30 January 2023

The path to successful SEO for your e-commerce

Keyword optimization, or SEO (Search Engine Optimization), is an important part of your e-commerce, to drive new and quality traffic from the organic search results that the search engines display. SEO is also a simple and cost-effective way to market both the company and what you work with - Whether you carry out the work yourself or ask someone else to do it, regardless, you create a relatively cheap digital shop window.

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Here are some solid tips of varying degrees of difficulty to optimize your e-commerce for search engines:

  • Compile keywords: Understand search terms and keywords that your target audience is searching for and include these in your e-commerce, meta tags and URLs. Tips to see in Google AdWords which is a keyword tool.
  • Optimize your e-commerce structure and design: Make sure your website is easy to navigate and has a clean, user-friendly design. This will improve the user experience and make it easier for search engines to crawl and index your site.
  • Use alt tags to describe images: Alt tags provide a textual description of an image, which helps search engines understand the context of the image and can improve the visibility of your e-commerce business in image search results.
  • Optimize your product pages: Make sure your product pages contain detailed and accurate information about your products, including title tags, meta descriptions and keywords. Make sure the pictures are nice and appealing. Avoid copying texts from other sites.
  • Create valuable content: Create informative and engaging content that provides value to your target audience. Same here - avoid copying material from other sites.
  • Build Quality Backlinks: Backlinks are one of the most important factors in determining your eCommerce search engine ranking. Reach out to other players and ask them to link to your site or create valuable content that other players want to link to.
  • Monitor site speed: Use tools like Google's PageSpeed insights to understand how to influence e-commerce speed. E-commerce speed, or site speed, is an important ranking factor.

 

By following these tips and implementing these SEO strategies, you can improve your e-commerce visibility in search engine results and drive more qualified traffic to your e-commerce. Keep in mind that it is not a sprint, but a work in progress that takes time. It can take 6-12 months before you see results from larger investments.

If you want to learn more, we recommend the SEO school, which you can find here

 

If you want a helping hand, you can come back to us and we will help you!

Göran Joelsson

Goran Joelsson

Göran is one of the co-owners of eKompass and is also CEO of the company. Sometimes, when time permits, Göran will share his experiences.

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