Summer is finally here, and you know what that means! It’s time for beach days and pool parties filled with great food and tasty cocktails! But what fun is it if the drink menu at your next summer pool party only consists of those canned cocktails and silly seltzers? Luckily, the mixology team at Redefine has created a few summer cocktail recipes for you to incorporate into your next gathering.
What’s the best part about it? They’re all SEO-themed! So, round up your SEO friends and co-workers and make these search engine-friendly drink recipes.
Meta Martini
The Meta Martini is made with gin or vodka, vermouth, and a dash of orange bitters. Finally, garnish it with a juicy olive to represent the <meta> tag which is frequently used in technical SEO!
Ingredients:
- 2 oz gin or vodka
- 1/2 oz vermouth
- Dash of orange bitters
- Meta tag-shaped olive for garnish
Instructions:
- Fill a mixing glass with ice.
- Add gin or vodka, vermouth, and a dash of orange bitters.
- Stir until well mixed and chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a martini glass.
- Garnish with a meta tag-shaped olive.
Keyword Crush
This keyword-themed drink includes crushed ice, vodka, and a splash of orange juice to represent the “crush” you might have on a certain keyword. Here’s what you’ll need and how you can make it:
Ingredients:
- 2 oz vodka
- 1 oz orange juice
- Crushed ice
- Orange peel for garnish
Instructions:
- Fill a shaker with ice.
- Add vodka and orange juice to the shaker.
- Shake until well mixed and chilled.
- Strain the mixture into a glass filled with crushed ice.
- Garnish with an orange peel twist.
PPC Paloma
This cocktail is inspired by pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, which involves placing ads on search engines and paying each time someone clicks on an ad. The use of grapefruit in the cocktail represents the targeted and precise nature of a well-crafted PPC campaign.
Ingredients:
- 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz grapefruit juice
- 1/2 oz lime juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Grapefruit soda
- Ice cubes
- Grapefruit wedge for garnish
Instructions:
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and simple syrup.
- Shake well until all the ingredients are mixed together.
- Strain the cocktail into a glass filled with ice.
- Top with grapefruit soda.
- Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.
Conversion Cooler
This cocktail is inspired by conversion rate optimization, which is the process of increasing the percentage of website visitors who take a desired action. The refreshing club soda could represent the boost in conversions that a well-executed optimization strategy can bring.
Ingredients:
- 2 oz vodka
- 1 oz triple sec
- 1 oz lemon juice
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 3 oz club soda
- Ice cubes
- Lemon wedge for garnish
Instructions:
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the vodka, triple sec, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
- Shake well until all the ingredients are mixed together.
- Strain the cocktail into a glass filled with ice.
- Top with club soda.
- Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Link Builder
This cocktail is for all the link builders out there! It features blue curacao, which is a blue-colored liqueur to portray those juicy hyperlinks that get your site to rank. The splash of soda water stands for the freshness and relevance of the search results that Google values in its ranking algorithm. The lime wedge adds a fresh and tangy flavor to the cocktail, just like high-quality content on a website that can rank high on Google.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz gin
- 1 oz lime juice
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 1 oz blue curacao
- Splash of soda water
- Lime wedge for garnish
Instructions:
- Combine gin, lime juice, simple syrup, and blue curacao in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well.
- Strain into a glass filled with ice.
- Top with a splash of soda water.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
SERP Sour
We don’t have a good description for this SEO drink recipe, it just sounded good, OK!? The SERP Sour is for all our whiskey and bourbon lovers out there. Let this tasty cocktail represent what the Google algorithm does to search results — most of the time, it includes a twist!
Ingredients:
- 2 oz bourbon
- 1 oz lemon juice
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 1 egg white
- Angostura bitters
- Lemon twist for garnish
Instructions:
- Combine bourbon, lemon juice, simple syrup, and egg white in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well.
- Strain into a glass filled with ice.
- Top with a few dashes of Angostura bitters.
- Garnish with a lemon twist.
Google Rainbow Cocktail
This cocktail incorporates all of Google’s colors – blue, red, yellow, and green – and is inspired by the vibrant and colorful world of SEO. The vodka represents the clear and precise nature of a good website, while the various liqueurs and juices represent the different components of SEO. The lemon-lime soda represents the refreshing and exciting results of a well-executed SEO strategy.
Ingredients:
- 1 oz vodka
- 1 oz blue curacao
- 1 oz peach schnapps
- 1 oz Midori melon liqueur
- 1 oz triple sec
- 1 oz cranberry juice
- 1 oz orange juice
- 1 oz pineapple juice
- Splash of lemon-lime soda
- Ice cubes
- Lime wheel or wedge for garnish
Instructions:
- In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add the vodka, blue curacao, peach schnapps, Midori melon liqueur, triple sec, cranberry juice, orange juice, and pineapple juice.
- Shake well until all the ingredients are mixed together.
- Strain the cocktail into a glass filled with ice.
- Top with a splash of lemon-lime soda.
- Garnish with a lime wheel or wedge.
Social Media Sipper
This cocktail is inspired by social media marketing, which involves using social media platforms to promote products or services. The use of strawberries could represent the social aspect of social media, as well as the sweetness and popularity that a well-crafted social media strategy can bring.
Ingredients:
- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz St. Germain elderflower liqueur
- 1 oz lemon juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- 3 strawberries, muddled
- Ice cubes
- Strawberry slice for garnish
Instructions:
- In a cocktail shaker, muddle the strawberries.
- Add the gin, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
- Shake well until all the ingredients are mixed together.
- Strain the cocktail into a glass filled with ice.
- Garnish with a strawberry slice.
Backlink Bellini
The Backlink Bellini is another drink for the link builders and content marketers out there! The ingredients for this one are simple, but while sipping on this off page SEO-themed drink, you’ll feel like you just built 1,000 backlinks for your site!
Ingredients:
- 2 oz peach puree
- 4 oz Prosecco or Champagne
- Peach slice for garnish
Instructions:
- Pour the peach puree into a champagne flute.
- Top with Prosecco or Champagne.
- Garnish with a peach slice.
At this point, we’re sure you’re running to your bar cart or liquor cabinet to see which of these drinks you can make! So, we won’t take much more of your time… get to mixing! If you make any of these cocktails, be sure to tag us on Instagram at @redefineyourmarketing with your SEO-themed cocktail creations! As always, be sure to drink responsibly!
P.S. We used AI to help us create this list of search engine-themed drinks! 😉
