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In the midst of AI hype, many #SEO practitioners get lost.

Some underrated topics are much more valuable than others.

Here are my personal recommendations 🧡
NLP concepts aren't that hard and it takes you like 2 weeks to learn most of them.

The basics alone do the trick.

Understanding how can machines process text is a big plus when explaining On-Page SEO.

Again, you only need some theory and that's it.
Content Marketing isn't simply creating content that ranks.

Embracing different perspectives and ideas is useful if you plan on creating content for multiple channels.

This is where you should be if you want to build a solid brand.
UX & Psychology matters once you rank and want to convert.

This is what makes the difference between the average niche website and an actual brand.

Spending some time on design and UIs is a profitable investment once you rank.

Don't worry too much when you start though!
Content Management is the true underdog in most cases.

Large websites need to keep an inventory and organize their precious content.

While this seems obvious, it's often not in practice.

I recommend you use Airtable to do most of the work.
Proper content management makes it possible to enhance your Analytics.

Once you have more data, it's a matter of joining some tables to get the gold.

It's not flashy or shiny but it's defo one of the most important things for content websites.
Analytics is my most common topic (as you know).

Not many people can actually use their data and the SEO industry is generally stale.

In big projects, there's so much data you can pretty much do crazy things.
Without the basics of Analytics, doing AI is tough.

This brings us to the next recommendation: Data Literacy.

The ability to interpret and understand data is getting more and more crucial.

Data literacy gives you a hand!
How many people talk about these topics?

Not many, to be honest.

They don't sell as much as AI or other flashy acronyms.

In practice, they are the MVPs behind successful data projects.
Graph Theory is another theoretical area that shouldn't take much to study.

Look up the basic definitions and you are done.

This will give you more understanding of the Knowledge Graph.

Also, check my other thread about auditing internal links.
On the other hand, I don't think that learning coding is remotely on the same level as what I've just said.

For sure, you need it for some of the things I mentioned but...

Learning analysis doesn't make you a developer.

On the contrary, you learn a few specific applications.
In fact, most of our value as SEO Specialists is given by how we analyze problems and how we execute.

A little bit of coding never hurt anybody but don't get too obsessed.

Learn by doing and find what's needed, the rest can wait.
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More from @GiordMarco96

May 25
Great #SEO requires you to have a solid value proposition.

I have seen too many projects fail for the wrong reasons.

Want some common sense?

Here it is 🧡
Don't start a project without knowing the budget.

It's fine to explore topics and ideas but don't exaggerate.

You can't compete in some niches without the proper resources.

This is why some projects fail. They forgot to estimate costs and revenues...
Now, financial estimation isn't SEO but something an investor should do.

Some domains are clearly money sinks and you as an SEO may help in finding such opportunities.

I recommend avoiding projects that are destined to fail.

It's a waste of time for either party involved.
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May 24
Do you know where many content websites struggle?

Processes because neither tools nor the #SEO industry talks about them.

It's all about abstraction and shiny objects, right?

Let's see some practical steps for ROI and πŸ’Έ 🧡
The first recommendation is to always label your data.

If you have a content plan (you should), it needs to contain:

- The cluster(s) an article belongs to

- Additional information like author, date published

You add what you can't scrape or see elsewhere.
Once you have decent data, we are ready for all the other steps.

Data quality and organization are not the future because they are the present.

You can see who is struggling by looking at their management.

Many organizations are not as organized as you think.
Read 16 tweets
May 14
5 + 1 Underrated Things Content Websites Should Consider:

1. Custom images
2. Newsletter
3. A decent design just for branding
4. Internal Linking (in the body)
5. Informative About Us page
6. ???

Let's see how and why 🧡
Custom images are necessary to differentiate yourself and steal some spots for Images.

This is even more pressing in niches such as travel.

Canva is often enough unless you want to do professional infographics.
The reason why I recommend infographics is because they are easy to share.

This implies you could get some nice backlinks and more og content for your articles.

Don't underestimate the impact of images.
Read 23 tweets
May 12
Websites of any kind should leverage:

πŸ‘‰ BigQuery
πŸ‘‰ Search Console API
πŸ‘‰ GA API
πŸ‘‰Tag Manager
πŸ‘‰ Any non-SEO data they can gather

Decision-making becomes so simple once you actually have good data.

Let's see how 🧡
BigQuery is not the only option but allows you to store data easily and stay within Google's ecosystem.

This is great news for integration with Google APIs and also for learning.

A lot of SEOs talk about BQ, so it's way easier for you!
BigQuery is one of the tidiest ways to store your data for SEO projects.

The storage costs tend to be quite low, the same I can't say for querying.

That's why knowing concepts such as clustering and partitioning can help you.

N.B. That's more engineering, you don't need them.
Read 18 tweets
Mar 27
The 10 Most Common Errors in Content Audits.

Many can fall for cheap #SEO advice and get nothing.

I've audited small and large content websites to develop profitable processes.

This thread is for you 🧡
1. Only using one data source to delete articles.

If your website is using multiple channels, you should have other data than GSC.

Wait if one article has 0 clicks but high engagement on Facebook?

Guru advice says to delete it, I would never do that.
2. Using Google Analytics as your bible.

The average GA user looks at sessions or users that are hard to convert into actions.

I'd rather check Search Console first and get the unique query count.

Thinking in terms of queries is an additional step that will save you later.
Read 14 tweets
Mar 26
Evergreen content is one of my favorite #SEO topics.

It's super crucial for publishers and especially for niche websites.

And yet, there are many ideas you can use 🧡
Evergreen refers to content that is not time-sensitive and is not particularly subject to seasonality or timeframes.

Search demand is constant through the years. They usually tackle recurring problems or super generic topics.
This type of content makes it easy to apply some advanced principles, as you want them to last.

Having good authors, good syntax with proper entities, and clear internal linking is the bare minimum for me.

This is very simple once you know the niche very well.
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