Easy Furniture Web Tip #252: Are SEO Reports Worthwhile Or Meaningless Bling?

Furniture World News Desk on 9/28/2017

By Katherine Andes

I spoke to a home improvement retailer recently. He said that he had paid $500 a month to an SEO company to help him rank well organically in search results. After six months, he was frustrated at the lack of results and complained to the company.

The company had him come into their offices where they showed him all sorts of charts demonstrating all the website visits his site was getting because of their efforts.

“But they aren’t phoning or coming into the store,” he complained. He cancelled the contract.

For most local business owners, website analytics “reports” are just meaningless “bling.”

When I first started my business I also sent reports to my clients. I soon saw they really weren’t of much value to my clients. My clients cared if people phoned or walked in the door or filled out a contact form.

That’s not to say that I don’t keep an eye on the data for my clients. I do. But I don’t necessarily send them reports unless they ask me to.

The next question is whether SEO is a stand-alone service apart from website development? In my opinion, the answer is no. I’ll write about that in my next tip.

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Easy Furniture Web Tip #252: Your phone ringing and your email dinging is your best SEO report.

Katherine Andes specializes in web content development and copywriting for SEO — including page customization for storefront and franchise web sites. Visit her website BetterWebSales.com or phone her at 559.589.0379.

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