SEO is one of the most important aspects of your website. It affects your ranking on Google search engine results pages and can have a huge impact on traffic and conversion rates. You need to keep track of what’s happening with your SEO so you know what’s going right and what needs improvement. For this reason, it’s essential that you keep tabs on key metrics for every page on your website.
Looking at search traffic, bounce rates, and conversions
Look at search traffic.
To start, you should check your website’s Search Console. It will tell you the number of visitors coming to the site from Google and other sources, as well as how many pages they viewed and how much time they spent on those pages. This data can help you determine if visitors are finding what they need on your site. It’s also helpful for tracking changes in traffic over time—you might notice an increase in people landing on certain pages or that they’re spending more time on certain pages than others.
You can also look at keyword-level data in Search Console, which lets you see which keywords drive the most traffic to your site (and how much). If there are any problematic keywords like misspellings or irrelevant searches that are bringing users to your website but not leading them anywhere useful yet—or if there are any long-tail keywords that have a lot of potential but aren’t being used by anyone yet—you might consider adding them into some content strategies going forward!
Relevance of keywords to landing pages – pay attention!
There are a few areas that you should focus on when it comes to keywords and SEO metrics:
- Title tags – Your title tag should contain the most important keyword phrase for that page. If there’s more than one relevant keyword phrase, use them both in the same way (i.e., not separated by commas). Avoid using too many words because this will make it difficult for search engines to understand what your content is about and will also make your page look unprofessional.
- Meta descriptions – When writing meta descriptions, think of them as an advertisement for your website/page. A good meta description will get people excited enough about visiting your website/page so they click through and visit it! Include a call-to-action such as “learn more” or “click here.” These types of calls-to-action tell people what they need to do next—in other words, they encourage visitors to take action!
- Internal links – An internal link refers to linking between pages on the same website or domain name (i.e., www….com), while external links refer those pointing elsewhere on the Internet (i.e., www….net). Internal links help users navigate around different content within one site; external ones direct users away from yours…
In-depth analysis after algorithm updates
In addition to the standard metrics, you should look at things like your rankings, traffic and conversions. Your bounce rate will also be a good indicator if there’s something going on with your website.
What are the most important SEO metrics?
- Rankings: Organic search results are still the main way people find businesses online. To assess how well your SEO efforts are working, regularly check your rankings across multiple keywords and long tail searches to see where you rank in Google’s organic search results pages (SERPs). Be sure to check how often keywords are appearing in these SERPs as well as their position within those SERPs. The higher up a keyword appears in Google’s ranking algorithm, the better chance it has of receiving traffic from searchers who type it into Google without additional qualifiers such as “near me” or “best.”
- Traffic: Search engine traffic isn’t just about clicks; it’s also about conversions (clicking through) and revenue earned from those clicks. By looking at which keywords send traffic to your site via organic search results—and then measuring revenue for each click—SEOs can get an idea of what kind of return on investment they’re getting from their SEO efforts (ROI).
Check out your performance before, during, and after Google makes a big change.
There are many factors that could contribute to your rankings. To determine the effect of a major algorithm update, you should check your rankings before and after the change. If there’s a drastic shift in your performance, it could be due to the update rather than anything else.
Try checking your CTR (click-through rate), conversion rate, bounce rate, average position and average session duration each time you make an important update or change to any parts of your site—this way you’ll be able to compare how performance is affected by different things on your site.
Conclusion
So, there you have it. We’ve covered the basics of what SEO metrics are most important to track, how they can help you improve your site, and how the Google algorithm update affects them. Remember that it’s not enough just to know these numbers; you need to understand why they matter and how they apply to your business goals (and don’t forget about organic traffic!). For example, if your goal is revenue generation then conversion rate will be critical in helping determine which keywords perform best on landing pages for those visitors looking specifically for product information before buying online.
