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Top 10 SEO benefits of building a brand that people trust

Search Engine Land

A strong brand equals trust, likely improving your click-through rate (CTR). Or, a well-intentioned advocate who hasn’t done your brand justice when answering, “Can [brand name] be trusted?” It should be no surprise that rank 1, Page 1 has the highest clicks with close to 25% CTR on mobile.

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How an ecommerce site increased commercial monthly organic traffic from 37K to 210K

Search Engine Land

Figure 1: Brand and non-brand keywords overview (Source: Semrush) Figure 2: Organic traffic growth (Source: Semrush) Figure 3: Brand search and traffic (Source: Semrush) Non-brand keyword CTR Ranking in the top three positions in Google generates the vast majority of clicks (Figure 4). Thus, ranking in the top positions is still a good goal.

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Study: Blogs appear most often in top Google positions

Search Engine Land

Multiple CTR studies show most organic clicks go to the top 5 positions on Google Search (around 69% to 74% ). AI can inform and assist, but human creativity, expertise and skill sets are necessary to add the voice and trust of your brand. Why we care. By the numbers. About the data.

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3 steps for effective PPC reporting and analysis

Search Engine Land

The three steps outlined below will give you a solid foundation for PPC reporting that keeps everyone on the same page, establishes trust and makes your job easier in the long run. Transparency builds trust, prevents stakeholders from getting caught off guard by lower performance and helps you better control the narrative and next steps.

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2 Channels for Targeting Tech Personas, Part 1/2

Heinz Marketing

To me, these two channels hold the potential for approaching complex tech personas, building trust, and potentially having them self-identify. Stack works to maintain the trust they’ve built with software engineers over the years and makes clear to its advertising customers that. Building trust is key to a tech audience.

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How To Build the Email List of Your Dreams

Salesforce

The fact that you have direct access to a list of good prospects helps you get your content right into their inbox – and since the prospects gave you permission to send them email, a trust factor is already built in. Be ethical about compliance and you are promoting customer trust and best email marketing practices.

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Forget PageRank: Here’s why you should focus on ranking instead

Search Engine Land

In addition, Google does not utilize any trust or reputation rank values calculated by third parties either. And users like to click on search results of brands they know and trust. This is why growing brand recognition is bound to increase CTR, an excellent way to increase rankings for competitive queries.

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