SEO 2017 - How to Dominate Search
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The document outlines key updates and changes in SEO practices from 2017, highlighting the shift to mobile-first indexing and the introduction of features like Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) and RankBrain. It stresses the importance of content quality, mobile-friendliness, and the impact of search engine algorithms like Google Penguin and Panda on SEO strategies. Additionally, it emphasizes the need for businesses to adapt to changing SEO landscapes by focusing on user intent and maintaining relevant, high-quality content.
SEO 2017 - How to Dominate Search
- 1. Navneet Kaushal CEO PageTraffic How to Master SEO in 2017
- 14. Update When Did It Happen? What Happened? Mobile First Index October Google priori/ses it’s mobile index over it’s desktop version. Conduc/ng more frequent index updates & rewarding quick loading, ‘mobile friendly’ sites with improved organic visibility. Accelerated Mobile Pages February The Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) by Google & TwiQer, allows developers to create rapidly loading web pages for mobile search users, dras/cally impac/ng mobile search space. Google RankBrain June Google improved it’s search algorithm by learning the intent behind a users search. Through machine-learning AI, a enhanced learning system called ‘RankBrain’ was born. Google Penguin 4.0 September The latest itera/on of the Penguin update becomes real /me and a core element of Google’s search algorithm. (NB Targe/ng websites with poor quality links and penalising accordingly) Removal AdWords Right Ads February Google removed its SEM adds from the right hand side of search results and expanding top/boQom placements. This pushed organic lis/ngs further down the search results page.
- 16. Mobile
- 22. Content
- 23. Panda update • Addresses duplicate content and thin content • Very important to remove duplicate content from a site • Now “regularly” runs • According to Gary Illyes at Google, every few weeks
- 24. Links
- 25. Penguin updates • Penguin focused on linkspam • “Any links intended to manipulate PageRank or a site's ranking in Google search results may be considered part of a link scheme and a viola/on of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. This includes any behavior that manipulates links to your site.” • LAST UPDATED 9/23/2016! – Previous update was 10/17/14
- 30. Technical issues
- 36. tlds
- 38. Social Factors
- 41. What to audit? • Technical issues • Links • Content • Analy/cs
- 42. Capitalize on your hard work in seo! • Retarge/ng – Put code on your site today! – You can’t build these audiences retroac/vely • Plamorms – Google AdWords – Google Analy/cs – Bing Ads • Many cookies last at least 180 days › Facebook › Twitter › Pinterest
- 44. BUT…
- 49. FROM…
- 50. TO….
- 51. 2012
- 52. A big majority of SEOs were BUYING links Some SEOs were still doing directories A few were doing article marketing, but badly..
- 53. So Creating Good Quality articles WORKED
- 55. FCUK SEO
- 56. by early 2014…..
- 57. Most SEOs were knee deep trying to resolve penalties The black hats were now charging for removing the links that they sold you the year before ;) By now everyone was desperately jumping on the content marketing bandwagon…..
- 59. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
- 60. Yes you could: 1.Write an article 2. Spin it (several versions of same article) 3. Buy placements on shitty blogs that no one reads Well done.That is very difficult.
- 61. ….unless you want to be “eaten” by a penguin
- 63. Next Gen: SEO BASICS There are 4 goals to all Search MarkeDng GeFng Found – Search Engine OpDmizaDon Keeping People Interested – Content & Features Lead Gen - ConverDng Visitors to Take AcDon Intelligence - Monitoring AcDvity
- 64. Current Problems • MiscommunicaDon about SEO • Goggle Panda & Penguin Changes • Hidden issues with CMS Systems • Trendy layouts that hurt SEO • Boiler Plate & Duplicate Content • You mean my web developer doesn’t know this? • Responsive Design
- 65. Next Gen: SEO BASICS Everything about search engine opDmizaDon is about Relevancy, Relevancy, Relevancy! Focus on Target Keyword Phrase Content Codes Link Popularity Technical
- 67. • 91% of adults own a mobile phone of some sort • 56% of adults own a smartphone • 83% of US smartphone owners use their phone in stores • hQps://developers.google.com/webmasters/mobile-sites/mobile-seo/? hl=en Think.Mobile.First.
- 75. MOBILE READY MEANS: • Loading quickly on mobile • Enabling users to navigate around on a small screen • Taking mobile users to the content they expect to see
- 76. MOBILE READY MEANS: • Loading quickly on mobile • Enabling users to navigate around on a small screen • Taking mobile users to the content they expect to see • Enabling users to read without pinching and zooming!
- 77. SITE SPEED • Page speed maQers (now). So benchmark yourself against leaders. In a way, that’s fun, you can create “Page speed contests” now. • To do so, install Google Page Speed and Yahoo’s Yslow. • Run them on your home page and at least a few random internal pages • Follow every recommenda/ons for: image op/miza/on, gzip compression, javascript “minifica/on”, CSS “minifica/on”. • Once this is done, look at subtler speed improvements they recommend. • Moving to a stable Cloud environment isn’t a bad idea either.
- 100. GET SOCIAL
- 103. • Claim brand on appropriate networks • Build conversa/ons on the ones you can manage • Encourage people to create content for you; you curate it against keyword research • UGC content doesn’t have to be on-site • Pinterest boards • LinkedIn Groups • Instagram Build Rela/onships With Social Networks
- 105. BRAND SIGNALS
- 108. • Gain cita/ons and links for your business: • Guest post • Get quoted • Hold an event • Use a variety of sources for cita/ons & links: • OTAs: Yelp, TripAdvisor • News Sources: N&R, WS Journal • Local ‘Zines: Yes!, Rhino Times • Tools: • Google Search Console • Moz ($) • Majes/c ($) Build Your Brand Beyond Your Website
- 109. • Gain cita/ons and links for your business: • Guest post • Get quoted • Hold an event • Use a variety of sources for cita/ons & links: • Yelp, TripAdvisor • N&R, WS Journal • Yes!, Rhino Times • Tools: • Google Search Console • Moz ($) • Majes/c ($) Build Your Brand Beyond Your Website
- 114. POSITIVE SENTIMENT • Posi/ve reviews • Google’s own systems • Trusted 3rd par/es
- 115. POSITIVE SENTIMENT • Posi/ve reviews • Google’s own systems • Trusted 3rd par/es • Posi/ve cita/ons on Google Plus
- 116. POSITIVE SENTIMENT • Posi/ve reviews • Google’s own systems • Trusted 3rd par/es • Posi/ve cita/ons and interac/ons on Google Plus • Posi/ve cita/ons across the web
- 117. It’s not bragging if it’s true
- 118. Attract rather than Sell Create content that DESERVES links and MARKET that content.
- 119. • Content should be created for your users • FAQs • Help/Tutorial Videos • Infographics • Tools: • Google Keyword Planner • Google Search Console • Wolfram Alpha • SEMRush ($) • Moz ($) Learn Your Audience: Segmenta/on
- 120. • Content should be created for your users • FAQs • Help/Tutorial Videos • Infographics • Tools: • Google Keyword Planner • Google Search Console • Wolfram Alpha • SEMRush ($) • Moz ($) Learn Your Audience: Segmenta/on
- 121. • Content should be created for your users • FAQs • Help/Tutorial Videos • Infographics • Tools: • Google Keyword Planner • Google Search Console • Wolfram Alpha • SEMRush ($) • Moz ($) Learn Your Audience: Segmenta/on
- 122. • Content should be created for your users • FAQs • Help/Tutorial Videos • Infographics • Tools: • Google Keyword Planner • Google Search Console • Wolfram Alpha • SEMRush ($) • Moz ($) Learn Your Audience: Segmenta/on
- 123. • Educate to purchase • Detail the products or services • Use internal linking • Describe the non-brand • Tools: • Google Keyword Planner • Google Search Console • Analy/cs • Majes/c ($) • Moz ($) Learn Your Audience: Conversion Funnel Website navigation should include links to pages targeting the highest search volume phrases!
- 124. • Educate to purchase • Detail products + services • Provide business history • Use internal linking • Tools: • Google Keyword Planner • Google Search Console • Analy/cs • Majes/c ($) • Moz ($) Learn Your Audience: Conversion Funnel
- 125. Reference Guide: Google Analy/cs Use these menus to view how users arrive and how they interact with site content! Understand which channels & sites are most valuable! How many pages viewed?! What pages cause people to leave?! Does my site load fast enough?! After they arrive, what pages do they click on next?! What URLs bring people to my site?! What do they type in the search box?! Find which social networks provide most engagement! Use Advanced Segments for custom audience groups!
- 126. Beef Up Site Content • Iden/fy and fill in gaps in content based upon keyword research • Incorporate target search terms throughout Informa/on Architecture • Use hubs of content to organize relevant pages together Home Page Hub2 PR Request s Contact News + Articles Advice Teenager s Product Reviews About NAV 1 / All NAV 2/ Filtering NAV 3 Single Content Pages Suggested Page Content Hubs Ask a Q Photos Videos News Photo Pages Video Pages Detail3 News + Articles Co Parentin g For Parents Books Positive Parentin g Tips Technique s Our Writers
- 127. U/lize Microformats within HTML • Schema.org • Invented in 2011 by Google, Bing, Yahoo, & Yandex • Open Graph • Used by Facebook to extract addi/onal meaning • developers.facebook.com/tools/ debug/ • JSON • JavaScript markup • RDFa • Markup extension of HTML5
- 128. • Formerly, Google Webmaster Tools; s/ll trends the last 90 days of data • Major Changes: • Search Analy/cs • Mobile Friendly Tool • Interna/onal Targe/ng GSC to Find Current Opportuni/es
- 129. 129! The New SEO “Rule Book” • Google’s Search Patents! • Rule #1: Learn Your Audience! • Rule #2: Make Content! • Rule #3: Be Mobile Friendly! • Rule #4: Get In On the Conversation! • Rule #5: Earn Citations!
- 131. 3 CORE PRINCIPLES OF SEO INDEXATION • Technical Solu/on that respects SEO Best Prac/ces • Site Architecture Mapped to Seman/c Ver/cals • Archiving that preserves content integra/on & interlinking forever RELEVANCE • Op/mizing Keywords into Silos • Internal linking strategy that distributes SEO & PageRank value POPULARITY • Quan/ty / Quality / Age / Frequency of links obtained • Seman/cs aspect of backlinks (anchor text) • Diversifica/on of backlink entry points (hub pages)
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- 137. Website: www.pagetraffic.com Email: [email protected] Twitter: @navneetkaushal Blog: www.pagetrafficbuzz.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/pagetraffic.in THANK YOU!