2008/03/06

SEO study #2

Site audit... sounds like headache.
But already
all kinds of keywords within web marketing buzz is almost headache.
Now let's learn!
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Why a search(site) audit?

  • It’s a barometer of your health and opportunities online. An SEO audit brings together all that data your site has been gathering and tells you where your strengths lie; it also takes the code and architecture of your site to show where opportunities exist.
  • It helps you decide on whether or not to hire an in-house SEO strategist. Large jobs require longer-term investments. Quick fixes can be outsourced.
  • A good audit compares your paid search and organic search performance. Each market is different — some pay better with organic strategies by raising your unpaid Google ranking. Other markets have more opportunity in the paid search realm. Although all strategies benefit from a dual approach that capitalizes on both, you’ll eventually need to decide on which one pays the best for your efforts.
  • SEO audits size up your competition. Audits are one of the least utilized tools for firms with stiff competition. The beauty of a good SEO audit is the ability to scrape much of your competitors’ web data for comparisons and to isolate opportunities in order to lap them in rankings.

Source: Why a Search Audit is Essential (Bnet)
Ref.: perform a site audit (searchengineland.com)