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A successful SEO campaign begins at the grassroots level, starting with on-page SEO. In this post, we list the qualities that make up a well optimized page. If you want to be successful in on-page SEO, make it your goal to give your pages the following qualities..]]> 2017-03-24 12:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/162383317 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/162383995
The verdict is in: Search engine optimization will be more important than ever in 2017, playing a huge role in comprehensive digital marketing. And with Google expected to shake up search algorithms even more this year, keeping up is going to be challenging.]]> 2017-03-24 12:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/162383995 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/167269693 y addressing duplicate content and creating original and relevant pages that are valuable to Google and its readers, your ecommerce website can be rewarded with higher search rankings and greater visibility in the SERPs. But dealing with duplicate content can be a challenge—especially in the case of ecommerce websites, when the issue is technical in nature.]]> 2017-04-20 14:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/167269693 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/167270084 A slow website is simply unacceptable in a world of short attention spans. Not only is it frustrating for the end user—it can even cause you to lose a sale and ruin your brand’s image. Once you have confirmed that your website is indeed slower compared to your counterparts, it’s time to make it load faster. Here are 5 useful remedies:]]> 2017-04-20 14:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/167270084 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/173618530 Do you want your website to be prominently displayed on Google’s front page? Then it’s time to get on the Knowledge Graph. SEOValley can boost your chances of getting a Google Knowledge Graph entry. Talk to us today! ]]> 2017-05-24 13:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/173618530 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/176115777 Owning multiple domains is becoming common practice in SEO—and this strategy could potentially do wonders for your rankings. Having multiple domains working together can boost your organic traffic and stabilize your visibility on the search results. Here, some of the questions you should ask before signing up for multiple domain ownership. ]]> 2017-06-12 15:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/176115777 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/176822452 If you have overlooked site navigation in your SEO strategy, don’t worry—it’s not too late to arm yourself with tried and tested techniques that can help you optimize navigation, boost user experience, and higher search rankings. Following best practices in site navigation design ensures a positive brand experience and enables search crawlers to properly index your content.]]> 2017-06-19 07:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/176822452 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/178937192 SEO and e-commerce site specialists can help you make sure that your site is well segmented and filtered for both search engines and actual visitors. Proper navigation can provide your target users with a smoother customer experience as they search for specific products and services within your site, while keeping Google and search engine bots well guided as they index and crawl each category and product page you want to be crawled and indexed.]]> 2017-07-18 07:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/178937192 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/180710540 If you’ve been in the ecommerce business long enough, then you know that the quality of product data your website provides impacts its natural search performance across search engines. Organic search rankings are affected not only by obvious details that directly contribute to SEO, but also by factors that impact URLs, internal linking, and textual content—product data included.]]> 2017-08-11 07:54:20 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/180710540 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/180711074 Low hanging keywords are search terms that are well within your reach. They refer to words and phrases that your website is already ranking for—and have the potential to bring qualified traffic—but haven’t quite reached the coveted Google search top spot. Targeting these keywords is a good strategy as it often requires comparatively less work and a faster return on your investment.]]> 2017-08-11 08:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/180711074 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/188776414 Here’s a mistake too many online marketers make: They finalize a marketing campaign or a new blog post, and then they find keywords and awkwardly plug them into the content. Are you guilty of doing the same? If yes, then you are treating search engine optimization (SEO) as an afterthought—and that often means wasting time, money, and energy.]]> 2017-09-19 08:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/188776414 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/188776583 There is no denying that SEO as a revenue-generating business strategy can be hard to grasp. Only until the effects of a well-optimized website is seen firsthand and an increase in annual revenue is realized do many businesses understand why the practice is valuable. B2B SEO is often viewed with great pessimism. ]]> 2017-09-19 08:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/188776583 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/191551374 2017-09-27 07:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/191551374 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/211344639  You think you know everything that goes on in your website, but in this ever-changing world called the internet, you can never be too sure. A crawler might suddenly do something completely new and perplexing to cause your rankings to tank. This is why you should do site crawls on your own site regularly, to check for any issues and nip problems in the bud.]]> 2017-11-29 12:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/211344639 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/220989007 Structured data has been a hot topic in SEO circles for several years now, yet many marketers still don’t have a clear understanding of what it is and how it relates to optimization. We hope this newsletter helps shed some light on this topic.]]> 2018-01-12 14:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/220989007 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323478372 Reverse engineering your competitors’ strategies can be a good way to beat them at their game. This is especially true in search engine optimization, as this method give you actionable findings that can dramatically improve your own SEO campaign. Identifying your competitor’s keywords can let you identify opportunities and help you align your approach accordingly.]]> 2019-01-23 15:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323478372 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323478975 2019-01-23 15:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323478975 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479184 2019-01-23 15:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479184 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479263 2019-01-23 15:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479263 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479301  | Search engine ranking algorithms change and evolve constantly. As such, website owners and administrators must know how to adapt content accordingly and adjust strategies so as to cope up with the fast-paced nature of these evolutionary changes.]]> 2019-01-23 15:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479301 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479377 Search engine ranking algorithms change and evolve constantly. As such, website owners and administrators must know how to adapt content accordingly and adjust strategies so as to cope up with the fast-paced nature of these evolutionary changes.]]> 2019-01-23 15:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479377 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479467 2019-01-23 15:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479467 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479537 Google’s newest SEO tools form part of what has been dubbed as web.dev. Still in its beta phase, this portal is aimed at providing website developers, owners, and administrations useful and actionable guidance along with various analytical tools to help users learn about and apply the latest and most modern web capabilities to their own applications and sites. ]]> 2019-01-23 15:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479537 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479539  | Google’s newest SEO tools form part of what has been dubbed as web.dev. Still in its beta phase, this portal is aimed at providing website developers, owners, and administrations useful and actionable guidance along with various analytical tools to help users learn about and apply the latest and most modern web capabilities to their own applications and sites. ]]> 2019-01-23 15:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/323479539 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/341696461 In a dream world, SEO would be a one-time event and website development would be a build-and-they will come proposition. But the reality is that real search engine optimization is an ongoing and continuous process that shouldn’t end when you reach the top ranks for your target key terms.]]> 2019-03-15 11:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/341696461 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/341697556 Those who are new to conducting business online may have very little idea as to how SEO really ties into website development and just how crucial it is to maintaining relevance and visibility online. Search engine optimization is an important aspect of conducting an online business and developing a website in a way that will put your business on the top ranks in searches, therefore attracting organic traffic with the highest potential to convert.]]> 2019-03-15 11:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/341697556 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/341697741 The question is this: Exactly what do search engines look for nowadays in websites and pages that deserve the highest rankings in SERPs? We dig deep into Google’s E-A-T principle, which experts say is what search engines (Google in particular) are placing great emphasis on in terms of their ranking algorithm. E-A-T stands for Expertise, Authority, Trust—major website and page attributes that Google’s search quality evaluators seek for when reviewing websites.]]> 2019-03-15 11:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/341697741 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/344695624  Online reviews are the easiest resource for what’s called ‘crowdsourced information,’ which refers to unbiased opinions and feedback coming straight from consumers and users. In particular, reviews from Google My Business (GMB) have direct effects on SEO ranking, which is why it is certainly worth your time and effort to ensure that local reviews about your brand are favorable. Now that Google puts much weight on these reviews when it comes to their SEO rankings, it becomes more important than ever to pay closer attention to them as part of your optimization strategy.]]> 2019-03-25 07:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/344695624 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/348433576 A perfectly optimized page content must include critical elements beginning with targeted keywords. If content is king, keyword is ‘high king’—one who rules over lesser kings (or in SEO terms, over all other website elements). Keywords pretty much dictate the direction toward which optimization campaigns go. When it comes to keyword targeting, ample keyword research is crucial in order to establish the right collection of keywords your business should be targeting.]]> 2019-04-04 09:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/348433576 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/351912070 Online reviews are the easiest resource for what’s called ‘crowdsourced information,’ which refers to unbiased opinions and feedback coming straight from consumers and users. In particular, reviews from Google My Business (GMB) have direct effects on SEO ranking, which is why it is certainly worth your time and effort to ensure that local reviews about your brand are favorable. Now that Google puts much weight on these reviews when it comes to their SEO rankings, it becomes more important than ever to pay closer attention to them as part of your optimization strategy.]]> 2019-04-16 09:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/351912070 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/351912144 A perfectly optimized page content must include critical elements beginning with targeted keywords. If content is king, keyword is ‘high king’—one who rules over lesser kings (or in SEO terms, over all other website elements). Keywords pretty much dictate the direction toward which optimization campaigns go. When it comes to keyword targeting, ample keyword research is crucial in order to establish the right collection of keywords your business should be targeting.]]> 2019-04-16 09:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/351912144 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/351912232 Whether you require SEO or PPC is a question of what your current online marketing goals are. However, one thing is for sure: Every website requires search engine optimization as an on-going web marketing strategy and every website will require pay-per-click optimization at least at one point in their online marketing timeline. A better question to ask is probably when you should implement PPC alongside search engine optimization.]]> 2019-04-16 09:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/351912232 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/352220339 If you want to be more proactive instead of reactive about search engine algorithm updates and changes, it is important to keep watch of critical technical issues regarding search optimization and ensure a flexible but consistent maintenance and management plan that involves crucial tasks that you must accomplish on a daily, monthly, quarterly, or perhaps yearly basis.]]> 2019-04-17 07:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/352220339 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/353260541 Expanding online reach is more important than ever. It’s something that every business owner needs to do, especially in this day and age of technologically- and digitally-savvy consumers who use Google and Bing for everything. Schema markup is one of the new forms of optimization strategies that have great potential to boost website rankings in SERPs—and yet, it is very much underutilized because website owners don’t understand it fully well. Here, we take a closer look into what schema is all about and how it can be used to improve local SEO.]]> 2019-04-23 06:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/353260541 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/355710708 If you are one of those who are still on the fence about spending money on professional SEO, it is high time to reconsider your convictions. It’s time to accept the fact that optimization is an important and worthwhile investment instead of an unneeded expense. Here’s the inconvenient truth: Trying to do search optimization yourself rarely works. You need ample knowledge and expertise to do SEO well.]]> 2019-05-01 07:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/355710708 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/365215008 With the number of online merchants that you have to compete with for attention, traffic, and conversions, attracting enough people to ensure a sustainable business can be especially challenging. One way to boost traffic and encourage sales on your website is to achieve higher positioning in SERPs (search engine result pages). Here are some surefire ways to optimize and increase the organic rankings of your product pages.]]> 2019-06-03 07:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/365215008 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/372012094 To understand dwell time, bounce rate, and other related metrics at a deeper level, it is best to define what they are what they are not, and how exactly they affect optimization. Do you want to understand how it impacts search rankings? Here’s everything you need to know.]]> 2019-07-23 09:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/372012094 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/372012213 It’s important to become aware of the web design mistakes that can mess up your SEO strategy so you can dodge them.]]> 2019-07-23 09:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/372012213 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/373119785 Although not intended for search optimization, the Wayback Machine is an incredibly useful tool for reviewing your website and making improvements to boost rankings and improve your overall SEO strategy.]]> 2019-08-03 10:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/373119785 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/373120598 Changing domains is a crucial decision—it’s not typically recommended unless absolutely necessary. When you change domains, you open your website up to the risk of losing the organic search rankings you’ve worked long and hard to build. Here are some SEO best practices to keep in mind when making the decision to do a domain name transfer or update.]]> 2019-08-03 11:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/373120598 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/378285798 Do you still have a separate mobile website because your desktop site is non-responsive? Then you need to put extra effort into your SEO strategy; after all, you are optimizing two distinct URLs. Attaining traction online is harder if you don’t switch to a responsive format—but it’s not impossible.]]> 2019-08-29 14:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/378285798 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/378292153  | Location and “near me” searches have become popular search terms for people looking for products, experiences, and/or services they need at the moment. If you are a local business owner looking to make your site rank well in certain locations—then you need to know how to create location pages that rank well.]]> 2019-08-29 14:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/378292153 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/387533589 ‘Entities’ are not new in SEO. They have been around for as long as search engines have been used and continue to be among the most important driving forces behind searches and search engines in general.]]> 2019-09-21 10:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/387533589 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/387533691 In SEO, JavaScript can be used to further improve visitor/guest/shopper experience, bolster site performance, and encourage better interaction. This said, JavaScript requires additional care when used for optimization.]]> 2019-09-21 10:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/387533691 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/387533781 If you are in the SEO industry or doing any form of SEO campaign for your own business, it’s important to plan ahead so you can take advantage of the holiday season. This is especially true for ecommerce websites, as this time of the year has the potential to bring in huge sales. Using seasonal content is a great way to optimize your site for this yearly opportunity.]]> 2019-09-21 10:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/387533781 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/399412001 2019-10-18 07:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/399412001 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/399434233 Knowing your competitors is an important step to building an effective marketing strategy for your website. However, it’s not enough to just constantly compare your own site with theirs—you need to check if you are doing it correctly.]]> 2019-10-18 09:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/399434233 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/399434814 Some keywords and phrases are just too difficult; they’re virtually impossible for small and medium e-commerce websites to rank for. But don’t give up on them. You can always try ‘barnacle’ strategies to ‘attach’ your brand to the established websites that dominate the search results for major keywords and drive traffic to your website.]]> 2019-10-18 09:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/399434814 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/417378600 Technical SEO is often overlooked, but it critical to a website’s ranking success. You see, Googlebot is programmed to obey specific commands—it can only crawl links that are properly coded and ignores certain elements. Thus, technical oversights can negatively impact Google’s ability to crawl, index, and rank it a site. Here’s a list of five of the most common technical errors that might be causing your website to rank lower.]]> 2019-11-28 07:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/417378600 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/417378740 You’ve probably heard about the mysterious Myth of the Word Count. Google supposedly sets a ‘minimum’ length for on-site content such as blog posts. That minimum is sketchy; some say it’s 300 words, and some say it’s as high as 1,600. But is there really a sweet spot that can make your blog post rank higher?]]> 2019-11-28 07:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/417378740 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/417378811 You’ve seen it happen before: An SEO strategy works flawlessly on Client A but fails completely on Client B. A formula that works for one client won’t necessarily work for another, even when they’re fundamentally the same. It’s annoying—even depressing. But you’re not alone. This is a problem for many SEOs. Here’s the reality:]]> 2019-11-28 07:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/417378811 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/424446946 Bigger websites can often afford to make mistakes and still rank well on Google. It’s not fair, but that’s how it is. These brands can ride the waves of organic backlinks, mentions, and other such social signals to make their content rise to the top even if they make SEO slip-ups from time to time.]]> 2019-12-16 10:24:39 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/424446946 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/424447845 A solid keyword research strategy will help focus on creating content that will deliver the best bang for your marketing budget while delivering high-quality traffic and paying customers. Do this process correctly and you’ve struck gold. Do it wrong and you’ll be wasting time and resources with your online marketing!]]> 2019-12-16 10:28:42 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/424447845 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/436283877 Should you focus on organic SEO or put your money on PPC? This matter has long been a subject of debate in the marketing world. On one hand, paid search promises quick wins; on the other, SEO can bring long-term, large-scale returns.]]> 2020-01-27 08:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/436283877 seovalley https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/436284006 Did you know that Google updates its #searchalgorithm not once, not twice, but thousands of times every year? The changes are sometimes well-publicized and change the web entirely (think Panda, Florida, Penguin, RankBrain). But most tweaks are very small and often go unnoticed. Google doesn’t always confirm these little updates, either, but they are marked by obvious volatilities in the #SERPs.]]> 2020-01-27 08:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/seovalley/Updates/wish/436284006