{"id":11152,"date":"2019-03-14T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T05:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=11152"},"modified":"2023-06-08T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T03:56:00","slug":"content-optimization-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/content-optimization-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Content Optimization Tactics to Avoid Common SEO Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bulb.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13384\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bulb.jpeg?resize=640%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bulb.jpeg?w=882&amp;ssl=1 882w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bulb.jpeg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/bulb.jpeg?resize=768%2C428&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranking online is harder than ever before, with every type of business moving into the digital world \u2014 but organic search remains the most consistent source of relevant traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to this, SEO is just as important as ever. And with the content being increasingly rich and sophisticated, the consequences of making simple SEO mistakes can be catastrophic. Few things in content marketing are more frustrating than seeing content flop due to an SEO issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But how do you ensure that your content is ready to rank well? It\u2019s just a matter of following best practices. To that end, here are 6 tactics for optimizing your content for SEO:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>1. Research existing content<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t have the luxury of sending your content out in a vacuum. Anything you produce now is entering a crowded field and must contend with numerous other pieces with similar names, similar themes, and similar points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this, you can do almost everything right with your content and still get nowhere, all because it\u2019s on a par with existing content <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from a much stronger brand<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If research indicates that there are 50+ pieces of the same type from world-renowned companies, it\u2019s a sure sign that making a play for those rankings isn\u2019t the wisest move. What you need to do is look for the gaps between the leading contenders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/competitor-analysis.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11154\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/competitor-analysis.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Content Optimization Tactics-Research existing content\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/competitor-analysis.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/competitor-analysis.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/competitor-analysis.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/competitor-analysis.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebluediamondgallery.com\/tablet\/c\/competitor-analysis.html\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Blue Diamond Gallery<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a tool like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/answerthepublic.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AnswerThePublic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to see what questions are being asked about the topics you\u2019d like to write about, then search for those questions to see what content comes up. Are there any questions that haven\u2019t yet been answered? If so, each one is a golden opportunity to rank.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>2. Build around primary keywords<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a fair difference between writing in a classic style and writing for the web, and one of the most common SEO mistakes is simply not being aware of what digital writing demands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until natural language processing catches up with the human ability to parse language, it won\u2019t be enough to write something that sounds good to a person. You\u2019ll need to write something that can be broken down and interpreted by a search crawler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This process of interpretation still relies heavily on keywords. If someone searches for \u201chow to care for cats\u201d, then the search engine will look for pages that contain that specific phrase, or at least its component parts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/why-is-semantic-seo-necessary-for-you-business\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Semantic search<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> does play a part (if you have the similar phrase \u201ca guide to looking after felines\u201d, it will stand a chance of ranking), but exact matches will always perform better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As such, you could have an exceptional page on looking after cats, but if you don\u2019t build it around the most popular keywords, it won\u2019t get the traffic it deserves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are some caveats to this, as we\u2019ll see next, but it\u2019s an essential part of SEO regardless. Try using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/features\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keyword Archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to keep track of how you\u2019re performing for specific keywords.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>3. Focus on natural language<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the SEO industry was first established (in the early days of the internet), the process of assessing websites has become vastly more sophisticated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gone are the days of the keywords meta attribute being a major ranking factor, leading webmasters to cram it with thousands of search terms to get some easy rankings. Today, Google is on the lookout for attempts to game the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What this means for your use of keywords is that you need to aim for a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">natural <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feeling. You should be including them because searchers want them, not just because they\u2019ll help you rank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure that everything you write looks meaningful and natural to human eyes. If you go too far with keywords \u2014 including too many in strange positions \u2014 then your site may be penalized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Content-Optimization-Tactics.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11155 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Content-Optimization-Tactics.jpg?resize=640%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Content Optimization Tactics-Focus on natural language\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Content-Optimization-Tactics.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=710%2C360&amp;ssl=1 1420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Content-Optimization-Tactics.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=710%2C360&amp;ssl=1 2130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/reading-book-girl-woman-people-925589\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pixabay<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great way to get your approach right is to risk going overboard with the keywords, to begin with, then revisit the content after some time has passed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you read through it with fresh eyes, from the perspective of a regular site visitor, does it seem <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">odd <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in places? Does it come across as the product of an artificial production process? If so, scale back the optimization until it feels normal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>4. Use clear subheadings<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several reasons why splitting up your content with subheadings is highly valuable, so let\u2019s rapidly run through them:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b><strong>* <\/strong>They make content easier to read.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SEO isn\u2019t just influenced by technical elements: it\u2019s also affected by metrics such as dwell time (how long someone spends on your site).<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If people start spending longer reading your content, that information will filter through to Google, and you might find your rankings improving. Subheadings also help your chances by making content look better on mobile screens and helping to frame it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><strong>* <\/strong>They help search crawlers parse content.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Search crawlers have to break everything down to categorize it, and that\u2019s harder the more densely you pack your content.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subheadings force you to split your content into sections, each of which makes some sense in isolation. This is also very useful for appearing in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/6229325?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">featured snippets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in SERPs. If Google can extract a paragraph in its entirety, it will do so.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>* <\/strong><b>They perfectly support major keywords.<\/b> We\u2019ve already looked at how tricky it can be to include important keywords in a natural way, but subheadings are excellent for this.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, take the types of question we looked at in the research section: you could easily use that sort of question as a subheading to frame your copy, and it would seem totally natural because it would be separate from the actual content.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using subheadings is also excellent for speeding up the content production process. By setting out the sections first, you can then just fill in the blanks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>5. Balance image quality and size<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visuals matter for SEO for two reasons: firstly, there\u2019s the element of on-page metrics that I touched upon with dwell time, and secondly, there\u2019s the issue of size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bigger the file size, the greater the page loading delay \u2014 and loading times <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affect rankings (on mobile devices, at least). But you can\u2019t just ignore images entirely, because people expect them, and they lend invaluable context in many cases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider an article on photography technique, for instance. You can use all the right keyword and phrases (\u201chow to choose to light\u201d, \u201chow to compose a shot\u201d, \u201chow to take motion shots\u201d, etc.), but you need something to communicate the theme of the page <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">immediately<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It doesn\u2019t need to be very sophisticated: even spacing out the content <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/burst.shopify.com\/free-images\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with some relevant stock photos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would get the job done, however generic they may seem in isolation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Balance-image-quality-and-size.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11156 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Balance-image-quality-and-size.jpg?resize=640%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Content Optimization Tactics-Balance image quality and size\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Balance-image-quality-and-size.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=710%2C360&amp;ssl=1 1420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Balance-image-quality-and-size.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=710%2C360&amp;ssl=1 2130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/person-human-child-girl-play-rock-836589\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pixabay<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it\u2019s all a balance: ensuring that the photos you include look good while preventing their size from significantly slowing your loading time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are numerous services out there for achieving lossless compression (or high-quality lossy compression), as well as CMS plugins that can do it, so investigate and pick something suitable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>6. Polish the metadata and URLs<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metadata encompasses a variety of fields that help categorize the different elements of a webpage. Every web page should have a meta title, a meta description, and title and alt tags for its images. Furthermore, the URL should be optimized. Here\u2019s why:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Page titles and URLs are important for search.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A search crawler will look for keywords in each of these fields, so every page should have some version of its primary keyword in both its title and its URL.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Good meta descriptions bring in more clicks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Meta descriptions don\u2019t directly affect rankings, but because they commonly show up underneath titles in SERPs, they can significantly affect which results people choose.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Image metadata matters for accessibility.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When an image can\u2019t load (or can\u2019t be viewed if a blind person is using custom software to use a website), the alt text explains what the image shows. Without it, a search crawler will have a much tougher time figuring out what an image is supposed to be.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news about metadata is that it doesn\u2019t take all that long to write and implement. It might seem like a chore, but get it done now (while it\u2019s fresh in your mind) and you\u2019ll be able to proceed with confidence that you\u2019ve covered that base.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO mistakes can be heartbreaking, able as they are to lead great work to ruin. If you\u2019re doing content marketing correctly, you\u2019re putting a lot of effort into making great content, so don\u2019t let that dedication go to waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By deploying these 6 content optimization tactics, you can ensure that your content has the best chance of succeeding in the rankings. Also, let us know in the comments if these content optimization tips helped you. We would love to hear from you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranking online is harder than ever before, with every type of business moving into the digital world \u2014 but organic search remains the most consistent source of relevant traffic. Due to this, SEO is just as important as ever. 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