Top 5 SEO Trends for 2021
Google makes hundreds of changes to its search algorithms
every year. While most changes are minor, they could affect your search
ranking. These are some of the SEO trends I expect to see in 2021.
1. Provide relevant data which your audience wants
According to recent Google Algorithm Updates, it has been
found that keyword usage or stuffing in the content will not bring good
conversion and rankings. Presently, it has been noted that the search engine
giant is looking to deliver the right message to the right audience.
2. Mobile SEO
If you’ve been following SEO trends from previous years,
you’ve undoubtedly noticed that mobile
SEO was among them. Not by chance.
Since 2019, Google has been analyzing the mobile pages of
websites as primary versions, leaving the desktop versions as secondary.
Therefore, Mobile SEO is key to your strategy’s success and
becomes even more relevant in 2021. This is because the number of people who
access the internet from smartphones does not stop growing.
3. Machine Learning
Machine learning is particularly useful for SEO, and you’ll
probably see it among the biggest SEO trends this year and in the following
years. Using machine learning concepts and web analytics tools, you can figure
out your user behavior. Google too uses this to showcase search results.
It can help you discover keyword ranking opportunities,
ranking predictions, site crawling, and more. All of these factors can affect
your SEO. This way, using machine learning, you can build your entire content
strategy with your targeted keywords.
4. Video Content Will Improve Your SEO
Videos will continue to charge up digital marketing, people
are wanting visual stimulation more than ever before. 97% of people agreed that
watching videos helped them learn more about a product or service. By using
videos in your SEO strategy, the potential for reaching and engaging the masses
will be increased so give the people what they want!
5. Voice Search
As voice search becomes increasingly popular on various
devices, the way people are making searches online is changing. Almost a third
of all users are already using voice search on Google – we expect that number
to only increase over the next year.
With various devices from Apple, Amazon, Samsung and Google
using voice search, the way people are interacting with search is rapidly
changing. Search queries are becoming more conversational, relaxed, and use
long-tail keywords (much like how someone would ask actually a question rather
than a query). This means optimising content for voice search with targeted
answers to questions and implementing schema mark-up for voice search. If you
haven’t already, it’s time to optimise for voice search. We’re predicting voice
to only become more prominent, making it one of this year’s biggest SEO trends.