{"id":19357,"date":"2023-05-16T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/https-www-nobraineragency-co-uk-blog-seo-what-is-programmatic-seo-and-does-it-work\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T15:13:52","slug":"what-programmatic-seo-does-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobraineragency.com\/seo\/what-programmatic-seo-does-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What is programmatic SEO and does it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Programmatic is a term that has been used in marketing and advertising for some time, but usually in relation to paid media activity specifically. However, programmatic SEO is something that is now being talked about more and more. We take a look at what it is, what the pros and cons are of this type of SEO approach and how effective it is for different types of business.<\/p>\n
Essentially, a programmatic SEO strategy<\/a> is for publishing unique web pages at scale to attract organic traffic, using a database and page template. A programmatic SEO strategy can incorporate anything from a couple of hundred web pages to many thousands, depending on the requirements.<\/p>\n An example of programmatic SEO in action is a favourite tool of digital marketers everywhere… Canva. In Canva, you can quickly design anything from a business card or poster to a social media post and animated gifs. Their landing pages utilise programmatic SEO by using the same template with custom content on each page that is tailored towards the searcher\u2019s needs and intent.<\/p>\n We\u2019re overviewing \u2018potential\u2019 benefits of programmatic SEO because if the practice is carried out poorly, it can be the very opposite of beneficial for a business and their online presence. However, when used appropriately, programmatic SEO can include benefits including:<\/p>\n Anyone trying to use programmatic SEO to \u2018game the system\u2019 (i.e. trick or fool Google) is going to come unstuck, because it simply won\u2019t work and will put your whole website\u2019s organic visibility at risk. It needs to be planned and implemented appropriately, and with realistic expectations, in order to bring positive and lasting results.<\/p>\n Not every website would benefit from even a well-executed programmatic SEO strategy. The more pages that your website has (or you want it to have) then the more likely that a programmatic approach might be effective, if done in the right way.<\/p>\n Some examples of types of online business that might benefit from programmatic SEO include:<\/p>\n Things that tend to work well are sites with information to communicate on things such as:<\/p>\n Finding niche keywords with some search volume alone isn\u2019t enough to make programmatic SEO successful. You need to identify keywords that people are using, but those keywords also need to be assessed for the intent behind the person searching, along with how competitive the keyword is. Making shortcuts here will only cause problems further down the line and put a ceiling on the results for your strategy.<\/p>\n The holy grail here are keywords which have a decent level of monthly search volume, are not highly competitive and also have intent that is focused toward the bottom of the funnel, rather than searches that are more general and might not have any decision-making intent, or are so competitive that ranking well for them isn\u2019t realistic.<\/p>\n You want to end up with a \u2018head term\u2019 for each page, which will depend on what you do\/offer\/sell and outcome of your research. For example, Canva\u2019s head term could be {design type} design template, such as Instagram post design template, \u00a0infographic design template, business card design template, presentation design template, website design template etc.<\/p>\n People looking to design an infographic want something very different to those looking to design a business card, which is why this head term approach works.<\/p>\n If implemented poorly, programmatic SEO can certainly be spammy. For example, if it\u2019s used in combination with AI content writing prompts or content spinning technology to produce the copy for the pages, which don\u2019t then go through a structured and rigorous QA process before being published, you\u2019re fairly likely to end up with very poor content that certainly doesn\u2019t follow best practice outlined by Google’s recent Helpful Content Update<\/a> or meet Google\u2019s E-E-A-T guidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n However, if you have the facility to ensure that genuinely useful, credible and unique content can be produced for each page, when there is an audience looking for it, programmatic SEO doesn\u2019t have to be spammy at all, as illustrated by the examples cited earlier.<\/p>\n Pages created using programmatic SEO need to offer a good user experience or they will never rank well for a sustained period of time. Search engines want to deliver results to their users that are the best possible source of information in relation to that search, and they must meet the mark on a technical SEO front too. As well as great-quality content and following SEO best practice<\/a> with the on-page elements, each page needs to load quickly and be easy to use and navigate around.<\/p>\n There are many variables that could have an impact on whether programmatic SEO is something that is right for your business. If your company has a significant potential target audience size, across lots of different areas, and you have the time and resource to invest in doing programmatic SEO properly and effectively, it\u2019s certainly worth considering.<\/p>\n Do you want to know where to go next with your SEO strategy? Our team would love to discuss it with you and see if we can help you achieve your objectives. Get in touch using the form below to find out more.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Programmatic is a term that has been used in marketing and advertising for some time, but usually in relation to paid media activity specifically. However, programmatic SEO is something that is now being talked about more and more. We take a look at what it is, what the pros and cons are of this type […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/p>\nWhat are the potential benefits of programmatic SEO?<\/h2>\n
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What are the potential disadvantages of programmatic SEO?<\/h2>\n
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What kind of websites does programmatic SEO work well for?<\/h2>\n
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Good keyword research is fundamental to programmatic SEO effectiveness<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nIs programmatic SEO spammy?<\/h2>\n
Is programmatic SEO right for my business?<\/h2>\n