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Aside from measuring changes to rank and organic traffic, some paid tools include other metrics that can be measured against.
SEMRush gives an overall website score (or domain authority, as it’s known in Moz) based on the errors identified on-site.
As you work through an SEO project and fix the various errors, the tool will re-crawl the site and you will see your site score improve.
The tool also tracks variances to organic ranking, as well as competitor reports, and so demonstrates the extent to which paid tools can help your ongoing SEO reporting.
There are other SEO metrics you should pay attention to. For example:
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ABOUT THIS DIGITAL MARKETING MODULE
This module introduces the key concepts for setting up SEO and the elements to consider before beginning an SEO project. It outlines the key technical elements you need to consider when implementing SEO, how to implement on-page SEO, and how to implement SEO in a mobile environment. It explains how a business can improve its SEO strategy and local SEO. It also demonstrates how to measure and report on the effectiveness of your SEO campaign and the key SEO metrics to measure.