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Technical SEO Tips to Boost Your BFCM Sales
Increase your Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales with these crucial technical SEO tips.
Improve your mobile website’s search presence with our six top optimisation tips.
1) Setup Local Schema
Rich snippets that appear in local search results help your listing to stand out, increasing your click-through rate and driving more organic traffic to your site. On mobile, certain rich snippets also allow you to gain valuable local real estate. Here are just a few simple examples. There is a form of Schema for marking up just about anything on your website. Below are the key elements of Schema I would recommend for any local business:- Location & Communication – Map, address, telephone number, opening hours.
- Reviews & Recommendations – Allow customers to see product or service reviews from others to help boost search click-through rates and improve user experience.
- Events – Displayed under your website’s organic listing on Google.
2) Create Google+ Local/Google Places for Business page(s)
Local search results on mobile devices are heavily based upon data uploaded to the free Google My Business platform. Claim your location and start optimising now for results page dominance. For businesses with more than one location, consider setting up a separate page for each. However, remember to keep your profiles updated regularly so that potential customers continue to find the correct information about your business. Read Bridget Randolph’s post on Distilled for an in-depth guide to local optimisation.
Note: The images above show local search results, Google gets this information from Google My Business pages highlighting the importance of creating them for your business.
3) Improve Usability/User Experience
I’ve seen so many sites that offer a layout which is almost identical to the desktop site, making it very hard to use. Especially when you consider the size of the mobile screen and the size of navigational links being presented. Simplifying your site so that the mobile user experience is clear and obvious is essential. Here is an example: Ok, so I love golf and want a new golf bag. After searching for ‘ cheap ping bags’ on my iPhone, the top two search results were clubhousegolf.co.uk (1st) and discountgolfstore.co.uk (2nd). Straight away, I spotted Google presented discountgolfstore.co.uk with the ‘mobile friendly’ tag.
- Simplicity of navigation, easy to select items without having to zoom in on the page.
- Easy to click text, field and image options, also for the same reason as above.
- Simple layouts & the minimum required text.
4) Optimise your site to become Google mobile-friendly
- The mobile-friendly tag is being rolled out worldwide on April 21st 2015.
- Content from indexed apps now feature more in search results for signed-in users. (Implemented 26th February 2015).
5) Improve Site Load speed
From a user and brand loyalty perspective, if a mobile website was slow to load would you recommend or visit it again? I should think not. There are some great online tools to see how fast your site is and what the areas of your site can be improved, Google PageSpeed Insights and Pingdom being a couple. Get expert advice on the technical setup of you mobile website for achieving a faster load speed.6) Include clear calls-to-action (CTAs)
Adding strong calls-to-action such as ‘ Add to Basket’ and ‘ Checkout’ on your mobile website is very important. Look at the emphasis on the CTA in the below image. ‘ Buy Now with 1-Click’ is very clear and commands the customer to take action. Especially notice the colour shading for each of the CTA buttons, the highest business priority button is the one with the highest contrast. Below are a few tips for creating great calls-to-action:- Size of buttons with CTA text on is important to get the attention of your customers.
- Wording of CTAs needs to be clear and concise so that customers understand what action you want them to take.
- Colour is a major winner with CTAs as you don’t want your most important CTAs to not be seen and drowned out by background colours.
Free tools to check your site’s mobile optimisation
Below are some areas to start optimising your mobile site, there are other areas of mobile to focus on too. However if you need any advice or assistance with any of these mobile optimisation tips iThinkMedia are here to help. Google Mobile Friendly Checker: https://www.google.co.uk/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/ Google Page Insights – Check Site Speed: https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/ Apple iOS Simulator Tool Guide: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/… Usability Testing: https://www.optimizely.com Mobile Analytics: http://mobileanalyticssimplified.com/ http://bango.com/mobileanalytics/ http://www.amethon.com/mobile-analytics/ Do you use any tools for optimising your site and especially for your mobile site? Why not share with the group, it’s always great to hear about new tools out there.Explore Our Services
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