https://wostrategies.com/series/seo-tips-flash-briefing/enTechnologyCopyright Katherine Watier Onghttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/de672e1813d26a6ceadbd74d88173ef8.jpghttps://wostrategies.com/series/seo-tips-flash-briefing/Fri, 07 Apr 2023 21:20:04 +0000Katherine Watier OngKatherine Watier Ongkatherine@wostrategies.comDaily SEO tips by SEO veteran, Katherine Watier Ongfalseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-153-can-mixed-content-sites-perform-well-in-organic-search--45696338Buzzsprout-8818762Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo you have a site with mixed content - both YMYL (Your Money or your Life) and other types of content? Do you know if that is best for organic traffic?Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Here’s the takeaway: for that YMYL content to rank...65falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-152-google-updates-its-ctr-patent--45683154Buzzsprout-8818697Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle updated its User CTR PatentHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Yes, they say that they don’t use click-through rates, but they just filed an update to their CTR patent. You should read Bill Slawski’s analysis to make up your mind. I’m...42falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-151-google-knows-writers--45670162Buzzsprout-8818655Mon, 12 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that Google can figure out *who* wrote your site content?Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.John Mueller says they use something called recognition where they spot writing patterns that they know comes from a particular author,...52falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-150-sharing-spotify-podcast-for-more-exposure--45628839Buzzsprout-8818596Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngSpotify had made sharing podcast content easierHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Spotify lets you share a specific timestamp from a podcast. When you tap the share button, you’ll see a toggle option that enables you to create a link for...33daily seo tips,podcast,seo,sharing spotify podcast for mo,spotify podcastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-149-subfolder-vs-subdomain-which-is-best-for-organic-traffic--45617091Buzzsprout-8793845Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngSubfolders vs subdomain - which is more effective when you’re consolidating your website?Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Here’s the tip (and is what I recommend to clients): moving to a subfolder almost always increases trafficBut don’t...41falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-148-rss-feeds-and-brand-follows--45600442Buzzsprout-8793796Tue, 06 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about RSS feeds.Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Google recently announced an updated use for RSS - allowing users to follow brandsI spotted this announcement on the Chromium blog - an option to enable Android users (using...65falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-147-google-i-o-updates-that-impact-seo--45555020Buzzsprout-8793710Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about the Google I/O Updates that impact SEOHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Here’s a quick overview of the updates from Google I/O that impact SEO.1. Google announced their new natural language engine - that they call MUM (the...177falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-146-heads-up-on-a-few-different-terms-in-ga4--45531327Buzzsprout-8793605Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about GA4 and its different terminologyHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Let’s talk about two different terms you’ll find in GA4 that are not in the older version of Google Analytics.Google Analytics 4 Bounce Rate (Why It Isn’t...68daily seo tips,different terms in ga4,digital marketing tips,google analytics 4,katherine watier ongfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-145-the-marketing-value-of-facebook-groups--45437380Buzzsprout-8489819Wed, 12 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about Facebook GroupsHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.1.8 Billion People Use Facebook Groups Every MonthThis is a HUGE amount of potentially untrackable visits to your site - Facebook groups are a part of that “dark web” you...70falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-144-creating-a-hub-to-build-topical-authority--45437386Buzzsprout-8489796Tue, 11 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow to Create a plan to build a Page or Hub that sets you up as a Topical AuthorityHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.This article from OnCrawl was an intense read, but the most helpful part I picked up is the following tips around creating...99falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-143-the-potential-impact-of-mobile-only-indexing--45437385Buzzsprout-8489707Mon, 10 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about whether Mobile Only Indexing might be impacting your site.Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.If you were not aware, Google announced that they would crawl all sites (desktop or mobile) with the mobile-only crawler. This...92falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-142-impacts-of-web-core-vitals-update-on-your-site--45437382Buzzsprout-8453220Tue, 04 May 2021 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow much of an impact will Web Core Vitals have on your organic traffic? Learn more in today's SEO tip.View podcast show notes at:https://wostrategies.com/podcast/seo-tips-flash-briefing/web-core-vitals-impact-on-website253falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-141-optimizing-your-podcast-for-multiple-players--45437401Buzzsprout-8453111Mon, 03 May 2021 22:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about optimizing your podcastHello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.First of all, did you know that (based on the State of Podcasting Listening 2021 report) the number of Americans listening to a podcast (80 million) is more than...93falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-140-google-is-now-measuring-heart-and-respiratory-rate--45437381Buzzsprout-8292526Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle’s newest data setHello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Let’s talk about Google’s newest data set and how I think they might apply it to search.Google is going to offer heart and respiratory rate measurements using just your...70falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-139-new-episode-on-digital-marketing-victories-podcast-public-speaking-in-2021--45437384https://digitalmarketingvictories.com/podcast/episode-8-brenden-kumarasamy/Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>Buzzsprout-8292050Fri, 09 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngFree public speaking tipsHello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Last month I also released a new podcast episode on the Digital Marketing Victories podcast. If you're interested in public speaking tips, or how to speak persuasively on...https://digitalmarketingvictories.com/podcast/episode-8-brenden-kumarasamy/Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>44falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-138-business-at-coworking-locations-and-google-my-business--45437405Buzzsprout-8291839Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle Has Updated My Business Guidelines For Co-Working SpacesHello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.The update mentions that if your business location is out of a co-working space, it must have signage, accept customers, and have staff at...41falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-137-march-new-seo-tools-and-resources--45437387https://i.codeseo.dev and https://searchenginejournal.com/author/ruth-everett/#close and https://jcchouinard.com/python-for-seo/ and https://www.jcchouinard.com/python-for-seo/ and Automate the Boring Stuff with Python http://automatetheboringstuff.com/ That’s your roundup of new tools and resources. Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>Buzzsprout-8261435Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about the SEO tools and resources that I discovered last month.Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Today’s tip is just going to be a quick rundown of the new tools and resources that I’ve discovered and bookmarked. Let’s get...https://i.codeseo.dev and https://searchenginejournal.com/author/ruth-everett/#close and https://jcchouinard.com/python-for-seo/ and https://www.jcchouinard.com/python-for-seo/ and Automate the Boring Stuff with Python http://automatetheboringstuff.com/ That’s your roundup of new tools and resources. Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>150falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-136-do-audio-files-provide-a-ranking-boost--45437383Buzzsprout-8261276Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngToday’s tip is going to focus on whether any benefit to adding audio files to your website.Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.And the latest from Google, No. There is no SEO benefit to audio versions of text posts.Unlike photo and...58audio files,daily seo tips,increase seo ranking,katherine watier ong,seo tip,watier ong strategiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-135-brand-associations-in-google-search-console--45437393Buzzsprout-8260558Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngCurious about the new brand associations in Google Search Console? We are going to talk about what they are in today’s tip.Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.This new feature lets you link your Google Search Console account to any other...42brand associations,daily seo tips,google search console,katherine watier ong,seo tip,watier ong strategiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-134-is-your-direct-traffic-actually-google-discover--45437408Buzzsprout-8250670Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo you know much of your direct traffic is actually Google Discover?Are you suspicious that your direct traffic might instead be Google Discover traffic? Learn more about how to get a sense of this in today's tip.Hello! And thanks for listening...105daily seo tips,digital marketing tips,direct traffic,google discover,katherine watier ong,seo tips,watier ong strategies,website trafficfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-133-a-website-s-topical-expertise-and-ranking--45437400Buzzsprout-8250351Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngTopical expertise and rankingHello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Google’s John Mueller said they could recognize if a site has a good reputation on a specific topic area. Websites should work to build a reputation within a particular...78katherine watier ong,seo tips,topical authority,topical expertise,watier ong strategies,website backlinks,website rankingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-132-new-to-me-tools-and-resources-march-2021--45437392Buzzsprout-8076553Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about the SEO tools and resources that I’ve recently discovered.Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.So today’s tip is just going to be a quick rundown of the new tools and resources that I’ve discovered and bookmarked. Let’s...120falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-131-how-to-conduct-youtube-keyword-research--45437399Buzzsprout-8076547Tue, 09 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet’s talk about Keyword Research Tips For YouTube VideosHello! Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.This tidbit comes from the YouTube Creator Insider channel, where members of YouTube’s search and discover team answer questions from users. In...109falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-130-finding-missing-urls-that-need-redirects--45437410Buzzsprout-8076532Mon, 08 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngFinding missing URLs that need redirects during website migrationsWe are going to talk today about all of the ways you can find URLs with backlinks to your site that might need redirects during website migrations.Hello! Thanks for listening to SEO...217falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-129-where-should-your-sitemap-and-robots-files-be-located--45437419Buzzsprout-8076413Thu, 04 Mar 2021 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngTips around robots.txt file and workaroundsHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Just last week a client asked me where the best place to put an XML sitemap file was, which made me curious as to whether there are best practices for...108falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-128-march-2021-and-why-your-site-needs-to-be-mobile-friendly--45437411JavaScript” mode under the spider configuration tab and turn on rendered page screenshots. You can also view mobile usability errors in Google Search Console. Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>Buzzsprout-8061883Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngToday we are going to highlight a few stats focused on how important it is to be mobile friendly.Hello! Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.So I wanted to share some great insights on our increasing mobile use here in the US from App Annie.The...JavaScript” mode under the spider configuration tab and turn on rendered page screenshots. You can also view mobile usability errors in Google Search Console. Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>98falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-127-deciphering-the-google-news-reports-in-google-search-console--45437395Buzzsprout-8061622Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello! Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Today’s tip is from Brody Clark. (or @BrodieSEO on Twitter)There are now two reports in Google Search Console that reports on your site’s news performance, but they measure different things.The first...78falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-126-how-big-tech-is-potentially-using-voice-data-in-search-results--45437417Buzzsprout-7699018Tue, 09 Feb 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngBig Tech is using your voice to personalizeHello! Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Let’s talk today about how the big discovery algorithms might be using aspects of your voice to personalize to you and the impact on marketers.Spotify was granted...136falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-125-submitting-your-content-to-search-engines--45437418Buzzsprout-7698814Mon, 08 Feb 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow to request that search bots index your contentHello! Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.After months of the “request indexing” tool being unavailable, the feature returned right before the end of 2020. Many SEO’s praised its return, but that...157falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-124-google-s-question-hub--45437402https://questionhub.google.com/. By creating a free account SEOs can use the tool for content generation. In their announcement, they said that:“We collect unanswered questions directly from users to identify content gaps online.”You sign in with your personal Gmail account (as it’s not available for Google Workspace users, just as an FYI).And then, you browse the topics or search for topics you’re interested in, and you can then see unanswered questions where you can create a web copy. I searched for commercial fishing and found the following unanswered questions:Each nation-state can set commercial fishing operation law as far out as what region?What kind of ropes are used for commercial fishing?Or my search for covid 19 brought up these unanswered questions:Is the covid-19 vaccine safe for long haulers?Are mutant strains of covid 19 checked in every test given out?I have always thought SEO is more like a public service - answering the public’s burning questions, and now Google makes it even easier by surfacing those that are unanswered.You can also export the questions into Excel to organize your writing process.Once you have an answer, you can then click on “answer” and submit a link to your article. So that’s your tip for today. Create a Google question hub account and start submitting your answers.Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>Buzzsprout-7698295Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle’s Question HubToday, let's talk about Google's question hub.Hello! Thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Google has released https://questionhub.google.com/. By creating a free account SEOs can use the tool for content generation. In...https://questionhub.google.com/. By creating a free account SEOs can use the tool for content generation. In their announcement, they said that:“We collect unanswered questions directly from users to identify content gaps online.”You sign in with your personal Gmail account (as it’s not available for Google Workspace users, just as an FYI).And then, you browse the topics or search for topics you’re interested in, and you can then see unanswered questions where you can create a web copy. I searched for commercial fishing and found the following unanswered questions:Each nation-state can set commercial fishing operation law as far out as what region?What kind of ropes are used for commercial fishing?Or my search for covid 19 brought up these unanswered questions:Is the covid-19 vaccine safe for long haulers?Are mutant strains of covid 19 checked in every test given out?I have always thought SEO is more like a public service - answering the public’s burning questions, and now Google makes it even easier by surfacing those that are unanswered.You can also export the questions into Excel to organize your writing process.Once you have an answer, you can then click on “answer” and submit a link to your article. So that’s your tip for today. Create a Google question hub account and start submitting your answers.Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>117falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-123-your-entire-website-matters--45437396Buzzsprout-7212607Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngYour entire website matters.Today I’m going to talk through all of the ways Google looks at your ENTIRE website when it determines what type of search equity your site can expect. I often work with clients where different teams manage different parts...299falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-122-new-free-tools-inside-bing-and-google-search-accounts--45437389Buzzsprout-7212499Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngUpdates on free Google and Bing ToolsLet’s talk about the tools that have disappeared, and the new tools that are available.Google temporarily disables issue validation in Search Console.They are updating the criteria for the issues provided by the...159falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-121-page-experience-update-core-web-vitals-resources--45437403Buzzsprout-7212367Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngPage Experience Update - How to audit, measure and improvePage experience and performance (measured via the core web vitals) will be a ranking factor in May 2021. Here are some great resources on how to audit, measure, and create an improvement plan...182falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-tools-inside-your-search-engine-accounts--42525210https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=19025Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:00:33 +0000Katherine Watier OngNew tools inside Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. Today we are going to talk about a few new SEO tools that are inside the search engine s webmaster tool accounts and why you d want to use them. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips...102bing webmaster tools,daily seo tips,google tips,katherine watier ong,microsoft clarity,seo,video tips,wo strategies,youtube videosfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-120-new-tools-inside-your-search-engine-accounts--45437390Buzzsprout-6857884Wed, 16 Dec 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngStay up to date on the new tools inside your search engine accounts. Learn more in today's SEO tip.102bing webmaster tools,daily seo tips,google search console,katherine watier ong,micropodcast,microsoft clarity,search engine free tools,seo,wo strategiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/video-tips-and-resources-from-google-and-youtube--42507162https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=19020Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:00:15 +0000Katherine Watier OngA collection of YouTube updates There s been quite a few updates in the video space last month – from both YouTube and Google. Let s dive into them. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Let s first talk about the YouTube algorithm updates....157google tips,katherine watier ong,micropodcast,seo,video tips,wostrategies,youtube strategyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-119-video-tips-and-resources-from-google-and-youtube--45437406Buzzsprout-6857773Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngTrying to up your video game? Listen to today's SEO tip to learn more about new tools and resources to help you pivot your video strategy.157daily seo tips,google tips,katherine watier ong,micropodcast,seo,video tips,wostrategies,youtube strategyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/307-redirects-are-not-real-redirects--42423236https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=19017Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:00:52 +0000Katherine Watier OngDoes Google crawl 307 redirects? 307 redirects DO NOT function like 301 redirects. Listen to today s tip to learn about how and why you should fix these redirects. Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. These types of redirects (307) occur...133falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-118-307-redirects-are-not-real-redirects--45437391Buzzsprout-6791335Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngConfused about 307 redirects? Listen to today's tip to learn more about why and how to fix these redirects.133307 redirects,daily seo tips,katherine watier ong,real redirects,seo tips,wostrategiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/optimizing-podcast-audio--42321788https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=19013Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:00:16 +0000Katherine Watier OngIt s time to optimize your audio Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Interested in optimizing your audio assets? This episode is for you. Did you know that one-third of US adults listen to a podcast a month? That s more people consuming...423katherine watier ong,optimizing podcast audio,podcast,podcast ranking,speaker identification,wo strategiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-117-optimizing-podcast-audio--45437424Buzzsprout-6689435Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLearn more about how to optimize your audio assets in today's SEO tip.423audio assets,katherine watier ong,micropodcast,optimizing podcast audio,speaker identification,transcripts,wo strategiesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creating-a-plan-to-rank-in-voice-search--42127035https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=19005Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:00:36 +0000Katherine Watier OngCreating a plan to rank in voice search Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. In previous episodes, we talked about knowing the source of the answers is key to rank in voice search, and the vast majority of answers provided come from...351falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-116-creating-a-plan-to-rank-in-voice-search--45437425Buzzsprout-6459175Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngCreating a plan to rank in voice search Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.In previous episodes, we talked about knowing the source of the answers is key to rank in voice search, and the vast majority of answers provided come from...351falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/core-web-vitals-411--42081778https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=19001Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:00:26 +0000Katherine Watier OngPage Experience Google update We now have a deadline around when the Core Web Vitals measurements impact rankings – May of 2021. Let s talk about how to prepare. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google has announced that the metrics...391falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-115-core-web-vitals-411--45437426Buzzsprout-6458734Fri, 20 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngPage Experience Google updateWe now have a deadline around when the Core Web Vitals measurements impact rankings - May of 2021. Let’s talk about how to prepare.Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Google has announced that the metrics...391falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-power-of-seo-for-academic-journals--42063683https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18991Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:00:56 +0000Katherine Watier OngThe power of an SEO strategy for academic journals Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Over the past few years, I ve been working with professional journals who are in Google Scholar but need to improve their Google Search visibility....294falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-114-the-power-of-seo-for-academic-journals--45437427Buzzsprout-6357124Thu, 19 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLearn more about how academic journals can drive more traffic from organic search in today's SEO tip.294falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/checking-mobile-usability-issues-in-bulk--42044928https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18987Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:00:10 +0000Katherine Watier OngChecking for Mobile Usability Issues Across a Large Site Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. With desktop-only content being dropped from Google's index by March 2021, and the fact that web core vitals will be a ranking factor in 2021,...135falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-113-checking-mobile-usability-issues-in-bulk--45437428https://www.experte.com/pagespeedhttps://batchspeed.comhttps://dashdash.comhttps://technicalseo.com/tools/mobile-friendlySo how about larger sites?You can also look at the mobile rendered version of your site if you turn on JS rendering in Screaming Frog prior to your crawl, but it doesn’ export any sort of report that is helpful. You can use Deepcrawl, which will check to see if a mobile viewport is set, and that will find *some* of the issues, but I’ve seen clients just re-size their desktop into a mobile viewport and the text is still set for desktop - so too small to see and *not* clickable via a thumb. So IF you know of a tool that addresses this issue, please let me know.However, your tip for today is to make sure that you don’t have any mobile usability issues - check inside Google Search Console and spot check using some of the tools above. Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>Buzzsprout-6357007Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngChecking for Mobile Usability Issues Across a Large Site. Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips todayWith desktop-only content being dropped from Google's index by March 2021, and the fact that web core vitals will be a ranking factor in...https://www.experte.com/pagespeedhttps://batchspeed.comhttps://dashdash.comhttps://technicalseo.com/tools/mobile-friendlySo how about larger sites?You can also look at the mobile rendered version of your site if you turn on JS rendering in Screaming Frog prior to your crawl, but it doesn’ export any sort of report that is helpful. You can use Deepcrawl, which will check to see if a mobile viewport is set, and that will find *some* of the issues, but I’ve seen clients just re-size their desktop into a mobile viewport and the text is still set for desktop - so too small to see and *not* clickable via a thumb. So IF you know of a tool that addresses this issue, please let me know.However, your tip for today is to make sure that you don’t have any mobile usability issues - check inside Google Search Console and spot check using some of the tools above. Thanks for listening. Come back tomorrow for another SEO tip.]]>135falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cloudflare-s-seo-resources--42026488https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18972Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:00:45 +0000Katherine Watier OngInteresting Cloudflare resources Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I stumbled upon a few interesting SEO resources from Cloudflare that I thought I would share. They seem like an interesting effort by Cloudflare to market to the SEO...78falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-112-cloudflare-s-seo-resources--45437436Buzzsprout-6343381Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngInteresting Cloudflare resourcesHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.I stumbled upon a few interesting SEO resources from Cloudflare that I thought I would share. They seem like an interesting effort by Cloudflare to market to the SEO...78falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youtube-s-content-planning-guide--42008218https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18971Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:00:56 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle s YouTube Content Planning Guide Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google published a Youtube content strategy guide, which has some great tips for YouTubers and podcasters. And it starts with – finding you why – an approach...179falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-111-youtube-s-content-planning-guide--45437404Buzzsprout-6343351Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle’s YouTube Content Planning GuideHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Google published a Youtube content strategy guide, which has some great tips for YouTubers and podcasters. And it starts with - finding you “why” - an approach...179falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-bing-ranking-tips--41965187https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18969Fri, 13 Nov 2020 21:00:29 +0000Katherine Watier OngBing Ranking insights Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Izzi Smith @izzionfire recently interviewed Fabrice Cancel of the Bing Crawling and Indexing Team and I wanted to share the tidbits that they picked up during the interview....132falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-110-new-bing-ranking-tips--45437407Buzzsprout-6342232Fri, 13 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngBing Ranking insightsHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Izzi Smith @izzionfire recently interviewed Fabrice Cancel of the Bing Crawling and Indexing Team and I wanted to share the tidbits that they picked up during the...132falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/411-on-google-analytics-4--41948085https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18960Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:00:50 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle Analytics 4 – Time to Getting Familiar Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. While G4 is an expansion and re-branding of the App + Web Property that was launched last year. It s now officially released and when you set up new GA...110falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-109-411-on-google-analytics-4--45437429Buzzsprout-6343102Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle Analytics 4 - Time to Getting FamiliarHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.While G4 is an expansion and re-branding of the App + Web Property that was launched last year. It’s now officially released and when you set up new GA...110falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-now-ranking-passages-and-moments--41668408https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18942Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:00:26 +0000Katherine Watier OngUpdates from Search on Google 2020 presentation Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today we will talk about the SEO updates unveiled in Google s Search on 2020 presentation, which you can see on YouTube. The first most significant one...188falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-108-google-now-ranking-passages-and-moments--45437398Buzzsprout-6075994Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngUpdates from Search on Google 2020 presentationHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Today we will talk about the SEO updates unveiled in Google’s Search on 2020 presentation, which you can see on YouTube.The first most significant one is...188falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/nudging-google-to-index-your-content--41651633https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18938Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:22:16 +0000Katherine Watier OngThere is no more request indexing feature in the Google Search Console Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google has Temporarily Disabled the "Request Indexing" feature of the URL Inspection Tool. In case you go to the Google Search...95falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-107-nudging-google-to-index-your-content--45437394Buzzsprout-6075547Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngThere is no more request indexing feature in the Google Search Console.Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Google has Temporarily Disabled the "Request Indexing" feature of the URL Inspection Tool.In case you go to the Google Search...95falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/march-2021-only-mobile-content-will-be-indexed--41609850https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18934Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:00:41 +0000Katherine Watier OngBy March 2021: Google will only index mobile content Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. John Mueller from Google reminded SEOs during PubCon this year that by March 2021, it will only be indexing mobile-friendly content. If you have...107falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-106-march-2021-only-mobile-content-will-be-indexed--45437430Buzzsprout-6028237Fri, 23 Oct 2020 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLearn more about Google's mobile indexing deadline and how to find any content that might be dropped from the index in today's SEO tip.107falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seo-and-conversational-skills--41540252https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18922Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:54:34 +0000Katherine Watier OngPersuading as an SEO and your conversational skills Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Persuading as an SEO is directly related to your interpersonal communication skills – your ability to have a good conversation. This tip comes from...389falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-105-seo-and-conversational-skills--45437420Buzzsprout-5966878Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngStruggling to persuade as an SEO? It might be your interpersonal communication skills. Learn more in today's SEO tip.389falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youtube-optimization-increasing-watch-time--41461821https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18919Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:41:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngA YouTube optimization tip Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Most of this comes from a super informative Kalicube Tuesday interview with Tim Schmoyer from VideoCreators.com. Here are my crib notes: I think the most insightful bit...171falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-104-youtube-optimization-increasing-watch-time--45437437Buzzsprout-5895964Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngA YouTube optimization tipHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Most of this comes from a  super informative  Kalicube Tuesday interview with Tim Schmoyer from VideoCreators.com. Here are my crib notes:I think the most insightful bit was...171falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-handful-of-podcast-marketing-tips--41441240https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18914Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:25:47 +0000Katherine Watier OngAn update on how to increase organic discovery of podcasts Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. First a few updates from the world of podcast marketing: Amazon has entered the Podcasting Market Amazon Music now lets you discover and play...155falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-103-a-handful-of-podcast-marketing-tips--45437413Buzzsprout-5876605Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngAn update on how to increase organic discovery of podcastsHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.First a few updates from the world of podcast marketing:Amazon has entered the Podcasting MarketAmazon Music now lets you discover and play...155falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dwell-rate-and-seo--41388198https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18908Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:00:13 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Let s dig into when bounce rate or dwell time might matter for your SEO program. First, let s talk about what bounce rate is. In Google Analytics, bounce rate is when a visitor comes to your page...335falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-102-dwell-rate-and-seo--45437443Buzzsprout-5822956Fri, 09 Oct 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngConfused about dwell rate and SEO? Learn more in today's SEO tip.335falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/optimizing-for-screen-readers--41352475https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18880Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:00:52 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow to create copy that is screen reader-friendly and SEO friendly? Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today we're going to talk about how to write copy that's friendly for a screen reader most of the time when you're optimizing for a...197falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-101-optimizing-for-screen-readers--45437433Buzzsprout-5782219Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow to create copy that is screen reader-friendly and SEO friendlyHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Today we're going to talk about how to write copy that's friendly for a screen reader most of the time when you're...197falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seo-how-to-understand-the-bigger-picture--41333433https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18780Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:00:24 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow to stay on top of SEO changes Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. As I record my 100th SEO tip, I reflected on what might be useful for folks who are listening, and I thought today might be a good day to talk about the bigger...293falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-100-seo-how-to-understand-the-bigger-picture--45437438Buzzsprout-5682223Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngSometimes taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture helps. Learn more about the bigger SEO picture with today's SEO tip.293falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/optimizing-your-audio-assets--41314423https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18866Mon, 05 Oct 2020 21:00:40 +0000Katherine Watier OngToday s SEO tip is going to focus on the audio ranking opportunity in organic search. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today s tip is focused on optimizing audio assets because today, I m launching my second podcast. The Digital...287falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-99-optimizing-your-audio-assets--45437414Buzzsprout-5714104Mon, 05 Oct 2020 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLearn more about how to optimize your audio assets for organic traffic discovery in today's SEO Tip.287falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/be-careful-of-hashes-in-your-urls--41268665https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18863Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:00:51 +0000Katherine Watier OngBe careful of hashes in your URLs Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google ignores any text beyond a hash mark (#) in a URL. If you are generating URLs known as hash or fragment URLs, they will not crawl, index, or rank them. Google...129falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-98-be-careful-of-hashes-in-your-urls--45437397Buzzsprout-5705914Fri, 02 Oct 2020 20:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngBe careful of hashes in your URLsHello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Google ignores any text beyond a hash mark (#) in a URL. If you are generating URLs known as hash or fragment URLs, they will not crawl, index, or rank them. Google...129falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-schema-and-how-to-get-it-implemented--41251039https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18771Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:50:47 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow to convince your developers or boss to implement schema.org Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. First, let s talk about what schema markup is. Schema.org (often called Schema) is a semantic vocabulary of tags (or microdata) that...277falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-97-why-schema-and-how-to-get-it-implemented--45437444Buzzsprout-5676616Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngNeed to convince a boss or developer that you need schema implemented? Then listen to today's SEO tip.277falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/content-pruning--41232581https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18756Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:50:05 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about the power of content pruning. Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Let s talk through when you might want to think about removing pages from your website and how to get started figuring out which pages to prune When do...332falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-96-content-pruning--45437445Buzzsprout-5660458Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you curious about whether your site could see an increase in traffic if you REMOVED content? Learn more in today's SEO tip.332falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/core-web-vitals--41209982https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18751Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:14:56 +0000Katherine Watier OngCore Web Vitals – do you need to worry? Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. First of all. Core Web Vitals. Will it impact you? At the moment, it s a tiny ranking factor. But it depends on your business goals, the vertical in which you...157falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-95-core-web-vitals--45437446Buzzsprout-5660296Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngCore Web Vitals - do you need to worry?Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.First of all. Core Web Vitals. Will it impact you?At the moment, it’s a tiny ranking factor. But it depends on your business goals, the vertical in which you...157falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-94-why-federal-agencies-govs-need-a-youtube-strategy--45437415Buzzsprout-5601523Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngLearn more about why as a federal agency you need a coordinated YouTube strategy to ensure that your videos are found by US citizens.454falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-93-is-apple-building-a-search-engine--45437449Buzzsprout-5601448Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngThere are signs that Apple may soon launch a search engine to compete against Google SearchHello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.SEOs have been noticing increased activity from AppleBot (Apple’s crawler) and in July the company updated...159falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-92-signs-that-you-might-need-a-local-seo-plan--45437447Buzzsprout-5601415Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngWhen do you need local SEO?Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today.Let’s talk through today about when you might need to invest in a local SEO plan for you or your client and what that would even mean.If you’ve been working on SEO for a site...133falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-91-marketing-a-new-food-brand-online--45437434Buzzsprout-5601277Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngA few tips for digital marketing discovery for new food brandsDo you need to create a digital marketing strategy for discovery of a new food brand? If so this tip is for you.If you’re working on launching a strategy for discovery of a new brand – your...298falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-federal-agencies-govs-need-a-youtube-strategy--41119093https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18692Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:50:57 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about why federal agencies (.govs) need a YouTube optimization plan Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Let s start with some background. The US government began engaging with YouTube and launching channels on YouTube in...454falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-apple-building-a-search-engine--41089671https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18674Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:50:50 +0000Katherine Watier OngThere are signs that Apple may soon launch a search engine to compete against Google Search Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. SEOs have been noticing increased activity from AppleBot (Apple s crawler) and in July the company updated...159falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/signs-that-you-might-need-a-local-seo-plan--41085545https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18673Tue, 22 Sep 2020 20:50:15 +0000Katherine Watier OngWhen do you need local SEO? Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Let s talk through today about when you might need to invest in a local SEO plan for you or your client and what that would even mean. If you ve been working on SEO for a...133falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/marketing-a-new-food-brand-online--41085546https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18666Mon, 21 Sep 2020 20:50:47 +0000Katherine Watier OngA few tips for digital marketing discovery for new food brands Do you need to create a digital marketing strategy for discovery of a new food brand? If so this tip is for you. If you re working on launching a strategy for discovery of a new brand –...298falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-quick-vacation-update--40826802https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18341Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:50:28 +0000Katherine Watier OngHi there. Just a quick note for me, Katherine Ong. Thank you for listening to SEO tips today, I don't actually have a tip and just letting you know that I'm going to be taking a vacation for about a week. So you are not going to have any tips for the...40falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/documenting-all-stages-of-your-customer-journey--40805061https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18338Wed, 09 Sep 2020 20:50:15 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about the importance of mapping customer journeys Online audiences, during their research and selection process, are influenced by more than one marketing channel. And brands that integrate their marketing efforts are more successful as...127falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-get-started-with-seo-competitive-audits--40783035https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18337Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:50:16 +0000Katherine Watier OngDoes your client have enough SEO resources on board to compete in their niche? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today I m going to walk through the process that I undertake to do competitive audits for my clients to give them a better...169falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/federal-gov-websites-cannot-rank-for-anything-they-want--40758488https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18334Mon, 07 Sep 2020 20:50:49 +0000Katherine Watier OngFederal .gov websites will not rank if they don t have the expertise. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I have the pleasure of working with high domain authority websites, but that doesn t mean that they can rank for just anything. I...290falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-collection-of-voice-search-updates--40739287https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18333Fri, 04 Sep 2020 21:41:08 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s catch you up with the latest changes in the voice search world. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today is going to be a round-up of a few voice search updates. Let s get started. We are at the 50% of voice searches. We are...216falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/adding-transcripts-and-captions-to-increase-views-and-listens--40739286https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18320Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:40:36 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about the importance of transcripts and captions. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today we will talk about how powerful captioning and having transcripts are to increase the views and engagement with your audio and video...183falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/federal-gov-websites-need-seo--40659067https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18202Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:50:25 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo federal .gov websites need SEO? Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. If you ve been following my tips for a bit, you might have picked up that I like helping federal (.gov) websites with their SEO. I created the digital marketing plan...232falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/emotions-and-seo--40640685https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18195Tue, 01 Sep 2020 20:50:02 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about empathy in your online marketing – the fastest way to get more engagement. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I think now more than ever with a global pandemic, your online content needs to take into account your user...320falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-ranking-drops-you-can-t-recover-from--40621485https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18128Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:00:42 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow do you diagnose and recover from a Google ranking drop? You might not be able to. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Let me give you some examples. I did a ranking drop analysis for Cancer.gov. It s a huge domain, huge domain...141falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/youtube-metrics-that-you-should-track--40550840https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18121Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:50:54 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you involved in YouTube optimization? Let s talk about what you should track in your YouTube account to improve your video discovery and consumption. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. There are two ways to get more views of your...258falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creating-a-plan-to-get-more-google-discover-traffic--40526921https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18086Thu, 27 Aug 2020 20:50:14 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about how to show up on Google Discover Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google has made updates to their help documentation for Google Discover, and here s a summary of the updates: There is a focus on content that meets...251falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/do-you-need-a-voice-search-plan--40505573https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18081Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:50:42 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo you need to include voice search in your SEO strategy? Let s talk about how to look at voice for your brand or client. Hello! And thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Think about yourself using search on your phone with your voice to find...398falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/links-in-android-are-now-labeled-as-fast-based-on-web-dev-metrics--40493581https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18072Tue, 25 Aug 2020 23:40:06 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that fast pages will now be labeled in Android search? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google just announced on their Chromium blog that Chrome 85 beta will begin to use the Web Core Vitals measurement to highlight faster...116falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/using-reddit-for-seo-research--40476283https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=18048Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:42:08 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about using Reddit for SEO research. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Did you know that 26.4 million Americans Use Reddit monthly? Or that it s the 6th most popular site in the US? Users on Reddit are anonymous. For that...126falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ensuring-that-more-people-discover-your-podcast-in-search--40437512https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17990Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:00:20 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet s talk about Google Discovery for Podcasts Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google can expose your podcast to listeners through many different Google platforms, including: Google Search on all browsers, desktop and mobile. Users...240falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-might-not-know-everything-about-meta-titles-and-descriptions--40419497https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17984Thu, 20 Aug 2020 10:26:39 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo you think you know everything about meta titles and descriptions? I have some tips for you. Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Patrick Stox had a great Twitter thread with uncommon knowledge about meta titles and descriptions. It...157falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-your-website-s-crawl-budget-can-impact-google-crawling--40403628https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17950Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:00:33 +0000Katherine Watier OngHave you seen the most recent Google video on Crawl budget? If not, you re going to want to get the crib notes in today s SEO tip. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google released another great SEO mythbusing video about crawl budget...144falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-you-trust-seo-studies--40382601https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17945Tue, 18 Aug 2020 11:20:14 +0000Katherine Watier OngSEO studies are sexy but are they accurate? We ll talk about the impact of confirmation bias in today s SEO tip. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. This is your regular reminder that correlation does not equal causation and many SEO...116falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/creating-a-general-seo-writing-guide-for-your-in-house-writers--40368728https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17906Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:00:44 +0000Katherine Watier OngCreating a general writing for searchers guide for your in-house team Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today I m going to talk about how to give your in-house writers some general guidelines on how to optimizing their content for...303falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/htst-vs-301-redirects--40320847https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17800Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:00:53 +0000Katherine Watier OngIs HSTS enough? Do you still need 301 redirects? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. This tip is based on a client conversation with the developers of the web platform they are moving to. Let me set the scene – we have carefully pulled data...142falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-and-ymyl-sites--40305205https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17798Thu, 13 Aug 2020 12:00:32 +0000Katherine Watier OngWhat is considered a YMYL topic, and why does it matter? Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google defines YMYL (Your Money or your Life) topics as topics that could potentially impact the future happiness, health, safety, or financial...213falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/persuading-your-clients-to-adopt-a-new-tactic--40295036https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17786Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:07:24 +0000Katherine Watier OngToday's tip is related to persuading people to adopt a new approach. Hello, and thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today s tip is related to one way to move your clients when you're trying to persuade them about a new approach to SEO or digital...144falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fixing-your-broken-pages-404s--40265802https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17687Tue, 11 Aug 2020 12:30:45 +0000Katherine Watier OngThe power of fixing 404s Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today s tips are all focused on 404s. You re probably aware that 404s are broken pages on your site and they can result in a loss of traffic as real live people hit those pages...150falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/optimizing-for-topics-and-entities-when-writing--40247496https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17686Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:30:41 +0000Katherine Watier OngToday is the anniversary version – let s talk anniversaries – specifically Google s 20th. Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today s my wedding anniversary and (don t worry, we are off doing something fun – as best we can with two small...221falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mobile-first-indexing-deadline-extended--40192954https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17676Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:30:45 +0000Katherine Watier OngYou now have more time to get ready for mobile first indexing Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today is going to be a quick tip. On Google on July 21st announced that they re extending the mobile-first indexing deadline from September...55falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-connect-virtually-with-other-seos--40167941https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17657Thu, 06 Aug 2020 12:30:50 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you looking to network with other SEOs during the time of social distancing? I have found a few options. Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. It is often lonely working as a solo SEO inhouse or as a freelancer. I ve always found that...108falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-googlebot-to-index-more-pages-on-large-sites--40153363https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17524Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:30:30 +0000Katherine Watier OngLooking for ideas around how to get Google to index more pages across large sites? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. This is tip comes from Oliver Mason – who wrote a post about an alternative approach to XML sitemap and other...158falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bing-highlights-ranking-factor-in-webmaster-guideline-updates--40139006https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=17450Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:30:30 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you aware of the new changes to Bing s Webmaster Guidelines? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. The latest update of Bing s Webmaster Guidelines outlines the factors that Bing uses when evaluating and ranking content and those...119falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/entity-optimization-for-seo--39928102https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16918Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:37:42 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you aware that Google is now largely an entity (vs a keyword) engine? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. There are a variety of Google patents that speak to Google s ability to surface results based on how it understands the essence of...295falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/measure-the-google-visitors-to-your-podcast--39888435https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16782Tue, 21 Jul 2020 21:52:24 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that you can measure traffic to your podcasts from Google search? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. This tip came from a Twitter thread I responded to started by Wil Reynolds that expressed concern about Google s new display...52falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-internal-links-to-increase-your-rankings--39801695https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16498Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:38:25 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that increasing internal links strategically can often increase your rankings? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I was reminded of this when watching Mike King s presentation at MozCon yesterday when he mentioned that large...205falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-long-does-content-need-to-be-to-rank--39776818https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16234Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:00:42 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you curious as to how long content needs to be to rank? Then you should listen to today s SEO tip. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Someone sent me this question and I thought it was one that probably others have too. The questions...138falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/free-amazon-alexa-skills-training--39705584https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16229Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:00:52 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo you want to learn more about how to market your brand on Alexa? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. If you re a marketer following the voice space, I wanted to let you know about new free Amazon Alexa training for brands and agencies....55falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/podcasters-and-recipe-sites-will-see-more-direct-traffic--39419086https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16061Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:00:37 +0000Katherine Watier OngHeads up podcasters and recipe sites: more untrackable traffic coming your way. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google has added podcasts and recipe cards to its Assistant Snapshot feed. Remember Google Now? It s the new name for what...73falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/looking-at-the-seo-maturity-of-your-competitors--38335660https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16060Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:00:02 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you really looking at the maturity and manpower of your online competitors? You should. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I previously shared a tip around how to evaluate your competitor s author pages when doing a competitive...141falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-s-structured-data-testing-tool-being-depreciated--38038720https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=16053Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:35:51 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that Google has depreciated the Structured Data Testing Tool? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google announced that the Rich Results Testing Tool now supports all of Google s rich results features and is out of beta. This...74falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tips-for-seos-and-developers-to-work-together-more-effectively--37631780https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15945Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:00:16 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you challenged as an SEO with getting developers to implement your recommendations? Then this SEO tip might be for you. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I watched a great Deepcrawl event related to building SEO & Developer...109falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-new-head-of-google-search--37113599https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15953Tue, 07 Jul 2020 14:32:31 +0000Katherine Watier OngThe head of Google Ads is now going to run Google Search Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. This is big. There is a new head of Google search, Prabhakar Raghavan (and note — Google Search encompasses News, Discover, Podcasts and Google...97falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-keen-google-s-new-social-media-platform--36391042https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15892Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:35:24 +0000Katherine Watier OngHave you checked out Google s Keen yet? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Last month, Google launched Keen, what looks like a Pinterest competitor. Keen is available on the web and on Android (4.4 and up), Google is billing this AI...87falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/evaluating-your-competitor-s-author-pages--35664689https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15518Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you looking at your competitors author pages when setting your SEO strategy? You might want to. Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. First of all, author pages are not a requirement for all sites. This was confirmed by John Mueller...76falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/controlling-the-data-google-uses-in-its-search-snippets--35405398https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15517Thu, 02 Jul 2020 12:00:53 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that you can control the data Google uses in its search snippets? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Sometimes the snippet Google uses for your URLs is less than ideal. If you ve been noticing and uploaded by in your search...52falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/check-out-the-new-bing-webmaster-tools--35177143https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15509Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:09:29 +0000Katherine Watier OngHave you checked out the new Bing Webmaster Tools? As an SEO, you should! Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I m becoming a fan of the new Bing Webmaster Tools. It has a site scan that highlights SEO issues (for smaller sites), a...51falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-domain-s-history-can-hurt-your-rankings--34897218https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15181Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:00:50 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Did you know that your site s rankings are dependent on your website s history? Google does use historic data for a site when it comes to rankings; not just links over time, not just SafeSearch but also...60falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/trump-s-executive-order-could-impact-ugc-sites--34458646https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15177Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:00:54 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today s tip is focused on paying attention to the larger legislative picture that might impact you as a digital marketer. You might have followed the news that Trump signed an executive order focused on...129falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/seo-minion-chrome-extension--33642027https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15176Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:00:20 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I m going to tell you about the most useful Chrome SEO extension I ve found thus far. If you are in SEO and have not yet discovered the SEO minion extension, you should download it now. It has features...63falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/link-to-text-fragment-chrome-extension--33250616https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15167Thu, 25 Jun 2020 12:00:09 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google has rolled out a Chrome extension to make it easy for any searcher to highlight text on your site and share it with a link. The Chrome plugin is called link to text fragment. When a searcher...46falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/finding-support-as-a-women-in-tech-seo--32873663https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15147Wed, 24 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you a woman in SEO? You need to join the Women in Tech SEO Slack group Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. This tip is quick. If you re a woman in SEO and working on tech issues, you should really join the tech SEO Women Slack channel...46falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/catching-fireworks-on-july-4th-online--32700756https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=15142Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:00:27 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Are you thinking about what to do for the upcoming 4th of July holiday during social distancing? Then you re going to want to listen to today s fun tip that involves Google search. So it turns out that...36falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-your-200-status-urls-hiding-errors-impacting-your-crawl-budget--32424868https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14810Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:00:59 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre you checking the 200 status URLs in your log files? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. This tip is based on an issue I ve now seen across two clients by looking at their log files. If you re working on a large site, maintaining your...79falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-podcasts-manager--31873767https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14809Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:00:12 +0000Katherine Watier OngIf you have a podcast that is in Google Podcasts, then you ll want access to this data. Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google launched Google Podcasts Manager You get verified here and then you can get metrics related to your...35falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/content-being-unindexed-in-google--31659970https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14808Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:00:35 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre your articles suddenly getting unindexed? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. John Mueller says that this might be a quality issue. This is usually a quality issue & less of a technical one. Our algorithms might be looking at that...62falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bing-and-ranking-signals-for-videos-and-images--31421481https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14807Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:24 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that Bing looks at the click-through rate when ranking videos and images? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. In Jason Barnard s interview with Bing s Meenaz Merchant – his official title is Principal Program Manager Lead, AI...55falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bing-crawls-differently-than-google--31084080https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14794Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:00:46 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that Bing annotates your content before it indexes it? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Jason Barnard spent the month of April interviewing Bing reps for Search Engine Journal. The interviews are all pure gold. His first...100falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/optimizing-your-content-for-google-discover--30781007https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14344Mon, 15 Jun 2020 12:00:39 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo you know that you can try to optimize your content for Google Discover? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I recently read a new set of research on Google Discover. Google Discover is the feature on Android phones which presents...166falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-asks-searchers-for-help-improving-search-results--30418242https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14341Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that Google asks searchers to help improve search results? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google is now asking users in the US for feedback when they haven t been able to find anything matching their search particularly...38falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-s-webvitals-tool--30276951https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14340Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:00:25 +0000Katherine Watier OngWith Google s new WebVitals tool – are you in the 75th percentile? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. So Google announced a new tool called web vitals, you'll see it inside Google Search Console. There's also now a Chrome browser plugin....76falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/getting-links-from-brand-mentions--30140122https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14339Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:00:18 +0000Katherine Watier OngAre your inbound links rotting? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. As many of you during this time of social distancing I m working in a garden, so decomposition is on my mind today. Your tip today is actually a link building tip as I...106falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-now-accepting-seo-studies--30000773https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14337Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:00:27 +0000Katherine Watier OngGoogle is now promoting the value of SEO with case studies. Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. On Google s webmaster central blog they are now promoting posts around the value of SEO focused on educating those people who might need some...38falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-ramp-up-on-youtube-seo-quickly--29892897https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14322Mon, 08 Jun 2020 12:00:18 +0000Katherine Watier OngHow can you ramp up on YouTube SEO? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today s tip is based on some help that I gave to another SEO in a Slack channel who was looking to ramp up their YouTube SEO knowledge quickly. Here are the resources...44falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/does-ppc-impact-seo-performance--29568273https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14131Fri, 05 Jun 2020 12:00:57 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo paid ads (PPC) impact your SEO performance? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I saw someone ask this question in a Slack Channel – curious if PPC ads impact your SEO performance. In my experience, if you run PPC ads and also have a...40falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-impact-of-google-search-console-s-url-removal-tool--29279369https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14130Thu, 04 Jun 2020 12:00:20 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that the removal tool in Google Search Console could remove your site from Google? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. So about a month ago, LinkedIn fell out of Google s index and this behavior was spotted by the SEO...56falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/google-search-console-crawl-data-is-more-than-just-organic-crawls--28892771https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=14016Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:00:22 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that Google Search console crawl data includes crawling from paid ad bots? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. From a recent Google Hangout where a user asked, How accurate is the crawl stats report in Google Search Console?...44falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/increased-web-use-during-social-distancing--28808952https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=13995Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:00:23 +0000Katherine Watier OngNow that we ve all been social distancing for awhile, are you aware of how online search behavior has changed? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. It s probably not shocking to know that internet use is up with most of us social distancing,...95falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/googlebot-does-not-click-load-more-buttons--25154217https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=11495Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:30:43 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google has shared that if the load more button powered by JavaScript (and I shared ways that you can load this in CSS in last month s newsletter) then it won t load those more and won t see the...106falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/white-labeling-a-set-of-health-sites-in-ranking--25001257https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=11502Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:30:42 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. I saw this behavior while working on various clients in February, and now I ve discovered a Google patent that adds credence to what I ve been telling my clients, which is this: It might now be impossible...152falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moving-websites-splitting-or-merging-and-seo-outcomes--24928921https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=11501Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:30:17 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Google during a recent hangout clarified that merging multiple websites to a single domain, or splitting a website onto multiple domains takes them much slower to process and the outcome is unpredictable...84falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-current-ssl-certificate-is-valid-for-only-13-months--24903438https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=11500Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:00:38 +0000Katherine Watier OngDo you know if your current SSL certificate is valid for only 13 months? Hello. Thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Starting September 1, Safari will only accept HTTPs certificates that are valid for 13 months There used to be lifelong security...58falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/so-long-widget-links--23712331https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=10375Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:10:40 +0000Katherine Watier OngSo long widget links Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Do you have a site that created a widget as a way to extend your site s functionality and build backlinks? Those links won t be valid based on Google s recent announcement. Hello! Thanks for...50falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/4-new-innovative-page-speed-improvement-ideas--23643527https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=10374Sun, 08 Mar 2020 14:28:38 +0000Katherine Watier Ong4 new innovative page speed improvement ideas Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Looking to improve your page speed? I have discovered a few new tips. Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. You may know that how fast your pages load (or...87falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ranking-for-an-information-based-query-longer-is-better--23605500https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=10373Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:49:43 +0000Katherine Watier OngRanking for an information based query? Longer is better Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Did you know that long pages or posts of 3000 words get more traffic, shares, and backlinks vs shorter content? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips...145falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/make-it-clear-to-google-which-url-you-want-to-be-indexed--23501630https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=10372Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:50:48 +0000Katherine Watier OngMake it clear to Google which URL you want to be indexed Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. So most sites have some type of accidental content duplication where Google needs to pick which URL to show...120falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/feel-like-you-re-missing-some-organic-traffic-in-your-google-analytics-reports--23431099https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=10360Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:07:42 +0000Katherine Watier OngFeel like you're missing some organic traffic in your Google Analytics reports? Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Have you noticed a spike in your direct traffic? It might be your missing organic traffic. Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips...96falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bing-pages-your-profile-in-bing-search--23430024https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=10242Fri, 28 Feb 2020 20:54:58 +0000Katherine Watier OngDid you know that Bing just launched a way for you to promote yourself directly in Bing search results for your personal or business name? Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Just a few weeks ago Bing launched something that they are...69falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tips-for-getting-more-organic-ctr-when-its-on-the-decline--23172892https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9988Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:30:43 +0000Katherine Watier OngTips for getting more organic CTR when it is on the decline Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Are you concerned about declining organic traffic click-through rates? You should be. Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. If you ve been...79falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pay-attention-to-your-server-errors--23135823https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9970Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:28:57 +0000Katherine Watier OngPay attention to your server errors Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Did you know that if Googlebot finds too many server errors on your site it will slow crawling of your site and potentially miss your high-quality content? Today's SEO tip is...82falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/feed-google-your-data-for-knowledge-graph--23038393https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9987Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:23:21 +0000Katherine Watier OngFeed Google your data for its Knowledge Graph Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Are you curious as to how you get into the Knowledge Graph? Today s tip is focused on a series of tips that will give Google more signals about you as an entity and...83falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/let-your-voice-be-heard--22988782https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9835Fri, 14 Feb 2020 21:30:18 +0000Katherine Watier OngLet your voice be heard Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. So I lost my voice yesterday which is why there wasn't an SEO tip because I wanted you beautiful people to hear my actual voice. But I [...]70falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/learn-about-ontologies--22706588https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9775Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:35:16 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Your tip today is related to ontologies. I was discussing Google s topic layer and Knowledge Graph with a client today, and we talked about ontologies. Google has been using the Knowledge Graph since...91falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/setting-up-audio-and-video-for-micro-answers-in-google--22666048https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9713Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:18:08 +0000Katherine Watier OngSetting up audio and video for micro-answers in Google Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. So yesterday I gave you a tip about Fraggles and today I want to talk about the other types of content that...55falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-power-of-old-school-html-formatting-alexa-flash-briefing-skill-seo-tips--22628943https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9676Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:59:08 +0000Katherine Watier OngThe power of old-school HTML formatting Alexa Flash Briefing Skill (SEO Tips) Hello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. Today's tip is about old-school HTML formatting. Today's tip is focused on the power of using H1s and H2s, table...66falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/track-your-mobile-rankings-separately-alexa-flash-briefing-skill-seo-tips--22519592https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9636Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:14:55 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello, thanks for listening to SEO tips today. So your tip for today is focused on how you track your rankings. Most of the clients I talk to are obsessed about their desktop rankings and are using tools that default to showing desktop rankings. But,...87falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uploading-xml-sitemaps-to-your-google-search-console-account-alexa-flash-briefing-skill-seo-tips--22485873https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9634Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:29:08 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. Okay so yesterday I talked about how anyone interested in increasing organic traffic to their site should get a free account with Google Google Search Console and another free account with Bing Webmaster...67falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/increase-organic-traffic-to-your-site-alexa-flash-briefing-skill-seo-tips--22452698https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9617Wed, 05 Feb 2020 18:58:49 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. As a follow-up to my tip yesterday, I have another tool to share for everyone who is interested in increasing organic traffic to their site. Everyone should have an account with Google Search Console and...65falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-google-see-your-content-alexa-flash-briefing-seo-tips--22448452https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9600Tue, 04 Feb 2020 19:29:41 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. Can Google see all of your content? I seem to be running into a lot of clients and sites where they think all their content is being seen by Google and it turns out, unfortunately, it's not. So here's an...110falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/learn-ux-to-improve-your-seo-alexa-flash-briefing-seo-tips--22448457https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9585Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:49:22 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. So today's tip is inspired by my brother. I had a chance to hang out with him over the weekend and his focus at work is mobile UX, so this tip is all about SEO and user experience. Google over [...]112falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/googlebot-does-not-accept-cookies-alexa-flash-briefing-seo-tips--22448453https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9544Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:18:29 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. Today's tip is a technical tip (actually three tips) based on some behavior that I saw on the website I was checking out yesterday. So here's the gist of the problem. Googlebot does not accept cookies....148falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/focusing-on-searcher-s-intent-alexa-flash-briefing-skill-seo-tips--22448455https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9517Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:51:18 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. So my SEO tip for today is focused on making sure you're clear about your searcher s intent before writing any copy. If you have been doing SEO for a while and not staying up with the latest Google...150falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/improving-your-meta-descriptions-alexa-flash-briefing-seo-tips--22448459https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9468Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:51:47 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. Today is a back to the basics focused SEO tip. Let s talk about meta descriptions and how they can drive brand emotion in search results pages as well as clicks from search to your site. I m sure you know...112falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/relying-too-much-on-web-analytics-alexa-flash-briefing-seo-tips--22448460https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9410Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:12:52 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. My tip today is more of a warning about relying too heavily on your web analytics data (especially Google Analytics) to make decisions about who your target audience is. You need to remember that your...93falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/featured-snippets-and-their-impacts-to-your-site-alexa-flash-briefing-seo-tips--22448458https://wostrategies.com/?post_type=podcast&p=9356Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:16:52 +0000Katherine Watier OngHello. Thanks for listening to SEO Tips today. Sometimes Google makes changes to search results that can drastically impact the traffic to your website. Yesterday was one of those days. Google has made a large change to Featured Snippets yesterday...85featuredsnippetsfalsefull