Useful for visitors
Facilitate visitors in exploration
Visitors feel welcome
The search engines understand the structure of our websiteOf the four concepts, three of which were intended for visitors while the one for the search engines.Any optimization done on your website should aim for the convenience of visitors. This is the main concept of on-page SEO.Do not miss the on-page optimization because the benefits are great and you can just do once for the entire website and once to each new page.
Original content (not duplicated)
It can be understood by humans
Made for people, not just for search engines
Consistent with the title contents
Discuss a particular topic in depth
Provide benefits to the reader
Satisfy the curiosity of the reader
Make the reader want to share that content with others
Makes readers want to interact
Changing the perspective and / or add science readers
Its contents can be trustedThat's 11 best content criteria are supposed to provide on your website.Without exception.In the following chapters you will always learn why the content is very important not only for on-page SEO but also for off-page SEO and SEO as a whole.You should know also that Google openly stated that they opposed content:
Thin (thin), in other words not weighted
Did not provide added value for the reader
Not original
Make the reader frustrated (because not useful)If you provide content that goes into the four things that are opposed, which means that your website carries a "time bomb".Google and other search engines are actively updating its algorithm that makes them understand the depth of a piece of content.Therefore be careful in publishing content for your website.
Keyword stuffing - piled repetitive keywords in one page
Keyword cannibalization - Optimizing more than one page with the same keywordKeyword stuffing is usually done using the same keywords over and over again regardless of function, structure, and grammar.This can be bad for your website. In the form of penalty.For a keyword, your pages that appear in search results only one. Therefore, if you use the same keywords to multiple pages, meaning that any of the content will be sacrificed.So avoid excessive keyword optimization on one page and keyword optimization redundantly on multiple pages.Further explanation of keywords and how to do research will be continued in the next chapter.
In addition to the content, here are some other factors that also determine the on-page optimization.
The following factors determine the level of optimization because it also contains keywords and
title page
The title page appears in search results with large font and blue.
Good placement of keywords in the title is the first 70 letters so as not to cut off automatically.
H1 <h1>
Sentence in the content (possibly the smallest)
Google also sometimes can automatically change the title of your sentence patterns that can be better displayed.
URL
URL of the website appears in the search results under the title with the color green.
URLs that contain keywords can affect the level of your on-page optimization.
Here is an example of a URL that is not good. Avoid using a URL like this.
yourdomain.com/p=56
yourdomain.com/what-is-seo
The first URL does not contain the keyword while the second URL is too long, Google prioritizes URL of the page that contains keywords in the first 3-5 letters.
Make a short URL, describing the content, and contain the main keyword.
meta description
Meta description is 1-2 sentences that appear in search results.
The maximum length of the meta description is about 160 letters. If you exceed the description it will automatically be cut.
Therefore include your keywords in the first 160 letters.
Meta description does not always appear in the search results. Google often uses the phrase in the content as the description in the search results than meta description.
However, always use the meta description for all pages on your website.
Image
The use of images not only improve the "points" of your SEO but also make the content more attractive.
Content containing images preferred by the reader. Pictorial content has a level of reader interaction higher than the content without the image.
You can optimize the image so friendly with search engines. Here are some tips:
Use images that relate and explain the content
Use the right type of extension that the file size does not swell. JPG for images rich in color. PNG for images with solid colors
Make sure the size of the image dimensions as displayed
Compress the image so that effective
Add alt and title attributes in HTML in the picture
Reference exit / outbound link
Google states that good content generally refers to a source, for example the results of research. That is, links to external websites will give a positive value to you.
Provide references to other websites that have a reputation for making the reader feel your item is more reliable.
Do research in making the article to find references to reliable and include the link in your content.
Read this article to understand more about outbound links.
Internal link
In addition to outbound links, internal links within content is also a positive impact on your website.
Internal link serves as navigation for the reader, to recommend relevant reading, and building a website structure.
By linking content between pages in your website, the website structure will be formed.
Here's how to build struktrur website with internal links.
Social sharing
Each content information in your website should always be equipped
with social media sharing buttons to crowded like Facebook, Twitter,
Pinterest, LinkedIn, and so on.
Sharing social factors may not be of direct benefit to SEO, but it will make visitors easy sharing.
Social media is also now becoming one of the major sources of traffic,
even for some types of websites can exceed the potential of search
engines.
Major websites are always put in the content-sharing button because the benefits are great.
Speed
Website faster by Google will get better rankings.
Even for mobile search, Google downgraded websites that are considered slow and not mobile-friendly.
In an article written by Billy Hoffman in MOZ, it appears that websites that are in the top ranks have a shorter loading time.
TTFB and Website Ranking
Time to First Byte (TTFB) means the time required until the user gets the website server 1 byte first.
Increased speed is not just for search engines. Visitors will also be more comfortable in a short loading time website.
To increase the speed of a website, use a friendly design and quality hosting services. Website is crowded and accessed from another country it is better to use CDN services.
You can test the speed of your website through the Google Page Speed Test. Immediately make repairs if you score below 75.