{"id":11625,"date":"2019-04-16T12:23:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T06:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=11625"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:31:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T05:01:10","slug":"boost-your-seo-ranking-user-generated-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/boost-your-seo-ranking-user-generated-content\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Boost Your SEO Ranking Using User-Generated Content?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-5.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13741\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-5.png?resize=640%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"User genretated content\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-5.png?w=882&amp;ssl=1 882w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-5.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/2019-5.png?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the best marketers in this world are the consumers. They create user-generated content which produces a high impact on other consumers\u2019 purchasing decisions. Moreover, statistics show that 88% of consumers are influenced in their buying decision after they have read an online review written by other people who have already bought and tried the respective product. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, when you build your penetration strategy and position on the market, you should include user-generated content in your plans. Keep reading this article and find out how to boost your SEO ranking using user-generated content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>How to Boost Your SEO Ranking Using User-Generated Content?<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>1. User-Generated content provides relevant content<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumers are different from each other. They have different experiences with your products. So, even if they talk to each other, their reviews and comments on your products will be varied and diverse. On the other hand, creating unique SEO content to increase your brand\u2019s visibility consumes a lot of financial and human resources. You can either produce the content in-house or externalize the service and collaborate with experienced writers. Either way, this demands time and money to be created. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User-generated content will take all this stress off your shoulders and provide you limitless unique and authentic content. Moreover, as it is your users who will generate content, you won\u2019t have to use too many resources to strengthen your brand\u2019s position on the market. What is more, by using the content generated by your users will open a communication path between you and your customers. This will make your products more trustful. What is more, you can get a direct connection with your customers and know their pain-points from the first hands. It can be an excellent source for market insights and ideas on how to improve your services and products to meet the customers\u2019 expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2-2.png?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"boost seo ranking\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2-2.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=710%2C400&amp;ssl=1 1420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image2-2.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=710%2C400&amp;ssl=1 2130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2. User-generated content offers a variety of keywords<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The content produced by users is an immense fountain of inspiration for many marketers. When analyzing their reviews and contents, marketers will find plenty of ideas for their future marketing strategy and materials. When you give your customers the green light to express their opinions on social media, leave comments and start conversations on forums, you will find which are their expectations and feedback after trying your products and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-1.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-1.png?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"boost seo ranking\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-1.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=710%2C400&amp;ssl=1 1420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-1.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=710%2C400&amp;ssl=1 2130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, when you analyze the content generated by your users, you will discover <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/learning\/content\/using-google-keyword-planner-keyword-research\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plenty of keywords<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which will rank you higher on search engines. You can optimize your SEO strategy by using the long-tail keywords resulted from user-generated content. In addition, if you plan any PPC campaigns, you will find the necessary keywords in your customers&#8217; comments and reviews. Furthermore, each long-tail keyword speaks about your customers\u2019 pain points. Thus, it will become easier for you to improve your products and beat your competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3. Perfect for manual or automatic optimization<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search engines have advanced a lot in the past years. They are using now automated algorithms which evaluate a website based on the customers\u2019 reviews and comments. Moreover, Google has also a team of professionals who manually evaluate each website and check its reputation in detail. \u201cThese teams evaluate the writers\u2019 authority, the content\u2019s impact and trustfulness, and the content\u2019s quality. Their investigating methods are incredibly diverse,\u201d explains Safah Talbot, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/getgoodgrade.com\/essay-writing-service\/write-my-essay\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GetGoodGrade.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> managing editor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, apart from reading the content and using their expertise to rank websites, they also check the customers\u2019 content and make an opinion based on what the consumers are saying. Whenever your clients express their opinion and leave coherent content after checking your products, you will earn more SEO points which will increase your ranking online. Furthermore, you should think of this tactic when you create your <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/canada-writers.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reviews list<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and assess the ratings received. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s one important thing to mention here, though. Not every piece of UGC is useful for your website. Spammy comments and auto-generated reviews will only worsen user experience and hence worsen your chances to rank higher. If you decided to open the comment section on your website, make sure to add some sort of user validation. It\u2019s also important to monitor comments regularly to delete any spam and answer the actual questions about your content or products. Nothing is more frustrating than a bunch of lonely unanswered comments at the bottom of a page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3-3.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11628\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3-3.png?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"boost seo ranking\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3-3.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=710%2C400&amp;ssl=1 1420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image3-3.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=710%2C400&amp;ssl=1 2130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>4. User-generated content improves your rankings<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blog comments are incremental in improving your rankings. Whenever Google assesses your website, it will take into consideration also the comments from your readers. Therefore, the better comments you have, the bigger the impact you will have on your audience. However, comments like \u201cthanks\u201d or \u201cgood post\u201d don\u2019t fall in this category. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In your content, include questions that encourage meaningful answers,&#8221; recommends Stephanie O&#8217;Brien, the founder of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachclientconnection.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coach Client Connection<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &#8220;Ask your readers to share their experiences and opinions on the subject you&#8217;re writing about, as well as any &#8216;ah, ha!&#8217; moments they experienced while consuming the content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A relevant blog post will attract thorough comments which will help you improve your rankings. However, high-quality comments are not easy to produce. You can encourage your customers to leave a relevant comment on your posts by following the guidelines below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create calls-to-action in your posts \u2013 whenever you produce content for your website, you can always end your posts with a strong call-to-action where you encourage your readers to express their ideas and thoughts. You can even end with an open question where you ask your readers to share their experiences and opinions with you. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reply to your customers\u2019 comments \u2013 when you answer your clients\u2019 comments and you engage in conversations, your customers will feel that you care about their opinions and trust your brand even more. What is more, you can create a closer relationship with your customers if you are addressing each person by name and offer a personalized answer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Answer relevant questions on other blogs \u2013 this will help you strengthen your position on the market as a professional on your niche. By answering questions related to your business on other blogs, you have the opportunity to link back to your website and increase your visibility. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, you can increase your website visibility by encouraging your consumers to post photos in their comments and reviews. There is no longer a surprise that Google likes photos and it uses them to rank websites higher. Therefore, when your customers post an image with one of your products, they will make your pages more visible and make them easier to find for other customers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, by sharing a photo with your products, they will contribute to strengthening the trust that your audience has in your products. They offer solid proof that your product is exactly how you described it and help other customers decide faster and order it. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">User-generated content helps build social proof for your brand and create a loyal customer base. But not only other visitors are considering reviews and comments when making a decision to buy anything. Search engines pay attention to user-generated content as well and they reward pages with an active community and real comments with higher rankings. Use the four tips mentioned above and improve your SEO strategy leveraging free content from your visitors. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the best marketers in this world are the consumers. They create user-generated content which produces a high impact on other consumers\u2019 purchasing decisions. 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