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Generating Visibility on Search Engines: Outdoor Industry Examples

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Generating Visibility on Search Engines:Outdoor Industry Examples

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OPTIMIZING YOUR WEBSITE

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Utilize keywords

Opportunity: Use keywords that outdoor enthusiasts use to find products online.

Website should be organized into relevant categories for the consumer and search engine sites to search your website for relevant content.  

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Relevant product titles and descriptions

Opportunity: Use category words in product titles and descriptions that outdoor enthusiasts would use to find products online. 

Advice: If some keywords are being used by too many competitors, go with long phrases (between 2 to 5 words) to make it easier for you to rank at the top. 

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Location, phone, map & directions

Opportunity: 4 out of 5 consumers conduct searches to find local stores and directions. (Google 2014 study)  Google gives preferential treatment to businesses with a physical location within a specific geographic area. If your business is physically near to the searcher,  you have a strong chance in being featured first on the search engine results. 

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Product inventory status

Opportunity: Consumers are most likely to search for product availability and so communicating “in stock” or number of items available has shown to increase sales.  

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How-to articles, photos and videos

Opportunity: With consumers looking to become more educated around outdoor apparel and gear, feature educational articles in addition to product information to gain more visibility on search engine sites. 

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Customer reviews

Opportunity: User‐generated content can effectively distinguish your web listing from your competitors. Endorsements or positive reviews from customers will not only increase your visibility but convert sales as well. 

Advice: Use Schema.org to add stars to your individual product pages. 

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Social sharing buttons

Opportunity: Allowing customers to “Like, Tweet or share” your home page and product pages on Website. The more times content on a website is “Liked” or shared impacts its ranking factor on keywords in a Google search. 

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UTILIZING THIRD PARTY WEBSITES & SOCIAL MEDIA

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Press releases

Opportunity: Submitting apress release to a number of publications and associations effectively creates mentions of your company and link to your website across the Internet, drawing more traffic to your website.

When sites like Google and Yahoo! see that you have more links to your website, they’re more inclined to post your website higher in their search engine results.

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Third party local directory sites

Opportunity: Create listings on eLocal, City Search, Yelp, Yellow Pages and Google+ Local. 

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Content on social media sites

Opportunity: Encourage inspirational bloggers to write about their product experiences with links to your product pages. This not only puts your site higher on the search engine results, but is another page that drives traffic to your site.