what's new in seo? : impression event february 2017
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What’s New In SEO?What Google’s trying to achieve and what you need to do to be found on the world’s most use search engine
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Hi, I’m Mikey!Digital Strategist at
Impression
I help businesses work out what they need and where their budget should be best
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What are we going to achieve?
A road map of Google’s past, present and future..
What do you need to do...
How are you going to do it...
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How we look at the future of SEO
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How do we approach SEO in
2017?Proactive VS Reactive
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We need to look ahead...
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is trying to…
… improve its search experience
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You need to…
… prove your web page is the most relevant, highest quality result for its target search term
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How?
Focus on on page content in varied formats
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How?
Ensure each page has a clear keyword target & avoid cannibalisation
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is trying to...
… give mobile users a better experience
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You need to...
… give your users the best possible experience on mobile
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How?
Think mobile first…
https://search.google.com/search-console/mobile-friendly
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is trying to...
… create a more secure internet
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You need to...
… make your website as secure and trustworthy as possible
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How?
Get an up to date SSL certificate for your website
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How?
Use trusted payment providers on ecommerce websites
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is trying to...
… give more information to users within the search results
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You need to...
… enable Google to easily find your information
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How?
Use schema markup on important information and content
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How?
Focus on rich snippets by marking up your content and reviewing your content format
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is trying to...
… create a better experience for its users
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You need to...
… create a better experience for your users, too!
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How?
Reduce page load speeds
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https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
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How?
Incorporate trust signals into your website
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How?
Clear categorisation, content hierarchy & navigation
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The Technical SEO
renaissance
I LOVE SEO
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Other considerations
Links are still an important ranking factor.
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Other considerations
Google is pushing for more paid content above the fold,
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SummaryThe Technical SEO renaissance
Focus on onpage optimisation
Use the tools available to us
Match good UX with great SEO