DIY SEO: how to get traffic without an agency

After Google Ads was blocked in Russia, SEO promotion became the main way to get into search engine results. In order not to lose traffic, it is important to promote the site in both Google and Yandex. SEO is stable, allowing you to get long-term results with the right approach. What should you do to promote yourself this year? We share key recommendations.

Standard SEO

Attracting traffic through SEO remains relevant throughout the year. For successful promotion, you need to pay attention to both internal and external site optimization. We list the main stages of work:

  • Install an SSL certificate.
  • Remove technical errors. Make sure that search robots can access robots.txt, sitemap.xml, and that there are no broken links or server errors on the site. The site must display correctly in different browsers and be functional.
  • Adapt your website for mobile devices. Use Yandex and AMP Turbo pages for faster loading.
  • Optimize site loading speed.
  • Implement micro-markup to better understand site content by search engines.
  • Fix usability issues.
  • Collect a semantic core and use LSI words to enrich the content.
  • Optimize meta tags and text content according to queries.
  • Set up internal linking.
  • Add your site to directories and geoservices, actively work with the link mass.
  • Work on commercial factors: place sections with contact information, about the company, delivery, payment and returns.

Working with a blog

A blog is a great opportunity to attract traffic based on information requests. With proper optimization, pages can get to the top and even to quick answers. To make your blog effective, add commercial inserts to your articles. For example, if your company sells air purifiers, you could write an article about seasonal allergies and offer solutions using your products.

How to attract traffic with a blog?

1. Identify topics related to your activities and interesting to your audience.

2. Make a list of queries using Wordstat and complete them with information query words such as “what”, “how”, “review”, “best”, etc.

3. Check the frequency and competition of requests to choose the most suitable ones.

4. Write articles, optimizing them for selected phrases, adding LSI words and complying with SEO requirements.

Traffic will grow in 2-3 months if everything is done correctly.

Optimization for mobile traffic

Mobile traffic continues to grow. It is important that your website is optimized for mobile devices, as users are increasingly shopping and searching for information on mobile phones. Key aspects of mobile optimization:

  • The site must be displayed correctly on mobile devices.
  • Make sure Google and Yandex consider your site smartphone-friendly.
  • Optimize loading speeds for mobile users.
  • Make your contacts clickable.
  • Use queries tailored to mobile users: short queries, often voice queries.

Optimization for voice search

Voice search has become increasingly popular in recent years. To optimize a site for voice queries, you need to expand the semantic core with long phrases that are often asked by voice. Voice queries are often low-frequency, so they are easier to rank for, which can also help rank for mid-frequency phrases.

Additional Methods

Optimizing images and videos

Multimedia content helps promote a website in Google and Yandex, especially in niches related to visual aspects such as jewelry, interior design, etc. To promote through images and videos, it is important to monitor the quality of the content, correct description, adding semantic markup and optimizing tags.

Regional promotion in services

For companies operating in specific regions, it is important to use local SEO. The benefits are that search engines and voice assistants display information about businesses located near the user. For successful regional promotion:

  • Provide contact information for all your locations.
  • Add information about your location to directories and geoservices.
  • Pay attention to reviews and ratings on map services.
  • Make sure your site is indexed based on geolocation.

Optimization of product cards for the “Products” section

It is important for online stores to promote their products in the “Products” section of search engines. This can significantly increase your traffic and conversions. To do this, optimize your product cards: add detailed names, high-quality images, descriptions, characteristics and reviews. Don't forget to update your product feed in Webmaster to keep the information up to date.

Conclusion

Promoting a website without a budget for contextual advertising is still possible thanks to SEO. Key areas include standard SEO, blogging, mobile and voice search optimization, and local SEO. If you want to promote yourself and avoid mistakes, follow the updates on SEO blogs or contact an SEO studio for help. We are always ready to advise you on any issue by email info@seo.computer.

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