What Is Off-Page SEO? A Comprehensive Guide
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What Is Off-Page SEO? A Comprehensive Guide
Erika VaragouliMar 14, 202215 min read
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- What Is Off-Page SEO?
- Why Is Off-Page SEO Important?
- 13 Off-Page SEO Techniques that Work
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #1: Link Building
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #2: Brand Building
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #3: Content Marketing
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #4: PR
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #5: Local SEO
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #6: Social Media
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #7: Forums
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #8: Influencer Marketing
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #9: Events
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #10: Guest Posting
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #11: Podcasts
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #12: Reviews
- Off-Page SEO Tactic #13: Content Syndication
- Make Sure Your Off-Page SEO Is in Order
If you want your site to rank on Google and increase your brand’s organic traffic, you’ll need to look at more than your on-page SEO strategy.
Off-page SEO is one of the essential parts of a successful SEO strategy. We’ll share what it is, how it works, and how to use it to increase your site’s visibility.
What Is Off-Page SEO?
Off-page SEO refers to all SEO tactics that don’t involve updating or publishing content to your website.
In the past, many used “off-page SEO” and “link building” interchangeably, but in reality, there are many off-page SEO tactics you can use, including:
- brand building
- citation building
- content marketing
- social media, and more.
These tactics help both search engines and users better understand your website and increase your site’s authority, trust, and relevance.
Think of it like this:
- Your website = on-page SEO
- Another site or platform = off-page SEO
On-Page vs. Off-Page SEO vs. Technical SEO
All SEO tactics can be categorized into three buckets: on-Page SEO, off-Page SEO, and technical SEO. But what’s the difference?
- On-page SEO covers the tactics you use on your site that help search engines understand your content better and rank. These all fall under on-page SEO, creating content, optimizing title tags, image optimization, and more.
- Off-page SEO includes activities from or “behind the scenes” of your website.
- Technical SEO refers to activities that directly impact the indexing and crawling of your site by search engines. Examples include site speed optimization, structured data, and more.