CourseMonster's Journey To 1st Page SERP Visibility
Clint Overview
CourseMonster is a prominent e-commerce platform offering comprehensive IT training services to industry leaders such as Services Australia and Telstra. With over two decades of experience, CourseMonster’s team of expert instructors empowers employees with practical skills to excel in their respective fields.
Objective
The main challenge CourseMonster faced was poor visibility on Google SERP, resulting in low traffic and engagement despite implementing basic SEO strategies. The primary objectives were to identify the root causes behind the lack of website visitors, optimize keywords, improve meta tags, enhance on-page and off-page SEO, and increase SERP exposure and user engagement.
Challenges Faced
CourseMonster encountered several challenges initially to improve SERP visibility and increase organic traffic, it faced a number of challenges along the way. First, the website experienced poor indexing, a low number of visitors, and poor keyword optimization. The website also faced technical challenges such as broken links and URL response code errors as well as architectural deficiencies.
The competitive landscape also made it difficult to acquire high quality backlinks and improve domain authority. These challenges required careful planning, strategic approach, and collaboration between the team at CourseMonster and SEO specialists to improve website performance and improve search engine rankings.
Problems Identified
- Poor website sessions and low visitor count.
- Site indexing issues and lack of SERP visibility.
- Suboptimal keyword optimization and duplicate meta tags.
- Low domain authority and broken link errors.
- Inadequate on-page and off-page SEO strategies.
- Architectural SEO challenges
- Internal linking and anchor text optimization.
SEO Scientist Recommendation and Implementation
After an in-depth review of CourseMonster’s current SEO stats, our SEO Scientist team suggested and implemented a multi-pronged approach to overcome existing issues and achieve desired results.
The first priority was to prioritize website error resolution. This included fixing technical issues like broken links, URLs response code errors and architectural deficiencies to ensure smooth site performance and site indexing.
The second priority was to optimize content by adding targeted keywords, appropriate LSI keywords and high quality descriptions to improve visibility and increase user engagement.
On-page SEO improvements: meta tag optimization, correct keyword usage, content quality standards
Off-page SEO strategies:
- Acquiring backlinks from high domains authority sites
- Competitor analysis using link intersect model
- Setting up a link wheel setup to ensure optimal link juice distribution
- Sitemap optimization to ensure search engine indexing
- Continuous monitoring and adjustments based on performance metrics
- Algorithm updates to ensure long-term sustainability
Thanks to the collaboration between CourseMonster’s team and SEO Scientist specialists, all recommendations were implemented successfully, resulting in significant organic traffic and increased SERP visibility.
Strategy and Implementation
ON-Page SEO Enhancements
- Conducted keyword research and integrated targeted keywords across the website.
- Optimized meta descriptions, titles, headers, and ALT tags for improved visibility.
- Added quality content with relevant keywords and maintained optimal keyword density.
- Updated sitemap to ensure proper protocol compliance.
Off-page SEO Improvements:
- Increased backlink count from high domain authority sites.
- Implemented a link wheel setup to enhance link juice flow.
- Utilized the link intersect model for competitor backlink analysis.
Average backlink count and Domain Authority (DA) of less than 30% and Page Authority (PA) scores were identified as crucial off-page SEO challenges, limiting the website’s credibility.
Analysis
Before
Prior to the implementation of strategic SEO initiatives, CourseMonster faced significant challenges in its online visibility and traffic acquisition. The website’s organic reach was severely limited, resulting in low user engagement and minimal exposure in search engine results pages (SERPs). Key performance indicators reflected poor metrics, with a low count of backlinks (2538), referring domains (285), and low UR and DR (19 & 22, respectively).
Technical SEO issues such as broken links, URL response code errors, and suboptimal on-page and off-page SEO strategies further compounded the problem. The lack of proper keyword optimization, duplicate meta tags, and inadequate content quality hindered the website’s ability to rank effectively.
After
Following the implementation of these strategies, CourseMonster experienced a remarkable transformation in its online presence and performance metrics. The website witnessed a significant increase in organic traffic and SERP visibility, with strong improvements in key performance indicators. Backlinks increased to 2679, referring domains rose to 319, and UR and DR improved to 37 & 26, respectively.
The website’s bounce rate decreased, indicating improved user engagement and content relevance. Moreover, the website began ranking on the first page of SERPs for relevant keywords, signifying a substantial improvement in search engine rankings. These results underscored the effectiveness of the implemented SEO strategies in enhancing CourseMonster’s online visibility, traffic acquisition, and overall performance in the competitive IT training industry.
Results
After the implementation of the SEO strategies, CourseMonster witnessed significant improvements:
- Drastic increase in website sessions and visitor count.
- Enhanced SERP visibility with a noticeable presence on the first page.
- Strong backlink profile from high domain authority sites.
- Improved domain authority and referring domains.
- Increase in organic traffic and keywords ranking.
- Reduction in bounce rate, indicating improved user engagement.
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