Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Long-Tail Search Strategies -- Module 10



Assuming I’m understanding the distribution properly, I would say that the presented distribution does indeed coordinate well with the traffic percentages. It appears that the majority of the head key phases (i.e. brand terms) are coming primarily from SEO (organically) optimized traffic sources, while the majority of tail key phrases (i.e. category terms) are coming from a push in SEM (PPC) marketing.

In the text, AV suggests that one should push PPC campaigns for tail phrases, as that will help to lead a user down the path to conversion.

I might suggest that the analyst shift perhaps 5% from the head key phrases budget, raising the tail budget distribution to 80% for even greater capture potential. Of course, any company should work toward increased SEO exposure (as that’s where the true ROI resides), while pursuing a well-structured SEM strategy. Overall, I feel the figures mesh out rather well.

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