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Surely you have heard about search engine promotion of a website. Even if you are unfamiliar with this formulation, then you know very well that there are search engines (Yandex, Google, Rambler and others) that provide users with lists of sites in response to entered queries (for example, “rent an apartment”, “delivery of lunches to the office” or “hotels in the Moscow region”). Moreover, some sites go to first places in a search engine, and some can be found only by scrolling through a few pages.
Exactly search engine promotion(or, as it is also called, search engine optimization of the site) precisely serves to ensure that your site reaches the best places, i.e. in the TOP. More scientifically speaking, search engine optimization of a website (search engine promotion, website promotion, SEO - SearchEngineOptimization) is set of measures to increase the site’s position in search engine results for pre-selected queries.
If in the recent past the Internet was used mainly to search for information, today the situation has changed a lot. The constant increase in the number of Internet users, new technologies (communication with the target audience using a website, online payment systems, the ability to order on-line, etc.) and many other factors have turned the Internet into both a powerful marketing tool and a place for sales. simultaneously. For example, the boom in online shopping definitely indicates that skillfully used Internet technologies bring stable profits to website owners.
Internet promotion can be effective for ALL companies whose potential audience is looking for similar products or services on the Internet. According to statistics, the number of Internet users is growing every year; today more than a third of Russians already use the Internet. Moreover, this audience is very attractive for business, because it has high solvency. Think about it, thousands, and perhaps tens and hundreds of thousands of people search for your products every day, but find competitors’ products! And all because more efficient competitors have already taken the best places in search engine results. You too can take these “places in the sun” - to do this you need to start search engine optimization of the site.
There are several reasons for this. Firstly, top places in search engines can be compared to prestigious areas of the city. Usually, the client gets his first impression of the company even before visiting the organization, having learned where it is located. The more prestigious the area, the more confidence the client has, and accordingly, the greater the chance that he will choose you. The stereotype works: if a company is located in the very center of the city, then this company is thriving. This stereotype works similarly with SEO promotion. Sites that are in the TOP are, as a rule, the most respected sites.
Secondly, a good location attracts a much larger number of visitors. More than 95 (!) percent of users will pay attention to sites located in the first ten positions (TOP-10, i.e. the first search page). If a search engine returns a company’s website on the fourth page and beyond, then less than 2 percent of users will have the patience to scroll to this page.
Therefore, the higher the site is in the TOP, the more traffic it will have. We recommend being in the TOP 5 search results for the most important queries.
Of course, search engine optimization is a very effective way to attract customers, but with one caveat: it must be done by professionals. And the point here is not so much that inept optimization can cost your site penalties, but that the number of site visitors will increase, but the number of buyers will not. For promotion to give the best results, you need to decide.
There are situations when the user has already chosen several alternatives for himself and is inclined to contact your company and competing companies for additional information. Then the user searches for sites or contacts of these organizations. In such a situation, few will open the city telephone directory or call the help desk to find out information. Most will look for information on the Internet. And if the site is not SEO-optimized, then the user most likely simply will not find information about the company on the Internet! Today's Internet user is extremely spoiled and is not used to spending a lot of time searching. If they don’t find you, they will turn to competitors, the search for information about which will be easier and faster. Agree, it is very unpleasant to lose clients who already wanted to contact you, but simply could not do so.
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Soooo! Now let’s move on to the most interesting, in my opinion, search engine promotion. Just two years ago, everyone said that it was no longer relevant, that all this was unnecessary, and that it was all crap. In fact, everything turned out to be quite the opposite. in search engines it has always been, is and will be the priority source of traffic for most sites on the entire World Wide Web. Let us begin to study this difficult science.
Many website owners think about what is better: search engine optimization or contextual advertising? In what direction is it preferable to direct the website budget? In this article we will try to answer these questions.
Contextual advertising and search engine optimization (SEO) are one of the most popular tools for promoting websites on the Internet. It is worth noting that context and SEO require certain costs, which are not always available to novice webmasters.
Context and SEO have some common features - the results are displayed in search engines and, accordingly, in the profit from the Internet project. These tools are aimed at attracting a motivated target audience to the site.
In addition to similarities, there are also big differences.
You can, for example, do:
But you will see changes no earlier than in a month.
SEO doesn't allow for such fine-tuning. This leads to a higher percentage of untargeted visits and refusals. But given the fact that you don’t pay for every click from the search results, this is not so critical.
Contextual advertising management systems make it possible to edit advertisements and completely change their text. This means that during testing, you can find the most converting ad text options that will best match the user’s request.
Contextual advertising is a marketing tool with one of the highest conversion rates. This is due to the extensive customization and targeting capabilities. Search engine optimization, as a rule, cannot boast such high conversion rates.
An advertising campaign in context requires constant vigilant monitoring. This is due to the fact that the cost per click and position can constantly change. The fact is that the number of ads for your requests may be increased by competitors or decreased, which will change the position of impressions. To optimize costs, you need to regularly intervene in the initial campaign settings.
SEO promotion does not require such careful monitoring. However, during search engine promotion, it is necessary to constantly engage in analytics and monitor changes in search engine algorithms and competitors’ strategies.
The cost of attracting a target user to a website in contextual advertising is quite stable. If there is a need to increase the number of transitions, then you need to increase the budget proportionally. In addition, you should consider the possibility of increasing the cost per click, which will raise your ads above the competition.
At the first stages of search engine SEO promotion, the cost may seem quite high. However, over time, this figure will decrease significantly and will be significantly lower than the cost of acquisition using contextual advertising.
When you use up the entire balance in your account, contextual advertising will immediately stop displaying. If you stop funding search engine SEO promotion, the results will remain in occupied positions for some time and then gradually begin to decline as competitors become more active.
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It’s better to act like this: after launching a commercial project, for quick results you need to use contextual advertising. So, you can quickly attract your target audience to the site. In parallel with the context, it is necessary to engage in search engine SEO promotion.
In the process, it will be possible to gradually reduce the cost of contextual advertising, but it all depends on each individual case and budget. Sometimes this is not advisable. By reducing costs for context, you reduce the number of conversion users, which means you deprive yourself of additional profit.
Owners of commercial websites often face this choice. Comparing these two tools is not entirely correct. Both approaches have their pros and cons, and both can be effective or fail. They're just designed for different purposes. In the article below we will look at in which cases it is better to choose SEO, and in which - context.
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SEO is a set of measures to raise a website in search results. They include analytical work (evaluating the project and its competitors, creating a promotion strategy), developing a sitemap and writing texts, technical actions (fixing errors on the site, adjusting the code according to SEO criteria, improving usability, creating additional functionality), internal and external optimization ( selection of landing pages and meta tags).
So, as part of the promotion, competitors’ websites are assessed and a strategy is developed. After this, text content is created, errors on the site and in the code are corrected, usability is improved and new functions are introduced. In parallel with this, work is underway with landing pages, meta tags and link mass.
SEO just serves to ensure that your website ranks in the best places.
PPC are advertisements that are displayed in search results or on a website. The display of such advertising is based on user preferences. If he enters the search query: “Learn Spanish,” then he gets a list of thematic sites, and at the top there will be several links marked “Advertising.” This is how context works.
In order to set up a campaign, you must:
These are the main points that reflect the essence of the work. Now let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of the approaches.
You have a flower shop. You organized delivery around the city or established cooperation with partners in other regions, so you decided to set up online sales. To do this, you created an online store. It does not rank high in search results because no SEO work has been done. There is no traffic, and an influx of buyers coming from the search engine is not expected. But applications are needed urgently, as Valentine’s Day and March 8th are just around the corner.
You will have to budget for setting up contextual advertising, but it will pay off much faster than if you chose SEO promotion. Applications will begin to arrive in 2-3 days and will continue to arrive as long as you run the campaign. Depending on the topic, the setup will take from 2 to 7 days if it is done by a contextologist.
You are the owner of a website with training courses. Do you want to see more applications for purchasing courses, views of previews, and overall more visitors than now. Your target client is a person who did not spontaneously decide to engage in distance education. Before buying online courses, he will study the offers that the search results will give him. And in this case, you need your website, with excellent graphics and readable texts, to be among the first to catch his eye.
Solution: SEO promotion
Using this approach, be prepared for the fact that results will not be visible immediately, but after 3-6 months. Sometimes this period can last for a year - it all depends on the condition of the site and external factors. But the resulting effect will last for many years and will not require large financial investments from you. All that remains is to maintain what has been achieved (this is not difficult).
The examples clearly show the main differences between the two tools. If you see yourself in one of these situations, then use the solution given. This will help you spend your budget wisely. But we also recommend studying all aspects of these approaches in order to correctly place emphasis in the future.
The ideal option would be to combine SEO and contextual advertising. Choose the option that suits you at this stage. Formulate the result that is now a priority, and spend your budget wisely!
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The two main ways to bring users to the site are to be in the TOP of search results for the necessary queries - that is, and. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages that need to be studied to determine the best way to reach targeted visitors.
The main goal of SEO promotion is to obtain organic traffic not in the short term, but in the long term. This effect is achieved by working on the design, usability and content of the site.
Site positions for search queries are determined by highly complex algorithms. Robots study hundreds of parameters, each of which directly affects the final result. The main focus of SEO is on content, which should be:
SEO promotion is carried out by a specialist - an optimizer.
Properly executed content optimization can open up enormous prospects for the website owner. This is possible due to the following reasons:
SEO promotion serves to increase the conversion of commercial resources, turning visitors into buyers of goods or customers of services. This works due to the fact that only high-quality, proven sites will reach the top of search results.
Among the main disadvantages of this method of receiving traffic it is worth noting:
Despite the disadvantages of promotion, it is an increasingly popular way to develop Internet resources, as it allows you to get a stable result.
Unlike SEO promotion, contextual advertising allows you to receive visitors almost immediately. To do this, just create ads in Google AdWords or Yandex Direct.
There are a number of reasons to actively use contextual advertising. First of all, it is worth noting:
It is quite difficult to choose a winner from the methods of getting traffic described above, since each of them is good in its own way. Many optimizers and webmasters are inclined to believe that each of them can be used together to get optimal results, and there are a number of reasons for this:
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