Stamford Search Engine Optimisation
Strategies to get more people to your website
90.63% of web pages get NO traffic from Google!*
* According to a study by AHrefs
90.63% of web pages get NO traffic from Google!
What is SEO? How does it work?
Looking for an SEO expert in Stamford?
Targa Web Solutions is based just a couple of miles from Spalding, and specialises in web design, search engine optimisation and web analytics.
What is Search Engine Optimisation?
Reach more people in Stamford with effective SEO strategies to get more people onto your website.
Search Engine Optimisation (or SEO) is the process of setting out a website and each of its pages to be as effective as possible in search engine results.
Search engines aim to return a list of websites which are the closest matches for the search terms entered, and successful SEO on individual web pages will allow each of those pages to stand a better chance of being listed amongst the top search results.
Is SEO important?
SEO is very important, but just how important will depend on what you want from your website and the level of competition you have in your area.
Even if you have the most incredible website but no one ever gets to see it, then what is the point of that website? Worse still, if your business depends on it, then you’ve got a big problem!
In a typical UK town such as Stamford, there will be some businesses which will have very little competition with other similar businesses in Stamford for a good position in search engine results.
For example there are fewer car dealers in Stamford than there are plumbers and electricians. Therefore success in a search for electrician in Stamford
or Stamford plumbers
may need a lot more effort, analysis, and frequent monitoring and tweaking or page code and content than a search for a main car dealer in Stamford would.
And let's be perfectly honest... SEO success certainly won't happen overnight. It WILL take some time. Any new business offering services within a geographic area such as Stamford will need to earn the right to be amongst the existing well established websites for those same search criteria.
What does SEO involve?
Ideally your website should be built from the ground up with usability and SEO in mind. Some of the specifics are explained further down this page, but let’s just say at this point that SEO should have been a key consideration right from the start of the development of your website, and not just an add-on at the end.
But what if it wasn’t designed to be effective? Is it too late?
Not at all. Things can be done to improve your effectiveness with search engines, but how much can be done would need to be assessed on a case by case basis, as some things such as content changes could be easier and cheaper to implement than changes to the structure of a page.
Some examples of what should be reviewed include:
Competitor analysis:
- Which of your competitors are appearing in the top search engine results?
- What are they doing to give them such a high position?
- What can be done with your new or current website to enable you to get amongst the top search results for the services you provide in Stamford?
Checking for website errors:
- Checking for
broken links
(links to pages which may have been removed, or links which have been incorrectly set up and therefore fail to reach a target page) - Checking for
missing images
(an image may have been removed, or the reference to it may be incorrectly set up and therefore fail to reach the target image) - Fixing any
website errors
that have been found.
Review for improvements to your website:
Website content review
and enhancements.Keyword research
analysis and improvements.- Checking how the major tags such as
<title>,<h1>and<h2>etc are being used. Page load speed
analysis.Website architecture
analysis.Page structure validation
Internal links
- analysis and review of existing internal links and identifying opportunities for improvement.- Improve
Inbound linking
(also known asbacklinking
) - Improve
outbound linking
- Determine strategy for the use of
landing pages.
Google submissions:
Google validation
and submitting.Google Analytics
tag installation, validation, analysis and monitoring.Google Business Profile
(previously known asGoogle My Business
) listing to help your business to stand out when people are searching in the Stamford area.
Bing submissions:
- Submission to the
Bing search engine
- Submission to
Bing Places
which will help potential customers find your website when searching on Bing for businesses like yours in Stamford.
Our free website audit would be a good place to start the initial investigation.
What impact does SEO have on design?
In many ways styling shouldn't be affected, but what the content on your pages say and how they link and reference to other content and pages on your site is very important.
But you shouldn't overdo it.
In the early days of the web, success with search engines was often achieved by cramming as many keywords and key phrases on a page as possible, sometimes to a point where it would look excessive and repetitive.
For example it might have looked something like:
Targa Web Solutions produces professional websites for businesses in the Stamford area of Lincolnshire. Our 27 years of website design experience speaks for itself, and we are unbeaten in the Stamford area for building quality professional websites. You will find that our website design services are amongst the cheapest and best value in Lincolnshire.
That is NOT how I want to portray Targa, but you get the idea? It was very much a case of how many times the same thing can be said in as many ways as possible, and hope that you had managed to cram in more than your competitors so that you appeared higher in search results.
It was also known as keyword stuffing
and some websites still operate on that basis.
Thankfully things are continuing to change
For example Google places increasing importance on meaningful and relevant content, and discourages any form of keyword stuffing in the way described above.
What does relevant content mean?
Let's say that you run a kitchen installation company in Stamford, and you also cover other areas in Lincolnshire. Your website should convey that message so it should be clear to potential customers what services you offer, and where you operate. You should therefore aim to be successful in search results for terms such as:
kitchen fitter in spalding
kitchen installation in holbeach
kitchen installer in crowland
kitchen specialist in pinchbeck
That might sound obvious, but also bear in mind that dedicated pages could be worth having for any additional services you offer, combined with any neighbouring towns and villages within reach of Stamford which you also provide services in.
That approach will certainly be beneficial to your SEO efforts and reach more potential customers.
What does meaningful content mean?
Does your website portray your company as being experts in your field, and from all of the other options of similar companies in the Stamford area, will your potential customers get the sense that YOUR company is the one which is most suited to your needs?
Google tries to determine just that, by evaluating the nature and content of a website against criteria which assesses the credibility of a website and its owners. Google calls this process E-A-T
which stands for Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness
E-A-T
is derived from Google's Search Quality Rating Guidelines
Get in touch...
If you feel that Targa can help with your local SEO in Stamford, feel free to contact us using the form, phone, email, or select a time slot to suit your schedule.
info@targaweb.com
Phone: 01406 373511
Mob: 07564 372222
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Web design too...
Besides providing SEO services, Targa also offer web design services in Stamford, and would be happy to hear from you.
