Keyword Research in the SEM Process

What search criteria do people use when they are looking for the products and services that you provide? The research shows a great variety in most markets, and understanding the variances can improve your search marketing campaign.

Finding Appropriate Keywords

Most clients come to us with assumptions about the keywords people are going to use to find them. And, most of the time they're wrong. We tend to know our own businesses too well to be clear and objective when thinking how people will look for us. Researching the data supplied by the search engines regarding the actual terms used - and their frequency of use - is the only way to build on a solid footing.

The Hidden Messages in Variety

Not everyone who searches is looking to "buy now". Marketing in the real world accounts for introducing a product, providing information about a product, comparing similar products, how to find, test, evaluate and buy a product and more. These various stages of interest in a product are revealed in our product and service specific keyword research. It represents an opportunity for the savvy search engine marketer to guide prospective customers to the information they want - and helps to build a relationship with prospective customers throughout the buying cycle.

How That Variety Can Guide Your Development

One of the principal SEO factors is the raw amount of content on a web site. Clients often tell us they think they have X to Z number of pages to put online, and can't imagine where they'll come up with content for dozens of additional pages. Of course, the additional pages they need make perfect sense when their search marketing campaign begins to account for people across the entire buying cycle.

Our Approach to Keywords

We believe in providing information to people who visit your site based on their expectations. We view it as a unique opportunity to gain the trust of the visitor, to become a trusted source of information, and build lasting relationships with people who will be customers.

We stress this approach because of the long term value, but the benefits to your SEO program alone would be reason enough to follow this path. Additional pages of quality content, properly serviced with incoming links, will increase the ranking for your entire web site.

Keywords Lead to Landing Pages: Track Everything From There Onward

When people come to your site, they'll move through your content in ways that can reveal much about why they came, whether they liked your information, and more. From the search terms that brought them to you, to the pages they looked at, tracking the visitor provides an opportunity to measure performance and identify areas in need of improvement.

The search marketing campaign can not be implemented once for all time. It must be managed, analyzed and adjusted periodically. Tracking provides the information you need to make those adjustments.


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