{"id":4780,"date":"2015-09-24T07:29:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T07:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelmind.eu\/%d1%83%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%88%d0%bd%d0%be-seo-%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d1%85%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b8-2\/"},"modified":"2015-09-24T07:29:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T07:29:14","slug":"successful-seo-for-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kzankov.com\/en\/successful-seo-for-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"What should you know about successful SEO for hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Almost every trip now begins in the Internet \u2013 in searching a new destination, buying tickets or looking for the best hotel\u2026 Usually people go on Google and expect to find the best offer in the first search results. If we don\u2019t have a good SEO strategy it is very unlikely our hotel\u2019s website to appear on the first page of search engines. That\u2019s why we need to work hard to get there.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is SEO?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is a set of good marketing and technical tools and practices<\/strong> for improving the visibility of a webpage on the organic search engine results. The goal is to get more website traffic, more bookings and, hence, more revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike paid search results, organic SEO has long-term results<\/strong> which are probably not going to be noticed immediately. However, they are extremely helpful if SEO is done permanently.<\/span><\/p>\n

Search engine optimization can be considered as a combination of several different elements \u2013 from on-page optimization, off-page optimization<\/strong> to technical characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is important to know that search engines index all web pages and rank them in the search results according to the certain criteria.<\/strong> The role of SEO is to make sure that a website meets these criteria as much as possible. Of course, people can only meet part of these criteria to help the website visibility but it\u2019s still better than not doing anything.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the elements of a good SEO?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Among the main elements of search engine optimization is the use of the keywords <\/strong>we want to be found in the search engines. Another criterion is the use of unique, useful and update content<\/strong> in our website.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maintaining a blog on the hotel\u2019s website is one of the best ways to do that and bring our site higher on the search results on the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

The use of internal links <\/strong>to other useful pages on our website, and external links <\/strong>\u2013 those that lead to our website from third parties websites, are also an important factor for the food SEO.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, social networks<\/strong> have indirect effect on the search engine optimization for hotels. If we know how to engage users in those platforms we can attract higher traffic to our website which is also very good for SEO.<\/span><\/p>\n

Local SEO<\/strong> is extremely important for the travel industry. This is basically the more personalized search engine results according to a specific location. This can be done by creating a page on Google Places which can also connect to Google+ profile. The advantages of Google+ presence are many, most importantly because the account is connected to all the other Google services.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no doubt that the organic SEO is an important element of the hotel\u2019s online presence. The improvement of the visibility in search engines is going to bring more website traffic, more bookings<\/strong> and more guests and revenue.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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