Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Our Top 5 Tips for Organic SEO

Posted in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) by John on 4th of January, 2011
Tags: web development & design, search marketing, top 5 seo

We're firm believers that ethical, organic white-hat SEO is the only way to go in your quest for great rankings and traffic when search marketing. But we often hear a lot of questions about what is actually required for an organic campaign.

The basics are simple, and can be summed up with consistent maintenance of various aspects of your website and SEO campaign. Below are our top five tips for creating a great organic SEO campaign:

Social Networking

Social media is a great way to keep in touch with your customers and promote the latest news, views and special offers coming out of your business on a daily basis. Platforms such as Twitter and Facebook and also a natural way to communicate with your core following, and build stronger relationships with those in your industry.

New Twitter Bird

Off-page Link building

Your off-page SEO is key to building your website’s authority, getting some great backlinks to your site and promoting your news and industry knowledge across a variety of portals. Be sure to submit your articles, press releases and more though to relevant portals in your industry to maximise your traffic and readership, whilst also building up a natural linking profile.

Changing on-page content

Having great on-page content will please the search engines no end, but you should always look to mix it up every so often. Fresh content will not only please the search engines when they come to crawl your site, but it will also keep your visitors on their toes and encouraghe them to tell their friends when you make an update.

Update your content on a regular basis!

Updating keywords and Metas

Don’t decide on a set of keywords alongside your web design and stick with them forevermore. New products are always appearing on the market that you may want to rank highly for, or you may make a change to the services you are offering. Don’t change your keywords every week obviously, but slightly altering your keywords and Metas over time will help with your rankings and keep things fresh.

Reputation Management

Reputation counts for a lot on the internet. You can always improve it by participating in forums, commenting on blogs, responding to reviews and questions about your site, services and more. Interacting with people in a positive, natural fashion is the best way to show that you care and that you offer people more than just a fancy website.