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Who Is Reading Your URL?

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“A site’s URL structure should be as simple as possible. Consider organizing your content so that URLs are constructed logically and in a manner that is most intelligible to humans (when possible, readable words rather than long ID numbers). A URL like [link] is much less appealing to users.”

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Your Title Tag Is Content, Too

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It’s true that content is the current emphasis in SEO discussions. So I’d agree whole-heartedly with the idea that content needs to be well-written and relevant. But there’s another type of content that needs to be well-written and relevant, even though the reader is a search engine instead of a person.

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Have You Set Up Your Content Groupings Yet?

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It’s called Content Grouping. You simple take a collection of URLs and group them into a content grouping category so that you can view aggregated metrics and analyze them. By being able to follow the metrics for the entire content group, you can see how your readers engage with that content across all of those URLs.

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Keep Duplicate Content From Keeping Your SERP Low

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You would think that sophisticated search engine algorithms would be able to differentiate between similar URLs like. That example is taken from Google’s Duplicate Content advice, and it would be good to refresh your memory about the subject before starting in on a content audit. “ [link] . and [link] .

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Remember The Robot When Moving Content

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It’s pretty helpful, with links to specific ways to move several categories of content migration. That’s why you have to have your customer in mind when you design it, and your content should be what will interest the people you hope to engage as customers. Two Ways Your Site Is Read. Connect The Dots For The Robot.

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Why You Should Audit The Content On Your Site

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Search Engine Journal just put out an excellent guide for site owners called How To Conduct A Content Audit On Your Site. I want to talk about why auditing your content is so important. Content is pretty much everything you have on your site. website development content audit online health checkup routine site maintenance'

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The Coming Google Branding Craze

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But Google has finally announced that Google+ custom URLs are on the way. When these are finally rolled out, there will be a huge run on Google+ custom URLs. And what a powerful custom URL that will be for the person who snags it. Google has already attacked content farms and link farms.

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