Top SEO Strategies to Drive Bookings
Summary
This article discusses SEO strategies for driving direct bookings to your STR website. It covers keyword research, content creation, and using platforms like Uplisting to create an easy-to-use direct booking site. Hosts should focus on high-impact keywords and relevant content to improve their search ranking and increase direct bookings.
Key Insights
- •Ranking on the first page of Google results is crucial for driving traffic to a direct booking site.
- •The two categories of keywords are planning keywords for blog content and high booking intent keywords for listing pages.
Action Items
- ✓Create highly relevant content with a NARROW focus.Effort: mediumImpact: medium
- ✓Develop a blog with WordPress or Webflow, and link it to your direct booking site.Effort: mediumImpact: medium
Tools & Resources
- →WordPress: Use WordPress or Webflow for developing blog content.
- →Uplisting: Uplisting is a self-service property management system for vacation rental owners and operators, which offers one-click direct booking website creation.
- →Google Keyword Planner: Consider using Google Keyword Planner to determine keyword popularity.
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