9. Expertise, Authority, Trustworthiness
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EXPERTISE
For an author, topic expertise (e.g., PhD
and citations). For a website, a focus on a
particular topic.
AUTHORITY
For an author, citations/links, social
followers, being synonymous with the
topic (e.g, Fauci). For a website, inbound
links, citations, and social shares.
TRUSTWORTHINESS
Applies to the web site: SSL, refund
policy, privacy/T&C policy, reviews,
about-us page, external links to
authorities, etc. Preference for .gov, .edu.
13. Schema and the Semantic Web
• Schema is XML Vocabulary for Web Pages
• Described at schema.org
• Inserted into HTML with:
• JSON+LD, or
• Microdata:
div/span
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15. Google Schema Tools
• Google Search Console: URL Inspection
https://search.google.com/search-console
try: https://www.academyx.com/training/san_francisco/excel/
• Structured Data Markup Helper
https://www.google.com/webmasters/markup-helper/u/0/
try: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade
• Structured Data Testing Tool (old)
https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/
• Rich Results Test
https://search.google.com/test/rich-results
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16. Social Media Shares and UGC
• Schema Associating Website with Social Properties
• WordPress Plugins for Social Sharing Buttons
• Comment Platforms:
• Disqus
• Jetpack Native
Enhanced
• Facebook
Comments
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17. Tools
• Ahrefs.com / Semrush / Majestic – keywords and site explorer
• Buzzsumo.com / SparkToro – link finders and social shares
• ScreamingFrog.com – crawling
• Yoast/RankMath – SEO for WordPress
• Siteliner – find duplicate content and errors
• SiteBulb – visual representation of site structure
• AnswerThePublic – find keywords and LSI terms
• Critical CSS – inline your CSS for speed improvements
• Cloudflare – various DNS and caching optimizations
• Chrome Dev Tools – speed/network tests, accessibility compliance
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18. Experts
• Nathan Gotch – gotchseo.com
• Joy Hawkins– sterlingsky.ca
• Brian Dean – backlinko.com
• Neil Patel – neilpatel.com
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Notas del editor
Don’t forget witchcraft
SERP PREVIEW:
https://www.portent.com/serp-preview-tool/
Title should be less than 600 pixels, more or less 55 characters
Meta descriptions be up to 160 characters
Google rewrites both
FRAGGLES:
Search for “huckleberry finn gutenberg”
FILENAMES & URLS:
Keep them short and repeat keywords
PAAs:
Search for “potatoes” to see questions. To target, use conversational tone, <h1>s and <ol>s
SITE STRUCTURE:
https://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/linking-structures.htm
BREADCRUMBS:
https://yoast.com/breadcrumbs-seo/
EXTERNAL LINKS:
To boring, authoritative sites
Use target=_blank
“Can I Deduct Cat Food on My Taxes?” vs. “Dependent Care Deductions in Section 185(b)”
WORD COUNT
Not so much “word count” as “work” or “authority”
BOUNCE RATE
“pogosticking”
Google Analytics
LOGICALLY STRUCTURED NAVIGATION
Sitelinks appear for well-organized websites
Helps Google assign importance to the right category and product pages
INTRUSIVE INTERSTITIALS
https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/08/helping-users-easily-access-content-on.html
CUMULATIVE LAYOUT SHIFT
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/cumulative-layout-shift/371946/
MOBILE FRIENDLINESS
https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/device-mode
https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly - use a different browser. try with sf.gov vs. tired.com
Also try https://ready.mobi
ACCESSIBILITY:
https://a11yproject.com/checklist/
Images should have alt attributes
Text should be adequately contrasted with background
Relevant anchor text
Video transcriptions
Proper headings
Schema – e.g., Author & Article tags
Sitemaps
NOTICES:
GDPR’s “Accept Cookies” is not a ranking factor
Privacy and Terms generator: https://www.termsfeed.com/privacy-policy-generator/
Watch out for CCPA which applies to any company that operates in California and either makes at least $25 million in annual revenue, gathers data on more than 50,000 users, or makes more than half its money off of user data.
HTTPS
Free certificates from LetsEncrypt.org
WEBP:
>cwebp amy.png -q 80 -o amy.webp
Paint.net will save as webp format
Fallback for 20% not using WebP: https://bitsofco.de/why-and-how-to-use-webp-images-today/
EXPIRATION HEADERS IN .HTACCESS:
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