What metrics do you use to measure SEO success?

[raianju]

Hello Friends,
What metrics do you use to measure SEO success?

[mohit123]

Let's look at some of the key metrics by which you can easily judge the effectiveness of your SEO & predict that how well your website is going to rank in the Search Engine Result Pages (SERP).

[1.] Keyword Rankings: Appropriate & well-placed keywords plays an integral role in the efficiency of your SEO. You should always check whether you're targeting the right keywords, whether your keywords have improved over the time & whether you are able to transfer your "link juice" well enough. The popular tool for this is Serpfox & Pro Rank Tracker.

[2.] Backlinks: Backlinks are the most important of all the factor that affects the ranking of your web page. The high-quality backlinks play an integral role in deciding your trustworthiness as well as the ranking. The most popular backlink trackers are Ahrefs & MajesticSEO.

[3.] Organic Search Traffic: As an SEO analyst you should always your site on getting organic traffic towards your website. The more the organic traffic directs towards your web page, the more chances of you getting on top of the SERP. The most popular tool for this is Google Analystics.

[4.] Average Time on the page: This is another very important factor by which you can idea about whether your website is satisfactory or not. If the Average Time is high, that means your content is informative & insightful, otherwise, you need to make changes to that. The behaviour section in Google Analytics provides that facility.

[5.] Bounce Rate: Bounce rate indicates whether the user is interested in your website or not. in other words, it means the whether your website is relevant for the user or not. You desire as an SEO analyst, that bounce rate should be as low as possible which means more user are liking your content. You can measure it via Google Analytics Tool.

[SophyMalkani]

1. On-Page SEO factors
2. Off-Page SEO Factors
3.Content Marketing
4. Link Building

[BreezeHost]

Important metrics to measure SEO success:
1. Page title
2. Meta description
3. Meta tag
4. URL format
5. Keyword density
6. Image SEO
7. Interlinking
8. Heading tags
9. External links
10. Quality Content
11. Keyword ranking
12. Website performance
13. Content management
14. Bounce rate
15. Average time for page loading
16. Organic search traffic

[RealEstateA]

1. On-Page SEO factors
2. Off-Page SEO Factors
3.Content Marketing
4. Link Building

If I take your suggestion, then am I success on SEO?

[sadianisar]

Measure SEO success such as keyword ranking on SERP, website traffic, bounce rate are enough to tell that SEO campaigns are working well.

[veraajverma]

Mentioned below the checklist for measuring your seo success : -
1. Keyword ranking : Ranking of your keyword on top position at SERP.
2. Bounce rate : Bounce rate is low.
3. Leads : Getting organic leads through your site.
5. Organic traffic : Increasing organic traffic of website.

[manisha.arr]

Here is the list of metrics used to measure the SEO success:
1. Increase in Backlinks
2. Keyword Ranking in SERP Pages
3. Reduce in Bounce Rate of Website

[loveguruindia]

Here is the list of metrics used to measure the SEO success:
1. Increase in Backlinks
2. Keyword Ranking in SERP Pages
3. Reduce in Bounce Rate of Website

Thanks for the information