iskandarX Society SEO - Branding On The Search Engine Results Pages Through SEO

As more enterprise companies and small successful businesses are becoming aware of the role Search Engine Optimization plays in their online marketing campaigns, they are seeking to use this to benefit the reach and online presence their websites can gain by using SEO services.







However, most companies to do not use SEO for Search Engine Branding. Instead we see a growing number of websites that all look the same in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). It makes online branding lost. As some companies are overly focused on keyword targeting, they can loose site of branding on the SERPS, which is becoming a necessity for companies to stand out online in one of the most powerful venues in on the Internet: the Search Engines.

One benefit of SEO services, if done right, is that it can brand your company in the Search Engine Results. Traditional advertising and low quality SEO service companies that have relationships with enterprise clientele often loose sight of the branding that is created in the SERPS.

If a company listing cannot be distinguished in one second or less, then the branding is lost. This is an extremely important factor in online marketing. SERPS are generally skimmed and clicked on if the title or description appears to the searcher as relevant to what they are searching for. This is usually done very quickly, just look for a product or service that you need and judge how quickly you skim through the search results.

Many SEO companies prefer keywords to be the priority over company names, and many companies are loosing in this battle by not placing their company name first. Instead the SEO fears that it cannot get its clients’ rankings if they add a company name first instead of the keywords. This is lost branding in one of the most important places to have branding and company, or product, recognition. Since a majority of all online traffic comes from a search query on a major search engine, if your business name is not in the forefront of your listing in the top of the SERPS, you have lost branding.

To enterprise companies and small businesses looking to gain exposure online, this is the most important factor that should not be given away to the SEO company that is not capable of getting rankings with your brand first. If the company you choose to hire cannot get your site rankings without moving your company name to the end of the title or not even placing your name in the title, then you are loosing in branding even if you are #1. Unless of course you do not want to brand your company, then you still need an alternative to get the listing to be remembered on multiple search engines or queries.

I tell all my clients that I would rather have number 3 positions with my company name, then a number one position without it. Here’s why: When a searcher searches for a product or service he or she will shop around. The searcher who is investing money has a certain mentality. This is to make the smartest, most educated and most cost effective decision. In order to capture this visitor you need to be remembered in the SERPS. Not branding at the front of your title limits this. The searcher becomes less aware of your site without clicking or reading the tiny URL placed under the search results listing. He or she will generally search through multiple sites on multiple Search Engines before making an investment. If you brand on the SERPS, then you are achieving a presence by speaking directly to the searcher every time he does a query for a product or services related to the searchers needs. This builds credibility, brand awareness all in the fraction of a second. Once a visitor has seen your site and they find you again on a second search query, they again see you and without even clicking, you have gained their attention a second time around and haven’t made them click to your site again and taken their time away from their searching.

At SEO Image, we believe it is a mistake for any company using any SEO service to not brand themselves in this fashion. Rankings alone do not offer a complete marketing strategy, and if you can market to a searcher in less than a second you have achieved more ground then rankings alone.

Smart SEO services and branding campaigns will produce subliminal marketing to web searchers and should not be taken lightly. At the same time, SEO should not outweigh the branding that is more important in today’s flooded online markets. More capable SEO’s will be able to gain both rankings and branding in the SERPS, so research the rankings of their clients to see if you can distinguish the difference between keyword title reliance, and company branding with top rankings.