Achieving SEO success takes time and patience. One way to stay on track in your approach to SEO and stay the course with your strategy is to know that it’s working, even if on the smallest level.

How can you measure your SEO success? There are so many different performance metrics you can track, so you should know which ones you need to focus on and understand so you can accurately track your progress. Today, we will look at the metrics you should know.

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Organic Traffic – A strong indicator of SEO success is in organic traffic. If your SEO campaign is working well, you should be seeing more organic traffic and conversions. If you don’t see much of an increase or very little early on, don’t let that discourage you. SEO takes some time to go to work and the early metrics can give you some insight on what is working. For example, if organic traffic is increasing and conversions are not, you may need to look at the keywords you are using and see if there is a better fit for your business. If your organic search traffic isn’t increasing but conversions are, you have likely improved the quality of traffic reaching your website.

Conversions from Organic Traffic – Conversions are the real measure of success in eCommerce. In Google Analytics, you can see the revenue, transaction, and eCommerce conversion rate under the eCommerce tab. These are the numbers that show how your business is doing. Compare these results to the results you got before starting SEO to get an idea of how your SEO campaign is working. SEO is designed to bring more visitors to your website, but conversions are the number that really matters.

Bounce Rate – Are you getting clicks to your website and then having people leave right away? This is what the bounce rate measures, the number of people who reach your website and then leave almost immediately for whatever reason. If your bounce rate is dropping, it can mean two things, that you are getting more relevant traffic to your website or that visitors are spending more time browsing the website and looking at multiple pages. Usually, a decreased bounce rate can come with an increase in conversions.

Time on Site – In a similar way to bounce rate, the amount of time people are spending on your website is an indicator that more relevant traffic is finding its way to you. The longer people stay on your website, the more likely they are to make a purchase. If the average time on site is increasing, it means more visitors are finding a way to stay engaged and active on your website.

Rankings – When you finalize a list of keywords, the goal is to improve your rankings. The higher your rankings are, the better the campaign is performing. It can be easier to start by targeting tail keywords, keywords that have more than one or two words so that you are targeting things that are more specific and have a lesser search volume. These keywords tend to be best because they are more specific and cater to the visitor who knows what they are looking for and wants to be directed to that right away. There is a better chance that these keywords give you more qualified traffic. While rankings are an indicator of SEO success, it is not everything to SEO. You don’t want to get so caught up in the rankings that you start to try to produce content specifically to improve rankings and not offer anything relevant to the customer or show your authority or expertise in your industry.

Now that you know the areas you should be familiar with when it comes to analyzing your SEO success, it’s time to get out there and start to improve your eCommerce business with an SEO campaign. At Genius eCommerce, you can get the best tips, tricks, and trends to stay updated on the best practices of SEO throughout your campaign. This is who we are and what we do.

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