Keywords – Are They Still Relevant for 2015 Hotel Marketing?

Search engines are branching their focus out of just using keywords to provide the best search experience to their users. However, this doesn't mean that keyword strategy for SEO is no longer important and should be forgotten. Rather, expand your hotel search engine optimization efforts to include other key hotel Internet marketing strategies to further enhance your search ranking.

Search engines are branching their focus out of just using keywords to provide the best search experience to their users. However, this doesn't mean that keyword strategy for SEO is no longer important and should be forgotten. Rather, expand your hotel search engine optimization efforts to include other key hotel Internet marketing strategies to further enhance your search ranking.

In recent years, search engines, especially Google, have modified their search algorithm to include several other key factors, and search visibility success has become a lot more complex. Search Engine Watch recently published an article1 sharing a few on-site optimization factors that can affect your online success, and here's our dissection of their list and includes:

  • Keyword placement vs. frequency on your hotel's website
  • Keywords and website content quality relative to hotels
  • Keyword meaning vs. specific words
  • Semantic search and hospitality industry trends
  • User experience just as important as keywords

To read the full keyword optimization article, click here.

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