What's New in SEO? : Impression Event April 2017

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What’s new in SEO

by Mikey EmeryD I G I T A L S T R A T E G I S T

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Hi, I’m MikeyDigital Strategist at Impression

I help businesses work out what they need and where their budget should

be best spent.

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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...

SEO

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Paid results

Organic results

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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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Let's look at what Google is trying to

achieve

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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?

Ensure each page has a clear keyword target & answers the searchers query in the best possible way…

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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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Other considerations

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SummaryThe Technical SEO renaissance

Focus on onpage optimisation

Use the tools available to us

Match good UX with great SEO

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THANK YOU

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