We discussed earlier in the article Church SEO: What to Optimize for Better Organic Search Results that to improve a church’s organic search rankings, one has to take steps to improve its relevance (how closely a web page relates to the targeted keyword) and its authority (how reliable, reputable and important a web page is.)
I wrote, “All 200+ search ranking factors can be put into one of two categories – relevance or authority.”
Actually, that’s not exactly true.
There’s one thing that impacts both relevance AND authority:
Quality Content
Content is any information or media. It can be web pages, blog posts, images, audio, or video.
When a church adds content to its website about a specific topic, its website becomes more relevant to that topic. Additionally, the more quality content published on a website, the more authority it gains.
For that reason…
One SEO advantage churches have is they already produce at least one unique piece of content every week: the Sunday sermon.
The Sunday Sermon
It’s just a matter of getting that sermon onto the website in a format that is useful for human visitors and readable by search engines.
People like to listen to sermon audio and watch sermon videos, but search engines are still not very good at understanding audio or video content. So, when you put audio or video of a sermon onto a web page or blog post, it’s helpful to also include a relevant title, summary, and scripture references.
Other Church Content Ideas
Chances are your church is already creating other content beyond the sermon that can be also published to your church website regularly, including:
- Weekly bulletin or program
- Announcements given during the Sunday service
- Weekly or monthly newsletter
- Stories of life transformation by those who trust in Christ and are baptized
- Daily devotionals related to the sermon theme
- Thoughts (blog posts) from the pastor
Adding quality content to your church website doesn’t have to take a lot of extra time if you start by publishing the content you’re already creating.
If you need help with your church website design so that your church can add sermons, blog posts, newsletters, or other content, request a free phone consultation.
If you’d like our team of church SEO experts to help your church improve its search rankings and reach more people in your community, we’d love to talk with you about that as well.
Comment Below and Discuss:
- What content is your church already creating? Are you getting it on your website?
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