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Entities, topics, keywords: Clarifying core semantic SEO concepts

Search Engine Land

In this article I’ve curated some of the most commonly misunderstood elements of entity and semantic SEO, aiming to clear the fog around them. Here’s our roadmap: What are the differences between entities, topics and keywords? What is a topical map? What role does schema markup play in entity SEO?

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Product page SEO: A complete guide

Search Engine Land

Ideally, they should describe what content a page holds. This makes image optimization a must in your SEO strategy. This element will help search engines understand what the image is about. Optimizing product detail pages (PDPs) is crucial for ecommerce websites. Optimizing image file names, alt text, and schema. See terms.

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SEO topic clusters: How to create, measure and analyze

Search Engine Land

Here’s how embracing topic clusters can elevate your SEO efforts and meet your audience’s needs more effectively. Dig deeper: An SEO guide to understanding E-E-A-T Understanding topic clusters for SEO Topic clusters offer a strategic way to organize and structure your content, providing valuable information to your target audience.

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How to create an SEO roadmap

Search Engine Land

When implementing an SEO strategy, a document roadmap is crucial for several reasons: It serves as your daily guide. It represents what non-SEO professionals perceive as SEO – a practical checklist of tasks. This article discusses why an SEO roadmap is essential for your strategy. Market and competitor research.

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What Are Canonical URLs: An In-Depth Guide for SEOs

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Here’s what you should do to make sure you implement them properly. Here’s what this looks like in practice, using Airtable as an example. Do this: <link rel="canonical" href="[link] Not this: <link rel="canonical" href="/hub/seo/seo-keywords"> Using absolute URLs eliminates any potential confusion for search engines.

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Decoding the SEO success of LinkedIn collaborative articles

Search Engine Land

While it was marketed as an initiative to surface the expertise of LinkedIn users (i.e., “Unlocking nearly 10 billion years worth of knowledge to help you tackle everyday work problems”), it is also a brilliant AI-driven SEO play. What is a LinkedIn collaborative article? and its popularity is only growing.

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Why next year’s SEO results depend on your SEO work this year

Search Engine Land

Now, what do you see? Your results six months from now depend on what you did at the end of last year. What’s more common is some variation of the following: Day 0 = Not indexed. Open up your favorite SEO tool and look up the ranking timeline for any top page on your site. Here’s why. It’s beautiful.

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