Presentation I gave at SMX in London with Danny Sullivan and others. Looking at Google ranking ranking factors, what's new, what's trending and what's next
3. • Proud expat Brit (22+ yrs)
• Essex lad (always will be!)
• Proud American with a funny accent
• New Zealanders don’t understand me
Where am
I from?
14. YIKES!
Link Graphs Should Be UnOptimized
• Anchor text to brand / site
• Inter-site linking i.e. footer links
• Dofollow links to nofollow links
• Internal linking for users NOT Google
This obviously isn’t for users
17. Content is Over optimized
scale over
substance
substance
over scale
18. Content Should be UnOptimized
Content production needs to change from:
• Auto-generated to human-generated*
• ‘Thin’ to valuable
• Patterned to unique
• Scale to reasonable amount
• Generalists to authorities
better
*Cool new technologies may change this POV
32. Freshness SEO Compound
Cf3Ac2At = Indexing Factor
Combination of fresh content within an
efficient site structure & great XML sitemap
implementation to allow quicker
& expanded index inclusion.
Fresh+ = rank worthy
34. Engagement SEO Compounds
Ht2HdHs = CTR Factor
Combining best practice Titles & Meta
Descriptions with Structured Data
creates SERP environment for
increased Click Through Rates.
CTR is an important signal
35. Ht2Hd = CTR Factor
• Understand the query
intent & context
• Optimize for CTR
“is it clickable?”
• Don’t let Google
make decision
(align with query)
36. Ht2HdHs = CTR Factor
• Understand the query
intent & context
• Optimize for CTR
“is it clickable?”
• Don’t let Google
make decision
(align with query)
37. Engagement SEO Compounds
Ac2Cw4Ce = Relevance Path Factor
Combining good silos with distinct user
engagement actions – creates consistent
interaction and clear hierarchies
of topic relevance.
Inspiring consistent onsite
engagement is important