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How to think like an SEO expert?

SEO is not something that you do once and then forget about it. It’s a way of thinking that should be ingrained into how you go about creating content for your website and social media channels. Here are just a few of the core things that should help you on your way. 

  • Start with your target marketing in mind.
    • Who are they, what do they like, where do they live, what do they do, how do they read, what are they interested in?
  • Create a website and content that meets the needs and wants of your target audience.
    • Make it user friendly – can they easily find the information they are after?
    • Is  the information easy to digest, share and engage with?
  • Conduct keyword research to understand how your target audience searches for your products and services.
    • What problem are they trying to solve.
    • Create content (blog posts) that addresses these questions, queries and needs.
    • Build content around these keywords.
    • Link tha t content back to your products and services.
  • When you’re creating content make sure to use your keyword effectively in your headline, and throughout your paragraph.
    • Make sure your page URL uses your keyword (should be the same as your page name)
    • Make sure your image file name has your keyword in it and that you have created image alt tags accordingly.
    • Update the meta-tags to include your keyword(s).
    • Create a meta-description that includes your keyword(s).
    • Correctly use  your header tags (H1-H6) throughout your document. Ie. H1 for your headline, H2 for the sub headings, H3 for any call-outs and paragraph plain text for your main content etc.
  • Share your content with your audience and customers across your social networks, via email and in relevant forums etc.
    • The more people read and share your content linking back to your website the more Google thinks your content is valuable and will reward you with a higher page ranking.  This is where your social media strategy comes in.
  • Keep your website content fresh
    • The more content that’s regularly added to your site the more Google sees you as being up-to-date and it will reward your site accordingly within the search results pages.

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Should you be concerned with Google Algorithm changes & updates?

“Oh no, Google has just made a new algorithm change…” is what was often heard from the SEO boys I worked with in a large media company, who had a long list of global corporate sites to manage.  

Google has a long history of infamous algorithm updates, search index changes and refreshes, which I’ll briefly outline here for you.

But before I do, let me reassure you that if you are building your site for your audience,  highlighting and representing your business products and services in the most honest and target market focused way, then you really don’t ever need to worry about Google’s algorithm changes or updates.

But if you’re curious about what each one is about, here’s the list and a brief summary for you.

  • Panda (Feb 2011) – This update was meant to stop sites with poor quality content working their way to the top of the Google SERPS.
  • Top Heavy (Jan 2012) – This prevents sites that are top heavy with ads from ranking well in it’s listings.
  • Penguin (April 2012) – This change was targeting sites that were deemed to be spamming the SERPs, doing so by buying or obtaining links through link networks designed primarily to boost Google rankings.
  • Pirate (August 2012) – Aimed to prevent sites with many copyright infringement reports from ranking well in Google. For this reason it’s important that all your content is original and not a direct copy from another page or website.
  • EMD – Exact Match Domain (Sept 2012) – This update prevents poor quality websites from ranking well primarily because they had words in their domains that match a search query.
  • Payday (June 2013) – Cleaned up the SERPs for traditionally ‘spammy queries’ such as [payday loans], pornography etc.
  • Hummingbird (Sept 2013) – This update pays attention to each word in the search query, better matching users intent. i.e. recognising the difference between a user searching for ‘what is SEO’ and ‘SEO jobs’. 
  • Pigeon (July 2014) – Focus on providing more relevant local search results
  • Mobile Friendly (April 2015) – This was aimed at boosting mobile friendly websites on Google mobile search engine results pages (SERP).

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