How do you make your homepage more SEO friendly? You know that hey, for a lot of keywords, content pages tend to do better, but does that mean that your homepage can’t rank for anything? Of course not. Today I’m going to teach you how to design a beautiful home page that ranks on Google.
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Look, home page SEO is very similar to optimizing your other pages, but just skipping over your home page is going to be a big mistake and you’re going to miss out on a lot of opportunities. People go to your home page and learn more about your businesses all the time. First impressions are everything, and that relates to your home page as well. And here are some tactics that you can employ to create a beautiful home page that ranks on Google.
First off, state your company’s value proposition and selling points right away.
Point out your unique selling points. What makes your company different from others? Wherever you can, you want to make sure that you point out your business’s strongest selling points, and you want to put this really early in your content.
Next, you want to use customer testimonials.
Trustworthiness is a huge aspect of conversions. As the internet continues to take over, brand trust is getting more and more important. Not to mention, brand trust leads to brand loyalty, AKA, returning customers. Showcasing your customer testimonials is a great way to build trust with new visitors.
Next, you want to make your homepage mobile-friendly.
Make sure you’re using mobile-friendly themes and your website is responsive. Whether it’s a small mobile device, or a bigger mobile device, or a tablet device, that way you’re compatible. If you’re wondering if your website is mobile optimized, well Google has free mobile testing tools out there for you.
Next, make your navigation simple.
Navigation is key when it comes to user experience. You don’t want to have a site structure that makes people confused. Chances are if people are going to their site, and they can’t find what they’re looking for within a few clicks, they’re going to bounce, Google is going to notice, and in the long run, it’s going to hurt your rankings.
One of the biggest reasons that people bounce is because bad site navigation, and what I mean by that is either too many options or they can’t find what they’re looking for within three clicks. In general, less is more.
Next, I want you to optimize your home page title and metadata.
And if you’re wondering how to craft something that’s very appealing, roughly six-word headlines tend to do well, people love how-tos, they love lists, they love anything that tells them what they’re going to get.
And if you need help with crafting your meta tags, whether it’s your title tag or meta description with the right keywords, check out UberSuggest. Put in the keywords within your industry, then I want you to go to the keyword ideas report, and it’ll tell you all keywords that you can consider targeting and look for the ones with the SEO difficulty score of less than 40, those are the ones that are the easiest and quickest to rank for.
If you also want help optimizing your title tags and you want to run experiments, you can also use tools like ClickFlow which allow you to AB test your title tags to maximize your clicks for your homepage. Then, I want you to pull in recent blog posts on your home page. Remember, your home page is like that welcome mat. People can be going there for many reasons.
Now, here’s an interesting step for you, especially if you’re e-commerce and you’re just selling products, you may be like hey, I want my homepage just selling products, I don’t want to showcase any content.
Last but not least, you want to close with a call to action.
Look, by people going to your home page, you don’t want them just going wherever they want and have no end in sight. The end should be buying a product or service from you, going into Lead Magnet, collecting their name and information, whatever conversion is for you.
Make sure your call to actions are easily clickable, they’re images that stand out, and you sprinkle them throughout your home page because some people could just go to your home page and they know they want to buy right away, and for those people, you want to make your call to action closer to above the fold.
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Awesome tips Neil. Thank u.
You're my role model brother, hoping to be as great as you one day.
PS: Congrats on your new born baby, hope he/she ages gracefully
Neil sir as usual very bambooo kadak perfect quality content .I have a question sir ,can I make site sturcture same as high performing site in my niche .and also can I choose my topic similar to competetitor site and create my unique content .here I only cope the catagories and the similar headings for my peace of content .can we do this or Google penalize my site ..plz need help
Hey neil just quick query
Should brand new WordPress website post 2-3 content first then design Home page or VICE VERSA?
Hey Neil, can I use fake testimonials untill I get my first few customers?
Most of your advice is generic.
rockstar of seo
I really appreciate the information you provide. It's game-changing. Thank you
Thank you. 💯
According to my SEO experience Google always rank a content rich Page in Google but if I have less content on my home page, then how can I rank my page. My website is exam selling website but in my home page there are product shown to customer but content is less, is Google recommend me or not, please send me a best suggestions.
Thanks Neil
Always educational n no BS. Thank you, Neil.
Hi! I've checked and seen earlier on Ubersuggest that 4 pages on my website have low word count. And then it says : In general the average web page that ranks on page 1 of Google contains 2200 words. Do I really have to put 2200 words on my home page for exemple? It's kind of a presentation page… But yes I get it, the other pages have to contain more words..
Hi Neil is there a way to test a website mobile-friendliness before it goes live?
Have you uploaded a video on how to make a website?
Hi Neil , how set an Affiliate web site.
Hey Neil, I just wanted to tell you that you are amazing. I always wonder how I end up watching your videos (reading your blog) every time I use my laptop. Keep up the good work, man. You are amazing. Did I just say it twice? never Mind. A big fan of your work. Thank you for all the videos.
Hey Neal, useful and logical content as usual… I have been following you for two years and never regret it.
Neil your thumbnails are so attractive and professional, what I love about you is that you speak from experience. its now countless times I search something on google you were always ranking higher.Thanks a lot,I will be consuming all your content to help grow my new website
How do you fix navigation and bounce rate is there an example?
Awesome video and tips, thank you. It's so easy to neglect our homepages. I appreciate the advice, in this area. 😃💝
Nice tips 🤩
How to build business authenticity when starting out:?
Hey Neil, I would like to know how can i track my internal search navigation in my site with the help of any URL parameter ! do we have nay template that can help me to track customer behavior inside search navigation of website | Website is venue booking platform
Thank you Neil. Very usefull info.
Good tips as always! 👍
Neil! I thought Ubersuggest is going to be FREE forever. What happened to disrupt the SEO space?
Thanks Neil
Brand trust has always been important – this is basic marketing and advertising knowledge, not SEO. It's been around for hundreds of years. It's not rocket science. Humans are inherently lazy and easily convinced. Tell them exactly what they need to know as quickly and convincingly as possible and you'll get their interest. I love how SEO guys think they've suddenly discovered something new… it's been around since the days of bartering.
I'm not into product selling but I have noticed readers landing on my home page and leaving without going anywhere else! Today I'm going to implement all your tips so, watch this space!
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This is so true, I had a website where I was dropshipping skincare products. I wrote an article "5 skin care tips for men" and I drove traffic to the blog post and didn't link any products. I just made sure the comments and reviews sections were active for interaction. I was getting questions from readers on where they can get these products, from the comments I just referred them to the products and curated it in such a way that they saw all the products I mentioned in the article. You are right Niel!
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My Dream is to be like you one day😊❤️