Google has changed a lot throughout the years. And these specific changes also brought upon the changing list of SEO ranking factors.<\/p>\n
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We\u2019re all too familiar with these types of lists. While these are all trendy and somewhat correct, most of these types of lists are estimations and are a result of tedious and costly tests done up by different website owners all over the web.<\/p>\n
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For this year, we\u2019ve collected a few factors that are highly likely ranking factors:<\/p>\n
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Obviously, the types of websites that has this trait has been surviving pretty well. These days, after a few weird moments in internet history, security has been a very important aspect. As well as having a site that\u2019s actually working.<\/p>\n
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Today, humanity is almost connected to their mobile devices 24\/7. Everything now is fast paced. Being able to secure vast amounts of valuable information from people and having a site that can carry all this traffic while not buckling is very important.<\/p>\n
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Like what was just mentioned, if your site isn\u2019t loading up almost instantly, you will be left in the dust pretty easily these days. Being a business owner today means that you will need to step up your game since everyone is hungry and are gunning for the top spot in the internet when it comes for business. Being the very first ones to serve up information fast enough for people looking through their mobile devices will get all of the early worm.<\/p>\n
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Unfortunately, most website owners these days won\u2019t take time to make their websites adapt well on mobile. Completely ignoring the fact that most of the traffic or potential customers they could be targeting can be reached via mobile.<\/p>\n
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Not too long ago, and we\u2019ve covered this before<\/b><\/a>, Google made the mobile first index. Basically what it does is that it prioritises websites that are optimised for mobile.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This one might be a little hard to follow up, especially if you\u2019re just a starting business. But, like in the music industry, what you need to be doing is going out there and play live. Build your bones. Everything starts at the bottom. What matters is the work and being honest with it. If you\u2019re just starting out and you\u2019re already trying to cheat your way up the ranks, you will take years trying to build your brand and business and you really won\u2019t be going anywhere.<\/p>\n Exact matched URLs are out of the question. You might want to use keyword terms for your URL to associate with yourself with these terms to rank easier. That\u2019s cool and all, except it\u2019s not 2011 anymore. This was made public long ago by Matt Cutts<\/b><\/a>. (2012)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Authority part here means the authority of the site in general. Not the DA or Domain Authority. Authority gets built over time. There\u2019s no cheating around this one. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important to build your way up properly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Much like air being a constant living thing fuel for us carbon based creatures, Content is an immovable variable in the realm of digital marketing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a literal logical sense, imagine if a website doesn\u2019t have quality content. By quality we would mean something that\u2019s useful and helpful for people. Why would Google, today\u2019s Google, ever rank this kind of empty useless website if it has nothing to offer?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A website without any of the very basic elements of otpimisation will clearly have trouble ranking. Not only is it incomplete, it really won\u2019t work properly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like domino\u2019s lined up, good content and properly working technical SEO elements etc. results in positive user experience. And because Google has this small tiny thing called the Google Rank Brain, <\/i>it can remember and understand if people are actually enjoying their time in your website or not.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Time to check your site. Is it set up well? Is it loading correctly and quickly? Do you have content that can keep incoming traffic and reduce your bounce rate?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Are the links being built for you all clean and spiffy? Having a lot of links connected to you is one thing, but having a really clean backlink profile is another.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What most of the younger ones forget is the fact that it\u2019s not just about building backlinks continuously. Building links need to be naturally done. The purpose here is to make sure that there can be more people seeing your content.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And in that sense, are all your links inside your site working well? Internal linking is as important as having outbound \/ inbound links.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Social shares aren\u2019t direct ranking factors \u2013Google once said. But, evidence all over the web dictates that the more viral content gets, the better amount of traffic it gets. Again, since Google has already evolved into this giant creepy A.I., it will see and understand if your content is doing well. Even in social media. Remember, in all of digital marketing, Social Media is SEO\u2019s razzle dazzle glitter powder<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For local SEO, these types of elements are very important. Also, Google will want to make sure that people will be able to find the physical address of these businesses that it\u2019s ranking.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Going back to the growing culture of people dependent on mobile devices, they would most likely be looking through their phones on Google trying to find these businesses and the services they\u2019re offering. Reviews displayed on these listing are as important as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last but not the least, another factor, if you may that will lead you to finally take heed and check these elements on your site is that recently, another core update rocked the search results again<\/b><\/a>. This time aiming for websites that aren\u2019t updated in any or all of these things listed above. The tough reality though for core updates is the fact that there are absolutely no fix to them. Once it hits you, you\u2019re blown out of the water. Didn\u2019t fix your site earlier? Maybe that\u2019s the problem. 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Really Good Content<\/h2>\n
Onsite Elements (Technical SEO)<\/h2>\n
Positive User Experience<\/h2>\n
Backlinks<\/h2>\n
Social Signals<\/h2>\n
Having a Real Business Information Displayed Online<\/h2>\n