Valentine’s SEO Tips for Your Online Shop

Gail Oliver — January 19, 2017 Follow @AttentionGet

Valentine’s Day is still a hot, all be it short, selling season online. According to the National Retail Federation, about 55% of Americans buy Valentine’s gifts, and will typically spend an average of $ 146.84.

Searches for Valentine’s gifts will start slowly around January 8th and peak on February 7th.

Since it is just 33 days away, it would help to maximize your SEO by understanding how people are searching on Google for Valentines gifts in 2017.

First of all, people are searching by the type of gift, such as:

• Valentines gifts funny
  
• Valentines gifts romantic
  
• Valentines gifts naughty
  
• Valentines gifts quirky
  
• Valentines gifts inexpensive
  
• Valentines gifts luxury
  
• Valentines gifts budget
  
• Valentines gifts meaningful
  
• Valentines gifts sweet
  
• Valentines gifts unique
  
• Valentines gifts cute
  
• Valentines gifts geeky
  
• Valentines gifts nerdy

They are also searching by the product itself:

• Valentines gifts jewelry
  
• Valentines gifts lingerie
  
• Valentines gifts candy
  
• Valentines gifts baskets
  
• Valentines gifts flowers
  
• Valentines gifts rings
  
• Valentines gifts sets
  
• Valentines gifts stuffed animals
  
• Valentines gifts star wars
  
• Valentines gifts edible

And of course, they are searching by the recipient:

• Valentines gift for boyfriend
  
• Valentines gifts for boys
  
• Valentines gifts for toddler
  
• Valentines gifts for baby
  
• Valentines gifts for teacher
  
• Valentines gifts for new relationship
  
• Valentines gifts for new dad
  
• Valentines gifts for dog
  
• Valentines gifts for classmates
  
• Valentines gifts for college students
  
• Valentines gifts for grandchildren

Remember, the order of the search phrase is usually interchangeable, as people will search, “Jewelry Valentine’s Gifts” and “Valentine’s Gifts Jewelry”.

People also tend to search using “Valentine’s gifts” twice as often as “Valentine’s day gifts“, likely because the latter takes longer to type.

There are also twice as many searches for “Valentine’s gifts for him” as there are “Valentine’s gifts for her“, meaning more women are shopping online for their Valentine than guys are.

“Personalized gifts for him” has 8 times the searches as “personalized gifts for her“, showing that personalization is not as big a concern to the male shopper.

Try testing these search phrases on Etsy, Amazon and even Pinterest to see if they are starting to come up just yet.

I also always recommend setting up a shop section just for Valentine’s Gifts, if you haven’t done so already.

Best of luck with your Valentine’s sales!

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