SEO trends to prepare for in 2017 by Pratik Dholakiya #351

Ep. 35137 min2016-12-16

Five SEO trends to prepare for in 2017 are user intent optimization, rich answers and snippets growth, cross-channel marketing, increased mobile traffic, and the rapid rise of voice search.

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Key takeaways
a mobile version, mobile-friendly content is not a luxury anymore. This is a necessity.

About this episode

Chris and Chuck travel to the future to bring you the upcoming SEO trends in 2017! How should you optimize? Should you use cross-channel or multi-channel marketing? What about voice search? Find out all the answers and more in Best SEO Podcast 351!

Questions this episode answers

Why does voice search matter for SEO in 2017?

Voice search is one of the fastest growing search options, driven by devices like Alexa and Google Home. Users ask full conversational questions rather than short keyword phrases, so site content must be semantic and contextual to match those queries and get found.

What does optimizing for user intent mean in practice?

It means studying what search terms bring visitors to your site, which pages they view most, and how long they stay, then creating content that matches what users are actually looking for rather than what you assume or want them to see.

In their words

users are now entering full queries or phrases in search engines, which gather data to provide results more effectively

Guest
Terms defined in this episode
AMP pages
Accelerated mobile pages made specifically for ranking fast and being user-friendly on mobile devices, stripping heavy background code and images to focus on content.
Schema markup
Code added to a site that tells Google exactly what specific content is, increasing the chance that content appears as a rich snippet or in the knowledge graph.
Cross-channel marketing
Using several channels such as paid ads, social campaigns, and optimized web pages in an integrated way to market the same brand and product to the same target audience.
Shikos
An eWebResults branded term for social media engagement, standing for shares, likes, and follows.

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