SEO Case Study Overview
At REKHILA Promotion, a real estate company in Algiers, we faced the challenge of launching a new website with no prior SEO groundwork. This case study highlights our journey from start to finish, showcasing how strategic SEO can turn a brand new site into a powerhouse of online visibility.
New websites come with their own set of hurdles:
- Indexing and Crawling Issues: Search engines need time to discover and index new content.
- Lack of Domain Authority: Building authority from scratch is challenging.
- Content Creation: Initial content must be top-notch and optimized.
- Backlink Building: Establishing quality backlinks is essential but often difficult.
- Building Trust: New sites need to earn trust from both users and search engines.
- Technical Setup: Essential aspects like mobile-friendliness and site speed need to be in place.
Despite these challenges, our work with REKHILA Promotion was highly rewarding. Here’s an overview of the issues we encountered and the solutions we implemented to enhance their online presence:
The SEO Challenges
Our initial audit revealed several critical issues:
- Missing H1 Titles: Every page lacked essential headings.
- Absence of Meta Descriptions: None of the pages had meta descriptions.
- No Blog Content: The site had no blog or content to engage users.
- Unstructured Data: No structured data was implemented.
- Slow Images: Images were in jpg/png format, affecting site speed.
- No Alt Text for Images: Images lacked descriptive alt text.
- Orphan Pages: Some pages were not linked from any other page.
- Unattractive Traffic: The site had minimal traffic.
- Non-Descriptive URLs: URLs were not user-friendly (e.g., Example 1, Example 2).
- Underdeveloped Internal Linking: There were few internal links connecting pages.
- Pages with a high click depth
- Poor quality Backlinks (2 toxic backlinks)
- Duplicate pages with no canonical tags.
- No internal linking between pages
SEO Strategy and Execution
To address these issues, we implemented a comprehensive strategy:
SEO competitors
My first step was finding the appropriate keywords for REKHILA Promotion. Having worked with real estate companies before, I knew exactly who theire competitors were. I pitched them to the REKHILA team and they validated them. Here’s an example of the competition :
- Bessa Promotion
- Aymen Promotion
- Zebboudj Promotion Immobilière
- Tika Immobilier (no website)
- Promotion immobilière Aklil 2 (no website)
- Eurl Kerait (no website)
- Elmaklo Promotion Immobiliere
Once I finished analyzing the competition, I visited their respective websites to examine their content strategies. I took detailed notes on their content pillars, which provided valuable insights for the next step in our SEO plan.
Content pillars
At first, I noticed that the website lacked a content strategy entirely. Needless to say, they had no content pillars for their (or lack thereof) SEO strategy.
Here are the content pillars I recommended (they are in french because everything else is in French).
Backlinks
The site initially had three backlinks, two of which were toxic. We disavowed the toxic links to prevent any negative impact on the site's ranking. The third backlink was of good quality, so we retained it.
After cleaning up the existing backlinks, we focused on acquiring new, high-quality backlinks. I proposed several backlink opportunities aand developed a responsibility matrix to streamline the acquisition process and ensure accountability.
Content creation
For content creation, I relied on 3 aspects :
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Google Search Console Data
After setting up Google Search Console and allowing it to collect data, I analyzed the results to identify what content was performing well and what needed improvement.
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Content Gap Analysis
With our focus keywords in hand, we conducted a content gap analysis to pinpoint missing areas. We started publishing new content weekly and monitored its performance to ensure it met our SEO objectives.
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Industry Knowledge
Leveraging my previous knowledge of the real estate industry, I identified key trends and audience needs, creating relevant and valuable content. This combined approach significantly improved REKHILA Promotion's online presence and search engine rankings.
As for the actual execution, we followed the following matrix of responsibility.
- On-Page Optimization: We added H1 titles, meta descriptions, and structured data to each page.
- Content Creation: Developed engaging blog content and resource pages.
- Technical SEO: Improved site speed by optimizing images and ensuring mobile-friendliness.
- Backlink Building: Conducted outreach and earned high-quality backlinks.
- User Experience Enhancements: Redesigned the website for a better user experience.
- SEO Monitoring: Regularly monitored and adjusted SEO efforts based on performance metrics.
- Google My BusinessGoogle My Business is especially important in this niche. We worked on improving it by adding accurate opening hours, new images, posting content, answering clients, etc.
Results and Impact
The results were remarkable:
- Increased Organic Traffic: A 150% increase in organic traffic within six months.
- Higher Search Rankings: Improved rankings for key search terms.
- Enhanced User Engagement: Increased average session duration and reduced bounce rate.
- Growing Domain Authority: Elevated domain authority through quality backlinks.
SEO results
After a week, we started getting notifications from Google Search Console!
![Google Search Console SEO performance notification](https://misinate.sirv.com/perso/REKHILA%20Promotion/Screenshot%202024-06-30%20at%2010.21.43%E2%80%AFAM.png)
![Google Search Console SEO performance notification](https://misinate.sirv.com/perso/REKHILA%20Promotion/Screenshot%202024-06-30%20at%2010.04.23%E2%80%AFAM.png)
Besides results, Google Search Console started validating our structured data.
![Google Search Console structured data](https://misinate.sirv.com/perso/REKHILA%20Promotion/Screenshot%202024-06-05%20at%2010.25.01%E2%80%AFAM.png)
SEO Performance
As of now, we're still in the process of fine-tuning our website, but we're already starting to see some promising results. Here are the results from the 1 month
![Google Search Console SEO performance](https://misinate.sirv.com/perso/REKHILA%20Promotion/Screenshot%202024-07-26%20at%203.02.03%E2%80%AFPM.png)
Conclusion
The journey from an invisible site to a recognized authority was challenging but successful. Through strategic SEO implementation and continuous optimization, REKHILA Promotion achieved significant growth and improved online presence.
If you're facing similar challenges, consider a strategic SEO approach to transform your digital presence. For more details or personalized SEO services, contact me today for an SEO audit!