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SEO for Brand Visibility & Recognition - #zagrebseosummit

Learn why brand visibility and recognition is key for your traditional search results as well as LLMs visibility and how to improve them.

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June 05, 2025
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  1. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA

    FROM ORAINTI SEO FOR BRAND VISIBILITY & RECOGNITION
  2. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Today more than ever,

    SEO is whether 
 a brand or product problem
  3. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI For smaller companies: solving

    the “brand” (popularity & authority) issue is the biggest one
  4. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI For bigger companies (and

    sites), the “product” (execution buy-in & alignment) is the top challenge
  5. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI In terms of SEO

    areas of importance, 
 it translates to this PRODUCT BRAND
  6. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI The sites that succeed

    in search connect their brand & product with users search needs
  7. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Semrush & similarweb As

    an outcome, these sites attract a very high share of branded searches as well as direct traffic
  8. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Semrush Often attracting more

    branded traffic than non- branded, making it easier to rank and convert
  9. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI But you can also

    have a popular “off-line” brand that fails translating its authority to search, a web product problem
  10. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Also, what if instead

    of complaining, we help to grow the website’s brand recognition and visibility? If it affects SEO, it should also be part of our work
  11. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Eric Schmidt in 2008

    was already saying “brands” were the solution to internet “cesspool”
  12. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI This was one of

    the big learnings from recent Google Doc leaks: They track brand / entity signals https://sparktoro.com/blog/an-anonymous-source-shared-thousands-of-leaked-google-search-api-documents-with-me-everyone-in-seo-should-see-them/
  13. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Brand visibility, like branded

    searches are 
 used in Google quality scores at a subdomain level https://searchengineland.com/google-exploit-scoring-classifications-449333
  14. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Google has also recently

    shared they want to showcase “real” brands with expertise in SERPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3M_tal884c
  15. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://www.seerinteractive.com/insights/does-brand-awareness-impact-llm-visibility Brand awareness only

    gains importance with LLMs, with entity based understanding and prioritization of authoritative brands with more citations in answers
  16. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/creating-helpful-content Developing a trusted

    brand with a great product experience that Google can recognize is what the “people first” guidelines are for
  17. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI This goes beyond brand

    popularity too: “on topic” alignment is also critical for your content https://www.aleydasolis.com/en/search-engine-optimization/hubspot-blog-rankings-drop-analysis/
  18. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI It’s your overall Web

    experience “on brand”? It’s about aligning and amplify your brand through your overall site information, design and experience 1. Mobile friendly 0. Secure 2. Loads fast 3. Non-intrusive Design 4. Great UX 5. Real Expertise/Experience 6. Satisfies search needs LOGO
  19. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://ahrefs.com/blog/links-matter-less-but-still-matter/ The reality is

    that people prefer to link to websites of brands they recognize and trust too. So it’s also a chicken and eggs scenario!
  20. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Also, in SERPs full

    of features, establishing a brand people trust and has affinity for is key for CTR, traffic & sales
  21. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://www.growth-memo.com/p/the-first-ever-ux-study-of-googles This is even

    more important in LLMs answers, where links are less visible, more blended & brand authority is the first gate
  22. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI It’s also not about

    replacing brand or product experts but optimizing their efforts for search > YOUR SITE PAGES COMPETITORS PAGES AWARENESS ADVOCACY USERS SEARCH JOURNEY CONSIDERATION ACQUISITION RETENTION SEMANTICALLY RELEVANT CONTENT USER FRIENDLY PAGE 
 EXPERIENCE FORMATTED TO FULFILL USER NEEDS & MAXIMIZE ENGAGEMENT POPULAR & 
 AUTHORITATIVE 
 CONTENT EXPERT/EXPERIENCED, HIGH QUALITY 
 TRUSTWORTHY, ON- BRAND INFORMATION CRAWLABLE & 
 INDEXABLE RANKABLE 
 FOR RELEVANT 
 QUERIES
  23. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Let’s go through a

    few actions to optimize 
 your brand authority and recognition in search Structured Data Brand and entities Specification in Site Consistent brand mentions and backlinks from company profiles Consistent site brand experience and internal linking Consistent and positive mentions and reviews in Third party Websites On-Topic Top of the Funnel Content & resource Creation Consistent third party backlinks growth with branded anchor text Branded searches and direct traffic generation and growth Recognized Entity in Google’s Knowledge Graph Optimized Web rankings for branded searches CTR Improvement for brand and non- brand searches
  24. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://botpenguin.com/glossary/brand-positioning Start by understanding

    your brand positioning: How do you differentiate vs competitors? Why you should be chosen over them? By which audience?
  25. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI How do you want

    to be recognized? 
 Eg. How are you ranking for key “<brand> 
 <characteristic>” queries? From top to bad or wrong ones Ahrefs
  26. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Understand, monitor and target

    your branded search demand across your relevant markets Ahrefs
  27. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI What are users asking

    about your brand? Are questions aligned with brand & content strategy? Ahrefs
  28. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Look for common branded

    searches patterns across the customer journey Ahrefs [PRODUCT NAME] PRICING VS REVIEWS ALTERNATIVES FREE PLANS SALE 
 REDDIT 
 PACKAGE 
 … LOGIN 
 HELP CLIENT SERVICE 
 INTEGRATION TRAINING CAREERS JOBS …
  29. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI How’s your brand shown

    in the results for these queries? Which sites and pages are ranking? Do you have an official brand presence on these pages?
  30. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://alsoasked.com/ What about those

    questions addressed through PAA’s in SERPs? Which sites are ranking there?
  31. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI What are the top

    questions & queries in your own site internal search and through help center?
  32. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI What about conversations on

    social platforms? What are the top topics? What’s their sentiment? Use social audience analysis tools https://buzzabout.ai/
  33. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI How’s your brand recognized

    by LLMs? Identify associated entities and visibility vs competitors https://waikay.io/, https://airank.dejan.ai/
  34. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Similarweb What are the

    branded prompts that generate more traffic to your site?
  35. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Identify the source of

    answers for top 
 questions & gap vs competitors https://chatgpt.com/g/g-67aa615488888191995007984126be15-ai-brand-and-product-visibility
  36. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://numerous.ai/ What’s the sentiment

    of the top questions? Use Add-on’s like Numerous.ai to classify them
  37. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI How are you targeting

    all these queries? For how many are you already ranking in top positions? Ahrefs
  38. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI What’s the blend of

    these branded vs non- branded searches you’re already ranking for? Is your branded traffic going to the relevant page? What’s their CTR & conversion performance?
  39. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI What about those branded

    queries you don’t rank for? Are they relevant to target? Can you rank through your own site or need to piggy back third party presence? Ahrefs
  40. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI If your brand is

    not yet attracting many branded searches yet, research this with major competitors to identify those topics also relevant for yours Ahrefs
  41. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Use these insights to

    align your site content, PR & branding efforts to optimize & grow your authority NON-BRANDED BRANDED
  42. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://serpapi.com/knowledge-graph Start with the

    fundamentals: Is your brand recognized as an entity in Google’s Knowledge Graph? Are the details correct & all presence included?
  43. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://audits.com/tools/knowledge-graph-search/ What’s your salience

    score towards your brand query? Are there other sites recognized for it too?
  44. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Claim your knowledge panel

    and suggest changes to make the details accurate
  45. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI It’s also critical to

    optimize your brand information across all the company web presence, not only your main site
  46. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Optimize all your brand

    social & external platforms presence consistently and link back to main site
  47. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://inlinks.com/ Configure your site

    knowledge graph to specify all relevant entities in your content to facilitate Google relevance assessment
  48. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://www.keywordinsights.ai/ Expand your “on-topic”

    content strategy targeting your audience brand concerns during their journey
  49. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Clearly showing who’s behind

    the brand, its values, why they should trust it, who the brand ideal customers are, establishing overall EEAT
  50. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Customer Testimonials Professional Credentials

    & Awards Consistent Name, Address, Phone (NAP) Fast loading, secure, clean, easy to browse design Company values, mission and vision Company privacy policies and legal conditions Press and 
 Brand Kit Easy to access contact and support center Visible expert and experienced authorship Clearly showing who’s behind the brand, its values, why they should trust it, who the brand ideal customers are, establishing overall EEAT
  51. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Helping users to decide

    if they should buy your product 
 vs your competitors with honesty, minimizing badly fit clients
  52. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Optimizing your support and

    community presence to rank for relevant customer questions to solve their issues and retain them as clients (while minimizing support costs)
  53. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Engaging in third party

    platforms where there 
 are questions about your brand (or not)
  54. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Creating resources and tools

    to address your audience doubts through their customer journey to establish as a trusted advisor in your industry
  55. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI These will not only

    establish your authority, but generate branded searches for which you’ll rank first, and also attract backlinks
  56. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI What’s fundamental is that

    these resources are actually “on topic” for your brand and aligned to your expertise
  57. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Remember to also optimize

    existing non-SEO lead campaigns: Take a look at the Notion Faces
  58. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI This was likely not

    an SEO or link building but optimized branding play that has helped them attract even more recognition and popularity
  59. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Ahrefs The same happens

    with Spotify Wrapped, generating traffic, mentions & backlinks each year
  60. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Remember to align with

    community and PR to promote these resources and use them to engage with your audience
  61. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI It’s about optimizing the

    visibility of every “brand” related activity for consistent search recognition Online community and social media Meetups and conferences Guest Posts in authoritative publications Webinars and podcasts PR activity and media mentions Competitions and giveaways Industry Research and Surveys Influencer marketing campaigns Etc….
  62. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Sparktoro Unsure where to

    promote & expand presence? Use Sparktoro to see where your audience engages
  63. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Buzzsumo Monitor your brand

    mentions with tools like Buzzsumo across the web to identify further opportunities to tackle as soon as they arise
  64. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Rinse and repeat! This

    is how you grow your 
 brand authority at an ongoing basis Structured Data Brand and entities Specification in Site Consistent brand mentions and backlinks from company profiles Consistent site brand experience and internal linking Consistent and positive mentions and reviews in Third party Websites Consistent third party backlinks growth with branded anchor text Branded searches and direct traffic generation and growth Recognized Entity in Google’s Knowledge Graph Optimized Web rankings for branded searches CTR Improvement for brand and non- brand searches On-Topic Top of the Funnel Content & resource Creation
  65. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI It’s the alignment of

    all these actions that will establish a brand that’s so popular in its sector Google can’t overlook & users will click even if not in 1st position
  66. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI From now on, every

    time you take an SEO 
 related action, there’s a new question to ask Is this on brand?
  67. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqvVmsDJXK0 Want to learn

    about more brand optimization ideas and opportunities? Watch this Crawling Mondays
  68. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI Once you’ve started positioning

    and growing an authoritative brand Google can’t overlook, it’s time to solve your product problem too
  69. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI At the end, it’s

    about the results. By growing a recognizable authoritative brand, with a cost- effective, well aligned and lean product execution
  70. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI It’s time to change

    the narrative and win the 
 brand challenge for consistent SEO success BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI
  71. BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI I’m Aleyda Solis *

    SEO Consultant & Founder at Orainti * SEOFOMO, AImarketers & MarketingFOMO Newsletters Author * SEO Speaker at +100 Events in +20 countries * Author “SEO. Las Claves Esenciales.” * Crawling Mondays Video & Podcast Series Host * Maker LearningSEO.io * European Search Personality of the Year in 2018 * remoters.net Co-Founder Thanks! Questions? BRAND SEO BY @ALEYDA FROM ORAINTI