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If you’re creating excellent content, chances are you’ll want to put some of it behind a paywall. But when you do, problems start to arise. Namely, how can you get people to organically discover your content if it’s behind a paywall?
Fortunately, it’s possible to draw people to paywalled content through SEO – if you know what you’re doing. https://www.deepcrawl.com/blog/best-practice/paywall-seo-strategy/ shared some tips on how you can achieve this. Let’s take a look:
Use proper structured data
If you don’t tell Google that your content is paywalled, you could risk violating their guidelines. You can read how to do this properly in https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/paywalled-content.
Optimize for specific informational keywords
When you’re writing content, Arron recommends targeting specific queries rather than broad searches. When your content answers a very specific question, people are more likely to subscribe.
Include an excellent lead-in
What’s a lead-in? It’s a catchy and informative introduction section of an article. You’ll see this being used on news sites – they hook the reader and then hit them with the paywall form. This can work very well, especially if your lead-ins are interesting.
Paywalled content is probably more common than you think. Generally, providing a preview of that content (or providing free samples of it) can be a great way to convert people from casual users to paying customers.
Fortunately, it’s possible to draw people to paywalled content through SEO – if you know what you’re doing. https://www.deepcrawl.com/blog/best-practice/paywall-seo-strategy/ shared some tips on how you can achieve this. Let’s take a look:
Use proper structured data
If you don’t tell Google that your content is paywalled, you could risk violating their guidelines. You can read how to do this properly in https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/paywalled-content.
Optimize for specific informational keywords
When you’re writing content, Arron recommends targeting specific queries rather than broad searches. When your content answers a very specific question, people are more likely to subscribe.
Include an excellent lead-in
What’s a lead-in? It’s a catchy and informative introduction section of an article. You’ll see this being used on news sites – they hook the reader and then hit them with the paywall form. This can work very well, especially if your lead-ins are interesting.
Paywalled content is probably more common than you think. Generally, providing a preview of that content (or providing free samples of it) can be a great way to convert people from casual users to paying customers.
