Ladies and Gents,
This article is almost 2 months old. After reading it I found most of it complete bs and speculation. I was just wondering if you would share your thoughts. I personally stick to long term white hat Stradegies because I sell branded products. However it amazes me that the author was published on Forbes with this information and I apologize if he is a member here no offense meant.
1. Basically states content is important.
2. Sites need to be mobile compatible. Although this is true I feel like this is oldnews
3. Brand mentions and citations will be as important as links. This is interesting and something I have been doing for a couple years. I don't know how it has affected rankings but always took it into consideration. "As important as links" I personally can't see this happening however I have never tested results only using mentions.
4. Search engines will place more value on social signals. This is interesting because they are so easily faked. In example YouTube views and Instagram/Facebook likes
5. Building relationships with bloggers and brand influencers. I think this is always a good practice but will it really have more effect in the coming months.
6. NSEO will be a bigger threat. With the rolls backs of several Google updates over the last few months do you think this could really happen. IMO I feel like Google is moving more towards devaluing links rather tha. Penalyzing.
7. SEO will become part of marketing rather than a specific branch of the marketing department.
overall I feel like most of this article is completely bs it almost sounds like a spun article on basic white hat SEO that was written 2 years ago. I hope #3 and #5 would be true and they would have a bigger impact. I didn't mean for this to be a rant but how many of you agree/disagree with these points? Here is the original I look forward to your feedback
This article is almost 2 months old. After reading it I found most of it complete bs and speculation. I was just wondering if you would share your thoughts. I personally stick to long term white hat Stradegies because I sell branded products. However it amazes me that the author was published on Forbes with this information and I apologize if he is a member here no offense meant.
1. Basically states content is important.
2. Sites need to be mobile compatible. Although this is true I feel like this is oldnews
3. Brand mentions and citations will be as important as links. This is interesting and something I have been doing for a couple years. I don't know how it has affected rankings but always took it into consideration. "As important as links" I personally can't see this happening however I have never tested results only using mentions.
4. Search engines will place more value on social signals. This is interesting because they are so easily faked. In example YouTube views and Instagram/Facebook likes
5. Building relationships with bloggers and brand influencers. I think this is always a good practice but will it really have more effect in the coming months.
6. NSEO will be a bigger threat. With the rolls backs of several Google updates over the last few months do you think this could really happen. IMO I feel like Google is moving more towards devaluing links rather tha. Penalyzing.
7. SEO will become part of marketing rather than a specific branch of the marketing department.
overall I feel like most of this article is completely bs it almost sounds like a spun article on basic white hat SEO that was written 2 years ago. I hope #3 and #5 would be true and they would have a bigger impact. I didn't mean for this to be a rant but how many of you agree/disagree with these points? Here is the original I look forward to your feedback
