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B2B SEO vs B2C SEO: How Strategies Must Differ

B2B and B2C businesses target different businesses, while having different goals. This means there is a different approach when it comes to your search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy. While there are some similarities, there are key differences that need to be kept in mind when carrying out SEO efforts.

  • Similarities – technical SEO, core web vitals, mobile optimisation
  • Differences – buyers journey, content strategy, keyword focus, link building

SEO is vital for any digital marketing strategy, whether you are targeting a B2B or B2C audience.

Understanding B2B SEO and B2C SEO

B2B SEO is optimising your content, attracting business clients. While B2C SEO focuses on making content available to individual consumers. 

Both have some common goals:

  • Ensuring your content is easy to find
  • Creating rank-worthy content that appears in search engine results pages (SERPs)
  • Aligning content to search intent 
  • Technical SEO optimisation to ensure a good user experience (UX)
B2B SEO vs B2C SEO: How Strategies Must Differ
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Understanding the Differences Between B2B SEO and B2C SEO

Now that you understanding the common goals, let's look at the differences:

Keyword Research

When it comes to SEO, it's essential you tailor your keyword research to your audiences intent. B2B SEO is directed to niche audiences, using industry-specific terms and technical jargon. At the same time, B2C SEO keywords focus on everyday language without technical jargon.

It's also important to bear in mind when conducting keyword research that the customer journeys are different. B2B customers have longer and more complex consumer journeys, which is why it's essential to identify keywords that resonate with potential clients throughout the stage of their journey from awareness and beyond.

Content Strategy

The type of content you publish also differs. B2B buyers are interested in white papers, case studies, and in-depth articles, helping them make informed decisions, while B2C buyers are interested in easily accessible, visually appealing, and user focused content.

Link Building

As you probably know from our previous blogs, domain authority is essential when it comes to your SEO strategy. It is beneficial for B2B businesses, who are focused on showing authoritativeness. B2B companies can invest in acquiring back links through PR and guest posting, while B2C companies, focus on social media shares and influencer collaborations, while acquiring back links.

Analytics

B2B SEO and B2C SEO often focus on different metrics when evaluating your SEO performance, due to them having different goals. B2B SEO is sales and conversion driven, generating leads, boosting brand awareness, and establishing domain authority is essential for B2B marketing. 

SEO Best Practices

Even though the two have distinct differences, they do benefit from the same SEO bet practices:

Conclusion

While B2B SEO and B2C SEO have many differences, they both focus on the same thing, aligning your content to your audiences intent. Whether you are a B2B or B2C company, it's also important to remember that your business is unique, therefore your SEO strategy should be customised to meet your goals and audience. Contact Genie Crawl today to find out more.

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