How to boost the SEO rankings of your travel website?

So, how do you become the Novak Djokovic of the SEO world? Below are some pointers to help you get started:

Be as mobile-friendly as possible

According to a study by pegs.com, it has been revealed that 36% of Online Booking Agencies total bookings are generated from mobile phone users. Therefore, people are much more likely to book experiences from your site through their mobile device and it is even more likely for their device to accompany them in their travels than for their laptop. Your website should look good and be easy to use on any device.
Another important thing to keep in mind is the amount of time it takes for your pages to load. Users, as great as they are for our businesses, are quite impatient. They don’t want to wait, and the longer they have to wait for your page to load the higher the chances become of them losing their patience and leaving. In order to increase the load time of your pages you can publish your website in AMP format, AMP format is in simple terms a stripped-down form of HTML, or the diet HTML if you will. Perfect for a staring tennis player.
Lastly, we need to avoid excessive pop-ups, small texts and small touch features. It’s rather tedious having to enlarge the screen every time we would like to read something isn’t it?

Set the scene of your site with Keywords

Keywords are the sustenance of any Travel SEO strategy. As soon as a user decides they would like to take a trip to Vegas, their trip already begins, and it is our task to try and predict how that traveller will try to accomplish their goal. They will most likely turn to the internet for help, and they’ll probably use your services, but there is a certain bridge between these two events that will determine whether or not this person becomes your customer.
This bridge is called Keywords. By using keywords that are appropriate for your line of work, you need to be as specific as you can about what you offer your clients. If you can offer your clients a trip to the Kruger National Park’, then that is the keyword you should be using. If you can take them ‘snorkelling in the Maldives’ there’s another. You can also use long-tail keywords to offer more specificity and show your users you have exactly what they need.

Construct links from authoritative sources related to travel

Earning those greatly desired backlinks is a vital part of SEO in any industry, but it is especially important in the travel sector. When a customer decides to take a trip, they will give preference to the source they can trust most. They will listen to friends and acquaintances that have used services like these before and if they don’t have any friends with this knowledge they will turn to online sources. It’s important to try and get your company mentioned in those sources in order to ensure the customer will be yours.