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What is Black Hat SEO? w/ Stephanie Long (Part 2)


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What's in our 23rd Episode with SEO expert & consultant Stephanie Long, part 2?

Our Takeaways:

1. Use Screaming Frog and Google's Page Speed Tool to optimize images and improve page speed.

  • Use Screaming Frog to optimize images for alt text and size.
  • Site structure should be easy to navigate and make sense logically.
  • Contact Stephanie for a free consultation and audit.

2. Optimize your Wordpress pages and Shopify pages.

  • WordPress users: update your URL slug to something relevant and optimized.
  • Shopify users: remember to check the box for automatic redirection when you make changes to a page.
  • For URL slugs, try to keep them 3-4 terms long and relevant to the page topic.

3. What is White Hat SEO? What is Black Hat SEO?

  • White hat SEO is optimizing your blog appropriately, putting in the targeted keyword on each page, two to three times max.
  •  Black hat SEO: keyword stuffing, buying links, shady stuff behind the scenes.
  • Competitive research falls under white hat seo. 

4. How to choose the best keywords for your site:

  • Make sure that the keywords you're targeting are actually being Searched by potential customers. 
  • Using UberSuggest and Answer the Public  can help ensure that you're using white

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