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2. Add questions from the "People also ask" section on Google into your article
3. The simplest way to find keyword ideas is to use the "Alphabet Soup" method
4. Break up your text to a maximum of one to two sentences per paragraph
5. Make sure to number your headers in chronological order
6. Long-form content does not automatically perform better than shorter content
7. Publish a TON of quality content
8. Low competition keywords don't need backlinks
10. Repurpose your highest-performing articles into a YouTube video
11. Don't focus too much on getting green scores on SEO plugins
12. Keep a list of keyword ideas
13. Ranking for a low-competition keyword on YouTube is easier than ranking on Google
14. Make sure to add your site in the Bing Webmaster Tools
15. Informational content tends to bring in the most traffic
16. Google Keyword Planner is a great tool to explore keywords
17. FIlter a keyword by location
20. WordPress table of contents
21. Check the competition of a keyword
22. Featured snippets are a great way to increase your click-through rate
23. Answer the searcher's query in full
24. Label listicles with numbered headers
25. Featured snippet optimization for response posts
26. Tips to get the featured snippet on Google
27. Write 800 words if possible
28. Before targetting a keyword, search for it on Google
29. Estimate the traffic of a keyword
30. Keyword research is the most crucial step in SEO
35. E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness)
37. Explain clearly what your site is about
38. Make it easy to contact you
41. Poor grammar, spelling, and punctuation can negatively affect E-A-T
43. Bad author archive vs. good author archive
44. Don't rely on keyword tools to tell the competition of a keyword
45. Too much fluff can negatively affect how well your content ranks
46. High comp vs low comp search results.
47. Domain extensions do not matter that much
48. How long does it take to rank on Google
49. Traffic potential for a single-niche site is limited
50. How to properly format your headers
51. What should I do if my blog post doesn't rank
52. Expect a 3-month sandbox perioed
53. Seach a website on SimilarWeb
54. Check rankings on serprobot.com
55. An alternative way to title a how-to article is to replace "How to" with a number
58. Try to focus on keywords in alt text
59. Use appropriate image file names
60. High-traffic blogs cover a myriad of topics—not just one
61. If you're running out of keyword ideas, you can use tools like keywordsheeter
62. Quora is an underrated way to find keyword ideas
63. You need BOTH quality and quantity
64. Breadcrumbs are an underrated way to improve user experience
65. Google added breadcrumbs to the search result pages
66. Adding breadcrumbs to your site allows Google to show them
67. Breadcrumbs for WordPress and Yoast
68. Articles based on statistics
69. Use "How to" for keyword ideas
70. Target keywords having more than 1k searches per month
71. Include an answer target in your article
72. Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console
73. Request indexing from Google Search Console
74. Resubmit your sitemap Google Search Console if needed
75. Experiment with short-form content
76. Some high "DA" sites are easy to outrank
77. Are your pages indexed on Google?
79. Need more traffic to your site?
80. How to come up with content ideas in seconds?
81. Subscribe to the Google Search Central Blog
82. Publish an article every day
83. Find a problem you are facing
84. 3 simple ways to improve your WP site's speed
85. Target keywords that you can rank for
88. Link to sources with nofollow if keywords are similar
89. Add jump links to your articles
91. Fulfill the searcher's intent
92. How to detect low-competition keywords