual internal links to new pages. Time is saved, and improved on-site navigation is encouraged. What pages already link to a target can be determined by analyzing the internal link profiles that are currently in place. What kind of anchor text is this? Opportunities for optimization are revealed in this way.
Semantic On-Page Optimization
A sophisticated content assistant and on-page optimization tool is offered by Surfer SEO. After analyzing the content of the page as it stands, it suggests more semantically related terms and phrases (such as "long tail keywords").
Surfer recommends related keywords to subtly incorporate, as opposed to merely focusing on the exact keyword that a page is optimized for. This enhances the page's likelihood of ranking and topic relevancy.
Surfer also offers guidance on matters such as:
- Enhancing meta descriptions and page titles
- Making better use of header tags
- Enhancing internal links
A URL's primary keyword targets can be more effectively activated by putting these semantic enhancements into practice.
Additional information about Surfer SEO
- Examines the structure and content of the page
- Offers targeted optimization advice
- Find appropriate long-tail keywords to use
- Makes sure pages are completely optimized for search
- Cloud-based SaaS platform that's simple to use
The SEO Golden Circle
Lastly, use the SEO golden circle concept to guide strategy when brainstorming ideas for content:
- Begin researching keywords related to problem-solving questions (such as what, why, and how).
- Pay attention to "how to" and "what is" question formats with higher search volume.
- Fewer people search for "why" questions, but they delve into emotional hooks
Prominent companies deliberately aim for long-tail query terms to appear in highlighted snippets and increase traffic. This is the same strategy you can use to get click-throughs.
By putting the sophisticated, data-driven SEO tactics discussed here into practice, you can increase the amount of quality organic traffic to your website, decrease bounce rates, enhance page depth metrics, and raise its authority and rankings. The methods do work when used consistently over time, despite their initial complexity.
Summary and Final Thoughts
To fully realize an existing website's growth potential, more than just basic search engine optimization is needed. To optimize organic acquisition, make use of sophisticated tools for granular tracking, gap analysis, automated internal linking, semantic optimizations, and question-based keywords.
Although the methods require some learning, they offer data that can be put to use and highlight opportunities that might otherwise go unnoticed. Applying these SEO best practices gradually compounds gains in both quantity and quality of traffic. They are an excellent long-term growth investment.
