🚨 Bad SEO Agency:
Our client sells swimwear, so let's target the keyword "swimwear" — 70,000 searches per month, so ranking for that keyword will drive a ton of sales.
👍🏽 Good SEO Agency:
Our client sells swimwear, but we're not going to be able to rank them for the keyword "swimwear" — it's too competitive.
Instead, let's build out additional, more specific Product Category pages:
For example:
- bikini
- black swimsuit
- halterneck bikini
- glitter bikini
Those keywords still have a large search volume, they're not as competitive, so we'll be able to rank in the top 5 positions for them, and they'll convert better since they're more specific.
🚀 GREAT SEO agency:
We’re going to build out colour, style, and trend categories to capture more specific search intent with still high volume.
But we’ve noticed something.
Our average order value of swimwear category is £12, it’s our lowest value product. We want people to buy more from us, so we’re going to build out destination pages. We’ve seen people looking for…
Ibiza outfits 4400 msv
Greece outfits 3800 msv
Dubai outfits 4200 msv
These are going to include the bikinis, as well as the bag, the beach cover up and shoes. We’re going to execute this with content across Google, Pinterest and, TikTok because they’re the top 3 channels its searched on, and aim to get the average order value from £12 to £100 because they buy their whole holiday outfit with us not just a bikini
Don’t be surprised when Every SEO agency has access to the same keyword volumes, and they recommend the same strategies to go after the same
Keywords and it doesn’t work.
👙 We did the above for our client for multiple destinations and were pos 1, got over 68 links as a result of it, and average order value on those pages more than quadrupled.
Bad SEO Agency:
Our client sells lamps, so let's target the keyword "lamps" — it has 48,000 searches per month, so ranking for that keyword will drive a ton of sales.
Good SEO Agency:
Our client sells lamps, but we're not going to be able to rank them for the keyword "lamps" — it's too competitive.
Instead, let's build out additional, more specific Product Category pages to target long-tail variations of the keyword "lamps."
For example:
- table lamps (25,000 SV)
- bedside lamps (8,600 SV)
- living room lamps (8,1000 SV)
- bedroom lamps (7,300 SV)
Those keywords still have a large search volume, they're not as competitive, so we'll be able to rank in the top 5 positions for them, and they'll convert better since they're more specific.
It's a win-win-win.
If your SEO agency doesn't think like this, it's time to find a new one.