Overview
What SEO does
- SEO focuses on achieving organic search rankings and improving a website’s visibility on Google.
- SEO work modifies, cleans up, and improves the website so Google can access its information and display it effectively.
- It includes adding detailed information, creating articles and other content, and targeting previously unranked keywords, revenue-generating keywords, and the services the business provides.
- SEO performance can differ between websites because their images, image sizes, text, backlinks, page structures, content, and underlying technologies differ. Websites may use WordPress, a ready-made website platform, or custom development, and these technologies can have different structures.
- Google can identify whether website content has been copied and whether an article was written specifically for the website.
- A website marked as unsafe does not support the objectives of SEO.
Evaluating a website for SEO
A website evaluation is a multi-step review that examines:
- The website’s structure and sitemap, to help Google understand the website more easily.
- How content is placed on each URL, to target relevant keywords.
- Whether Schema Markup code is being used to provide information to AI systems.
SEO titles and descriptions in search results
- An SEO title tag functions similarly to a page heading. In a Google search result, the SEO title appears as blue text on the first line.
- The SEO description explains the page’s content details. It appears as black text below the title in the Google search result.
- Slash and similar symbols can be included in a Title Tag without affecting the SEO settings.
Completing website SEO settings
- Website SEO settings should be completed across all six SEO menus to help the website appear in Google search results.
- The website package includes installation of an SEO plugin.
Entering meta keywords
- In the Meta Keyword field, enter one keyword, press the space key, and then enter the next keyword.
SEO results and AI-generated answers
- SEO results become clearer over time rather than appearing as a sudden jump.
- SEO can also aim to make a website appear as an answer in AI-generated results.
- Organic clicks may decrease as more people obtain answers from AI without clicking through to the website. A brand may still remain visible even when AI-generated answers reduce website clicks.
SEO services and reporting
- SEO services are offered.
- The SEO service provides a full report summarizing the work performed.
How to
Starting SEO services
- Complete or finalize the website. SEO work begins afterward.
- Sign the agreement and pay the first installment. You then receive documents requesting additional information.
- Complete the information documents with items such as target keywords, competitors, and concerns about the work.
- The project is forwarded internally so a specialist can be assigned to manage the website.
- The assigned specialist contacts you and schedules an onboarding meeting.
- The service contract period begins on the date of the onboarding meeting.
Troubleshooting
Improving visibility when a website does not appear in Google Search
- Review the website.
- Submit the website’s sitemap to encourage Google’s bot to crawl it.
- Update the website content so it is appropriate for the website and its subject matter.
Setting expectations for SEO results
- SEO generally takes longer to produce results than paid advertising.
Policies and rules
Using SEO services with an external website
- SEO services can be used with a website provided by another company, provided the website supports SEO.
- Customers may manage SEO themselves or purchase an additional SEO service.
SEO plugin and service scope
- Installing the SEO plugin does not include performing SEO services.
Website requirements before SEO work
- An SEO project requires the website structure to be in good condition before further SEO work is performed.
Scheduling SEO work and starting the contract period
- SEO work can be scheduled at the customer's convenience, provided it does not start more than 60 days later.
- Signing the agreement and completing back-office preparation do not by themselves start the contract period.
SEO title tag length
- The SEO title tag should use text that is not very long.
Limits and quotas
Website appearance in Google search
- Readyplanet cannot specify when a website will appear in Google search because the timing depends on Google's bot.
Pricing
Charges for organic Google search activity
- Organic Google search activity does not incur a monthly charge.
Contact and support
Contacting SEO support
- Inquiries about the SEO service are handled by a designated SEO staff member.
Compiled from 49 facts observed across 19 customer calls.