{"id":106,"date":"2021-11-12T02:05:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2023-02-25T18:00:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T12:30:40","slug":"confused-and-wasting-time-on-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/confused-and-wasting-time-on-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"CONFUSED AND WASTING TIME ON SEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"106\" class=\"elementor elementor-106\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12f9f4e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12f9f4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4937be4\" data-id=\"4937be4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf9c46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6cf9c46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/DIY-Marketing-blog-header-1-1.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e96ec51 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e96ec51\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce8fd81\" data-id=\"ce8fd81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0947e85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0947e85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>ARE YOU CONFUSED AND WASTING TIME ON SEO?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h4>DO YOU GET MUCH CONFLICTING INFORMATION ON SEO FROM THE MARKET?<\/h4><p><em>Then go ahead and continue reading.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><blockquote><h5><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of our favourites regarding SEO,\u00a0<\/span><\/h5><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If someone can get a top listing on Google for some $100 &#8220;SEO OFFER&#8221; or by coding the page in a certain way &#8211; Google&#8217;s Business would end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If you believe this, then we have a bridge, built overnight, to sell you \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><strong>There is no shortcut to high rankings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are so many elements related to SEO that there is a periodic table to understand all of the ingredients. <em>(Created and published by SearchEngineLand https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/seotable. Since it first debuted in 2011, Search Engine Land&#8217;s Periodic Table of SEO has become a globally recognized tool that search professionals have relied on to help them understand the elements essential to a winning SEO strategy)<\/em><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The elements impacting SEO are as below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Content<\/span><\/li><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Architecture<\/span><\/li><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Code (HTML)<\/span><\/li><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reputation<\/span><\/li><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Links<\/span><\/li><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">User<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The above elements impact SEO positively. There are few elements that are impacting negatively.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcbaf6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcbaf6c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59701f7\" data-id=\"59701f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3029f56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3029f56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CONTENT ELEMENTS<\/span><\/h4><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Keywords (Kw): <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Content elements are the most popular and basic methods like performing keyword Research (Rs) to identify what users are looking for and then incorporating those Keywords (Kw) into the content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Quality (Qu): <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More important, however, is Quality (Qu) \u2013 which indicates how critical it is to have well-written pages that value readers.<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Freshness (Fr): <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Additionally, search engines reward Freshness (Fr), ranking sites higher if they&#8217;re frequently updated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Multimedia (Mm):\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Images and video are important ways of delivering high-quality content with Depth (Dt).<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Answers (An): <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And, speaking of new ways to access content, the Answers (An) element represents the value of explicitly answering users&#8217; questions on your pages. This may help the pages display as a featured snippet or returned as a voice search result on Google Assistant.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4217be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4217be5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-87.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-154\" alt=\"Content SEO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-87.png 393w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-87-152x300.png 152w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-87-348x687.png 348w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-87-354x699.png 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32ca663 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32ca663\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e8f2ef\" data-id=\"6e8f2ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c03b373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c03b373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ARCHITECTURE ELEMENTS<\/span><\/h4><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Having a fast-loading &amp; malware-free landing page is critical for a search engine results page (SERP). Architecture elements include everything from the URLs used and the page load speed to security and crawlability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Crawl (Cr): <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The most critical element is the crawling of the website. If a search engine can&#8217;t crawl and index the pages, there is no hope of appearing in the search results and ranking on Google.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mobile (Mo) <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">represents optimizing content so that mobile searchers can see everything that desktop users see on the website. As early as 2015, Google noted that more searches took place on mobile devices than on desktop computers, and mobile devices have only grown in importance since then. Google is aggressively migrating to a mobile-first indexing framework.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speed (Sp). <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Not only do page load delays frustrate users and decrease conversions, but Google has also made it clear that speed is a ranking factor.<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Duplicate (Dd)<\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">More nuts-and-bolts architecture concerns include the proper handling of Duplicate (Dd) content by setting canonical URLs. Additionally, using appropriate contextual keywords in your pages&#8217; permalinks signals the engines and users that the page contains the info they&#8217;re seeking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Structure (St):\u00a0<\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It is all about the information architecture of your site. It not only tells search engines how to navigate your property but also gives your website users an idea of what you do, how to find what they&#8217;re looking for, and simplifies complex sites.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Parity (Pr) means that your site should offer the same user experience regardless of what device a searcher or website user is on. This pairs up with mobile friendliness. If there are two separate sites for mobile and desktop, there is parity in the content and experience for users, including parity in links, navigation, structured data, content, images, and between the mobile and desktop UI.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Oswald, 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.25rem; text-transform: uppercase; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d21fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d21fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-88.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-155\" alt=\"Architecture SEO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-88.png 437w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-88-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-88-348x620.png 348w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-88-354x630.png 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8cdf59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8cdf59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69dddb0\" data-id=\"69dddb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a774395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a774395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/appsumo.8odi.net\/c\/1807828\/1613859\/7443\" target=\"_top\" id=\"1613859\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/a.impactradius-go.com\/display-ad\/7443-1613859\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1456\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/appsumo.8odi.net\/i\/1807828\/1613859\/7443\" style=\"position:absolute;visibility:hidden;\" border=\"0\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46975b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46975b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b0c8d6\" data-id=\"4b0c8d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-865eeb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"865eeb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HTML ELEMENTS<\/span><\/h4><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This segment includes HTML tags you should use to send clues to search engines about your content and enable that content to render quickly.<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HTML TAGS: <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Search engines look for familiar formatting elements like Titles (Tt) and Headings (Hd) to determine what your page&#8217;s content is about, figuring that these cues to human readers will work just as well for them. But search engines also utilize particular fields like Schema (Sc) markup and Meta Descriptions (Ds) as clues to the meaning and purpose of the page.<\/span><\/p><h6><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Image Alt (ALT) and Content Shift (CLS). <\/span><\/h6><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ALT text for images improves accessibility and image SEO. Screen readers use ALT text to help those with visual disabilities understand the images on the page. Alt text for images can also help with image search &#8212; surfacing your site in image search results. Content Shift (CLS) focuses on the elements of visual stability. Cumulative Layout Shift, which is part of the Core Web Vitals and overall page experience update, refers to unexpected changes in a page&#8217;s layout as it loads \u2014 it&#8217;s annoying for users at a minimum and can cause real damage depending on the severity of the shift and content of the page.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3fe305 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e3fe305\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-89.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-157\" alt=\"HTML SEO\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-89.png 538w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-89-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-89-348x497.png 348w, https:\/\/ipott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screenshot-89-354x506.png 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cca3ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cca3ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b63d0c3\" data-id=\"b63d0c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd17e18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd17e18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); 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