Website Content Writing for your Online Business

Any online business is identified with the website. Website is your digital footprint, connecting you with your audience online at a global scale. Therefore, it has to be credible and authority in your respective niche. Hence, easy to navigate so that your visitor can reach the desired information in an easy way. Therefore, Website content writing for online businesses is a specialty in itself and different than writing for the print.

It is most noteworthy that Website visitors have the tendency to scan the content, instead of reading very closely. They want to glance at and hunt for only most relevant content. Keep following elements in mind When building the website for online business, as a result your site will be impressive and optimized.

• Think like a human, resultantly, your site will be accepted by the bots beside, humans.
• Incorporate SEO from the beginning.
• Identify commonly searched keywords.
• Consider the URL structure that is easy to navigate.
• Select the responsive design.
• Consider to add analytics tracking (Google Analytics being the best) to your site.

Think Like Humans:

It is noteworthy, that for any type of information we search the internet, (while Google being on the top of the search engines list, even some time we call “let’s Google It”) hats off to Google that it serves us with the most relevant information, we are seeking for. We can very easily conclude from this fact that the information served by Google on the first page is most relevant and of high quality content which really appeals us.

Therefore, content on your website should be that, your audience want or need to know.

• The content should be valuable and useful to your audience.
• It appeals to humans.
• Linkable and share worthy content excels better.
• Human centric content that is unique and relevant to the site your readers are looking for.

What is high quality content for online business website?

Any content that is human focused and provides valuable information, which people like and share it, hence, We can conveniently call it a quality content. Quality content attracts lots of visitors because that site has a rich and quality information valuable to their audience which they are searching for. As a result, search engines will give preference to that site.

 

Note:  Writing content that just attracts the search engines might give you a quick success but in long run, one day Google algorithm will get that website down. Google algorithm likes quality content on your website that is fresh, engaging and relevant to your audience.

 

Website content is for Human Use:

Think like humans, as your site will be interacted by humans who think like you. Since, Google has now full command to recognize full sentence queries and respond to the queries in an efficient way. Consequently, displays the most relevant results on the first page, leaving the ads aside. It’s human focused content crafted for the use of humans and delivers value to the customer.

Irrelevant content coming from content farms is not graded well in the eyes of search engines. So, always publish a content on your website, social media or blog comments that is valuable.  If, your content is valuable, people will read and share it with other people and you will get the back links automatically. No need to go to the link farms.

Speak in the tone and language, people speak and understand. As a result, people will start asking advice from you.

Website Content Writing tips for online business:

Be Clear    Be specific     Be Bold

• Incorporate your important information or promise upfront in your text, in the beginning.
• Reduce the black wall of text by adding white space
• Write in short paragraphs (Maximum 7 sentences)
• Keep the sentences short
• Simple and easy to understand language while self-explanatory and self- evident (Avoid use of jargon)
• Use familiar words and care words
• Use active voice
• Avoid repetition
• Address directly to reader by “you”
• Present the “core idea” in summary form
• Use power words appropriately

Considerations for Website Content writing:

• Content should be human focused and valuable.
• Concise content, no need to overstate your view point (your website             visitors are busy people they want to quickly review the desired                     content).
• Be specific to the Topic, your visitor want unambiguous and definite             content, just concentrating on one topic.
• Grammar and spelling errors give poor impression of your text and               unprofessional attitude towards business. Your web copy is your                   business, check and recheck for grammar and spelling errors.
• Present yourself as an authority on your subject, nobody knows your           product or service more than you.
• Place relevant images at the appropriate place in the text. Images                 improves visual appeal and puts life in the content.
• Website content is different than other types of writings. Format the             text for the web, that is:

• Focus on one paragraph per topic.
• Keep the paragraphs short but meaty, leave optimum white space                 between paragraphs.
• Keep the sentences short, even in bullet form is better.
• Write headings and subheadings so that, it is easy to understand for             reader. Use researched keywords relevant to the topic in headings and         subheadings.
• Use internal links to connect the reader with related topics on your               website.

Rule of Thumb is your website should be read well for the humans and not for the Search engines.

Incorporate SEO from start:

The features on your website are appealing to your eye, probably, good for you only, if not visible in the search results. Whereas, for audience it will only be possible if it reaches them. If your website is not crawled, not indexed and does not appear in the search result, all your website features are of no use.

Hence, SEO is the answer to all these. Therefore, you have to ingrain SEO in your website strategy and planning. So as to, consider discover-ability and accessibility of your website at the content strategy stage. Involve the SEO team right from the beginning. As a result, the structure of your website will be on strong footing.

Once we talk of SEO, keywords importance cannot be detached in SEO planning. Keywords are very relevant, as, Google want you should consider the phrases that people are using and searching. So that your website responds well to the queries of searchers. But avoid keyword stuffing at the same time. Let the keywords work organically and fit in your content naturally, bots will love it.

When selecting keywords, think about the words and phrases, users type in the search engines to find the desired information. Include these words and phrases so that once user puts the query, you are the one to be on top of the page.

Website content Tips for SEO:

• Keyword should educate the visitor, if not then it’s misfit.
• Focused on single keyword on each page and may be used for,                       maximum up to 5 times.
• Your focus keyword should be included in the title tag, Meta description       and H1 heading, but it must be relevant to the topic of discussion in the       article.
• When selecting keywords keep these cardinal points in mind:    

                   –  Your customer/Audience behavior (Make persona of your ideal                                     customer),

                   –  Industry trends for the website under consideration,

                   –  Your Competitors in the relevant industry,

                   –  Build a list of targeted terms for easy to use.

                  –   When building a website, your most important focus should be                                    content, even, you cannot detach SEO.

                  –   Keep this thing in mind that keywords are not something inimitable,                           it’s all what people type in the search engine query. It’s the human,                           your best customer searching the product, service or advice from                               Google. Think the same way as the customer is thinking at different                            stages of buying cycle. Let me assure you it will give you a big leap.

Easy for Navigation website URL structure:

URLs are the first thing the prospect will see and the same case for search engines. Therefore, your URLs must align with the actual content on the website. URLs should:

• Be static with logical folder structure and descriptive. (Avoid dynamic URL strings)
• Not be lengthy
• Easy to comprehend by the visitor.
• Contain keywords if possible. As targeted and relevant keywords pass the information to the visitor upfront, whether the page is informational or transactional.

Therefore, URL plays a big role in SEO, just like searchers, search engines also prefer easy to read and understandable URL, to make sense of content on your page of website. SEO friendly structure will help the search engines in the process of indexation.

Use the (-) dash and ( _ ) underscore with understanding.

As

(-) Dash, is a separator and Google will return the result of query even for match of a single word present in the URL although phrase is containing more words.

While

( _ ) Underscore, is treated as connector by the Google and it will display the search result only when it matches the whole phrase.

As a result, (-) dash creates more chances of discover-ability in the search results.

Responsive design for All Devices:

If the design of your website is responsive, all of your website’s URLs will appear same across all devices i.e. Desktop, Laptop, Mobile or the tablet and fits all sizes of screens. Google gives preferences to the mobile optimized websites so the answer is responsive design. It gives a great browsing experience to the searchers of mobile users.

Google Analytics for Tracking:

No online business can succeed unless you measure the performance. I found the Google analytics as the best tracking tool for monitoring a website. It gives the opportunity to fetch data:

• On website performance
• Work-ability of content
• Performance of  keywords, are these coming up in the queries
• Is URL of your site is easy to navigate

For sure success, monitoring the key metrics is essential.

To conclude, put in simple words, publish the content on your website that your audience want or need to know, not that you want to deliver the content to them, feeling as it is useful for them. And do not encompass everything in one article as the readers feel frustrated if sifting is needed from the heap of information.

 

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