{"id":2049,"date":"2022-05-27T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T05:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T05:23:55","slug":"a-complete-seo-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/a-complete-seo-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"A complete SEO Checklist: All you need to glorify in SERPs.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Are you looking for a complete SEO checklist to glorify in SERPs? If so, you have landed right.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This guide covers all the essential aspects anyone will require to work on to boost their <a href=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/seo-basic-guide-for-beginners\/\">SEO<\/a> success. This ultimate SEO checklist can help you improvise your search presence, boost your SERP ranking, and entice traffic to your site.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The SEO checklist<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have split this list into sections that wrap the main SEO focus areas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SEO basics<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:204}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keyword Research<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559991&quot;:204}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On-page SEO<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559991&quot;:204}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Content checklist<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559991&quot;:204}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technical SEO<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559991&quot;:204}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Link Building Checklist<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:204}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You need to focus on all the above aspects to cover the holistic SEO strategy. You can stick to the above checklist to follow the best SEO practice. These can help increase your chance of SEO success.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"># SEO Basics Checklist<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:299,&quot;335559739&quot;:299}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Your site might struggle to rank for competitive terms if you do not cover the basics of SEO. This step will help you to dive into the SEO fundamentals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The following things are easy to use and implement in your SEO strategy. These tools and plugins can help you to rank in search results.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a01. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Set Up Google Search Console\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google Search Console is a powerful and essential SEO tool that is a must. It gives you insights into your website performance and rich data that you can use to boost your site&#8217;s appearance in search results and traffic to your site.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2050\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-search-performance-report.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-search-performance-report.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-search-performance-report-277x300.webp 277w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-search-performance-report-944x1024.webp 944w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-search-performance-report-768x833.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Also, it can help you to find out the most potent keyword that brings the most traffic to your site. It can help fix website errors, optimize your site, and much more.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you want details on the Google search console, you can go through our Google search console post. It will answer you what it is and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/how-to-add-your-wordpress-site-to-google-search-console\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">how to submit your WordPress site to the Google search console.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. Bing Webmaster Tools<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bing Webmaster Tool is another similar SEO tool that provides insight into your website and provides related data for their search engine.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2051\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bing-webmaster-tools.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bing-webmaster-tools.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bing-webmaster-tools-300x231.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/bing-webmaster-tools-768x590.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It helps you get the data on your site performance. It can let you explore your site, analyze your website&#8217;s backlinks, manage keywords, and much more to improve your website presence and ranking. Moreover, it can help you submit a sitemap, identify errors on your site, etc.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although it is not as popular as Google, it receives significant traffic monthly. Therefore it is worth optimizing your website for Bing.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. Set Up Google Analytics<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google Analytics is the tool that can help you to make the right decisions for your website. It is a free marketing analytics tool that provides rich data on your website.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2054\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-Analytics-Site-Content-view.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2020\" height=\"905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-Analytics-Site-Content-view.png 2020w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-Analytics-Site-Content-view-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-Analytics-Site-Content-view-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-Analytics-Site-Content-view-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-Analytics-Site-Content-view-1536x688.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2020px) 100vw, 2020px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google Analytics is a must tool if you are planning a robust SEO strategy. Using it, you can find out how people find and visit your site and how they interact with it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It can provide details about your website traffic, your website&#8217;s most popular keyword, and the most important page. In addition to this, the average bounce rate of your pages, page views, dwell time, and much more rich data that can help you analyze your site to improve your search ranking and traffic.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Note:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Google Analytics and Google search console work best when linked together. They can provide you with valuable SEO information inside your Google Analytics account.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you want to learn more details about it, you can visit our post on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/google-analytics-all-you-need-to-know\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Google analytics.<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> If you are willing to install it on your WordPress website, you can see its details on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/how-to-install-google-analytics-in-wordpress\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">installing Google Analytics in WordPress.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4. Install Yoast SEO (WordPress Users Only)<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you use WordPress, you should install any popular SEO plugin that can help you to optimize your WordPress site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We recommend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Yoast<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> SEO plugin, which is the most popular among all. It is easy to use and easily lets you manage and optimize your WordPress site for search engines.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It also has additional features such as technical SEO that can help you with robots.txt and sitemaps.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2053\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/yoast-features..png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/yoast-features..png 576w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/yoast-features.-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5. Generate and Submit a Sitemap<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A sitemap is the map of your site where you feed details of your website, such as webpages, videos, and other files and the connection between them. This sitemap is submitted to the Google search console so that the crawlers crawl your website more efficiently.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The URLs on the sitemap help Google to crawl and index your website easily.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2055\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/site-crawling-example-xml-sitemap.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/site-crawling-example-xml-sitemap.webp 660w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/site-crawling-example-xml-sitemap-300x150.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google supports many sitemap formats. The XML format of a site map is mostly used, but you can go with what you want. Yoast SEO plugin and other plugins also let you create the sitemap of your site, and there are other tools too that are specific to creating sitemaps.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2057\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xml-sitemap-yoast.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1876\" height=\"1392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xml-sitemap-yoast.webp 1876w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xml-sitemap-yoast-300x223.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xml-sitemap-yoast-1024x760.webp 1024w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xml-sitemap-yoast-768x570.webp 768w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/xml-sitemap-yoast-1536x1140.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1876px) 100vw, 1876px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you are interested in checking your sitemap, you can check it using the given link.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>https:\/\/www.domain.com\/sitemap.xml.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After creating the sitemap of your website, ensure to submit it to the Google search console and Bing Webmaster Tools.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2058\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/submit-sitemap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1010\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/submit-sitemap.png 1010w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/submit-sitemap-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/submit-sitemap-768x123.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"># Keyword Research Checklist<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:299,&quot;335559739&quot;:299}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Keyword Research is a necessary element of SEO. In this keyword research checklist, we&#8217;ll help you research the keywords and suggest ways to find out the ones people are searching for.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We have also covered details on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/keyword-research-an-unlimited-guide\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">keyword research<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">keywords research tools.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let us give you a brief of some here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. Google suggest- Find the long-tail keywords using Google<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you want to find out the long-tail keywords to cover in your content, you can take direct suggestions from Google. It can suggest what people actually search around your seed keyword.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You need to enter your seed keyword in Google and wait for the suggestion without proceeding further or pressing the enter button. It will display a list of keywords that you can use. These are called the &#8220;Google Suggest&#8221; keywords.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2059\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-autosuggest-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-autosuggest-1.png 981w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-autosuggest-1-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-autosuggest-1-768x670.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. The Google Keyword Planner<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google actually designed this tool to search keywords for Google ads; however, you can still use it to research keywords for SEO. It&#8217;s a free tool that can suggest keyword ideas for your content. The suggestions are directly from Google that you can trust and use.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. Online Communities and forums<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Online forums and communities like Quora, Reddit, etc., can give you insight into what people related to your niche are talking about and are interested in. You can get keyword ideas from there and create content that people are actually looking for.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2061\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-keyword-planner-results.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-keyword-planner-results.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-keyword-planner-results-230x300.webp 230w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-keyword-planner-results-785x1024.webp 785w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-keyword-planner-results-768x1002.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4. Use KWFinder to find out Low Competition Keywords<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">KWFinder is a free tool that can provide a lot of data related to your keywords that other tools offer in their premium tools.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It can display the data on Search volume, Keyword difficulty, CPC, Trends, Estimated visits, and much more.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This will help you to find out the low- competition keywords that are easy to rank on SERPs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2062\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kwfinder.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kwfinder.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kwfinder-300x287.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kwfinder-768x735.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5. Use Answer The Public to get question keywords<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Answer The Public is a tool that can help you find out the question keywords for your seed keywords that you can answer in your post.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It provides a lot of questions related to your seed keyword from which you can find the ideas you can cover in your post.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2063\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/answerthepublic.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/answerthepublic.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/answerthepublic-300x275.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/answerthepublic-768x703.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you want to learn more about these tools, we have a complete article covering keyword research tools that can help in your SEO.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"># On-Page SEO Checklist<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:299,&quot;335559739&quot;:299}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After covering the SEO basics and keyword tools, now we will cover the On-Page SEO checklist. It includes different on-page factors that you need to focus on while focusing on your SEO strategy.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Let&#8217;s get started-<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1. Include Your targeted Keyword In Your URL<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google analyzes your page URL to understand what your web page is all about. It is also helpful in improving your organic click-through rate.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That is why you should include your targeted keyword in your URL. It will help Google as well as your site&#8217;s ranking.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There is nothing much to do this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> For example: Suppose we have created an article for an &#8216;SEO checklist&#8217;. So will include this in our page URL like this- <em>Hostkicker.com\/blog\/seo-checklist\/<\/em><\/span><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2066\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-URL-including-focus-keyword.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"817\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-URL-including-focus-keyword.png 817w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-URL-including-focus-keyword-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-URL-including-focus-keyword-768x269.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2. Make your URLs short<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Make sure you do not stuff or lengthen your page URLs. Put them short.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A study has revealed that in Google, short URLs rank best compared to longer ones.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2065\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/short-urls-tend-to-outrank-long-urls.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/short-urls-tend-to-outrank-long-urls.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/short-urls-tend-to-outrank-long-urls-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/short-urls-tend-to-outrank-long-urls-768x546.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3. Use your targeted keyword in your title.<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We hope you knew this way before we mentioned it here. It is the basic everyone should practice with their blog post. If not, Make sure you include your targeted keyword in your post title. Additionally, you should also make your title short and catchy. The place of the keyword in the title also matters. You should use the keyword at the start of the title whenever possible.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2067\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-titke-including-targeted-keyword.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-titke-including-targeted-keyword.png 790w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-titke-including-targeted-keyword-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Post-titke-including-targeted-keyword-768x303.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4. Use Title Tag Modifiers<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Modifiers are words and phrases that you can add to your title. It can help you rank for different long-tail keywords.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These modifiers can boost your organic traffic as the organic traffic comes from long-tail searches.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Some examples of modifiers are: &#8216;best&#8217;, adding &#8216;the current year&#8217;, &#8216;guide&#8217;, &#8216;checklist&#8217; etc.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2068\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/title-tag-modifiers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/title-tag-modifiers.png 463w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/title-tag-modifiers-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5. Use Your targeted Keyword within the First 100-200 Words<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google analyzes the starting paragraphs of the articles to find out what the content is all about. You must include your targeted keyword within the first 100-200 words to clarify Google the context of your content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6. Use Your targeted Keyword in H1, H2, or H3 Tags<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Along with your title, URLs, and starting paragraph of your article, you must include your targeted keywords in your H1, H2, or H3 tags.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This strongly signifies to Google that your content discusses the keyword you mention in your article.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It can help you to raise your ranking in SERPs for that particular keyword.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although it did not majorly impact your search ranking, it does make a count when it comes to search engine optimization.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1882\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/google-on-h1-tags-for-rankings.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/google-on-h1-tags-for-rankings.webp 768w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/google-on-h1-tags-for-rankings-300x252.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">7. Optimize Images<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Images are a way to engage users on your site that can affect your search ranking. It makes it more clear to users what you want to convey.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sadly, Google can not interpret the images on your pages as humans can. Therefore, you need to optimize your image alt tags and file names to help Google understand what the images are about. It also helps you rank in image searches.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To optimize your images, you need to specify a name that describes what the image is. for example, you can name an image of a spinach omelet like- <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">spinach_omelette.png<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And when you upload this image to your webpage, you can add a descriptive alt tag to it. That&#8217;s it.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2076\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-123227.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-123227.png 427w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-123227-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">8.Use Synonyms and LSI Keywords<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Previously, keyword stuffing worked well for the search ranking, but now Google is smarter than before.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It can detect keyword stuffing and is considered spam, and you may even get penalized for it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instead of stuffing your content with keywords, you can use synonyms and LSI keywords.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For example, Suppose you want to create a blog and want to rank for the keyword &#8220;how to start a blog&#8221;.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instead of repeating the same keyword, you can use the synonyms like &#8216;How to create a blog,&#8217; &#8216;Starting a blog&#8217;, &#8216;How to launch a blog&#8217;, and &#8216;How to set up a blog on WordPress.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You probably have got the idea of it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now, let&#8217;s talk about the LSI keywords. These are the terms\/words that add up to your seed keyword.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can use this site <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lsigraph.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">LSIGraph.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to find LSI keywords for your keywords.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can add some LSI keywords and some synonyms for your keyword, and you are done.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2077\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lsi-graph.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lsi-graph.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lsi-graph-300x238.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/lsi-graph-768x610.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">9.Use External Links in your content<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">External links are the links to authority sites that cite your source or give reference to your readers, where they get complete details related to their query. You should include a few external links to your content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These suggest to Google that your content is trustworthy and well-referenced, which can help you with your ranking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2097\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/external-linking.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"909\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/external-linking.png 909w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/external-linking-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/external-linking-768x195.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">10.Use Internal Links In your content<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Internal links are the links to your own web pages. You should link your new content with your previous similar content that will help your readers and Google as well to navigate to your site. Otherwise, your content will be orphaned, and Google will take time to crawl and index it.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Note: You can also use keyword-rich anchor text in your inbound links.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This will help Google to understand where you are linking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2098\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/internal-linking-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"919\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/internal-linking-1.png 919w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/internal-linking-1-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/internal-linking-1-768x286.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 919px) 100vw, 919px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"># Content Checklist<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:299,&quot;335559739&quot;:299}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Content is the forever king.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No one can deny that to rank higher on Google, you must publish great rich and unique content. That is why content is a major part of the latest SEO strategy. This Content checklist will give you tips for creating content that will rank higher in search results.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1.Create Exceptional Content Using &#8216;Skyscraper Technique.&#8217;<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As we said, your content should be the best of all present on the web. You can use the Skyscraper Technique to create excellent content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This technique is an effective formula for creating solid content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It involves the four basic and simple steps that can help you give a hit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These steps are:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Select a targeting keyword related to your niche<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:280}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Identify the most popular content for it in your industry<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559991&quot;:280}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">create more better and detailed content\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559991&quot;:280}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Lastly, promote your content<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:280}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simple. Stick to these steps and bang.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2.Create content with great Readability<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google prefers content that provides a great user experience. Content should be pleasing to read.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nobody likes to read continuous and giant walls of text. Instead of reading it, readers ran away from it, leaving your site early. This will affect your SEO.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2083\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/large-text.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/large-text.png 711w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/large-text-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You need to create content with breaks and paras to make them stay. Include headings and subheadings to give structure to your content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Use shorter and simple sentences, use images and transition words, and split the content point-wise. This will boost your readability, lower your bounce rate and grow your ranking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> This is how we do it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2084\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/content-divided-inti-sub-headings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/content-divided-inti-sub-headings.png 568w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/content-divided-inti-sub-headings-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3.Cover Your Page&#8217;s Topic In Detail<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A study reveals that pages covering the topic in detail tend to rank higher than those containing thin content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This suggests that covering an in-depth topic can help improve the content quality.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can include this tactic in your content strategy to give a boost to your content.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4.Use Schema Markup<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Schema markup<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> can help boost your visibility and search ranking on SERPs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is designed to help search engines understand your website and content better. Schema markup can be tricky to implement, so you can use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/structured-data\/testing-tool\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Google&#8217;s Structured Data Testing Tool<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This tool makes the use of schema markup very easy than doing it manually.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2085\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-structured-data.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-structured-data.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-structured-data-300x266.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-structured-data-768x682.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5.Focus on Content Formats That Are Working Right Now<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">First, You can analyze your Published content. You can take help from an SEO tool that can give you a complete site analysis. This will help you find out the content that is working great. You can analyze those content and try to focus on the strategy to use in creating your new content. This can help you with your search presence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Secondly, You can get an idea of what formats are working at present from below.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Team <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/buzzsumo.com\/blog\/content-trends-2018\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">BuzzSumo<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> has analyzed 100 million articles. First, they found that most articles did not get any links.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Second, they found that some content formats performed better than the rest. How? They revealed that the sites that provide original and authoritative content ranked well.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This means- The original content written by topical experts that has original research, surveys, and real-life case studies and is not repetitive.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With this, you have got the idea of the format that Google prefers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6.Use Multimedia<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Multimedia has a different power to attract and engage users. You, too, have noticed that whatever you read contains images and videos.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is for a reason. It makes the content better, conveys the context more easily, engages users on your site, and improves user experience.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You must include images, videos, charts, infographics and other forms of multimedia to improve user experience and boost your content presence in the search results.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2080\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/screencapture-hostkicker-blog-basic-seo-ranking-factors-2022-05-20-12_57_12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1480\" height=\"2012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/screencapture-hostkicker-blog-basic-seo-ranking-factors-2022-05-20-12_57_12.png 1480w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/screencapture-hostkicker-blog-basic-seo-ranking-factors-2022-05-20-12_57_12-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/screencapture-hostkicker-blog-basic-seo-ranking-factors-2022-05-20-12_57_12-753x1024.png 753w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/screencapture-hostkicker-blog-basic-seo-ranking-factors-2022-05-20-12_57_12-768x1044.png 768w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/screencapture-hostkicker-blog-basic-seo-ranking-factors-2022-05-20-12_57_12-1130x1536.png 1130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"># Technical SEO Checklist<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:299,&quot;335559739&quot;:299}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our next task is to tighten our Technical SEO. It can help you gain or lose your ranking. But you need not worry.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Technical SEO is not that hard to tackle. You can easily follow this technical SEO list to fix the technical part of your website.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1.Identify Crawl Errors<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Finding out crawl errors on your site is helpful to know if Google crawls your webpage or not.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The crawl error simply means that Google is having trouble looking at the webpage on your site, which is a big concern.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When Google can&#8217;t see, crawl and index your webpage, how will it rank in SERPs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For this, You can use Google Search Console. Its &#8216;coverage&#8217; report can easily find crawl errors on your site.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If it displays any crawl error on your site, maybe the robots.txt file is blocking the crawlers; you need to fix this.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2088\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-search-console-crawl-error-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-search-console-crawl-error-1.png 937w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-search-console-crawl-error-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Google-search-console-crawl-error-1-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2.Find Out How Google Views Your Page<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Page indexing is the most important. There are times when users are able to notice your webpage, but Google can&#8217;t<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As we mentioned above, if Google cannot access your page, how can it rank.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For that, you can again use the Google search console. Its &#8216;inspect URL&#8217; feature can help you find out if Google can access your page or not.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You need to enter your page URL at the top of the Google search console, and it will display your page from Google&#8217;s point of view, which means you will see how Google view your page.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2090\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-inspect-url.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-inspect-url.png 1008w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-inspect-url-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-search-console-inspect-url-768x586.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3.Make Sure Your Site is Mobile-Friendly<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Most users visit your site using mobile devices. That is why Google\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google lately released a new &#8220;Mobile-First Index &#8220;.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This means Google bots now predominantly use mobile versions of your site to index. If your site is not mobile-friendly or not optimized for mobiles, it cant rank well in SERPs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can test your site&#8217;s mobile-friendliness using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/test\/mobile-friendly\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Google&#8217;s Mobile-Friendly Test<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. For this, you need to enter your website&#8217;s page URL into its search bar and find out whether it is mobile-friendly or not.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1851\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Mobile-friendly-test.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Mobile-friendly-test.png 1200w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Mobile-friendly-test-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Mobile-friendly-test-1024x738.png 1024w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Mobile-friendly-test-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4.Fix Broken Links<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Broken links on your site are the links that are defective and do not lead to anything. These can really harm your SEO. They can destroy your conversion rate by affecting your bounce rate, dwell time, and link juice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These can also signal that your site is aged and outdated.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Broken links can destroy your conversion rates. They indirectly harm SEO by affecting bounce rate, time on site, and how you pass link juice. Broken links may also directly harm SEO rankings by sending signals that your website is old and outdated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Therefore you will want to find and fix the broken links on your site.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drlinkcheck.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">DrLinkCheck.com<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> can help you with that. It is a free tool that can help you find out your site&#8217;s broken links.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2091\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dr.link-checker.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"877\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dr.link-checker.png 877w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dr.link-checker-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/dr.link-checker-768x518.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5.Secure Your Site With HTTPS<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google&#8217;s top priority is security. For which it has made efforts to make the Internet more safer. Google, therefore, announced HTTPS to be a ranking signal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google now prioritizes the site encrypted with HTTPS rather than HTTP to keep everyone safe on the web.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you have not yet switched from HTTP to HTTPS, it&#8217;s time to make a move.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This will certainly give you a boost to your ranking compared to the one having HTTP.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2092\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-blog-https-as-ranking-signal.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-blog-https-as-ranking-signal.webp 960w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-blog-https-as-ranking-signal-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/google-blog-https-as-ranking-signal-768x522.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">6.Check Your Site&#8217;s Loading Speed<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Site loading speed is considered to be a ranking factor. Google and users can quickly visit and grab the content on your site and web pages, leading to a better experience on your site.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This can help reduce your site&#8217;s bounce rate, which can push your ranking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You need to check out whether your site loads fast. If not, it will affect your ranking.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/insights\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">PageSpeed Insights<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This is a free tool that can help you find out your site loading speed for desktop and mobile. It can also suggest ways to boost the site&#8217;s speed.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2093\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page-speed-insight.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page-speed-insight.png 870w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page-speed-insight-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/page-speed-insight-768x586.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"># Link building checklist<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:299,&quot;335559739&quot;:299}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Link building is the key to off-page SEO. Google also consider the backlinks as an important ranking signal. Link building is not that easy, but it is a must to rank higher. Let us help you with this. We will cover link building in more steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1.Build Strong Backlinks With Guest Posting<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Guest posting is when you create and publish your content on others&#8217; websites. It can be a great way to gain backlinks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are two different types of sites for which you can write a guest post. The authoritative sites and the sites that invite others to write for them.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The right way to guest post is to post it on a reputed, authoritative site in your industry that can send you traffic and link you back.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google prefers backlinks from the authoritative site and deemed your site authoritative.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2.Reverse Your Competitor&#8217;s Backlinks<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Backlinks on your competitor&#8217;s site can be a rich source of getting backlinks. To gain insight into your competitor&#8217;s backlinks, you can use a link analysis tool.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It can give you a detailed report on your competitor&#8217;s backlinks. There are paid and free tools for it you can use accordingly to your need.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.semrush.com\/analytics\/backlinks\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Semrush<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> is a paid but potent tool that can help, and if you like to use a free tool, you can go with MOZ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/link-explorer\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Link Explorer<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can follow the same process using any of the tools:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Enter your competitor&#8217;s URL into the tool and get the backlinks details.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can build a relationship with the website owners so that they tend to link you back.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2094\" src=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/semrush-backlinks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/semrush-backlinks.png 391w, https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/semrush-backlinks-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3.Build Contextual Backlinks With Link Roundups<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Link roundups are the blog posts that link out to quality content on other&#8217;s websites on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This link roundup strategy works well to get contextual backlinks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can follow the process to find link roundups:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Find link roundups in your niche<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Below are the search strings that work very well<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8216;Your keyword&#8217; + &#8216;link roundups&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8216; keyword&#8217;+ &#8217;roundups&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8216;Your keyword&#8217;+ &#8216;best of&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8216;Your keyword&#8217;+ &#8216;this week.&#8217;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>Offer your content to the one that runs that roundup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That&#8217;s it. If the person found your content to be worth linking back. You&#8217;ll get a backlink.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">4.Become a Podcast Guest<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Podcasting is more similar to Guest posting. As in guest posting, we post content on other&#8217;s sites; in podcasting, you become a podcast guest. Instead of posting articles, you podcast your content. You may even get backlinks and traffic to your site.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">5.Mention brands In Your Blog Posts<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mentioning bigger, recognized and authoritative sites can be a great way to get backlinks. You can mention them in your post for reference or cite them as your source. And let them know that you mentioned them in your post. They may share your content on social media or link you back.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To conclude-<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So this was our complete SEO checklist covering SEO basics, on-page SEO, content, keywords, and link building. These basic tips can help you create great and unique content and optimize it for SEO. Along with the above-suggested tips, you can delete the dead pages on your site and update and refresh your outdated content. All the tricks mentioned above can optimize your website and web pages, improve your search presence, and boost traffic to your site.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We hope this SEO checklist has helped you boost your SEO.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you looking for a complete SEO checklist to glorify in SERPs? If so, you have landed right.\u00a0 This guide covers all the essential aspects anyone will require to work on to boost their SEO success. 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