{"id":392,"date":"2023-03-11T22:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T22:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/?p=392"},"modified":"2023-03-11T22:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T22:47:22","slug":"is-seo-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/2023\/03\/11\/is-seo-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Is SEO Worth it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to Ahrefs&#8217; Blog <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/is-seo-worth-it\/\">General SEO<\/a><\/em> there are two main questions one should be asking before deciding to invest the appropriate time and money into an optimization campaign.  Question one asks if there are potential customers searching for what you sell and do.  Certain business types like physical stores should say yes to this while other online business or ecommerce sites maybe shouldn&#8217;t.  Specifically for local businesses, websites could be missing out on ranking for relevant keywords like &#8220;near me&#8221; and showing up for local queries.  According to google 4 in 5 consumers use search engines to find local information and there is other data suggesting that searches for local business translate to instore appearances.  For businesses that entirely online like an E-commerce, or online small business site, especially one selling a new or niche product, it may not be as important to optimize.  Ahfers&#8217; Blog suggests that one should use a keyword research tool to help answer this question.  If there is little to no search volume for a keyword optimization is less important, but question two will help further substantiate the need to optimize.  Question two asks if potential customers are searching for solutions to problems that your business helps solve.  Use a keyword research tool to answer this question.  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