SEO for Media Websites: Main problems and Solutions for them

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Despite constantly added content, huge media websites still can have a lack of Organic traffic.

Most crucial SEO traffic problems of media websites:

Big scales of pages and poor discoverability for bots, as a result;
Tones of temporary popular content, which loses its searchability with time;

Ways to increase Organic traffic for news websites:

Evergreen Content. Make content that never loses its popularity. Useful and searchable at all times topics will constantly bring the traffic.

Content hubs. Collections of articles, videos, and other format content on the specific topic increase traffic and engagement.

TechSEO and Interlinking. Pay attention to dynamically updated sitemap, correct pagination, clear navigation, and relevant internal links. They are very important not only for users but for bots, so they can discover all useful pages, crawl and index them.

Crawl Budget. Monitor, manage and increase the Crawl budget, for important pages to be crawled, indexed, and bring the traffic.

Crawl Speed. The faster content is being crawled, the faster pages get into the Index. For fresh news reveal and faster information update Crawl speed is crucial.

And don’t forget E-A-T and Google News, which are a must for every reputable Media.

❓ Which are the most common challenges and ways to increase Organic Traffic for Media websites? What do you think, SEO people?
 
With media websites comes 1 thing to mind and that is "fake news"
 
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