SEO (Search Engines Optimisation) is often intertwined with technical details, which marketers rely on SEO experts for.

The following are 6 essential elements that most SEO experts should be taking into consideration.

1. Keep it simple, but interesting

A marketer knows that having your website appear in the first ten search results does not guarantee clicks. You also want to ensure that customers who click, keep coming back, and this is where many SEO experts fall short. All they want you to see is that the website appears in the first page of the search results. As an SEO expert, you can bring value to the website by adhering to the following questions;

“What would make people click on my website?”

“What value does my website have for them?”

“What would make them recommend my website to others?”

“What would keep them coming back to the website?”

Answering those questions will generate useful results. Think from the perspective of the user. When optimizing your website pages’ titles and meta description tags, make sure to write what is appealing and useful for your prospects.

2. Stay up-to-date and avoid spending too much time.

How many of you are still wasting time on updating the XML sitemap every time you have new URLs in your website? No need for that anymore. Google has launched its “Fetch as Googlebot” in 2011. You can find it under “Diagnostics” in “Google Webmaster Tools.” To my surprise, not a lot of SEO experts knew about it.

Another example is that how many of you think that they may need to hide their Google Places address ASAP? Google started classifying business models according to whether they received customers at their address. If a business only visited customers externally, yet didn't hide their address, rankings seemed to go down. However with recent updates by Google, it appears that choosing the hide address feature will not negatively impact any type of local focused rankings. So don't panic!

The solution for such issues is to keep yourself updated with the latest news of important search engines like Google news. You can also subscribe to our blog where the latest updates about the most important changes will be published.

3. Consistency online and offline

How? Make sure to communicate properly with your marketing team. As you already know, some events and campaigns may entail your marketing team to have different activities online and offline. Make sure that both are directing the user to the same landing page, phone number or whatever your call to action is. Be consistent and relevant.

4. Focus on what is compelling and valuable

Every business has compelling and interesting things to share. Unfortunately, Most of the SEO’s are always looking for fast ways to reach the first page organic search results, so they keep studying the new search engines algorithm, increase keyword density, etc. It is time to think differently, try focusing more on your trend objectives and what the business really needs; socialize and add a human element to your work. If your mind is telling you that you are hungry, do you go for a run or grab something to eat?  Similarly, focus on the needs and lasting values for your business. Once you do this you will be appreciated by users and your website rank will rise and last, as long as you are still serving on business objectives.

5. Attract people to create a buzz and grow bigger

Share fun and interesting facts about your business; people are not always looking for static, repetitive and boring information anymore. Paint a funny picture, create a surprising web application, offer special services and tell fun stories. If you are under the impression that this isn’t professional, then stay where you are and many thanks for giving the chance to others to grow.

6. Is your website optimised for cell phone devices?

The mobile industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. No need for statistics, just take a look around. As SEO, all what you have to do is to optimize your website for cell phone devices.

These were six elements that I personally find as essential to implement for any marketer. Results have shown the efficiency, and longitudinal effect, of such methods and tools. Finally, dm3 will be more than happy to get your questions, or additional suggestions, regarding the topic.

Edited by: Yasmin Helal

Ayman Albarbary (17 Posts)

Enthusiastic digital marketer who does not like routines. Always looking for new and creative ideas to get inner satisfaction. Connect with Ayman on Google+