2. Introduction
Mobile SEO – by Ektor Tsolodimos
Local SEO – by Roswell Balentien
Quick scans of your websites
GHG Academy SEO session
3.
4. Ektor Tsolodimos, 26
SEO Specialist @ Blue Mango
Marketer & Photographer @ ML
Music (guitar), cooking & traveling
Introduction
5. Mobile SEO is similar to Classic SEO, but with more emphasis
on certain technical aspects.
Note: definition of “mobile” may vary
Google: Not mobile-first, but cross-device
What is mobile SEO?
6. People freak out about it lately
It’s been on Dutch national news (NOS)
Why about mobile SEO?
8. You should invest in mobile-friendly websites anyway:
Confirmed ranking signal (though not as crucial yet)
Good for UX/CRO
But rankings is not eveything
9. As of now there is just as much mobile searches as desktop
searches (while mobile continues to grow).
Mobile search data
Further information:
Penetration (NL)
Infographic
Slideshare
Video
10. Social: Tweets in Mobile SERP
Apps: Deeplinks in Mobile SERP
Organic vs. paid results
KW “iphone 6” on desktop:
9-11 organic results (4 above fold)
15 paid results (15 above fold)
KW “iphone 6” on mobile:
8-10 organic results (1,5 above fold)
7 paid results (4 above fold)
Mobile search characteristics
11. So again: what is mobile SEO?
Mobile SEO is similar to Classic SEO, but with more emphasis
on certain technical aspects.
Conclusion:
Similar in how websites are judged
Different in how mobile search looks
Different in how mobile searchers behave
12. Every website/brand (unlike Local SEO)
Some industries in particular
Who might benefit form mobile SEO?
13. 1. Content delivery (be relevant)
Keyword research: usage, relevancy & relations (further reading & visual example)
2. Technical aspects (meet requirements)
Make your content efficient, understandable, reachable & readable
3. Authority signals (increase your popularity)
Show search engines that you the best in what you do by providing:
Backlinks, social signals, citations, reviews, bookmarks etc.
Step 1: understand “regular” SEO
Mobile SEO
14. Extra emphasis on following technical aspects:
1. Make your website(s) as fast as possible
2. Responsive web design or separate mobile version
3. Allow crawling of CSS, JS & images (via Robotx.txt)
4. Take UX serious (touch-friendly spaces? too much text?)
5. Don’t use Flash, pop-ups or not supported video players
Bonus: optimize for local & app search
Step 2: take this into consideration
More about this later
17. Hard to say, one thing is for sure though: the faster the better.
Also really good for UX/CRO in general (read more)
Best indication available: Google PageSpeed Insights (free)
Be aware: even tweakers.net gets “only” 72% & 85% (mob./deskt.),
and that’s a really fast website.
What is fast loading website?
18. There are basically 2 options:
Responsive web design
Separate mobile website
Though Google also says:
“Google does not favor any particular URL format as long as the page(s)
and all page assets are accessible to all Googlebot user-agents.”
What type of website for mobile SEO?
Google’s
recommendation
19. “Responsive web design is aimed at crafting sites that provide optimal viewing
experience (e.g. easy reading and navigation with minimum resizing and
panning) regardless of device, resolution and aspect ratio.”
What is a responsive website?
Further information:
Live demo: coolblue.nl
Google documentation
http://www.coolblue.nl http://www.coolblue.nl
20. “A separate mobile website is either a sub domain (m.example.com) or a sub
folder (example.com/mobile) that has been specifically developed with mobile
devices in mind.”
What is a separate mobile website?
Further information:
Live demo: bol.com
Google documentation
http://www.bol.com http://m.bol.com
21. Pro’s/con’s of both options
Responsive website advantages Responsive website disadvantages
Consolidation of backlinks, social shares etc. Compromises have to be made
No redirects, possible mistakes etc.
Cheaper/easier to develop & maintain
Mobile website advantages Mobile website disadvantages
More freedom regarding design & UX Multiple URL’s can be complicated
Easier to get fast-loading websites Costs more (investment & maintenance)
22. Both are acceptable by search engine standards and have their
own pro’s and con’s
Personally, I would recommend responsive web design in most
cases (and so does Google)
Conclusion on the debate
23. Relatively unknown
Can be really important
Can be really difficult as well
SEO/ASO have become more similar
Test: search for “travel app” or “AirBnb” on your Android device
App Store Optimization (ASO)
24. Title of your app
Keywords/categories
Total amount of downloads
Rating score & amount of reviews
These are the basics, but of course there is more.
Download this free e-book
Rank higher with ASO
26. Don’t use you too many plugins (there is a plugin for this issue)
Use free CDN (use Cloudflare or Jetpack)
Minify some of your code & enable caching (W3 Total Cache)
Reduce image size (compress beforehand + Lazyload & WP Smush)
Host video’s, slides & photo’s externally (YouTube, SlideShare & Flickr: embed)
Further readings:
15 easy ways to speed up WordPress
WordPress speed tips
27. 1. Before improving your WP website, measure both mobile- &
desktop speed using Google PageSpeed Insights.
2. After improving your WP website, measure again.
A. Satisfied? Well done!
B. Not satisfied? Keep optimizing!
Measure your results
28. You shouldn’t be worried too much about robots.txt, it should be
OK by default (same for XML sitemaps when using Yoast-plugin)
Use a responsive website, seriously. Check also this blog post.
Also takes care of potential duplicated content.
As far is Flash/pop-ups/strange video players etc: you shouldn’t
(and probably aren’t) using those anyway.
WordPress general mobile tips