SEO News and Insights: Why Keyword and Content Really Matters in SEO

Search engines are complex internet tools that show search results based on analyzed and indexed webpages, blogs, and other online content. They are able to do this through the use of scouts called ‘robots’ that sift through tons of data to grow their database of information about the Web. Search engines then present the results according to their ratings so that users can find the most relevant information quickly and conveniently.

For online marketers, this is where SEO finds its purpose. SEO is a series of online marketing techniques designed to make a web resource more attractive to search engine bots and convince them to rank the site or page at or near the top of their results. If a marketer is hoping to make his client’s website easy to find for ideal prospects, two of the SEO resources he can optimize to rank high in search engines are keywords and content.

Optimizing keywords

According to an SEO news article SEO Chart: How customers form queries in search engines to find content from MarketingSherpa (@MarketingSherpa), the best keywords to use are the ones that are accompanied by questions, such as ‘how,’ ‘which,’ and ‘what.’ If you’re not sure what type of keyword to use, the article’s author suggests that the best place to start is with ‘how.’

Optimizing content

In the Internet world, content is king. If you’re not producing quality content, then you’re not offering real value to your visitors. A case study conducted by MarketingSherpa once involved helping Aquent, a global staffing agency, expand their content strategy to include blog posts, white papers, industry newsletters, third-party content, and even efforts to ramp up their speaking engagements. The move was meant to see how Aquent could become an expert and trusted voice in its industry. According to the results of the case study, the percentage of Aquent’s articles and job postings indexed by Google, indeed, increased from 30 percent to 99 percent because of the enhancements.

Effective SEO involves making your content relevant, different, useful, and unique that customers don’t find the same information elsewhere. That way (among other reasons), you provide visitors a valid excuse to spend more than just a few seconds reading your pages.

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Markus grew up in Skokie and Glenview and graduated High School with 4 computer languages under his belt as well as college credits. He graduated Northern Illinois University with a degree in Computer Science and Business Administration. His one and only stint in corporate America was selling computers at CDW for a year and a half pretty much right out of college. He’s been a business owner and serial entrepreneur ever since.
Markus spent 12 years building a large Nutritional Sales & Marketing business which spanned the US and at its peak was doing 2MM per month in sales. Markus is a black belt in TaeKwonDo, a Blue Belt in Miyama Ryu Japanese Jujutsu, and loves to waterski, snow ski, roller skate, scuba dive, travel, spend time outdoors, watch movies, read empowering books and science fiction, spend time with friends and family creating magic moments.