An in-depth exploration of how retailers are becoming publishers and publishers are becoming retailers and how successful a publishing strategy can be for a brand’s onine performance (particular with regard to organic search).
6. First, some
distinctions
A publisher approach is where; a
brand leads with content, links to
editorial content from main
homepage banners and publishes
content not directly related to
product
7. Mr Porter publishes lifestyle content & The Edit take
primary homepage position
12. Flannels has nearly
8% of all it’s content
ranking on the 2nd
page or higher
Ranking content vs indexed pages
13. Is this driven by a publisher approach
improving engagement?
14. 98% of net-a-porter’s
social shares are to
product/category
pages
44 magazine editions vs sum social interaction for the top 44 performing product pages
28. There is some transactional opportunity, but is this really
what users want?
29. Product Page
Users have to either
search or navigate
through to product page
Conversion
£££
Keywords
A consumer searches a
keyword with commercial
intent
30. Keywords
A consumer searches a
keyword with commercial
intent
Content Page
A Mr Porter long form
content page is ranking
Product Page
Users have to either
search or navigate
through to product page
Conversion
£££
31. Things to Consider
○ Could Mr Porter be losing sales through editorial? Or is the
traditional Ecom journey dead?
○ Do Net-a-Porter need more digitally focused editorial?
○ Is building a brand enough for SEO performance?