Ignore Google, Satisfy Users: A Big Change in the
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SEO World Is Finally Here Vito Pesagnone 25, 22 | 8 min read Ignore Google, Satisfy Users Officially Say Goodbye to the Old Era If you are like me and have been engaged in SEO for more than 10 years, You may have fond memories of the “old days.” This is the golden age when we can brag about being smarter than Google and position ourselves as number one. Google wasn't that mature at that time. Like the Joker and Batman, we play a seemingly never-ending game of cat and mouse, finding creative ways to "game the system" or interpret Google's rules to our advantage. At the time we could get the best position on the results page, but in reality, the end users (real people searching for the content we wanted to target).
All of this is over 500 words long…and I’m not proud of it. Things are very different now. Let's see what has changed since then! The Not-So-Secret Hidden Agenda: What Google America Cell Phone Number List Has Been Telling Us For decades, SEO practices have been deeply influenced by a focus on tricking bots, creating tricks, and complex success formulas. Before 2011, this was all possible because Google "wasn't very smart." Over time, Google proved us wrong. In fact, it has become so smart that every time it updates its algorithm, there is a not-so-subtle message conveyed between the lines: - Leave me alone. Focus on relationships. Take a moment to step away from the details and look at the big picture of one of search engine's most prolific core updates.
Tell us to think local. 2015: Google tells us that with the launch of Mobile, we should go where our users are and build mobile-friendly websites. 2015: Google tells us to better understand our users and create relevant content with the launch of RankBrain. 2017: Google tells us to stop masking customer-focused content with intrusive interstitials. 2018: Google tells us to consider real user needs and problems as BERT rolls out. For over a decade we've been focusing on the details to fool the algorithm, but over time we should have learned the current recipe for being a good SEO professional: Ignore Google. Satisfy users. Looking back, it's no secret, nor a surprise, that Google has been planning this. Search engines are always refining their explanations of human consciousness and transforming themselves to focus on users and humans.
All of this is over 500 words long…and I’m not proud of it. Things are very different now. Let's see what has changed since then! The Not-So-Secret Hidden Agenda: What Google America Cell Phone Number List Has Been Telling Us For decades, SEO practices have been deeply influenced by a focus on tricking bots, creating tricks, and complex success formulas. Before 2011, this was all possible because Google "wasn't very smart." Over time, Google proved us wrong. In fact, it has become so smart that every time it updates its algorithm, there is a not-so-subtle message conveyed between the lines: - Leave me alone. Focus on relationships. Take a moment to step away from the details and look at the big picture of one of search engine's most prolific core updates.
Tell us to think local. 2015: Google tells us that with the launch of Mobile, we should go where our users are and build mobile-friendly websites. 2015: Google tells us to better understand our users and create relevant content with the launch of RankBrain. 2017: Google tells us to stop masking customer-focused content with intrusive interstitials. 2018: Google tells us to consider real user needs and problems as BERT rolls out. For over a decade we've been focusing on the details to fool the algorithm, but over time we should have learned the current recipe for being a good SEO professional: Ignore Google. Satisfy users. Looking back, it's no secret, nor a surprise, that Google has been planning this. Search engines are always refining their explanations of human consciousness and transforming themselves to focus on users and humans.