Goals and Planning
The first step in crafting an impactful crypto or blockchain SEO campaign is setting goals and planning your approach.
We recommend using SMART (specific, measurable, accurate, realistic, and time-bound) goals. Generally, targets like these make it easier to see progress and stay on track. For instance, rather than stating that you want more people to visit your site, you may aim to increase your web traffic by 5% over the next 3 months.
Once you know your goals, creating an SEO plan that specifically targets these aims is simpler.
Deciding on reasonable goals and a plan to achieve these can be tricky. Many blockchain companies work with SEO specialists who can advise you on the best plan of action according to your starting point, desires, and industry.
Keyword Research and Use
Keywords are at the heart of a good SEO strategy. You must not only find relevant terms but also use them correctly.
Selecting Keywords
Search volume and keyword difficulty will both affect your selection.
You mustn't overestimate the value of search volume when beginning your SEO campaign. While, yes, a higher search volume signifies that more people are researching a term, it doesn't necessarily mean it's worth targeting.
We suggest first considering the intent to decide whether or not you should target a keyword. Think about what the people searching for this term are actually looking for to decide whether or not this is relevant to your business. Understanding the intent will also help you better target the phrases you want to rank for, ensuring you create content that answers the searcher's wants and problems.
It's also worthwhile considering the difficulty of ranking for various keywords. A common tactic among SEO specialists is first to target less competitive keywords. These are easier to rank for and can act as a springboard, showcasing your expertise and helping you rank for more competitive keywords later on.
Avoid overstuffing
It's not enough to find keywords. You must also use them effectively. For instance, it's critical that you refrain from overstuffing your content with keywords since this will make it harder to read and could result in your page being penalised as spam.
Furthermore, if you try and include too many different keywords on one page or piece of content, you're likely diluting the text. Rather than having one page with vague copy targeting multiple keywords, you should group keywords according to topics and intents. Then, according to these groupings, you can write more accurate and detailed content that will help ensure your pages start ranking.
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High-Quality Content
When it comes to SEO, content is king.
You'll need to publish helpful content to rank for relevant search terms. This will include various informational content, often published as blog posts, and buyer-related content designed to help people make purchase decisions.
Google, the most widely used search engine, ranks websites according to a variety of factors, including how authoritative and recent it is. Therefore, you'll need to produce and update content, ensuring it is easy to read, adds value, matches the intent of your audience, and proves your expertise.
Topic Clusters
One of the best approaches to content involves using topic clusters. This consists of targeting several keywords and writing several pieces of content around one core topic or sub-topic.
This content marketing strategy is highly effective in increasing your perceived authority. By writing more on a particular topic, readers and search engines will view you as more knowledgeable.
Additionally, if one piece of content does well, it will positively impact the rankings of the rest of the content within its topic cluster.
Featured Snippets
Featured snippets are usually displayed under Google's 'People also ask' section. Users can click on these related questions can be clicked on to reveal short, to-the-point answers.
You can beat your competitors and increase impressions and clicks by creating content that answers commonly asked questions directly.
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Competitor Analysis
To optimise your site for search engines, you must outrank your competitors. To do this, you'll first need to know more about your competitor's strategy. In-depth analyses can help identify if you are missing out on any keyword or content opportunities.
Website Design
You might think your website design is over and done with, but this may not be the case for SEO's sake.
Your website must be well-structured so potential customers can find everything they want.
It's also critical to consider that needs change. For instance, you may have only required one core landing page when you launched your site. However, this may change as the blockchain market and your business expands.
You shouldn't water down your keywords or content into non-specific (and unhelpful) pages. For SEO purposes, we suggest creating multiple dedicated landing pages. These will help capture valuable leads and provide them with essential information about the particular service they're interested in.
Website Development
Search engines value what people value. Therefore, your website must be designed and developed according to what people want.
For instance, did you know that bounce rates (people leaving a website) go up the longer a page takes to load? In fact, up to 32% more people will leave a site if the load time increases from 1 to 3 seconds.
In addition, almost 60% of all web traffic now comes from mobile devices. Thus, your website must be fast-loading and mobile-friendly to ensure people stay on your site and that all aspects work as intended. This will allow you to provide a more positive user experience, which will help improve your SERP rankings.
Analysis and Updates
SEO is an ever-evolving marketing strategy. What works now may not in the future. And the tactics you implement will not always prove efficient. That's why all SEO specialists recommend analysing your site before and during your SEO campaign.
A detailed investigation will help reveal how far you've come and where improvements can still be made to transform your website traffic and conversions.