Good content and SEO best practices may no longer be enough to help you to stand out in search. Heading forward, it is mission-critical to have content that is optimized for an omnichannel digital experience, backed by an SEO-first content management system (CMS). But what does a truly SEO-first CMS need to help get you in front of your customers?
This session and ppt explain what it takes to be SEO first. We are covering
top 10 must-haves for an SEO-first CMS. We will highlight the importance of SEO-friendly features (e.g., built-in blogs, FAQ modules, location-based widgets, plugins), digital asset management, redirect management, health monitoring dashboards and much more.
Understand how SEO-first CMS will help increase the visibility and discoverability of your digital content
Know the essential features of an SEO-first CMS built for search
Proactively seek out a CMS that helps boost organic search traffic
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So Why Is SEO Not Generating Results?
Source:
Contentking
FIX
BUILD
IMPROVE
Brands are stuck JUST fixing & improving
SEO
Top SEO issues reported
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Keyword
Driven
2008 2022
Low quality
content
No spammy
content or links
Relevant &
precise results
Local
Mobile
SERP
Quality
Local
Results
Thin
Content
Smith
(Entire
Document)
MUM
Page
Experienc
e
BERT PaLM
LaMDA 2
Multisearch
(Entities)
Experience
Topical
Contextua
l
Keywords Conversations
Search Is Evolving in Two
Primary Areas
SEO First
1
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50% improvement in discovery
and visibility if content is
discoverable
CMS Should Be Designed
for Semantic Web
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Challenges: Managing and Maintaining Schema
~800 schema types, 1453
properties
30+ rich results types
Constant vocabulary changes!
Incorrect Schema Nesting
Underutilized Schema
Missing data association
Ineffective Markup
Error Monitoring
Health check of pages
High Volume of pages
High Maintenance Costs
Definitions Are Changing
SEO First
1
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CMS Should Be Designed for Semantic Web
Create content block
Select relevant
schema & map
properties
Step 1 Step 2
Publish updated
content
Step 3
Select Schema
SEO First
1
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Redirects
Browser Redirects CDN Redirects Server Redirect CMS Redirects
• Single URL
• Regular expression
• http to https
• Change case
• Trailing / rule
(.htaccess)
• Non www to www
• Remove empty space
• Single URL
• Feature-based (auto-
redirect when page is
expired)
SEO First
1
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Core Web Vitals: Google Ranking Factor
Measurement
• Real-world user experience
• How fast does the page load? - LCP
• How stable is the page? - CLS
• How soon is page interactive? - FID
SEO First
1
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Eliminate These Page Speed Issues SEO First
1
CMS powers your JS &
CSS:
Bundle files together
Delay non-critical file
loading
Asynchronous file loading
Defer load files
Control the order of file
loading
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2
User Experience
New Challenge - Creating joy
through immersive personalized
experience
Best-in-Class
Content
Authoring
2
Enterprise-Grade
3
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Perfect User Experience
Location page must-
haves:
1. Address, contact info,
hours
2. Map and directions
3. Staff bios
4. Parking info
5. Payment, financing info
6. Offers, deals, coupons
7. Reviews
8. Frequently asked
questions
9. Inventory highlights
10.Location images
11.3D tours, video
12.Department information
13.COVID information,
health & safety
14.Curbside, delivery, in-
store shopping,
appointment-only, etc.
1
2
5
9
7
8
51%
of phone
leads from
location
pages
13%
of form
leads
generated
from
location
pages
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Creating Search-Friendly Pages
Create & publish high-
quality web pages in
less than
5 Mins
No Developer
Dependencies
Content
writers/marketers can
create & publish from
scratch
Speed &
Scale
Create 100s-1000s of
pages in no time
Pre-designed
component
library
One-click
section
creation
On-page
component
editor
Role-based
moderation &
workflows
Optimized
for Search
All pages created are
optimized for search by
default
Save as draft | Preview | Publish | Clone | Edit | Delete
Best-in-class
Content
Authoring
2
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Multilocation Presence –
Setup, Select, Publish, Globalize
Location 2
Location 1 Location 3
• Brand governance and
guidelines
• Moderation of content
• Provisioning control
• Page sections access lock
• Image license control
• Editing capability with
moderation
• Enable locations to edit offers
and specific sections
• Rule Based
Site 1 Site 2 Site 3
gual and multilocation sites with configurable globalization rules
Brand Corporate Office Branches / Locations
Setup Select Publish and Discover
Enterprise Grade
2
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Customer Insights to Enhance Engagement – Know Who
and What
Digital transformation is about using data and technology to
upscale your product and channel capabilities
3
Engagement
@benuaggarwal
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Content Is Consumed Across Many Channels
Marketer’s challenge: driving visibility & rendering delightful experiences across ALL touchpoints
1-Click
Omnichannel
Publishing
4
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CMS’s 1-Click Omnichannel Publishing
UNAP &
Profile
Information
Products &
Services
Competitive
Data
User
Generated
Content
Web Pages
Web Sites
Mobile
Local Directories
Voice and FAQs
Web Forms
3rd Party Systems
Search Engines
DAM
Customer
Platforms
1-Click
Omnichannel
Publishing
4
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Easy Integration with FAQ / Voice
Curate customer questions on FAQ Platform and publish answers to relevant pages on website and
voice assistants
Creation and
Curation
Sourcing
FAQs
Publishing
FAQs
GoogleSearch,Assistant
AnswerThe Public
Local Channels
Chatbot Unanswered Questions
Website
Local
Google
Assistant
Alexa
Chatbot
Centralize
FAQ
Research,
organize
and answer
FAQs
Impact
80%
“informational”
queries
91%
“unanswered”
Google Q&As
Voice Ready
5
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Convert Images to Entities
Multiple copies of the
same image competing
for SERPs
Centralize to single
source of truth
Optimize with CDN
Enrich with meta data
SERP
Saturation
High quality
images
Entity tags Meta data
+
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Intelligent Automation Using AI
• Predictive
Recommendations
Predictive and Data
Analytics
• Topics and schemas
• FAQ Auto generation
• First Draft with GPT-3
Conversations & Chain
of Thought Prompting
• Edge SEO
Technical
SEO
AI
10
Search is evolving in 2 areas Page Experience and Conversational Search
What
Donald Duck character - Fictional person connected with a creative work.
Donald Trump – Person working in Govt Organization (Property Candidate >> Type: Vote action)
Complex systems- Vocabulary updates- Schema model understanding Ineffective mark up- Incorrect nesting- Underutilized schemas- Missing entity association
High maintenance costs- Error monitoring- Health check of pages-
WHAT? Context (what are they searching for)background, knowledge,
WHY? Intent (Why they are searching )Locationpast history
HOW – ENTITIES + SCHEMAS
Measure Impact
Structured data markup
Help search engines find, associate, and store entities in the knowledge graph
Enables search engines to understand website content
Brands must question everything they knew and understand shifts in their behavior
Delivering brand experience at distance - Creating Joy through Immersive Experience
Culture & Employee Experience
Digital Experience when customer finally get to your brand
Page Experience when customer starts interacting with your brand
Delivering Memorable Omnichannel Brand Experience
Problem we are solving – Why from client perspective
Scenarios In which it will be used
Swiss army knife – what all does it enable
Benefit Why
Who when where – all scenarios (5 to 6 max)
Rasna
Top 5 page requests – replaced w Page studio
What is needed to enable
Who – Age, Geo, Devices, Touch Point
What – Information, Channels
Users can easily move across channels: research products online; see and try them out in the store or at a physical location; go back online to complete the purchase and manage after-sales details, such as tracking and warranties; and return the item, if necessary, in-store.
improved privacy, seamless channels, thoughtful human intervention—that provide a more effective, sophisticated digital experience. It is a very nice flywheel.
n early 2021, the EY Future Consumer Index (Index), which has surveyed thousands of consumers since the early days of the pandemic, found that 80% of U.S. consumers are still changing the way they shop. Sixty percent are currently visiting brick-and-mortar stores less than before the pandemic, and 43% shop more often online for products they would have previously bought in stores. One of the most significant effects of Covid-19 is the realization that, for many of us, geographical location has become less relevant — so long as there’s an internet connection. This flexibility allows more consumers to move away from urban centers; the latest Index data shows that 26% of respondents plan to live in less densely populated areas, up from 22% in April of 2020.
Platform & Integration
Chatbots
Speed & Core Vital, AMP
FAQ Integration and Automation
Team Collaborations – Workflow, Project Management
Who – Age, Geo, Devices, Touch Point
What – Information, Channels