Enterprise ecommerce SEO: Why good technology can’t fix a bad process
Enterprise ecommerce SEO should be strategy-oriented. And yet, that's rare to find. Here's how to overcome the industry's challenges.
Trond Lyngbø is the founder of Search Planet and a senior SEO Consultant. He has over 20 years of experience in SEO, e-commerce, content strategy and digital analysis. His clients include multinational Fortune 500 corporations and major Norwegian companies. Trond has helped grow businesses through more effective search marketing and SEO strategies. He is most passionate about working with e-commerce companies and web shops to develop and expand their omni-channel marketing initiatives.
Enterprise SEO: Lessons from 20 years in the trenches
Want to gain market share rapidly and boost profits? Learn the key elements of a winning SEO strategy for large enterprises.
Is your information architecture costing your e-commerce web shop millions in lost sales?
Solid information architecture is a key ingredient in any successful SEO program, as it can help or hinder search engine crawlers. Columnist Trond Lyngbø provides tips for e-commerce sites looking to optimize their site structure.
Why e-commerce SEO is NOT a one-shot wonder
Columnist Trond Lyngbø explains that SEO is an ongoing process that requires continuous investment -- not a one-time task to be checked off a list.
E-commerce companies can improve revenue by following these 5 tips
Looking to take your e-commerce business to the next level? Columnist Trond Lyngbø has some SEO and content marketing advice for web shops.
Why SEO should always complement your content marketing
Columnist Trond Lyngbø explains how the synergy between content marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) can produce web pages that will best serve your customers.
6 reasons why SEO fails, and how you can succeed at it
Columnist Trond Lyngbø believes that SEO can be a powerful addition to your marketing mix, but its success will depend on how intelligently you invest in it.
How e-commerce SEO matters in strategic redesign of web shops
Looking to (re)launch your e-commerce website? Columnist Trond Lyngbø urges you to involve an SEO expert before you make any decisions.
The 7 deadly sins of content marketing
Columnist Trond Lyngbø explains some of the major mistakes content marketers make in discounting SEO input. Is your company committing one?
Keyword research: a key element of SEO & content marketing
Many business owners see SEO and content marketing as separate, but columnist Trond Lyngbø argues that solid keyword research can and should be used to inform content marketing strategy.
The importance of SEO in omni-channel marketing, part 2
Search engine optimization is a critical component of digital marketing, but how can you incorporate it into your omni-channel marketing strategy? Columnist Trond Lyngbø lays out his process for doing just that.
The Importance Of SEO In Omni-Channel Marketing: Part 1
What is omni-channel marketing, and why does it matter? Columnist Trond Lyngbø discusses how SEO fits into an omni-channel marketing strategy.
4 Organizational Hurdles To SEO For Business Leaders To Overcome In 2016
Many companies face challenges in trying to develop and implement SEO campaigns. Columnist Trond Lyngbø outlines some of the critical ones to be tackled.
3 (Simple) Reasons Why E-Commerce Websites Need SEO
Columnist Trond Lyngbø argues that a solid search engine optimization (SEO) strategy is critical to the success of any e-commerce website. Here's why.
Transform Your Thinking To Address Mounting Challenges In Your Online Business
Columnist Trond Lyngbø notes that the world is changing at an ever-quickening pace as a result of technology. Unfortunately, many businesses are slow to adapt — and this puts them at risk.
Be Aware! SEO Might Help You Land Your Next Job (Or It May Hinder You)
Columnist Trond Lyngbø reminds us that search engine optimization (SEO) isn't just for driving leads, sales and traffic to business websites -- it can also be used to build your personal brand.
4 Things Most Leaders Don’t Understand About SEO
Search engine optimization (SEO) is not a "quick fix," and columnist Trond Lyngbø outlines ways in which this mindset can hurt businesses.
Content Marketing & SEO: The Bigger Picture
Working to integrate your SEO and content marketing efforts? Columnist Trond Lyngbø discusses the benefits and challenges of marrying these two disciplines and explains how to succeed.
Is Mobile Search More Than Just Being Mobile “Friendly”?
Columnist Trond Lyngbø answers your frequently asked questions about mobile SEO and Google's upcoming mobile algorithm change.
10 WordPress SEO Questions That Took Me 10 Years To Answer!
Looking to implement WordPress for your website or blog? Let columnist Trond Lyngbø give you the run-down on the SEO implications with these frequently asked questions.
Digital Marketing Advice For The Forward-Thinking Business In 2015
The search landscape is always changing, and columnist Trond Lyngbø reminds business leaders that thinking and planning ahead is critical to beating the competition.
Effective Keyword Targeting: The Key To Growing Traffic & Revenue
Columnist Trond Lyngbo explains how proper keyword targeting is the key to improving your site's visibility in search engines.
How Organic Search Has Transformed The Rules Of Business
Organic search has dramatically changed the way consumers consider and make purchases, says columnist Trond Lyngbø, and marketers who "get" this can profit big.
Will Your Business (And Your Website) Adapt & Evolve With Google?
We've come a long way from the "10 blue links" search results page. Columnist Trond Lyngbø outlines how to ensure you're keeping up as SEO develops.
Expert Insights On The Future Of SEO, Part 2
In today's installment, search industry veterans predict where SEO will be in 2020.
Expert Insights On The Future Of SEO, Part 1
Do you have the skills it will take to thrive in the SEO environment of the future? In the first of this 3-part series, search industry veterans weigh in on how things will be different in 2015.
How SEO & Content Marketing Can Transform Your Business – And Life
If you’re reading this, you probably know that SEO can help businesses bring in new clients, increase cash flow, and encourage existing clients to spend more money. But have you ever thought about how, as a marketer or a consultant, SEO can help you market yourself, boosting your own career, connecting you to people, and […]
What Local Business Leaders Must Know About Search Engines And SEO
When I write about SEO and business success, I often realize that I’ve touched upon a point that merits a column of its own. This is one such column. It will focus on the fact that online and offline marketing have grown inextricably codependent — especially for local businesses. How Businesses & Search Engines Have […]
7 SEO Truths Every Business Leader Must Understand
If you’re still caught up in SEO practices and know how that worked in 2007, it’s time to get up-to-date — fast! Unless you catch up with recent developments in business and search marketing, you’ll get run over by the competition that’s zooming along at high speed. Here are seven SEO truths you can’t afford to […]
Link Building Fundamentals To Future-Proof Your Online Business
Google launched in 1998 and has grown steadily to become the most popular search engine in the world. Over 2,161 billion searches were run on their engines in 2013, and the company corners a 67% share of the global search market. As it grows and evolves, Google search is well and truly on its way to becoming humanity’s most […]
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About SEO Costs But Focus On What It Earns
You’re at Victoria Park in Ontario, preparing to swing from an 80-foot cliff and fly 200 feet across Elora Gorge before rappelling down to the river like a human spider. Your guide asks you to pick a rope. Would you ask for the cheapest rope — or the strongest? Will you look for the shortest […]
17 SEO Best Practices That Could Double Your E-Commerce Sales
When I first tell clients that SEO can double online sales for consumer e-commerce retailers, they are skeptical. But not after I demonstrate how I’ve done it for Norwegian e-shops using 8 effective SEO tips. It sounds unrealistic — but isn’t. E-commerce SEO and conversion rate optimization can double your traffic and sales. When I show […]
The New SEO — It’s About People, Intent, & Meaning
There are two ways to try and understand the future. One is to gaze into the misty depths of a magic crystal ball and guess what might happen. The other is to view facts from a coldly logical standpoint and draw verifiable conclusions from them. To make sense of rapid shifts in the SEO landscape, […]
Google: SEO Problems, Solutions & Wishlists
When I was a little boy, my parents had an effective way of making me behave. They’d warned me that if I was rude, disobedient or messy, the bogeyman would come and get me. I never saw a bogeyman or even knew what one looked like — but my imagination ran wild over this terrifying […]
6 SEO Challenges Every Business Owner & Marketer Must Contend With In 2014
There isn’t much left of this year. Companies that haven’t started planning their marketing strategy and budgeting for 2014 must begin soon. When it comes to online marketing, most businesses rely excessively upon Web analytics to decide what was (or wasn’t) effective. What they find affects future decisions about where to invest time and money. […]
5 Critical SEO Mistakes Leaders Must Avoid
It isn’t easy being a leader in today’s digital economy. The rapid shifts in technology and the way customers adapt to it has transformed business. Barriers between online and offline business have broken down. Capital alone is no longer decisive in determining success. Google’s various offerings are a huge growth opportunity for B2B and B2C […]
You’re Dead… If You Don’t Integrate Social Media & PR Into Your Local SEO Strategy
The peppered moth (Biston betularia), once white with black spots, faced a strange challenge in London during the Industrial Revolution. Buildings and trees, stained with soot, turned black. The light colored moths could no longer hide against this backdrop, and were eaten up by birds. But some peppered moths survived — by turning black themselves! To […]
8 E-Commerce SEO Tips Gathered From A Decade Of Consulting
In the comments of my last column about how I doubled e-commerce revenue for clients by focusing on user intent, readers asked for some more specific e-commerce SEO tips that they could apply in their own client work. Today’s article shares some valuable lessons gathered over a decade of SEO work for e-commerce clients. These 8 […]
How to Double Your Revenue With SEO
In 2012, I was privileged to handle SEO for some of the biggest Norwegian e-commerce sites. This is the story about how I doubled (and even tripled) revenue for them by following a simple, easy, yet unconventional approach that anyone — even you — can implement starting today. At the heart of this accomplishment lie […]
10 Things Most SEO Consultants Hate
Having spent over ten years as an SEO consultant, I’ve gathered a list of “top ten challenges” (or, as I think of them, my pet peeves) about the industry and our clients. I’m sure you’ve had similar experiences to share with our community. I’ll go first, and list out 10 things that challenge and push […]