SEO for the Season: Monitoring & Measuring Results

Seasonal changes can happen fast. Stay alert during the Christmas shopping season. This way, you can make small changes that will have big effects during this busy time.

Your reporting & measurement strategy needs to balance immediate performance tracking with longer-term seasonal insights.

Focus on driving high-quality traffic, rather than just high volume traffic.
A 50% increase in organic traffic means nothing if those visitors don’t engage with your content or make purchases.

Track conversion rates by traffic source & medium. This way you can make adjustments by focusing on the campaign & channels that drive customers.

Monitor rankings for your target Christmas keyphrases weekly rather than monthly during peak season. Seasonal competition can shift rankings quickly & early detection helps you respond rapidly.

Use analytics tools like Google Search Console & SEMRush to track impression share for Christmas keywords. If your impressions are rising but clicks are not, it may mean your titles & meta descriptions need work. It could also mean that competitors are doing better with their featured snippets. Additionally, AI overviews might be causing zero-click results.

If you’re targeting local holiday traffic, monitor Google Business Profile insights closely. Track profile views, website clicks, direction requests, and phone calls. This helps you see how local search optimisation affects real business results.

Monitor local keyword rankings separately from national terms. “Christmas gifts Edinburgh” performs differently than “Christmas gifts UK” & local performance often provides more immediate conversion opportunities.

Christmas shoppers will search for local branches, opening hours and more when planning Christmas shopping trips.

Monitor site speed, mobile usability, and crawl error rates more frequently during holiday traffic spikes. Technical issues that barely impact performance during regular periods can devastate conversion rates during peak shopping times.

Set up automated monitoring for critical holiday pages. If your main gift guide goes down during busy shopping hours, you need to know right away. You don’t want customers to switch to competitors.

Track which types of seasonal content generate the most organic traffic & conversions. Gift guides might drive traffic, but product comparison posts might convert better. Understanding these patterns helps you optimise content creation efforts.

Monitor social sharing & engagement metrics for seasonal content. Content that gets shared extends your SEO impact through increased brand awareness & potential link acquisition.

Use Google Analytics to track customer behaviour on holiday landing pages. High bounce rates may show a mismatch between content & what users are looking for. Long session durations suggest that the content meets customer needs well.

Once Christmas is all over it’s time to comprehensively analyse your Christmas digital performance. Identifying which strategies drove the most valuable traffic & conversions.

Plan content updates for the next year based on this year’s learnings.
Christmas SEO is a long-term strategy that improves with annual refinement & optimisations.

Begin planning next year’s seasonal content calendar while insights from this year’s performance are fresh & actionable.

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For more Christmas SEO tips check out our other blogs:

SEO for the Season: Christmas Content Marketing Strategy

SEO for the Season: Christmas Technical SEO Strategy