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SEO for 2016: How Search Has Changed & How Marketers’ Tactics Must Shift SEOVendor, Wizard of ask@seovendor.co | | http://seovendor.co/
What Changed? A brief look at how SEO has evolved over the past five years.
#1 Searchers (and engines) are demanding more from results than ever before
Page Speed Expectations Via http://seovendor.co/
Design & UX Expectations http://seovendor.co/
Leaning More Heavily on Human Quality Raters http://seovendor.co/our-blog/
#2 The move from keyword matching to topic association
Google’s Upgraded Their Understanding Have We Upgraded Our Content?
#3 Domain-level keyword connections are on the rise
Don’t Have a Domain-Level Content Strategy? You May Lose to Less SEO-Sophisticated, More Brand-Focused Competitors
#4 Google’s crackdown on spam is basically a crackdown on ranking without a brand
#5 Critical SEO data still flows for the 1%, but is unavailable to the 99%
But If You’re a Big Advertiser, that Keyword Data Still Flows Through Your Reports
This Inequity Might Feel Familiar Over time, behaviors of brands, searchers, & algorithms have combined to create something similar in SEO
Tactics Processes and practices to change in the year ahead to stay a step ahead
Keyword Research & Targeting
Link Building Earning
Content Marketing May Be Creating False Expectations & Bad Practices
Criteria for Modern Content Investments: One-of-a-Kind – appears nowhere else on the web Relevant – contains content engines can interpret as on-topic Helpful – resolves the searcher’s query in a useful, efficient manner Uniquely Valuable – provides information that’s unavailable elsewhere Great UX– is easy & pleasurable to consume on any device Likely to Spread– convincingly answers the question: “Who will amplify this content and why?”
Only by increasing the vectors of exposure to potentially powerful events can you scale ROI
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But, that high barrier to entry means greater opportunity for those who succeed.