Keep It Real

January 23, 2014 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Keep It Real

Search engine optimization used to be about writing relevant content and then reinforcing that with links. This approach was geared specifically for keyword searches. However, in this world of semantic search, that is no longer enough. This interesting topic came from the blog Net Elixir, in their post, “Semantic Search: The Present State and a Look to the Future.”

With Google’s release of the Knowledge graph and then Hummingbird, search is focused on intent and less about vocabulary. So then how do you make your website ready for the future of semantic search, and most importantly, for your users?

Remember these three words – activity, fresh, and original. Consistent activity with fresh content that is original and tied to a specific author equals optimization.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.