1 00:00:00,970 --> 00:00:05,800 Now we have photos and you actually walked around far and we know how to monitor our ranking on those 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:06,230 keywords. 3 00:00:06,610 --> 00:00:09,940 It's time to take action and actually start to improve our position. 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:16,360 These are the keywords we've chosen doing our search process, which is homepage design from these keywords. 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,910 As an example, we would like to get an organic feed for this keyword. 6 00:00:20,260 --> 00:00:21,360 We don't have any page. 7 00:00:21,370 --> 00:00:25,420 Our content currently that was specifically created to be around for the keyword. 8 00:00:25,810 --> 00:00:31,210 We will create a blog post for this purpose was done until you could create a landing page, for example, 9 00:00:31,220 --> 00:00:36,790 homepage, a section on those services section you can create in your blog post any comment management 10 00:00:36,790 --> 00:00:39,790 system or even without directly the Web site code. 11 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,120 But we will use squawkers platform as it is the most popular. 12 00:00:45,430 --> 00:00:47,620 Go to your WordPress account and login. 13 00:00:48,550 --> 00:00:53,620 We will install your special plugin, which will make the whole process of optimizing your blog post 14 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:55,430 for the chosen keyword much easier. 15 00:00:56,380 --> 00:00:59,770 Please note you will need admin access to install this plugin. 16 00:01:01,140 --> 00:01:05,730 Go to the plugins section from the left panel, click on Add New. 17 00:01:07,710 --> 00:01:09,360 Types in the search field. 18 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:14,800 Click on the instant now button next to the in name. 19 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,040 After a while, those plug in is installed. 20 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:21,660 Click on the activate button. 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,590 Once it's active, you can start using it. 22 00:01:27,990 --> 00:01:36,270 Now go to the postop and click on at New to start creating your blog post in the section, enter your 23 00:01:36,270 --> 00:01:40,620 keyword as they focus key phrase in our case, homepage design. 24 00:01:41,770 --> 00:01:48,040 Your suggestions are not always accurate, but it will remind you if you forget to add important elements 25 00:01:48,070 --> 00:01:49,330 like metter description. 26 00:01:50,930 --> 00:01:56,480 Let's start with the title of the Web page, also known as Title Track, which is the first thing that 27 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,540 users see in the search results for certain keyword. 28 00:02:00,740 --> 00:02:06,080 In the debate preview, you can see how your page title is looking in the search results at the moment. 29 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:12,140 If you click on the edit snippet, you can see that your title that currently will display the title 30 00:02:12,140 --> 00:02:16,760 of the post are paid, then the separator and then the site title. 31 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:23,470 You can change the separator by going to the CEO search appearance and then you have plenty to choose 32 00:02:24,290 --> 00:02:31,070 you content decide title by going to the setting then General and you have the title field. 33 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:35,880 We will not change those as dash and the name of our company are OK. 34 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:39,490 The only thing we need to change is the post title. 35 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:41,450 You can do it at the top. 36 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:45,810 There are several levels you should have in mind while creating your title. 37 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:47,330 Very important. 38 00:02:47,510 --> 00:02:53,120 It should consist of the keywords you want to be ranked for at the beginning or close to the very beginning 39 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:53,810 of the title. 40 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:56,930 It should be interesting to encourage people to click. 41 00:02:57,410 --> 00:03:03,260 If your title is not cliqued by the users in search results, your position will be weaker and weaker. 42 00:03:03,740 --> 00:03:09,830 The metric that shows what percentage of users click on your title is Click for Rate or City Are, and 43 00:03:09,830 --> 00:03:11,720 you want it to be as high as possible. 44 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:18,380 You can achieve this with a title that is intriguing or full of emotions, or that is the word game, 45 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:24,890 including a question in your title is generally a very good idea, as people would love to find the 46 00:03:24,890 --> 00:03:25,430 answer. 47 00:03:26,270 --> 00:03:30,170 It should not be too long, usually about 50 to 60 characters. 48 00:03:30,590 --> 00:03:34,070 It should not be deceiving us even if the user clicks your link. 49 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,360 If it doesn't match the search content, your page will be immediately closed. 50 00:03:38,810 --> 00:03:40,010 It should be unique. 51 00:03:40,010 --> 00:03:42,230 So there is not the same title already. 52 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:49,550 Having all of that in mind, our title will be jaw dropping homepage design in five simple steps. 53 00:03:50,060 --> 00:03:51,920 Let's enter that at the top. 54 00:03:53,990 --> 00:04:00,950 You can consider adding words like ranking guide report current here are similar that will help you 55 00:04:00,950 --> 00:04:07,260 to rank for long term keywords and give users more information once we completed the title track. 56 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,370 Now it's time for to description. 57 00:04:09,860 --> 00:04:15,380 It is something that the users see below the title and should give more details and better idea what 58 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:16,430 the page is about. 59 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:20,750 Most of the rules for the title apply to method description as well. 60 00:04:21,110 --> 00:04:23,000 It should contain your target keyword. 61 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,330 Be informative and interesting and not too long. 62 00:04:26,540 --> 00:04:31,260 About 130 to 150 characters we will use. 63 00:04:31,610 --> 00:04:37,730 Find out the best homepage design tips and tricks from the experts condense guide with real examples, 64 00:04:37,940 --> 00:04:40,400 practical knowledge and stunning visuals. 65 00:04:41,450 --> 00:04:45,920 After finishing our title and description, we can move to the content part. 66 00:04:46,430 --> 00:04:51,890 There are a lot of guidelines to follow if you want to produce engaging, SEO optimized content for 67 00:04:51,890 --> 00:04:53,990 your audience, number one. 68 00:04:54,380 --> 00:04:59,540 First of all, your content should be in accordance with what people are expecting by searching for 69 00:04:59,540 --> 00:05:02,210 certain keywords and then clicking on your link. 70 00:05:02,540 --> 00:05:05,490 It should be aligned with your title and meta description. 71 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:12,410 Number two, with his latest updates, Google promotes longer complex content that users spend more 72 00:05:12,410 --> 00:05:12,920 time on. 73 00:05:13,190 --> 00:05:14,120 For a blog post. 74 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,550 You can aim at two thousand plus words. 75 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,880 Also, it gives better terms. 76 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:21,310 Users will spend more time on your web page. 77 00:05:21,710 --> 00:05:22,550 No free. 78 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:26,060 It should bring amazing value and be of high quality. 79 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:32,630 You can achieve that if the content is up to date written by the professional copywriter and contains 80 00:05:32,630 --> 00:05:39,800 a lot of visual elements like images, videos, charts, interactive pieces, it's much better to use 81 00:05:40,190 --> 00:05:42,050 made photos or videos than yours. 82 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:47,810 Generic juanfran stock also use as much practical advice and case studies as possible. 83 00:05:48,410 --> 00:05:54,290 Number four, you can structure your content to answer the most frequent questions, which will help 84 00:05:54,290 --> 00:05:56,750 with optimization for voice search as well. 85 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:03,470 If you are content the proper structure by using age to tax for each new concept, you can do it by 86 00:06:03,470 --> 00:06:07,640 clicking on the plus icon and then on adding a heading block. 87 00:06:08,710 --> 00:06:15,310 Eight to attack will be chosen by default, 130 are heading, you can add paragraph blocks to continue 88 00:06:15,310 --> 00:06:15,850 writing. 89 00:06:16,210 --> 00:06:20,170 This way, your content will be more intuitive to both users and robots. 90 00:06:20,740 --> 00:06:24,190 Number five, the same as with title better description. 91 00:06:24,460 --> 00:06:30,820 Use your target keywords in your content to your keyword should be used within first 100 words of the 92 00:06:30,820 --> 00:06:31,300 text. 93 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:36,160 Don't start text with keyword artificially, but it should rather come up naturally. 94 00:06:36,550 --> 00:06:42,700 Don't only use your keywords, but also synonyms and closely related terms that are often used with 95 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:44,320 your keyword in the same context. 96 00:06:44,810 --> 00:06:46,710 These are called the Elci keywords. 97 00:06:47,290 --> 00:06:49,450 There are some tools which you can use to find them. 98 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,630 For example, go to the SIGGRAPH dot com. 99 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:57,160 Enter your keyword in the search box and click generate. 100 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:06,770 You receive plenty of ideas of keywords you can use in your article that are related to keywords you 101 00:07:06,770 --> 00:07:12,920 want to be ranked for, looking at the results, you can write about homepage design templates, you 102 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,580 can use keyword website layout and so on. 103 00:07:16,220 --> 00:07:20,130 This tactic will tell Google that your Web page is comprehensive. 104 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:27,980 Number six, use internal links if you have on your website other articles that cover this or similar 105 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:30,620 topic include a link to these articles. 106 00:07:31,070 --> 00:07:35,450 Also in those articles include a link to this new article. 107 00:07:35,910 --> 00:07:38,770 This way, all of the content is nicely connected. 108 00:07:38,930 --> 00:07:45,170 And also if other article has a lot of traffic and a good position in Google, your new article will 109 00:07:45,170 --> 00:07:46,700 instantly benefit from that. 110 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:53,180 You include the internal link simply by highlighting the text you want to link, for example, website 111 00:07:53,180 --> 00:07:56,060 design clicking on the train icon. 112 00:07:56,940 --> 00:07:59,370 And enter the name of the internal pet. 113 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:01,820 And took it from the list. 114 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:12,070 Number seven, apart from linking to internal articles, you should also link to respectable external 115 00:08:12,070 --> 00:08:12,700 articles. 116 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:18,750 It gives your user additional valuable sources and help you to position as an expert in the topic. 117 00:08:19,180 --> 00:08:25,330 You include external link simply by highlighting the text you want to link, for example, website design, 118 00:08:25,690 --> 00:08:31,690 clicking on the icon and entering the URL address of the web page you want to link to. 119 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:41,840 Number eight, any image that you use should be optimized, it's fine and all text should both contain 120 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:47,240 your keyword Altegrity, something that will be shown if the image is not displayed correctly. 121 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:52,130 You optimize image by simply adding it to the article with plus icon. 122 00:08:53,070 --> 00:08:59,030 Then uploading the image with the correct name, if your keyword are secured and then choosing the URL 123 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:00,420 text in the right panel. 124 00:09:06,580 --> 00:09:12,250 These are the most important things to optimize when it comes to content, let's copy paste the text. 125 00:09:12,250 --> 00:09:19,810 According to all these suggestions, you can see links, videos, images, keywords used, etc. You 126 00:09:19,810 --> 00:09:24,280 can see that Yoast is not complaining, too, which is indicated by the green face. 127 00:09:25,670 --> 00:09:29,630 Apart from content optimization, you should take care of the euro. 128 00:09:30,050 --> 00:09:33,780 It should also contain your keyword and be as short as possible. 129 00:09:34,490 --> 00:09:38,410 Also, things should be consistent with other pages on your website. 130 00:09:38,870 --> 00:09:44,960 You can change the link by clicking on the title of the blog post and click edit next to the permalink, 131 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:45,830 which is displayed. 132 00:09:48,030 --> 00:09:50,910 We will change it to homepage design guide with dashes. 133 00:09:52,710 --> 00:09:59,070 Also, you should take care of the speed it can be improved by choosing the fast Web hosting provider, 134 00:09:59,310 --> 00:10:05,310 keeping the small size of the whole website, low size of Imagists, and no amount of external scrapes 135 00:10:05,310 --> 00:10:07,950 on your page that require time to execute. 136 00:10:08,550 --> 00:10:12,740 If your site is slow, users will be annoyed and will stop using it. 137 00:10:13,670 --> 00:10:20,450 Last two things, make sure you are using https in state of HTTP, meaning your website is secure, 138 00:10:20,690 --> 00:10:28,460 which you can achieve by buying HTTPS certificate, activating it and installing and making sure that 139 00:10:28,460 --> 00:10:33,880 your website is mobile friendly, easy to read and interact with, OK. 140 00:10:34,340 --> 00:10:39,350 These are the most important and potential things you should take care of by applying them. 141 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:43,570 You put your web page in a great position when it comes to keyword ranking. 142 00:10:44,090 --> 00:10:50,060 However, you should also take care of the second piece of the puzzle, which is of page zero optimization. 143 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,760 We will cover that in the next video.