6 Ways to Make your SEO More Authoritiative by Jason DeMers #337

Ep. 33733 min2016-09-14

Writing authoritative SEO content requires citing credentials, using real facts and examples, including images and video, linking to outside sources, and making yourself available for reader questions.

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Key takeaways
when you publish authoritative content, that's the first step into becoming that expert

About this episode

What is authoritativeness? How can you use it to improve your content and SEO? Chris and Charles will tell you as they review this week's article, "6 Ways to make your content more authoritative for SEO" by Jason DeMers posted at Search Engine Guide.

Questions this episode answers

How do you make SEO content more authoritative?

According to this episode, there are six ways: write from a professional perspective with credentials, use personal or manufacturer brands, include images and videos, cite real examples and facts, link to outside authoritative sources, and make yourself available for questions after publishing.

How can a small business without many writers use personal branding for SEO?

The hosts suggest that instead of relying on individual writer brands, small businesses should align themselves with a well-known manufacturer or supplier brand, especially if they hold a unique certification or exclusive status, to borrow authority from that larger brand.

In their words

content marketing is one of the most important strategies in establishing a solid online presence for SEO

Charles Lewis

associating yourself with the known authority will make your authority increase in direct proportion

Charles Lewis

one factor many marketers end up neglecting is the authoritiveness of the piece that you're producing

Charles Lewis
Terms defined in this episode
Authoritativeness
The quality of content that demonstrates expertise through credentials, real facts, outbound links to known authorities, and professional perspective, which Google, Yahoo, and Bing use to evaluate content quality.
Schema markup for reviews
Structured data applied to reviews on a website. Google now requires that schema markup be used only on reviews produced directly by the website, not on reviews syndicated from third-party platforms like Yelp or Angie's List.
Shiko
A term used by the hosts meaning a share, a like, or a follow on any social media platform.
AlgoCat
Short for algorithm cataclysm, a term the hosts use to describe a major Google algorithm update or significant change to search guidelines.

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Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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