A great SEO strategy should start by putting yourself in the user’s shoes and asking yourself if the content is truly valuable, the brand is trustworthy, and the website is easy to use. SEO is not a new concept but it's importance increases with each year.

1. YOUR SEO GUIDE
FOR 2021
- by Innothoughts

2. Meaning:
Search engine optimization is the process of attracting organic (free) traffic from the search results in
search engines. You want people who are typing keywords relevant to your business into the search
engines to see your site right away.
If your business doesn’t appear high-up in the organic results, potential clients won’t even know you
exist, and they’ll go to a competitor.

3. Why optimizing your website with the right
keywords and content is important?
● There’s more to search engine optimization than traffic. The purpose of optimizing your site
isn’t just to increase your website traffic. It can boost your qualified traffic.That means if
someone finds your website using a relevant keyword they’ve typed into the search box, and
you serve them valuable content, products or services, they’re more likely to stick around and
turn into a lead or sale.Maybe they fill out a form to download an eBook, sign up for your
eNewsletter or purchase something from you. You now have a qualified lead or a customer
that you can nurture over time.
● Consumers who are staying home are seeking out local businesses. People still want to order
food, buy clothing, shop for gifts and save on everything from electronics to mattresses.
Search engine optimization is evergreen, while COVID-19 won’t be around forever—even if it
feels that way. Good search engine optimization leads to long-term results.

4. What are effective SEO tips?
Voice Search: It’s a voice search revolution
The concept of voice search started with smartphones then quickly escalated to smart
speakers and voice assistants worldwide.
The results for our voice searches are mostly the featured snippets that we get on
traditional searches. Google relies heavily on knowledge graphs and rich snippets to
answer voice queries.
The search engines are looking for natural language, so if you want to keep on top of SEO
trends for 2021, you’re going to have to brainstorm the types of questions people might
ask that include your target keywords.

5. Local Search:
Optimizing for local search is already incredibly important. But in 2021, you could
be left behind by your competitors if you don’t make it a central focus.
There’s so much emphasis on shopping locally, and small business owners need
our support more than the big-box retailers! This consumer shift to buying locally
is here to stay, so make sure you’re ready to welcome your neighbours by:
● Regularly writing and posting new local content like blogs and how-to
guides
● Getting back links on other local business sites
● Making sure you’re listed in Google my business
● Adding a link to your business on Google Maps

6. Video optimization:
It is predicted that by 2022, 83% of the world’s internet traffic will be video.
To be successful, marketers need to think beyond YouTube as a “video site” and
see it for what it is: the second largest search engine in the world. To be
successful on this platform, you need to have compelling content and titles, and
optimize your video channel name and description in a user-friendly way.
The same goes for video on your site, too. Ensure your videos are optimized in
terms of keywords, size, CTAs (calls-to-action), upload speed, descriptions and
closed captioning.

7. User Experience:
A Great UX (user experience) will be one of the most discussed topics
throughout 2021 and beyond. The way people navigate, investigate and feel on
your website has become one of the greatest problems in SEO, especially since
people started using mobile devices more than desktops. The necessity to
optimize websites for mobile devices has broken into every webmaster’s life.
This is a big deal for Google as well. If the user experience on your website is
still so-so, then you know what to do early in 2021.

8. User + Search Intent:
This is not a new concept but it’s importance grows stronger each year because
searcher intent and behavior is changing all the time. Especially after the year
that was 2020 when so much rapidly changed.
Paying closer attention to search results will give SEO pros a leg up in creating
competitive content in the way that searchers desire to consume it.
Google will get even better at recognizing when a searcher is looking for expert
advice and will rank those posts above articles written by content writers who are
lacking E-A-T (Expertise, Authority and Trust)

9. To conclude:
Trends are changing day by day. We don’t know what will be in the future and,
respectively, what changes we will go through. However, we have to adjust to
any circumstances and adapt our business models to them to win any race in the
niche. Above all, a great SEO strategy should start by putting yourself in the
user’s shoes and asking yourself if the content is truly valuable, the brand is
trustworthy, and the website is easy to use
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