Do Videos Improve Website Traffic

Modern Internet marketing strategies involve numerous moving parts, from written website copy to social content and eblasts. These days, there is another important component to driving web traffic: video content. For many years, video has been a scary addition to the marketing toolbox for many small business owners due to equipment requirements and pricing. Fortunately, the smartphone and online editing software has changed all that. While it still takes time and skill to be able to tell a story with film, scratch that, we mean that digital video files, it’s a wise investment as video can drastically boost web traffic. No time to make a video? The team at MORBiZ is always happy to help. Here’s 3 reasons why you should make a video today!
Video content on websites can improve search ranking
Did you know that Google owns YouTube? Yep. And that little fact could send your website straight to the top of search results? How? Google feeds searches video content over text based sites, especially when that video is hosted on YouTube and your website. In short, having branded videos on your website can move your site up in search results.
Quality videos can create backlinks
If people love your video, they’re going to share it again, and again and again. We’re not just talking about shares on social media either. While getting views on Facebook and other social platforms is great, the real SEO benefit comes from backlinks. A backlink is established when someone links to your site from their own, such as on a blog or review site, or another industry website. When Google creates search results, it looks at the number of backlinks certain content has to determine if it is reliable or not. The more backlinks the better, and video can boost that number!
Consistent video encourages long term engagement
Entertaining or educational video content will keep people engaged and on your site. The longer they are there, the more likely they are to move down your sales funnel. If you’re able to produce videos on a regular basis, all the better. New videos will bring people back to your site over and over and over.
Get Help Making Marketing Videos
Creating videos is easier now than it was in years past, but it still takes time, effort and a bit of skill. At MORBiZ, we generate search engine optimized video content that improves our clients’ search ranking and overall web presence. If you’d like assistance creating marketing content for a small business, we’re here to help! To learn more about our small business web marketing services, we encourage you to give us a call at 855-266-7249 or use this contact form . We would be happy to answer any questions you may have or provide a quote for our professional web presence services. Be sure to check out our own recent video below!









