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What Is SEO Management and What Does It Include?

Understand how keyword research, on-page SEO, technical SEO, content and off-page optimization fit into an ongoing SEO strategy.

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Practical Guide

Introduction

SEO management is the ongoing process of researching, planning, implementing and evaluating work designed to improve a website's organic search visibility.

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What Does SEO Management Mean?

SEO is rarely a single change to a website. Search visibility is influenced by the relationship between website structure, content, search intent, technical accessibility and authority.

SEO management brings these areas together within an ongoing strategy rather than treating each task as an isolated activity.

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Keyword Research

Keyword research helps identify the language people use when searching and the intent behind those searches.

Useful research goes beyond collecting search terms. Keywords can be grouped by topic and intent so that each important search need is connected to an appropriate page or content asset.

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On-Page SEO

On-page SEO focuses on the content and structure of individual pages.

  • Page titles and headings
  • Content relevance
  • Search intent
  • Internal linking
  • Images and supporting media
  • Page structure
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Technical SEO

Technical SEO helps search engines access, understand and index the website while also supporting a better experience for users.

  • Crawling and indexing
  • Website architecture
  • Internal linking
  • Canonicalization
  • Page performance
  • Mobile usability
  • Structured data where appropriate
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Content Strategy

Content gives a website opportunities to satisfy different types of search intent. Service pages can address commercial searches while supporting resources can answer informational questions and develop broader topical coverage.

The objective should be useful coverage rather than publishing content simply to increase the number of indexed pages.

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Off-Page SEO

Off-page SEO covers signals and activity that occur beyond the website itself. This can include relevant links, mentions, digital PR opportunities and other forms of online authority.

Quality and relevance are more important than simply accumulating large numbers of links.

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Measurement and Improvement

SEO management should include regular evaluation. Search visibility, traffic and conversions can reveal where the strategy is working and where further improvement may be required.

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