SEO isn’t dead, but some strategies are.
Many of the claims that ‘SEO is dead’ stem from one big misunderstanding – that SEO is always the same. The reason why it doesn’t work from some businesses anymore is because they may still be using obsolete strategies. The best optimisation strategy is the most recent ones, in line with Google’s latest ranking algorithm criteria.
Here are some dead strategies to avoid:
SEO is alive if you apply an effective and legitimate link building strategy, by earning high-quality backlinks. It doesn’t work if you’re trying to circumvent Google’s rules by:
There is a principle called domain authority transfer from a site to a page it links to. If many reputable websites link to you, Google understands that your site also has a good reputation and increases your domain authority. However, if many low-quality sites link back to yours, your domain authority decreases and your site is treated as unreliable.
Keywords are a big part of SEO. Using the right keywords in the right proportion will help you achieve relevant organic traffic. However, these strategies take time and don’t work overnight. We recommend avoiding the following practices that go against Google’s rules.
Content is king! Good, quality content is the vehicle for promoting your expertise and experience in your field, helping potential patients find the answers to their problems and featuring relevant keywords. The main qualities for good content for SEO are:
Your website’s content shouldn’t solely be used to include keywords and bring new visitors to the page. This doesn’t offer a reader anything new, useful, helpful or interesting so Google won’t want to show this type of result in searches.
If your SEO strategies are a bit out of date, our team of dental marketing experts can help!
Our team consists of developers, web designers and copywriters to help create high quality, original and relevant content to attract website visitors and persuade them to visit your practice.
As mentioned, buying links is a major breach in Google rules. However, having high quality and authoritative content on your site will determine other sites to link back to you – this is called earning links and it’s the most effective link building strategy. Our link building team can also identify other ways of building links, such as guest posting on reputable websites and blogs or content promotion on social media.
To ensure your site is healthy in the eyes of Google, our Technical team conducts regular audits and identifies and fix potential issues. They also carry out regular keyword research to see if there a change in user search behaviour or gaps in the site current content.
Start optimising your website today but getting in touch. Call our team on 01202 677277.