WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE
OPTIMIZATION (SEO)?
Most individuals have heard of search engine optimization. In its most basic form, the main focus of SEO is to help your website get found by Google and other search engines when potential customers or clients search for keywords related to your business.
Why Is SEO So Important?
Over 50% of ALL online sessions begin with an organic search. What’s more, is that 75% of Google users will never go past the first page of Google results when looking for information. This led to possibly the most staggering statistic of them all: Over 40% of revenue is captured by organic search traffic.
What about a true definition of SEO?
Search Engine Optimization is an ever-changing field of strategy in which SEO Specialists work across many different areas of web development to help a business’ online presence exist in accordance with what the algorithms of major search engines value.
Why Is SEO Strategy Always Changing?
SEO is a fluid field of strategy as major search engines such as Google and Bing routinely update what their algorithms value. So while the core values of what is effective in SEO stays mostly constant, the nuances can change at a rapid pace. What works great for one month might actually be counter-effective the next month.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEO?
Search Engine Optimization can be broken down into three strategy types. These fields include on-site SEO, off-site SEO, and technical SEO. It is worth understanding each of these and how they interact to gain a crucial understanding of how we conduct our search engine optimization strategy for each client.
On-Page SEO
On-Site or On-Page SEO refers to the search engine optimization strategy which can be conducted on your website’s specific pages. On-Site SEO is commonly the most discussed type of search engine optimization, as it is the most easily understandable for the general public.
On-page SEO includes:
- Structuring content by using the correct header tags in the right locations
- Featuring copy in digestible paragraph lengths
- The constant creation of informative content
- The proper use of internal linking
- Correct URL structuring
- Well designed metadata
- And, of course, a coherent keyword and keyphrase strategy
Technical SEO
Technical SEO is a type of search engine optimization that looks at the technical aspects that the search engine algorithms measure. This type of SEO goes beyond what is written on the page and looks at how the entire website operates as an ecosystem.
Technical SEO includes:
- Website and page loading speeds
- Mobile-friendliness and screen size responsiveness of specific pages and the overall site
- The availability of the website and its pages to be indexed by search engines
- Third-Party Robot crawlability
- The overall website architecture and structure
- Security measures such as the inclusion of a secure socket layer
Off-Page SEO
Off-site SEO, also known as Off-Page SEO is commonly thought of as the most important type of search engine optimization. While that is true for many reasons, just like the other two types of SEO, Off-Site SEO is pointless when not conducted in accordance with technical and on-site practices.
Off-Site SEO includes:
- The accumulation of high-quality backlinks
- Guest blogging
- Influencer marketing
- Email marketing
- E-Word of Mouth: When local customers share your business organically on social media or other channels
LOCAL VS. NATIONAL SEO
At GriffinWink, we have clients that range from local businesses with one location to national entities which are running campaigns across the entirety of the United States.
Practicing SEO for national-level clients is different than working for local clients, and it is worth understanding the differences in how we approach clients who are looking to gain visibility at different levels, as well as the differences in the different markets we currently operate in.
Lubbock SEO
Lubbock is a city undergoing an unprecedented period of economic and population growth. It seems that regardless of the industry, new competition is cropping up every single day. This explosion in growth has brought in many national-level digital and marketing agencies to offer their services to local clients.
At GriffinWink, we have called Lubbock home for over 10 years, and our employees and founders have lived here for decades. We have seen the city change before our eyes and understand the driving force behind commerce in the city. This understanding has created Lubbock SEO practices which are tailor-made for our Hub City clients.
From working alongside local blogs and influencers to craft high authority backlinks, to keeping a finger on the pulse of what your company’s competitors are doing, we know how to help local businesses in Lubbock start to rank for localized keywords and keyphrases.
Albuquerque SEO
Albuquerque is home to our second office, and much of our staff have grown up in the shadow of the Sandias. Albuquerque is experiencing an economic redevelopment effort on a scale that is rarely seen in the United States today.
Having an understanding of the driving forces behind the economy and the people of Albuquerque has helped Griffinwink determine specific practices for Albuquerque SEO. These include working with local organizations to craft organic, high authority backlinks, to creating content which speaks the hearts of ABQ residents.
Albuquerque is seeing an influx of national entities throwing out incredulous claims about how they can boost local company rankings, but without an understanding of what motivates the city, their strategy often falls short.
Rest easy knowing that at GriffinWink, our Albuquerque SEO strategy goes beyond what the competition can offer, as we have tirelessly worked to gain an all-encompassing understanding of what drives the digital market.
Amarillo SEO
Amarillo is immortalized in countless classic country songs and still wears its wild west Texas heart on its sleeve. As Amarillo continues to grow, and its local economy thrives, digital marketing has become a necessity for local businesses.
At GriffinWink, we have worked on dozens of Amarillo SEO campaigns ranging from local civic initiatives to new businesses operating in competitive industries. Our Amarillo SEO strategy comes from an understanding of what drives the search queries of the local population.
Through comprehensive research and real-time data analysis, we implement strategies that wouldn’t work anywhere else in the country to help Amarillo businesses find the highest level of search visibility possible.
Amarillo is far from ordinary, and we believe that a cookie-cutter Amarillo SEO strategy does not cut it for a city that is growing at a rate that almost defies logic. We can do the heavy lifting for your Amarillo company so that everyone – from those passing through on I-40 to lifetime residents – are finding your business on the front page of Google.
Midland SEO
Midland and the Permian Basin are experiencing one of the largest surges of population growth in the entire nation. Thanks to the oil boom, new residents and new businesses are flocking to the area at breakneck speeds.
While this growth is great for the local economy, it also brings with it a higher level of competition when it comes to small business.
GriffinWink has its roots in the Permian Basin, as a predecessor to our company started in Odessa in the mid-1970s. This history has enabled us to watch the Permian Basin change and grow over several decades.
Our Permian Basin and Midland SEO strategies take into account factors that those not intimately familiar with the area would overlook or brush to the side.
From accounting for motivations of local residents to understanding the changing focus of the local business proprietor, our Permian Basin and Midland SEO clients can relax knowing that their organic search presence is being optimized and monitored by a company with a deep connection to the local market.
National SEO
National SEO campaigns are a different animal than a localized strategy. They require a very in-depth understanding of all aspects of SEO theory as well as constant monitoring of industry trends.
At GriffinWink, we have worked on several national-level SEO campaigns across multiple specific industries. Our national-level clients are consistently floored by our long-term strategies that account for where the organic search industry is heading.
While SEO in its nature is a reactive science, we pride ourselves are staying ahead of the curve and setting trends in the industry rather than only hoping new algorithm updates don’t hinder our clients.
It is this forward-thinking mindset, mixed with an unmatched knowledge base, that helps our national clients consistently rank for high-volume key phrases, no matter where their customer base submits search queries from in the country.
