As an SEO strategy agency, we love to work out comprehensive SEO strategies that optimally complement your company's marketing and content strategy. We believe that Google Ads are not necessary to be successful on Google and Co. There are a few reasons for this.
1. SEO endurance run beats SEA sprint in Google campaigns. Because if you like to run fast, you'll probably be ahead of the competition for a while. But what happens when your budget is used up? When the click costs become too high for you? Simple. All the results you've achieved immediately collapse again. A Google Ads campaign often shows up as a traffic peak in your stats. But as nice as the steep rise is, it goes downhill again just as quickly afterwards.
Google places your site at the top of the search results list in exchange for money. This way you bring visitors to your site without having to optimize it for SEO. This is a quick solution that also seems cheaper in the short term than working out a whole SEO strategy in cooperation with an SEO agency. You don't need SEO consulting and you can directly track the increasing number of visitors on your website.
But as soon as you end the campaign, you slip in the search results to where you were before. Even with a good (but not SEO optimized) website you will disappear in the back pages of Google.
You see that Google Ads are not a long-term solution. There is only one sensible way to use this type of search engine marketing. Namely, in the transition period while your SEO strategy is being worked out and implemented. After all, it may take a few months for a new SEO strategy to take effect. So if you're impatient and can't wait until then, Google Ads are an easy and quick solution. However, it's clear that you can't achieve lasting success with a Google campaign without an SEO strategy.
2. high bounce rates due to Google Ads campaign. From decades of experience, we can tell you: 1st place is no use if users don't stay on your site voluntarily afterwards. You must therefore offer real added value on your pages. Pages with a comprehensive SEO strategy not only rank better, but also the length of stay increases. Because SEO is always about answering the user's question and tailoring the corresponding page exactly to their needs. The frequent accusation that SEO is user-unfriendly is pure humbug. Because our SEO strategies are based on your target group and ensure that your pages fulfill the wishes of your customers.
In the first steps of developing your SEO strategy, we analyze the needs of your customers and the users whose questions you can answer with your website. Based on personas, your pages can then be built or adapted. This way, users will always find exactly what they need on your site.
In Google Ads campaigns implemented without SEO strategy, the bounce rate is often very high. Most users only click on the search result because it is displayed at the top of the list. However, they often do not find what they were looking for. Therefore, SEO is not only the basis for successful rankings but also for SEA.
So it shows that Google Ads are only useful under certain conditions. As an SEO strategy agency, we do not recommend Google Ads across the board. We are convinced that a comprehensive SEO strategy is all you need to be successful in search engines.