How can a customer control a SEO promotion contractor?

For many customers, website search engine optimization looks like a black box. What is being done with the site and how to evaluate the result of these actions is not clear. In this article, I want to tell in simple terms what to expect from a promotion contractor and how to determine if SEO work is really being done.

What to expect initially

At the beginning of the promotion work, specialists check the technical condition of the site: whether the site is correctly implemented and configured, how quickly the pages open, whether there are any errors and warning messages from browsers.

To assess the performance of the site, the collection of analytical data must be configured. For this purpose free Yandex.Metrica, Google Analytics or more advanced paid systems are used. Any of them is enough. It is also mandatory to set up the achievement of goals (placing goods in the basket, paying for an order, etc.).

Then a check is performed for compliance with the requirements of search engines. It is conducted according to special lists and messages from the search engine's administrative panels. Previously, sites were promoted in ways that today can be punished by search engines, for example, multiple repetitions of popular search phrases on a page.

Based on the results of all checks, a list of tasks for correction is drawn up. Some of them can be performed by the SEO specialist himself, for others he will need the help of a web programmer or system administrator.

Be sure to read the list of tasks. And don't be afraid to ask! Let them explain to you all the incomprehensible points. It's great if the specialist talks openly about his actions and tries to speak in an understandable language. Such a contractor earns trust from the outset.

Search queries

Another important thing in the beginning of SEO promotion is collecting an array of queries. On them your site will be found by visitors of search engines. In another way, it is the semantic core. Sounds complicated. In fact, it's just an Excel table with a large number of phrases that people use when searching in Yandex and Google.

Of course, all of these phrases should fit your business. A conscientious contractor will definitely ask you about the specifics of your work before starting to collect the semantic core.

Promotion plan

Based on the work done, the SEO specialist draws up a plan (strategy) for website promotion, taking into account the priority of your business tasks. And coordinates it with you.

Then the monthly work on website promotion begins. Creation of new website pages (building up the structure), writing and publishing SEO-optimized texts, increasing the number of links from other thematic sites, etc.

The site represents your company on the Internet, so it is important at the very beginning to decide on the style of the texts and select the right authors. But remember that an overly complex approval process can significantly delay the promotion!

Results of monthly work

Every month you should expect a report from the SEO-schnick, which displays the following information:

1.     Traffic dynamics

Seasonality should be taken into account here. It is correct to compare the indicators not only with the previous month, but also with the same period of the previous year.

An important aspect is traffic quality control. If a visitor came to the page, realized that the site was not the right one and closed it, then this is a refusal. Make sure that as traffic grows, the bounce rate remains at about the same level as before the promotion began. If it has grown significantly, the share of non-targeted traffic is high.

Also important is the time the visitor spends on the site. The report should contain information about the average visit duration and the number of pages visited. The higher these indicators, the better the traffic.

2.     Changing site positions for key queries

This is a list of important business requests. All the nuances are discussed at the initial stage of work. It is important that the number of queries on the first search page should grow regardless of the season.

3.     Site conversions

These are statistics for achieving goals configured in analytics. For example, this month the conversion rate for “website visitor — paid orders” was 1.10%, and the number of goal achievements was 215.

4.     List of work done for the reporting month

Information about how many and which pages have been created, how many texts have been published. Also, what changes have occurred in the mass of links to the site (positive dynamics is important here).

5.     Recommendations for improving the site

If an SEO specialist really studies your site and the behavior of visitors on it, he will definitely suggest certain improvements that can increase the return. If he refers to the work formally, you should not expect any valuable advice.

6.     Recommendations for improving the site

The plan should be detailed. By this point, SEO-schnicks already have a clear understanding of the work needed in the future. What pages and texts will be created, how the link mass will be built up, what methods will be applied and what hypotheses should be tested.

To compile such a report, SEO specialists usually use online services. These reports are convenient and readable. Example, SEO-reports service.

What you can check yourself

You can always see the display of key queries in the search engine yourself. But remember that the search is personalized for you. To get the result that potential customers see, use incognito mode.

In this mode, the search engine does not know your history of previous queries and considers you to be a regular Internet user. You see the same results as other people in your city.

Use for verification those requests for which the contractor has already performed work (you can take it from the report). Their positions in the general mass should improve from month to month.

You can also use the visibility checker for your website. To get information specifically on your site, remove all others from the list on the left.

The main result of SEO(New York Seo Services) promotion is orders and requests from the site. If you conduct only search engine promotion, then this is his merit. If you also use other marketing channels, ask to set up end-to-end site analytics so you know exactly how many orders each of them leads.

The importance of constant communication

Try to maintain constant interaction with the contractor (a good contractor himself actively interacts with the customer). This allows you to quickly respond to tasks and problems, flexibly change the promotion strategy, which is beneficial to both parties.

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