{"id":17768,"date":"2016-01-13T16:22:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neikos.it\/2016\/01\/13\/being-first-on-search-engines\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T17:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T16:01:19","slug":"being-first-on-search-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/2016\/01\/13\/being-first-on-search-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"Being first on search engines"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The difference between organic and paid positioning<\/h2>\n<p>What many customers often ask is how to be <strong>first in<\/strong> Google <strong>search results<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly the ways, the strategies, the tactics, are different and must be evaluated according to the client, the means they have and the competition.<br \/>\nBut we want to try to explain, for those unfamiliar with the subject, what we are talking about when terms like SERP, SEO or SEM are mentioned.<\/p>\n<h3>What is SERP<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SERP<\/strong> is an acronym that stands for<em> Search engine results page.<br \/>\n<\/em>Trivially, if you go to Google and type in something<em>(search query<\/em>), all Google returns to you are SERP results, generally listed at pages of 10 results per page.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>What is organic positioning<\/h3>\n<p>Without going into too many technical details, we can say that a <strong>website<\/strong> is made up of text, images, urls.<br \/>\nThe composition of these elements, the inclusion of keywords and links (outbound or inbound), and the interest that this content arouses in the reader, are determining ingredients of a good organic ranking or <strong>natural ranking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The website or some pages of it, will enjoy <strong>visibility<\/strong> among <strong>search engine<\/strong> results in a position as favorable and relevant as possible, in a &#8220;natural&#8221; way, as a result of the optimization work done on the website itself<span class=\"st\">(<\/span><span class=\"st\">in<\/span><span class=\"st\">English <em>Search Engine Optimization<\/em><\/span><span class=\"st\">, in acronym<\/span><a title=\"Search engine positioning\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/prodotti\/web-marketing\/engine-positioning-seo\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong><br \/>\n    <span class=\"st\"> SEO<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4>Google AdWords or Google advertising and SEM<\/h4>\n<p>If, for example, we own a hotel and have vacant rooms that we want to fill quickly, or we have an ecommerce site and want to promote a product in an area where there is a lot of competition, one way to  <strong>achieve visibility<\/strong>  (and thus conversions) can be the  <strong>paid advertisements<\/strong> <strong>on Google<\/strong>  (<em>Google AdWords<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Another methodology to achieve the goal is to deploy <strong>a series of strategies<\/strong> aimed at reaching <strong>qualified traffic<\/strong>, which are part of <em>search engine marketing<\/em>, viz. <a title=\"Online advertising\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/prodotti\/web-marketing\/online-advertising-sem\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>SEM<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In the<em>image below<\/em>, you can see an example of the different ranking of results on Google.<br \/>\nFor the search query &#8220;Sito ecommerce benevento,&#8221; we highlighted in the Serp two results obtained for Neikos Web Agency: on the left the results given by organic placement and on the right (but we could have also found them above at the top) those by sponsorship through Google AdWords tools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3082 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/risultati-motori-di-ricerca.jpg\" alt=\"results-motor-research\" width=\"1030\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/risultati-motori-di-ricerca.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/neikos.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/risultati-motori-di-ricerca-836x500.jpg 836w, https:\/\/neikos.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/risultati-motori-di-ricerca-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Just SEO and SEM to increase visibility?<\/h4>\n<p>As anticipated, the available tools are not limited only to the  <a title=\"Search engine positioning\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/prodotti\/web-marketing\/engine-positioning-seo\/\">SEO<\/a> or to the  <a title=\"Online advertising\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/prodotti\/web-marketing\/online-advertising-sem\/\">SEM<\/a>: Just think of the increasing presence of the <a title=\"Learn more about the topic\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/prodotti\/social-media-marketing\/\"> <strong>social network<\/strong><\/a>, to the  <strong>Google maps<\/strong>, to <strong>remarketing<\/strong><span class=\"st\">(a form of online advertising that targets users based on their previous actions<\/span>), to tools for <a title=\"More on this topic\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/prodotti\/web-marketing\/email-marketing\/\"><br \/>\n  <strong>email marketing<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>, to urls and <strong>landing pages<\/strong> designed specifically for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>There are many techniques, and a <strong>marketing consultant<\/strong> &#8216;s professionalism lies precisely in figuring out the best way to <strong>achieve the goal<\/strong>, which in this case is<strong> website ranking<\/strong> and <strong>increased traffic <\/strong>(and conversions).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>An example<\/em> to help you understand.<br \/>\nMr. Rossi owns a local business and decides to purchase advertising space in a newspaper.<br \/>\nContact and pay for space in The Republic.<br \/>\nBut I ask you: perhaps, wouldn&#8217;t it have been better to buy more space in local newspapers for the same amount of money, since Mr. Rossi needed to promote himself to a geolocated target audience?<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>marketing consultant does this<\/strong>. Based on the client, the industry, the competitors, study the most suitable solutions to increase the visibility of your website on search engines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Do you want to improve your website&#8217;s ranking on Google? Do you want to reach new contacts?<br \/>\nYou can <a title=\"Neikos Web Agency contacts\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/contact-and-quote-requests\/\">request a free quote<\/a> for your company.<\/h4>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"elaborate on the topic\" href=\"https:\/\/neikos.it\/en\/2016\/09\/20\/seo-the-importance-of-search-engine-positioning\/\">SEO: the importance of search engine positioning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customers often ask how to be first in Google search results.<br \/>\nThe difference between organic and paid positioning, the meaning of SERPs, SEO, SEM and Google 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