×
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

4 SEO Copywriting Tips For Sharper, More Effective Copy - Search Engine Journal

Last updated Wednesday, June 1, 2022 08:45 ET , Source: NewsService

Avoid common mistakes that can weaken your writing – keep it engaging and search engine-friendly with these copywriting tips.

Create Stellar, Winning Content in 2022

Semrush analyzed 500K articles and surveyed 1,500 marketers to generate thousands of data points. Dive into trends & insights from the global report.

Download the Report Now

I can’t remember the last time a website I worked on was delayed for technical reasons.

It’s never the coding that causes delays.

It’s always the copy.

Everyone thinks they can write copy until they are presented with a blank page.

The people in your organization may be subject matter experts – but that doesn’t mean they can meet a copywriting deadline.

Copywriting is hard.

Writing copy that is SEO friendly can be intimidating.

But even novice SEO copywriters can make a huge difference by doing a few simple things.

1. Target 2–3 Keywords Or Keyword Phrases

Many new SEO copywriters make the mistake of targeting too many keywords or keyword phrases on a page.

In my experience, if you are trying to target more than two to three keyword phrases on a single page, your copy will sound scattered.

Focused copy is typically the best sales copy.

And even in long-form pieces, targeting too many keywords – especially non-related keywords – results in copy that doesn’t grab the reader.

Copy that is not focused does not move the reader to the desired action – in other words, the conversion.

I recently was part of a Twitter conversation where the...



Read Full Story: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-copywriting-tips-search-pros/451801/

Your content is great. However, if any of the content contained herein violates any rights of yours, including those of copyright, please contact us immediately by e-mail at media[@]kissrpr.com.