{"id":206618,"date":"2022-01-24T19:13:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T11:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/?p=206618"},"modified":"2022-04-13T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T11:48:28","slug":"state-of-seo-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/state-of-seo-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"State of SEO 2022: A Guide to SEO in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/state-of-seo-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fpi-shvzz\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206619 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022_cover-photo.jpg\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022_cover-photo.jpg\" alt=\"State of SEO 2022 cover photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-wp-pid=\"206619\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022_cover-photo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022_cover-photo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022_cover-photo-768x576.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/450;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Going digital is inevitable. Businesses that used to be purely brick-and-mortar are now migrating online and payments are moving from purely cash to digital. This is expected as the pandemic has pushed customers to utilize online shopping more than ever due to health and safety concerns and convenience. To dominate this landscape, you need to understand the state of SEO 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/unctad.org\/news\/how-covid-19-triggered-digital-and-e-commerce-turning-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United Nations Conference on Trade and Development<\/a> (UNCTAD), there is a \u201c&#8230;strong uptake of e-commerce across regions, with consumers in emerging economies making the greatest shift to online shopping.\u201d For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/unctad.org\/webflyer\/covid-19-and-e-commerce-global-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their report<\/a> shows that China\u2019s e-commerce rose from 19.4%to 24.6% between August 2019 and 2020, and shopping apps in Thailand had a jump of 60% in downloads in March 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">However, even as the UN General Assembly President Volkan Bokzir said that \u201c&#8230;the trend towards e-commerce is likely to continue throughout the recovery from COVID-19,\u201d some countries are still coping with the change as barriers to effective e-commerce are still present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Now the question is, will it be wise for you and your business to shift to e-commerce? In this article on the state of SEO 2022, you will see the search landscape the Philippines has, the performance of possible SEO agency partners, and the digital trends you should be preparing for.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Search and e-commerce landscape in the Philippines<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/datareportal.com\/reports\/digital-2021-philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DataReportal<\/a>, 67% of Filipinos were internet users by January last year, with an increase of 6.1% between 2020 and 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/221179\/internet-users-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Statista<\/a> has projected that by 2022, there will be approximately 84.75 million Filipinos who are internet users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Most of our time is also spent on Google and Facebook, with the Philippines clocking 750 million total visits on Google and 258 million total visits on Facebook. It makes sense then that stores have created social media accounts to further promote their businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/6539\/e-commerce-in-the-philippines\/#dossierKeyfigures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Another study<\/a> published by Statista last December has shown that the Filipino consumers have accessed e-commerce websites for their products or services which undoubtedly contributed to the 3.55 billion US dollars in e-commerce revenue in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">These figures show that digital migration of businesses and creation of online businesses are in the position to flourish this coming year. In fact, even the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnphilippines.com\/business\/2021\/7\/22\/e-commerce-1m-merchants-2022-DTI.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">predicted<\/a> that by 2022, registered online businesses are expected to reach one million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">When it comes to websites, there are 32,117 Philippine websites according to Woorank.* However, not all of these are from MSMEs or large corporations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><em>*When our report was published, there were 32,073 websites. That means between the publishing of the report and of this article, 44 new websites have been created.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Why we recommend that a business serious in digital migration create a website<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">There are a couple of reasons why any business looking to dominate the search landscape should have their own website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Credibility<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">By having a website, you get to show your leads and customers that you have the information they need. You get to set up <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/blog-writing-101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a blog<\/a> and provide answers to their questions, you get to set yourself apart from other business in the same niche as yours (especially if they don\u2019t have a website or they have one that is poorly done), and you get to control the information about your business that is shown to your customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Digital marketing<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Your website also gives you more options when it comes to digital marketing. First is you get to <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/frequently-asked-seo-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">utilize SEO<\/a> to show up on the first page of the SERPs. Any customer that is looking for a product or service in your niche will find your website and get to know you and what you offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">You can also build <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/10-stop-marketing-emails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an email list<\/a> through your website, utilize <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/retargeting-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retargeting marketing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/how-to-build-backlinks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get cited<\/a> by people promoting or discussing your offerings, and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Brand<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Since you get to put the necessary information about your business and your products or services in your website, you get to <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/better-user-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">control the UX<\/a>, and you also get to put client testimonials in your website, then that means you get to build your brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">When your customers look up your products or services on the search engines, they will know that you\u2019re trustworthy (go back to our first point, credibility) because they see who you are, the work you\u2019ve done, and what you stand for. Compare that to just having your products on Shopee or Lazada, where people are also less likely to take a chance on you especially if your products are premium because they are (understandably) scared to purchase from a business they have no complete information on.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Leads<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">When people search for a question that is related to your niche and they find an answer because you\u2019ve written something about it, then they become more interested in what you have to offer. This also goes for those who found your website because they were looking for products in your niche. They can head on to the <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact<\/a> page of your website and become your leads, or the people you can send emails to or market your products and services to even more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><a name=\"state\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">State of SEO 2022 in the Philippines<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">In this section, I want to discuss the state of SEO 2022 in the country. That means discussing pricing and the performance of different SEO agencies in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Why does the state of SEO matter when we\u2019re talking about digitalization? As mentioned earlier, it is highly recommended that your digital migration involves the creation of a website. Thing is, not everyone knows how to create a website or how to make a good one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Plus, when you migrate your business online or start a new online business and you create a website, you need to make sure it\u2019s searchable. Simply put, your website is pointless if people can\u2019t even find it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Hence, it\u2019s important for you and your business that you know SEO performance in this country. Because you will most likely be paying for that service.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">SEO pricing<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">When it comes to pricing, there is no standardized cost. This is because different businesses have different needs. For example, here are our clients:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206621 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-clients.gif\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-clients.gif\" alt=\"SEO Hacker clients\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" data-wp-pid=\"206621\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/253;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">And here is our package for SEO:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206622 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-package.png\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-package.png\" alt=\"SEO package\" width=\"600\" height=\"98\" data-wp-pid=\"206622\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-package.png 920w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-package-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-package-768x126.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/98;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">As you can see, we have a range of $2,500-$5,500 instead of just offering either-or. This is because we recognize that even within the same package, our partners will lean towards the utilization of some services within that package more than others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">If a partner is starting from scratch, then it would get more expensive as we have to build their online presence for them from zero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">But that\u2019s just us. The range of prices for SEO services in different agencies can range from $1,000 to a whopping $20,000. This is why some businesses opt to go for some agencies or individuals who offer cheaper SEO services that use <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/seo-black-hat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">black hat tactics<\/a>. Unfortunately, what that means is that the business ends up getting penalties from search engines like Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Maybe you\u2019re wondering why SEO is expensive. That\u2019s because when we offer our services, we\u2019re offering to put you on the map (especially if you\u2019re a relatively new business), outrank your competitors online, and build your brand. We do those things with an entire team that takes care of your blog, link building efforts, guest posting, and of course\u2014your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">You can check out our SEO services package <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/seo-services-package\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Performance of top SEO agencies<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Next, to make the best choice of who to partner with in your digital migration, you need to see the comparison of the performance of top SEO agencies in the country. These comparisons are done through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semrush.com\/projects\/?utm_medium=promo&amp;utm_source=berush&amp;utm_campaign=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Semrush<\/a> and Ahrefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">I consider these agencies to be the top agencies in the country because they are the ones that showed up on the first page of Google when I searched for \u201cSEO Philippines.\u201d A good indicator of an SEO agency\u2019s performance is if they rank for their own keywords in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">That said, this is Semrush:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206626 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-comparison.png\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-comparison.png\" alt=\"State of SEO 2022 SEO Hacker comparison\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" data-wp-pid=\"206626\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-comparison.png 753w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-comparison-300x178.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/356;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Our domain authority score is higher than our competitors, meaning our site is the most trustworthy out of the agencies. We also have the most organic keywords and referring domains. Referring domains are the external websites that link back to our website (think of it as word-of-mouth; we have about 4.88K people citing our website).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Compare that to the competitor right below us. They have a massive amount of backlinks, but they only come from the same 614 domains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Here is our organic traffic comparison. Organic traffic refers to the users who found our website from unpaid sources such as search engines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206625 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-traffic-comparison.png\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-traffic-comparison-1024x324.png\" alt=\"SEO Hacker traffic comparison\" width=\"600\" height=\"190\" data-wp-pid=\"206625\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-traffic-comparison.png 1060w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-traffic-comparison-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-traffic-comparison-1024x324.png 1024w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Hacker-traffic-comparison-768x243.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/190;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">As you can see, our organic traffic can only really be slightly comparable to one other competitor. We are actively working on improving our traffic which took a hit around June, most likely due to employee hiring and promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Now, for Ahrefs. Here is our referring domains graph:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206624 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-referring-domains.png\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-referring-domains-1024x372.png\" alt=\"Ahrefs referring domains\" width=\"600\" height=\"218\" data-wp-pid=\"206624\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-referring-domains.png 1037w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-referring-domains-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-referring-domains-1024x372.png 1024w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-referring-domains-768x279.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/218;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">As you can see, we have the most referring domains out of the top SEO agencies in the Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">And lastly, here is our profile from the same tool:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206623 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-state-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker.png\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-state-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-1024x185.png\" alt=\"Ahrefs state of SEO 2022 SEO Hacker\" width=\"600\" height=\"108\" data-wp-pid=\"206623\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-state-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker.png 1203w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-state-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-state-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-1024x185.png 1024w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-state-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-768x139.png 768w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Ahrefs-state-of-SEO-2022-SEO-Hacker-1200x217.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/108;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Our domain rating here is 75\u2014which is really high\u2014and you can see we are pretty consistently topping our competitors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Last but not the least, here we are on the SERPs:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206628 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Philippines.png\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Philippines-1024x703.png\" alt=\"SEO Philippines\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\" data-wp-pid=\"206628\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Philippines.png 1079w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Philippines-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Philippines-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SEO-Philippines-768x527.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/412;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">And that is how I can confidently say that what we do <em>works<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><a name=\"trends\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Digital trends to prepare for<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Lastly, there are three digital trends that we at SEO Hacker believe should be the focus of any business.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Google MUM Rollout<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">I have already written <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/google-mum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">twice<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/google-mum-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google MUM<\/a>, and that\u2019s because I sincerely believe that any business that has a website should be preparing for the rollout. Google will start to become a lot more visual and their level of user comprehension will get even deeper than how it is today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">For SEO Hacker and our partners, we prepare for the rollout by focusing on semantic search and segmentation, and ensuring that our images always have alt texts. The point is to ensure that we get outside of our own shoes and think and behave the way our users do so that we can give them what they really need, not what we think they need.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Voice Search<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Next, voice shopping is anticipated to be a $40 billion channel by 2022. I don\u2019t suggest pouring all your resources on voice search, but I do recommend optimizing for semantic search and for ensuring that your website is always mobile-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">After all, the rise of voice search tells us that more and more people are searching and shopping using mobile.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Going Digital<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Lastly, businesses need a digital marketing strategy. But first you have to actually take the leap and migrate your business online. If you don\u2019t have a digital strategy this 2022, you will have difficulty keeping your business afloat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">For one, Google won\u2019t be going away. As I wrote in the search landscape section, search in the Philippines alone clocks about 750 million total visits on Google. So when your target audience is looking for answers, it would be in your best interest to ensure that you\u2019re there providing them answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">And of course, since going digital is inevitable, then SEO is inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><a name=\"key\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Key takeaway<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: helvetica;\">As businesses migrate online this year, competing in the search landscape is predictably about to get more challenging. To ensure that you make the best decisions for your business then, you need to be as informed as you can be so you can create a good digital strategy and have a smart transition online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: helvetica;\">That said, one of the most important things you can do is to find a top agency to partner up with so you can dominate the search landscape and build the kind of presence you want online. If you want to know more about the work we\u2019ve done for our partners and understand the state of SEO 2022 even better, download the complete State of SEO in the Philippines 2022 report by clicking the image below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/state-of-seo-in-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-206630 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-report.png\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-report-1024x431.png\" alt=\"State of SEO 2022 report\" width=\"600\" height=\"253\" data-wp-pid=\"206630\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-report.png 1320w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-report-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-report-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/State-of-SEO-2022-report-768x323.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/253;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[102031],"tags":[200238],"wl_entity_type":[102583],"class_list":["post-206618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-case-studies","tag-state-of-seo-2022","wl_entity_type-article"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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