For some of us, the holiday season is a chance to put our feet up, take a break from our usual routines, sip hot chocolate by the fire, and enjoy time with family and friends.
But relaxation is the last thing on a retailer’s mind between November and December.
Why? Because the holiday shopping season can make or break retail revenue for the year. This is where a thorough ecommerce SEO audit comes in handy.
Holiday sales account for about 19% of total retail sales. But the figure is even higher for some retailer sectors. Also, holiday sales are often more profitable because the increase in volume comes without significantly increasing retailers’ fixed costs of doing business.
Unfortunately, this often means that ecommerce SEO takes a back seat to more pressing issues like processing orders, shipping packages, restocking inventory, and dealing with customer service inquiries.
Before you know it, you’re neglecting your ecommerce optimization, which causes you to lose out on valuable organic search traffic and sales.
Here are seven common ways SEO slips for your ecommerce site during the holidays and how you can turn it back around once the dust settles.
Let’s dive in.
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