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Ellie Connor
September 14, 2023
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How to Measure SEO Sustainability
My talk for Brighton SEO 2023 - with link to tool
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How to Measure SEO Sustainability Ellie Connor iCrossing speakerdeck.com/econn1 linkedin.com/in/ellie-connor/
We don't need to recap why we need sustainability
Climate change is overwhelming, and it’s easy to feel we
can’t do anything
SEO plays a role in the fight against climate change
3.5% AVIATION INDUSTRY
SEO plays a role in the fight against climate change
3.7% INTERNET & COMMUNICATIONS
iCrossing UK How Many of You Have Considered Sustainability in
Your SEO Strategy? Poll Time • Client Name • 10.03.2022 • Project Name
The global carbon footprint of Google search is the equivalent
of 7 return trips to the moon per day
It is our duty to take action now With the
rise of AI, internet carbon emissions will double by 2030
We can’t stop our reliance on the internet , but
we can reduce how much energy is spent on search Reducing energy needed to load a page Reducing users’ number of page loads Making bot crawls easier
How to Measure SEO Sustainability
Spoiler: We’re SEO Specialists, Not Environmental Experts
We know that reducing energy usage reduces water waste and
carbon emissions Energy usage Water Waste Carbon Emissions
Metrics That Reflect Lower Energy Consumption • Page Speed •
CWV • Server Load Time • CDN Time • SSR Presence • Text to Code Ratio • Page Size
Metrics That Reflect Lower Energy Consumption • Low time spent
on page + high conversion for PLPs • Low Bounce Rate • Crawl Depth < 3 Less Page Loads
Metrics That Reflect Lower Energy Consumption • Optimised IA •
All 200 indexable URLs in sitemap • No 4xx/5xx errors • No 3xx redirect chains
Look Familiar?
A Good SEO Strategy is a Sustainable Strategy A good
user journey is naturally a more sustainable one, which is SEO’s bread and butter
However, metrics around CO2 Emissions and Water Wastage Speak More
to Us
If we calculate energy usage per web page load, we
can (roughly) calculate CO2 and water usage CO2
To calculate energy, we need to look at the journey
of a web page load Total energy = server energy + data centre energy
A server request uses roughly 0.00015 kWh for a 1
second page load
A Data Centre requires 1.8 x more energy than the
servers it houses
Total energy = 0.0004 kWh for 1 second page load
CO2 For every 1 second of page load 0.0004kWh 0.5kg/kWh
0.2g CO2 Measuring carbon footprint =
If your homepage has a 2.5s page load speed and
10,000 visits a month…
For every 1 second of page load 0.0004 kWh 3L/kWH
1.2 ML Measuring water footprint =
If your homepage has a 2.5s page load speed and
10,000 visits a month…
Combining the Metrics
We’ve created an SEO Sustainability Calculator to make audits easier
How It Works:
How It Works:
How It Works:
Next Steps Identify key sustainability gains Calculate website sustainability Fix
energy inefficiencies Repeat!
Good News It’s not too late for us to combat
climate change together
Got Questions? Email us at
[email protected]
iCrossing UK 30 Panton St, London SW1Y 4AJ Thank you