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In order to take advantage of search engine popularity, it is important to know how much of search engine traffic is relevant to your business (is your target audience) and what search terms they are using to search.
You must know what keywords are used by your customers as well as those most relevant to your service. For example, if your website sells furniture, keywords like "buy furniture", "furniture for sale" and "purchase dinning table" would be more relevant keywords rather than "furniture" or "table" etc. After all, web users searching for "furniture" are not necessarily looking to buy it. They might just be looking for furniture related information. Moreover, such generic keywords have high competition associated with them resulting in higher SEM spent and a lower ROI.
You also need to know how competitive certain keywords are in order to build a sound SEO strategy. For example, let us assume the keyword "buy furniture" gets 100 searches a month, and "furniture" gets 500 searches a month. If it will cost $10 to become competitive on "buy furniture" and $500 to become competitive on "furniture", it is clearly more economical to focus on the keyword "buy furniture".
Identifying the right keywords, evaluating the competition for ranking and the investment required helps in achieving a high ROI.
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