The Road to Visibility -Apply SEO Copywriting for Hotels
SEO in the World of Hotel Copywriting
So far I’ve been writing a lot on hotel copywriting. For that, I’ve researched many articles on the internet, checked hotel websites typing in different locations on Google, and then specifically analysed their website copy.
In this article, I’d like to join search engine optimization with copywriting.
That’s a type of copywriting (there’s email copywriting, conversion copywriting etc.) which is written with a definite aim in mind.
Of course, the kinds of copywriting mentioned in brackets also have their own goals, which mainly boil down to the verb “increase” as in “increase the opening rate of e-mails and then motivate readers to click on special offers and close a deal” and “increase sales”.
Search Engine Optimization Copywriting- what is it really?
Note: You’ll probably see “SEO copywriting” and “SEO copywriter” more often than the whole sausage of the expression spelled out.
It’s basically copywriting which is based on what’s on the internet and relating to the search engines you use when you look for a particular word/term.
You’re interested in the results that will come up, which will help you get an answer to your query.
Copywriting in this case has a special aim - to make the best out of the keywords.
By finding the right keywords, using them advantageously throughout the copy. Weaving the keywords inside the text in such a way that the search engines recognise what the text is about. And it all relies on the likelihood of people searching for these exact keywords.
Some keywords are searched more often, some in definite time periods, but an SEO copywriter must decide which path to take and make the best of it.
You have many contenders for a specific keyword—they all want to be ranked high on Google.
And it certainly is a competition against time: the quicker you are to produce SEO content and equip the searchers with answers they will trust, ready to make a desired action based upon them, the more successful you’ll be as a search engine optimization copywriter.
How does SEO copywriting for hotels look like in practice?
In the case of hotel copywriting for the search engines (Bing, Google, those two in particular), you’ll insert keywords into a specific article or text in such a way that will facilitate Google to list your article in the category you had foreseen it to appear (based on the keywords), and corresponding to the intent of the person entering a search term - to gather information or make a purchase.
“Gather information” and “buy” are two different intentions.
These are the 4 intents a searcher will have when looking for an answer on Google.
SEO copywriting looks to craft content around these intents and achieve a higher ranking on Google for an article/blog post.
Search engine optimization copywriting will then be applied on top of (hotel) copywriting to position a specific hotel as high as possible within the Google search results.
Efficiency of SEO Copywriting For Hotels against OTA’s
Having SEO built inside articles and webpages is essential if we’re aiming to achieve higher visibility for the content that we produce.
How can a hotel’s website be spotted otherwise?
If it’s not somewhere close to the top 10 or in the top 10 of Google search results (or Bing’s, for that matter)?
Maybe only if we promote it on social media channels. Or pay for advertising.
That costs.
Seo copywriting for hotels achieves organic growth in website traffic, while hotel copywriting focuses on the real “meat” of the content—the storytelling and the need to evoke emotions in the potential guest.
What are OTA’s?
When you look at Google search results, you’ll have hotels listed within big accommodation booking platforms like Trivago, Booking etc. These are called OTA’s.
You won’t see that many hotels appear on their own in the search results.
It’s because these websites (owned by OTAs) have accumulated a lot of hotel addresses, their offers, and have a lot of subpages.
They are the go-to addresses to search for a particular hotel.
Of course, it’s great to be included in such a compendium of accommodations alongside known names in the hotel industry, but a hotel website must have a website of its own.
A hotel must be able to compete for the guest’s attention on its own terms.
To achieve recognisability and identity with a hotel website, you need an English copywriter who understands the SEO principles of copywriting.
The English copywriter will do copywriting for your website in a way that will be gripping for the reader, engaging their senses, occupying their minds and inviting them to experience all the benefits found on a hotel’s website.
Example: How SEO Copywriting for Hotels Makes an Impact
The hotel’s own website is No.1 on Google, ahead of OTA’s!
You see this, right?
The hotel has managed to outrival an OTA- Booking.com.
It’s No. 1 on Google for the keyword that is actually the hotel’s name!
This is the power of branding!