{"id":2554,"date":"2014-07-07T16:27:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T16:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2023-11-30T19:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:22:38","slug":"seo-is-20-technical-and-80-content-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/seo-is-20-technical-and-80-content-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"SEO is 20% Technical and 80% Content Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First of all, don&#8217;t get thrown off by this title. Just because I&#8217;m saying SEO is only 20% technical does NOT mean that technical SEO is\u00a0not\u00a0important. After all, SEO is a formula or recipe, and when one element or ingredient is removed the results are\u00a0never as good. So, technical SEO is very important but it should\u00a0never\u00a0take more than 20% of your time when optimizing your website, blog post or landing page.<\/p>\n<h2>Technical SEO = 20%<\/h2>\n<p>In order to minimize your time spent on technical SEO, I highly recommend you find a formula and stick with it. In fact, use a <a href=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/resources\/free-landing-page-seo-checklist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technical SEO checklist <\/a>that must be signed off on before you launch your site, landing page, or blog post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/resources\/free-landing-page-seo-checklist\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2565\" src=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/landing-page-seo-checklist.jpg\" alt=\"Technical SEO Checklist\" width=\"341\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/landing-page-seo-checklist.jpg 341w, https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/landing-page-seo-checklist-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also use a website and web page auditing tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MySiteAuditor.com<\/a>. If you can score an 80% or better on any landing page or blog post consider that page technically optimized for search engines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2420\" src=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/site-audit.png\" alt=\"Site Audit\" width=\"547\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/site-audit.png 547w, https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/site-audit-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By using a checklist or auditing tool you&#8217;ll save more time for your awesome content strategy.<\/p>\n<h2>Content Strategy = 80%<\/h2>\n<p>I still shake my when I hear people say SEO is dying. Nothing could be further from the truth. <strong>For SEO to die, Google would have to die.<\/strong> Last time I checked Google was breaking stock prices. <strong>SEO is simply evolving, and content strategy is the future of SEO.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google&#8217;s Mission:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Google\u2019s mission is to organize the world\u2019s information and make it universally accessible and useful.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s say Google fails to provide useful information in the future. What happens? Bing happens, or a new and better search engine happens. As the internet grows, so does the need to find useful information on the internet.<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s &#8220;useful information&#8221;?<\/h3>\n<p>Providing useful information means developing an awesome content strategy. Google and other search engines know that the majority of people creating awesome content aren&#8217;t technical SEO experts, so why would Google penalize awesome content (useful information) because it&#8217;s not technically optimized. That&#8217;s why I believe SEO is 20% technical and 80% content strategy.<\/p>\n<h3>10 Tips on Creating Awesome Content<\/h3>\n<p>1. Brainstorm an entire list of topics to write about over the next few months<br \/>\n2. Use visuals, even if they suck<br \/>\n3. Site statistics and case studies<br \/>\n4. Be consistent and keep the content coming<br \/>\n5. Use featured images<br \/>\n6. Invest in good audio equipment for your videos (<a href=\"http:\/\/wistia.com\/learning\/choosing-a-microphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Audio &#8220;How to&#8221;\u00a0video<\/a>)<br \/>\n7. Wireframe your infographics and <a href=\"http:\/\/elance.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elance<\/a> the graphic design (spend $100 tops)<br \/>\n8. Use screenshots and arrows (try <a href=\"http:\/\/awesomescreenshot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Awesome Screenshot<\/a>)<br \/>\n9. Break up your content with lists, visuals, bullets, and quotes<br \/>\n10. Make your content EASILY sharable<\/p>\n<h4>Conclusion<\/h4>\n<p>Technical SEO is usually\u00a0as important as <a href=\"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/keep-it-simple-stupid-content-guidelines-for-websites\/\">content strategy<\/a>; however, that doesn&#8217;t mean you should spend half of your time on technical SEO. \u00a0It just means that you should think like a human and focus your content on humans, and not on appeasing Google&#8217;s algorithm. In fact, Google&#8217;s algorithm is\u00a0designed to think like a human, and human&#8217;s link to and share awesome and useful content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First of all, don&#8217;t get thrown off by this title. 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