MakeMyTrip Ltd.

NASDAQ: MMYT

Analysis of one of India’s largest travel websites from a search engine marketing perspective.

Strengths

  • Ranks well for competitive keywords like “tickets to India”, “India travel”, and the names of airline and railroad companies.
  • Excellent internal linking and URL structure.
  • Content-rich site with travel guides, visa information, a blog, and more.
  • Search volume for the MakeMyTrip brand name continues to grow.
    MakeMyTrip search volume

    Growth in search volume for 'MakeMyTrip'.

Risks

  • Hyper-targeted microsites may be classified as part of a link scheme. MakeMyTrip owns about 200 domains such as WeekendBreaks.in and HotelInKerala.in
  • Directory submissions and reciprocal links not as worthwhile to rankings as in previous years.
  • Ranking power of the paid link at businessworld.in likely discounted by Google.
  • Google offers flight information above organic search results with direct links to the airlines.
    Google search results for flight lookup

    Google adds flight information in search results.

Competitors

  • Yatra
  • Expedia
  • Priceline
  • Airline websites


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