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TRAFFIC VS CONVERSIONS:
How SEO & CRO Can
Work Together
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Ever changing landscape of SEO
What makes a user convert
3 ways an SEO should focus on CRO
practises
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SEO has changed a
lot over the years
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The way user’s behave
has changed
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Busy
2019
Lazy Voice AI
Data Ecommerce 0 Click Mobile
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Four key changes in SEO
over the past 5 years
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MOBILE
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PAGE
SPEED
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MACHINE
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LEARNING
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POGO
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STICKING
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SEOs are
doing CRO
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A DEFINITION OF CRO
Content, rich media,
images etc.
Data science
& testing
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SEO CRO
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Where are
the parallels?
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What makes
you convert?
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Price Ease Trust
Reviews Delivery speed
Service/product
information
Landing on the
right page
In line with expectationsFast checkout
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Price Ease Trust
Reviews Delivery speed
Service/product
information
Landing on the
right page
In line with expectationsFast checkout
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What an SEO
should consider is...
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When traffic &
conversions look separate?
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Can it be crawled?
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Can it be indexed?
Should it be indexed?
Is enough being indexed?
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TRAFFIC
Can it be crawled?
Can it be indexed?
Should it be indexed?
Is enough being indexed?
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TRAFFIC
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But they can’t work
without each other
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Low
quality content
Low quality images,
slow, spammy, thin,
irrelevant, over
optimised...
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Is it fit for
purpose?
Low quality images,
slow, spammy, thin,
irrelevant, over
optimised...
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The
conversion
funnel
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FAQs and
guides
The
product/service
page
Publications and
press a few steps
away from the
client
Off-page
features
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Three ways SEOs need to
think about conversion in
their workflow
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Retaining
engagement
Ensure that the
content is in line with
the user’s expectations
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→ Content gap
→ More content
→ Review user’s intent
→ Assess conversion funnel
Ensure that the
content is in line with
the user’s expectations
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The site is trustworthy
and the brand and
products have positive
and reliable reviews
Creating
a trustworthy
brand
2
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The site is trustworthy
and the brand and
products have positive
and reliable reviews
→ Think of the user
→ & the competitor
landscape
→ Consider user’s from other
marketing activity
→ Assess conversion funnel
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The site is quick and
the checkout process
is easy without too
many fields for me to
fill in
Optimise
the checkout
process
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The site is quick and
the checkout process
is easy without too
many fields for the
user to fill in
→ Make things simple
→ Think about trust signals
→ Speak to the sales/customer
service team
→ Assess conversion funnel
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Four key changes in SEO
What makes a user buy is at the heart of
what we do
Creating content in line with the
conversion funnel will assist the end goal
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Thank you

Traffic vs conversions how seo & cro can work together