Measuring SEO Performance
"If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." SEO must be configured to be measurable. This section guides you on how to create measurement tools for measuring SEO performance and gather data.
Start With End In Mind
Before doing something great, it is always be clear with the objective and goals.
Question What To Measure From Client
Client may have different data presentation to query, like conversion rate, sales performance, and etc. It's best to clear this up.
Goal Settings
Make a list of clear goals such that:
- It is measurable: statistically and data-driven.
- Always specific: grey area is bad for a sharp measurement.
- Share your goal: validate its feasibility with others.
Engagement Metrics
Now that we have directions, it's time to see what we can measure.
Conversion Rate
The number of goals achieved in a campaign. In short, the ROI statistical results of the page.
Time On Page
The visitor staying on the website to test their visiting integrity. This is subjected to the website content (e.g. contact us usually has a short attention span).
Bounce Rate
The visitor staying on the website to test their visiting integrity. This is subjected to the website content (e.g. contact us usually has a short attention span).
Page Per Visit
Measurement of visitor continue to stay on the website, hoping from one page to another.
Scroll Depth
Measure how far visitor scroll throughout the page.
Search Traffic
Inbound search queries.
Click Through Rate
How many visitors click through search results.
Domain Authority & Page Authority (DA/PA)
Measures the authority metric.
Keyword Rankings
Measures keywords ranking in search results.
Number of Backlinks
Measures of inbound backlink.
Tools To Measure
Now that we have the metrics identified, it's time to use tools to measure the traffics.
Google Search Console (https://search.google.com/search-console/about)
For domain validation and Google product integrations.
Lighthouse Audit (https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/)
For measuring performance, accessibility, progressive web app, and etc.
PageSpeed Insights (https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/)
For measuring web performance focusing on speed.
Mobile Friendly Test (https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/)
For measuring web performance focusing on speed.
Tools for Web Dev (https://developers.google.com/web/tools/)
For tracking any new tools released from Google.
That's all for measuring SEO performance.