Hannah Miller from 4Ps Marketing discusses website launches and restructures. She emphasizes starting SEO planning early and centering the launch date. A restructure will almost certainly impact search visibility, while a redesign alone will not. The process involves planning objectives and positioning, developing site structure, wireframes and redirect plans, implementing, then reviewing and testing. Communication between teams is key.
9. Example Organic: Site Launch
No Re-launch Strategy
Harder to rectify afterwards
This is a common trend
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12. Restructure Reskin
Removing pages/sections New images/logos
Moving pages/sections New colour scheme
CMS changeover Changing background colours
Removing content Changing font types/sizes
Integrating International
A RESKIN IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT SEARCH
A RESTURUCTURE ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL
15. The Process
Begin SEO planning early
Centre your Launch date
Review / Website Review /
Plan Build Implement
Test Launch Test
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17. Planning / Research / Objectives
Brand
What is our brand about?
Who is our target audience?
Consider SEO throughout
What are our long term objectives?
Commercial
Where are our commercial opportunities?
What are our competitors doing?
Positioning
What content should we offer?
What do customers currently come to the site for?
What sections of the site are currently successful?
What can we offer that our competition don’t?
18. CONSIDER ALL IN THE BRIEF
Functionality
Timescales
Developers
code
Features
Look
Usability
Digital Feel
PR Designers
Quality Marketing
Content Colours / Fonts
Content Visuals
Users SEO
Functionality
Visuals
Search engines