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  • Category :SEO Case Study
  • Date :12 Feb, 2017
435% Improvement in Organic Traffic in a Year 1
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Project Brief:

A new client, who had used other SEO firms in the past with little to no results recently brought us on to increase their organic search results. As you will see with our methodology below, we were able to increase their organic search traffic 556%. That does not mean much without sales to follow, however. In addition to the organic search traffic lift, our client also saw an increase of 63% of revenue from organic search traffic. Here’s how we did it
We began working with a new client who sells several niche high-end products on their e-commerce site, but we apply the same methodology to all clients we work with. Local clients have different requirements, but this case study shows what kind of results can be achieved with some fundamental on-page SEO and quality link building.
The client knew they needed help with their organic search rankings because they were not ranking on page 1 for any relevant keywords. Their site was converting visitors into customers with their PPC campaign, but they wanted to increase their sales from organic search results and not rely solely on PPC. This client had worked with other SEO agencies in the past. One got them in trouble with a Google algorithm update, and the next one, who they were with when they contacted us, used a clever linking scheme between participating websites. However, they were concerned about the link network being detected by Google and getting penalized again, which was a valid concern.
The first item was to cut ties with the linking scheme. Then we began building high Domain Authority links to their site because we knew a lot of links would be lost from the linking scheme and they needed to increase their Domain Authority.
In this graphic you can see the overall number of links dropped due to lost links from the link network, but the Domain Authority increased from 27 to 30 because of the new high Domain Authority links.
435% Improvement in Organic Traffic in a Year 2
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Next step was keyword research. After a broad list was developed, we engaged the client in a collaborative effort to select the best keywords for their website and their business. We always want to focus on products that sell the best and bring in the most revenue, and understand which products may become obsolete or discontinued so we don’t focus on those. Once the list was culled to a manageable size, we began mapping keywords to the correct pages.

After keyword mapping comes crafting Title Tags and Meta Descriptions for the pages. Once they were reviewed and approved by the client, the tags and descriptions were implemented and that’s when we saw some significant movement in keyword ranking. I received a frantic call from the client concerned that the ranking of a certain keyword had fallen dramatically. What they hadn’t realized was that another page dramatically increased in rank for that same keyword. Previously, pages were ranking for keywords that really weren’t a good match for the page, so the keyword mapping exercise helped us straighten that out. Here is a screen shot showing the increases in a few of the keywords we are tracking for this client.

435% Improvement in Organic Traffic in a Year 3
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Of course, there many more on-page elements that were optimized in addition to the Title Tags and Meta Descriptions, plus we did a lot of high quality link building, but the important thing to show you are the results. Below is a chart from Google Analytics showing the increase in YOY Organic Search Traffic.
435% Improvement in Organic Traffic in a Year 4
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The chart shows and increase in Organic Search traffic of over 435%. While an increase in traffic is great, the only thing my client really cared about was an increase in sales. Below is a chart from Google Analytics. Because this is an ecommerce site, we were able to measure revenue tied to various traffic sources. You can see the revenue from organic search traffic was up over 63% and the number of transactions was up nearly 95%. There is not a 1:1 correlation between the increase in traffic and sales because the price point is very high and the products are in a very narrow niche. An average sale is nearly $2,000 so the coversion rate is not very high. While we are implementing some ideas to generate more sales, the increase of over 63% is a great start. And I should mention this is their slow season!

435% Improvement in Organic Traffic in a Year 5
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Conclusion: Our client had worked with other SEO companies who used out-dated or “blackhat” methods which got them penalized or exposed them to future penalties with link networks. This client trusted the recommendation of a reliable colleague to work with us. We’ve delivered page 1 rankings for many of the most valuable keywords in this niche which not only resulted in increased sales, but revenue that impacts their bottom line

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