{"id":1856,"date":"2018-02-27T07:21:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T07:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.verbat.com\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2024-05-22T07:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T07:10:19","slug":"data-driven-seo-how-to-do-it-right-verbat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbat.com\/blog\/data-driven-seo-how-to-do-it-right-verbat\/","title":{"rendered":"Data-driven SEO & How to Do it Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

Search engine optimizers have access to large amounts of data and information, most of which remain underutilized. Though not all that data benefits the SEO work, some can certainly grant good leverage. However, it also presents a different challenge for the optimizer\u00a0– information overload.<\/p>\n

Data has always been at the core of good SEO<\/a>, and for search engine optimization<\/a><\/strong>, trackability is key. Though many SEOs measure this data and track their efforts, many others tend to get overwhelmed while some others mostly don\u2019t measure at all and make do with best practices to get through the day.<\/p>\n

The focus here should be on what we want to track and why we should track it. This is where it gets confusing.<\/p>\n

Knowledge & Information<\/h3>\n

Marketers often confuse information with knowledge. The more information they collect, the more knowledge they uncover. Though this is true to an extent, a 2017 report from CMO Council paints a different picture. A good amount of marketers, according to the report, collect great amounts of information but not all of them find the knowledge they seek.<\/p>\n

Information is the raw data they are collecting. Knowledge is something derived from the data after thorough analysis that gives insights on about what\u2019s happening on and around a specific SEO account(s). Information on its own isn\u2019t valuable. It\u2019s what the information holds that\u2019s off value. The point is that utilizing a lot of resources to collect information for SEO benefits isn\u2019t what a marketer should be focusing on. Collecting the right data to unearth valuable knowledge is the key.<\/p>\n

The Wiser Way<\/h3>\n

Every SEO campaign comes with its own share of challenges. For companies relying on a reputed SEO consultant<\/a><\/strong>, there aren\u2019t a lot to be concerned about. But for those in-house marketers who try to make sense of a plethora of data to boost the success rate of a campaign, the focus should be on something else.<\/p>\n

To improve a campaign\u2019s effectiveness, the marketer should have a clear goal. This goal dictates what they should track, why they should track it, and how they should track it. This way they would be able to figure out how to extract actionable insights (knowledge) that matter from all that data. There\u2019s still a chance for them to go off-course and dive head-first into information overload.<\/p>\n

But there are ways to keep yourself in check; search engine marketing<\/a><\/strong> hacks from a number of experts in the industry.<\/p>\n