@aleyda Question a course if :
- it mentions LSI Keywords
- it says Content Length/Word Count matters
- it talks about Stop Words
- it references Keyword Cannibalisation, but not Intent
- it suggests G favours certain TLDs over others
- it says links from .edu/.gov are worth more
Pay attention if the course mentions :
+ Search/Query/User intent/purpose
+ Nouns, Verbs, Prepositions
+ Entities and Semantic relationships
+ Internal links
+ User Experience
+ Business Goals, Revenue and Conversions or Leads
There's a lot to learn - and that ranges from technical (crawling, parsing, rendering, indexing, ranking - through to IA, sitemaps etc.),
all the way to content optimisation and keyword research etc.,
so consider multiple.
1) Audit site for
1a) Technical wastage (canonical issues, poor linking etc.)
1b) Quality issues (pages/sections that may be dragging the site down)
1c) Page performance (what gets links, SE traffic, direct traffic etc.)
2) Define Goals and Objectives
It's not just "ranking and traffic" - chances are, certain pages are more important as they convert, or generate leads, or improve perception etc.
3) Assess SERP/Competitors
Look to see who's doing what, for what terms (based on (2))
Please remember, CWV: 1) are tiny 2) gradated 3) don't require everything to be green/100% 4) are unlikely to have a noticeable impact unless you are damned close in ranking and the competitors suck
Please note:
a) This is the early rollout
b) G will introduce new factors over time (such as lag/delay, catering for different connection rates etc.)
c) G may alter (increase) the impact of CWV over time (I know I'd sneak the value up a bit over time :D)
A) What about the Client?
There's nothing about the clients existing (or not) backlink profile,
nor is there anything about their current ranking for that term either.
Ranking closely or having no real BLP should make a difference.
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B) It's not always about SEO!
Links can serve more than Ranking - they can help with awareness, trust/authority, lead generation and conversions.
Consider the potential audiences and possible non-SEO gains of being mentioned and linked!
I've waited a bit for things to die down,
but I think it's time for a little chat about diversity, inclusivity and doing the right thing the right way.