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Jannatul Tasnuva
Jannatul Tasnuva

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How to write SEO-friendly product description that sells- Easy Steps

Every product needs a proper description that can help sell it and increase search engine recognition. Ensure there’s absolutely no room for any shortcomings.

With the help of interactive product descriptions, your website and the product will gain online visibility. This article will give you a clear concept of how to write your product description and what steps you need to follow to make it SEO-friendly.

How to start your product description?

Firstly, you have to understand and think about the product properly. The clear knowledge and information will make your description more informative and interactive. After understanding your product, the second and most important thing to do is relatable keyword research. Keyword research is very important to build a professional and SEO-friendly product description. However, overstuffing your keywords can negatively impact the search engine. Don’t mess up in this and make sure to distribute the keywords properly in the content. 

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Understand the targeted audiences. Just writing it for the search engine will not give you the sales. Study what your buyers will want. So that the sales you need to make meet its goal. Study your audience’s need.

1. How can keyword research improve product descriptions?

The search engine looks for something in the content to get online visibility or a good search engine ranking. That thing is keywords, which are the words customers search for. You will understand what customers want in a specific product by keyword research. There are many types of keywords that can be used for product descriptions. However, a standard product description requires relevant keywords. For that, you can research primary and long-tail keywords. This will give your product description a push to be an ideal SEO-friendly. Keyword research not only brings keywords, it also gives a clear idea of what exactly your audience wants. 

2. What are the key elements of a standard, effective product description?

If you search for a specific element for a standard and effective product description, it might take a lot of work to say. There are a few elements that combine to create an effective product description. Every part of it is important to build an SEO-friendly product description.

Title that gets attention

Firstly, create an eye-catching title for your product description. A title is very important for both your product and the description. However, using irrelevant keywords might harm your SEO strategy, leading to lower rankings and attracting the wrong audience to your site. That is a bad impression of your description in the first place. Make sure your title looks relevant and has a primary keyword in it. So that your targeted audience can easily find your product.

Use proper & relevant keywords

Another important thing we mentioned earlier is keywords. Learn how to properly research keywords so that you don’t overstuff them in your content.

Engaging and eye-catching opening

A good and attractive opening of your product description can also attract customers and search engines! Write your product description casually because very professional and the details might not hold the attention of your customers. Which will lead to your product, less sales. Keep your product description’s introduction part simple yet eye-catching.

Features that represent the product

Mention the features of your product. Having features is the most important part of writing a product description. The features will help search engines, and your customers understand your product clearly. Having features will also help increase the SEO of your website and the product. Using keywords for the features will help you reach your customers.

Readable Structure is the pillar of an ideal description

Keep your description’s readability smooth. The more readability, the more SEO-friendly the product description. Readability is very important for SEO. If the readability is not perfect, it might cause bouncing as well. We want our customers to stay a little longer on the page, right? That why, the product description needs to be readable perfect.

No CTA, no engagement

Call-to-action is the idea that influences your customer to buy your product, and it is a crucial part indeed. CTA helps to increase the value of your product, how? When you use a phases like “Limited Offer!”, “Get Now”, “Few Left!” etc, it will give your customers a sense where they will think about the offers or the stock more often. So, try to use effective CTAs that will help your brand to grow.

Be your brand’s voice

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Your product description is the part of your brand as well. When you are writing about the product, you are representing your brand. In your description, you can add the idea of your brand’s, what you guys offer, and why you are exceptional from other competitors with logical reasons. Adding unpromising information that your brand won’t offer can lead to a bad impression, or adding the same descriptions as your competitors can make your product description boring. So, be your brand’s voice.

SEO-friendly meta description

A meta description is a must for search engine visibility. An eye-catching meta description will easily increase CTR and online traffic. Your meta description needs to attract the audience so that they click the result they get. However, you also have to be careful with the word length of the meta description; it should not exceed the limitation.

3. How can social media posts complement SEO strategies for product promotion?

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In this era, social media holds the power to represent almost anything! We can use social media to promote our product as well. Nowadays, social media is very important for any kind of business. There are many benefits that can lead you to good sales for that product. Social media helps to build a smooth SEO strategy easily. When we are using it (social media) the online visibility increases. There are many steps if you follow your product promotion will have a successful outcome.

Blacklink Opportunity

In SEO, backlink is one of the most important part. With the help of backlink, your online visibility shows. Engaging, shareable content on social platforms can attract backlinks from other websites, improving domain authority and SEO rankings.

Using relevant keywords and hashtags

Yes, using keywords on social media will give your customers a quick result with your post. If you use suitable hashtags according to your product, then your posts are more likely to reach a targeted audience, increasing visibility, engagement, and the potential for driving traffic to your website.

Improved Brand Awareness

Social media helps a lot with brand awareness. When we post on our brand’s social media we present the product and our brand. If we keep an eye on what is the new trend or post style for our social media then it could increase the good SEO strategy in no time!

Fast indexing

Indexing is crucial because it enables search engines to understand and organize the content on your website, making it accessible to users through search results. Posting on social media also do the job of indexing. Sharing new content on social media can help search engine bots discover it faster, as social platforms act as high-traffic websites linking to your pages.

Lastly, if you try to understand the points and the basic concept of writing an SEO-friendly product description there is a high chance your website will get a healthy amount of online traffic which will eventually lead you to good sales as well. In this article I try to cover the basic and almost the professional level product description writing. Although it is impossible to cover everything about it. But I try to make it as easy as possible. 

I hope if you try to follow these ideas and points you can easily write any kind of product description without any hassle.

Jannatul Tasnuva, Technical writer & Social Media Coordinator.

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