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GEO/AEO

Optimizing your site for AI-generated responses across LLMs and traditional search engines can help increase visibility & build trust.

Local SEO

Effective Local SEO will land your business on the first page of local search results and will gain lasting search traffic.

National SEO

National SEO is the culmination of numerous online efforts that will increase rankings for your brand’s national website.

E-Commerce SEO

With more people shopping online, e-commerce SEO is an essential strategy to increase your online store’s rankings.

Optimize your site's SEO to drive organic traffic and increase your leads

Leverage our powerful suite of marketing tools, resources, and strategies to enhance your online presence and stand out from the crowd.

SEO Keyword Research and Analysis

One of the most important elements of SEO is identifying high-value keywords for a business. Our team tracks target keywords while also looking for new opportunities. By utilizing our SEO tools we are able to identify the different keyword variations that can help drive traffic to your business. Our team then integrates those keywords into our content strategy and metadata creation. With the ever-changing nature of search engine algorithms, our team frequently works on creating new strategies for keyword analysis that we can combine with our evergreen SEO strategies. This includes optimizing for long-tail keywords, optimizing for voice search, and understating how search has continued to move more towards conversational tones. 

On-Site SEO Optimization

Effective on-site Search Engine Optimization is a key component in landing your brand on the first page of major search engines such as Google or Bing. Our content writers develop unique and compelling content that engages with audiences and proves your website’s value. Our team are experts in all on-page SEO elements that help search engines understand your content and place you highly on result pages.

Off-Site SEO & Link Building

Not only can effective Search Engine Optimization land your brand on the first page of major search engines such as Google or Bing, it is also the most cost-effective approach for gaining lasting coverage across the web. Off-site link building is a crucial component of SEO success. Increasing your visibility and links across the internet will help you secure high rankings. BWM submits your website to high quality, industry specific and local citations in order to create a consistent name, address, phone and website listing across the entire web. The added benefit of high quality links back to your site provide an additional positive signal to search engines to rank your search engine results higher. 

SEO Content Writing For Digital Marketing

Our team specializes in the creation of website content that is built around SEO best practices. All of our content is built around two key principles: helping raise your website in online search engine rankings, and making it easier for your website to convert visitors and users into new leads and business. We believe it is important to design content with a deep understanding of the entire online journey that your potential customers and clients will experience. This is why we focus on not only designing content that is made for search engines but also on content that is made for people. This content is also designed to be future-proofed based on how algorithm updates are often focused on rewarding helpful content that is written with the end user in mind.

Routine Digital Reports & SEO Reporting Dashboard

Search Engine Optimization will increase your web traffic and online leads. It is crucial to us that you are able to see these improvements take effect over time. That is why we provide a live website reporting dashboard so that you can see the effects of your SEO campaign. Additionally, we provide monthly reports and regular phone calls so that you are aware of all SEO implementations and strategies on your campaign.

Improve Rankings Across Traditional Search & AI-Generated Responses

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Improve Where You Rank in Traditional SERPs with SEO

  • Definition: Search Engine Optimization
  • Application: Gets your website ranking within traditional search results, for highly valuable keywords related to your services/products. 
  • Benefits: Ranking well in traditional search results has a proven track record for gaining website traffic, conversions, and qualified leads from new customers. 
  • How We Measure Success: Our team tracks relevant keywords and measures success by monitoring impressions (how often you show up), clicks (how often people visit your site), and average position (where you show up on the page). 

Show Up in AI Generated Content with GEO

  • Definition: Generative Engine Optimization
  • Application: Helps your brand appear in AI-generated responses on platforms like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, and other key players in this space. 
  • Benefits: AI-generated responses can provide brand exposure for educational searches and can improve traffic and lead flow for commercial intent. If a user is purely searching for definitions or basic information, your website can be referenced as a resource used to generate the response. Generative AI platforms will often prompt users with follow-up questions, including business-oriented recommendations like “Would you like me to find local businesses that can help?” By being sourced in the initial response, you are more likely to be recommended when people make those secondary searches. 
  • How We Measure Success: Our team tracks two major metrics when it comes to generated responses: share of model and sentiment. Share of model describes how frequently your business name or links to your website appear in generated content for specific queries. Sentiment takes a deeper look at how generative AI talks about your brand. For example, if a user asks for recommendations in their area for a specific business type, we’d look into how often your business shows up, and what types of things are said about your business in terms of pros/cons. 

Gain Citations with AEO

  • Definition: Answer Engine Optimization
  • Application: Improves how a website ranks and is sourced for question-based searches made in traditional search, voice search, and on AI platforms.
  • Benefits: A large number of searches are question-based, which is why leading search engines like Google have “People Also Ask” sections, and leading AI models like ChatGPT attempt to anticipate users’ follow-up questions. AEO focuses on ensuring that a brand is aligned with questions written by real users and recommended by AI agents. 
  • How We Measure Success: Our team looks at citation frequency to understand how often a website or brand is used as a reference in “People Also Ask” results or in AI-generated content. We perform competitive analysis to see which responses your competitors are used as sources for more often. 

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Technical SEO Services For Local Businesses in Boston

A key to search engine optimization is understanding the technical requirements search engines have for websites. Search engines rank websites based on both the value of the content in regards to how it will answer their users’ searches, as well as the performance of the website. Websites that are designed to work well on mobile devices, load quickly, and perform in other key metrics are more likely to outrank their competitors. At Boston Web Marketing, our goal is to create websites that not only effectively convert traffic into new leads, but also provide a professional experience to their visitors. Our SEO team and Web Design team work hand in hand to accomplish these goals.

Off-Page SEO Strategies for Websites

Search Engines consider a wide range of factors when picking which websites to rank higher. Outside of the content on the website and the technical aspects of that website, search engines will also look beyond a particular website to understand that site’s overall impact. When other websites point to a website, they identify the importance of the site they are pointing to. Our team helps our clients manage digital relationships and helps build networks of links that are in line with search engine’s rules regarding link building.

Industry-Specific SEO Marketing Services

Our team has worked with a variety of industries to help them improve how they rank. We have developed industry-specific tactics that help those businesses reach more potential customers and clients. For example, we have helped e-commerce companies improve how their products show up in search results. We have helped local contractors and renovation companies appear in various “near me” searches in their target areas. We have helped medical clients rank for different types of searches related to “walk-ins” and scheduled appointments. We are proud to work with a large variety of B2B and B2C businesses.

Reporting On and Improving Your Business’ SEO Strategy

SEO is data-driven by nature. The best SEO strategies involve a consistent referral to what is working and why it is working. Our team provides custom reports to our clients on a monthly basis as well as a live dashboard that can be referenced at any time. Our teams use that data to fine-tune their strategies monthly. This includes identifying what areas of the website can be strengthened as well as how conversion rates might be impacted via A/B testing.

Frequently Asked Questions About SEO

How Has AI Changed SEO?

AI has significantly shifted the SEO landscape in a few unique ways. Search results now frequently feature AI overviews, and Google’s Gemini provides an AI mode for users. The responses in both AI overviews and AI mode source a variety of websites to create a quick summary. This has two major effects. First and foremost, businesses that even ranked first for an educational search are now always ranking at least second, since the AI overview appears above their sitelink. This, of course, has led to a steep drop-off in organic traffic to primarily blogs and educational content. But this has not led to a drop-off in conversions and leads. On the contrary, when users have commercial intent, AI overviews are actually very valuable. The same websites that are sourced to answer a user’s introductory questions are often recommended when a user starts asking questions about local businesses they can work with. This is why AEO (answer engine optimization) and GEO (generative engine optimization) are key to performance. 

SEO is a crucial long-term strategy for small businesses. Getting your business’ website to rank for relevant, high-intent searches related to your products and services can provide a steady lead flow. Search engines are one of the most common ways that customers discover new brands and businesses. Moreover, local brick-and-mortar businesses can benefit greatly from local SEO, which is fine-tuned to rank for “near me” style searches. These searches are made constantly, and algorithms designed by Google and other search engines are built around matching users to local businesses. Because search engine algorithms are consistently evolving and changing, and competitors are frequently updating their own websites, it is important for businesses to adopt an always-on approach to SEO. 

There are a few different ways small businesses can effectively improve their SEO performance. Of course, the best thing a business can do is get an audit of its existing website and digital performance from trusted, local SEO experts. Audits help identify which strategies will be most effective in moving the needle when it comes to your existing rankings and online presence. That said, some easy steps every business should take include claiming and optimizing third-party listings like Google My Business. Google Business profiles are frequently shown in both traditional search results, AI overviews, and on apps like Google Maps. Ensuring your listing is claimed and optimized is a great first step. From there, making sure your website is responsive, loads correctly on all devices, and passes technical standards set by Google, can also go a long way in both improve your online rankings, and in making it easier for users to navigate your site. 

AI tools have a good and a bad side when it comes to planning and execution.  When using a “human-in-the-loop” workflow, AI tools can help SEO experts research keywords, analyze competitors, and plan effective strategies. However, multiple reports over the past few years have shown the dangers of an “AI-only” strategy, where AI tools are overused. This is intuitive, as SEO, like all marketing efforts, is most effective when you do something different and better than your competitors. Content generated purely with AI inherently exists in the “middle of the pack” since the content is derivative of existing content. 

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