In this article we will take a look at how a small business can use SEO to promote their products/ services and make sure that you rank as high as possible in search page results.

 

On Page Optimisation

When someone types a question into a search bar, the search engine crawls the web to locate the most relevant pages. You need to optimise pages on your website to make sure that your website ranks as high as possible. What you need to do is:

 

–          Optimise using the right keywords

–          Make sure your URL is short and self-explanatory.

–          Your webpage needs to describe your content clearly.

 

Content

Make sure that the content you create is of high quality and that it draws links from other sites, which means that your site will rank higher in searches.

Focus on content that is timeless and will keep visitors coming back to your site. Remember that you are writing content for your readers and not for a search engine, so avoid filling it up with keywords. For example, if you offer website management services, write posts such as ‘Top 5 reasons why you need management services for your website’

 

Link Building

Within your content, use relevant links and link to external sources which are reliable. Perhaps use 1 to 2 links per page as this will help your sites trustworthiness.

Link to internal pages of your own site where relevant as this improves navigation, as well as user experience.

Try and get some backlinks to your site. This means other sites linking to your sites. Ask friends, customers, suppliers etc. to link to your site as this will help to improve your rankings as well as build authority for your site. What is important is that you focus on relevant and qualitative links. For example, if you are a beautician you don’t want links from an electrician as this can have a negative impact on your ranking.

A final point is to make sure that you monitor your traffic so that you know your efforts are actually working for you. Google Analytics for example can provide you with information related to how customers behave on your site, as well as how many visits you receive.