Tips for Improving Your SEO in Adelaide

SEO Tips Adelaide

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Consistently ranking on the first page of Google can be complex for most businesses, however there are some simple steps you can make to help increase your rank. Here’s a list of some of the easier steps available in boosting your page rank:

  1. Have a Mobile-Friendly Website

As mobile internet now exceeds desktop usage, your business must start implementing mobile optimised local search strategies to compete on the search engine results. In addition, when someone enters a query into a search engine from a mobile device, the location is automatically picked up and factored into the search, and the users are then given results based on their location Google gives preference to websites that are mobile-friendly. This means that if your website is not optimised for mobile usage, it will be penalised in the Google rankings. Unsure how mobile-friendly your website is? Google provides a simple test to help analyse your website for you through Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test.

  1. Standardise Your Business Branding and Naming

The name of your business is arguably the biggest factor that will determine how well your website ranks in the search engines, and because people will look to find your business through an online search, it is essential to keep the name of your business uniform on all platforms.

For example, don’t use the title ‘Pancake Kitchen’ on Trip Adviser and ‘The Pancake Kitchen’ on your Facebook page. Not only does this impact with the search engine’s rankings, but it also confuses potential customers. Make sure to choose only one name that you will enter into all directories, both online and in print.

In most cases, your business name will be unique enough to stand apart from other businesses. However, if your restaurant is named ‘Jamie’s’ you may find yourself competing with a plethora of other ‘Jamie’s’ out there. To differentiate your business, you should use ‘descriptors’, which are additional tags used to identify your business. For example, your restaurant could be entered in databases as ‘Jamie’s Italian Wood Oven Pizza Adelaide. Not only will this differentiate your business, but when people search for ‘Wood Oven Pizza Adelaide’, your site will be at the top of the rankings.

  1. Create Directory Listings

One primary focus of a local search strategy should be the creation of local listings for your business. This is a virtual profile of your business which contains key details such as the name of your business, phone number, address, website, and any other pertinent information. Listings on major directories such as Google My Business and Yelp are essential, and will help your business to show up in smaller niche directories. The more directories your business is consistently listed under, the more Google will trust you and the higher you will rank in local search results.

The use of directory citations helps build a general profile of your business – however it needs to be used as part of a greater strategy to maximise its effectiveness in ranking you higher in Google searches.

Developing your social profiles for your business on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter will also provide similar value to directory listings.

  1. Use Keywords Based on Search Queries

Put yourself in the shoes of a potential customer in your businesses particular niche. Ask yourself what their biggest priorities are, and what they would likely search for. Knowing your customer is the best way to market your business to customers online. This can seem difficult, but with a number of online tools you can find out exactly what keywords are being searched such as Soovle, Google Trends and Adwords. While these free tools do have a certain level of value, there are a number of paid subscription services your SEO professional can use to drill down the best keywords for your niche and how to capture the most customers from using the right keywords.

  1. Optimise Content for Search Engines…and Potential Customers

Creating unique and valuable content is the foundation for online marketing success. A website’s content will determine how many visitors it gets, how long they stay, how well they engage, and how often they return—which are all factors Google takes into consideration when ranking. The higher the quality your content is for the keywords you are targeting, the higher you will rank. This is why content marketing is such an important aspect of online marketing. In comparison repetitive, thin content will be penalised in its rankings compared to well thought out pieces. Rick from US based Ad Excellence notes that online marketing budgets should have a strong focus on optimised content, as it assist in the rest of the onpage and offpage SEO efforts – increasing the overall project success in gaining rankings faster.

  1. Write Relevant Content

When creating your articles or blog posts, make sure that your content is relevant to your business. It should be helpful information that anyone across the industry should find helpful. Building a catalogue of relevant unique blog posts on your website helps to build trust with your brand as an authority on the topics discussed – helping Google to rank you higher in related keyword searches and assisting customers to trust your brand when they contact to use your services or buy your products.

  1. Use Geographically Targeted Keywords

Relevant keywords should be included in your content that pertain to your industry, but also what will be typed into search engines. If you have a bakery, then use relevant keywords as it pertains to the general industry (e.g. bakery, wedding cake, cupcake shop, etc) and for local search (e.g. Adelaide bakery, East End cakes, South Australian bakery, etc.)

  1. Build Links

Include relevant links to previous content that you have published on your website or blog (also known as internal link building). For example, if you write a blog about a wedding that you made a cake for, link to the wedding cake section on your Products Page or link it from ‘Specialty Cakes’ on your products page to a blog post about all of the specialty cakes you have made.

  1. Perform On-Site SEO

Once you have taken the proper steps to maximise the effectiveness of your content, there are a few more techniques to implement before you publish your work for the world to see in terms of on-site SEO:

  • Title Tags: When creating pages and posts on your website, make sure that the title and

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