SEO - Picking the Right Domain Name - #seopodcast 162

Episode26 min2012-10-22

Picking the right domain name matters, but content on that domain must match user intent, include FAB details and media, and make purchasing brain dead easy to convert searchers into buyers.

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Key takeaways
make buying the product brain dead easy

About this episode

Welcome to the most popular internet marketing podcast on iTunes, hosted by E-Webstyle! Join us this week as we talk aboutShopping Carts, Usability VS EyecandyContent for the Search Engine Results PageSEO, Picking the Right Domain Name

Questions this episode answers

Why does my domain name need to match my page content?

If your domain targets a specific phrase like online jobs without investment but your page content covers unrelated SEO tips, visitors will bounce for the wrong reason. The calls to action and blog posts must directly relate to what users expect to find based on the domain name they typed in.

What should a good meta description do for SEO?

A meta description should describe the product or service on that specific page and include a call to action. It is the first opportunity searchers see what you offer before clicking, so it must be both keyword relevant and compelling enough to encourage the click-through.

What is FAB and why does it matter for content pages?

FAB stands for Feature, Advantage, Benefit. Including FAB in bullet points on a product or service page gives visitors the key information they need to make a purchase decision. Bullet points are indexed differently by Google and are more likely to be read than paragraphs of text.

How important are customer reviews on product pages?

Reviews give visitors an emotional push to purchase and can directly cost a sale if they are poor. The hosts recommend featuring reviews on the same page as product images, videos, and descriptions, and ideally pulling in a live feed from Facebook or Google Plus so reviews can be shared.

In their words

if you're working to give a good experience to the Google user, Google is going to give you a good experience

Charles Lewis

reviews are that important. They cost this company a sale.

Charles Lewis
Terms defined in this episode
SEVO
Search Engine Visitor Optimization. It begins at the SERP, the Search Engine Result page, which is the first opportunity to tell people what you offer before they click.
FAB
Feature, Advantage, Benefit. A sales framework the hosts recommend including in bullet points on product and service pages to drive conversions.
Bounce
When a visitor leaves a page without converting. The hosts distinguish a good bounce, where the visitor called or filled out a form, from a bad bounce caused by mismatched content or a confusing checkout.

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Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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