What makes a "perfectly optimized page" in 2013?
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Hi all,
I was re-reading this blog http://moz.com/blog/perfecting-keyword-targeting-on-page-optimization and wondered how relevant you guys thought this post still was?
Moz link directly to it from their 'learn' page http://moz.com/learn/seo so I'm interpreting that to mean it is still accurate and as current as it can be?
What else would you add to it?
Thanks,
James -
For example, social sharing links and authorship markup are good additions to a well-created landing page. While they may not technically be on-page factors, they are things that you implement on-page that can have a big impact on the overall strength of the page.
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Thanks all for your responses.
@Chris - it would be interesting to hear what you think are the additional bits of information you would add?
@Rand - no need to apologise, it's a testament to the quality of the original post that it's still relevant 4+ years later.
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Hi James - I've been meaning to write an updated version of that post. I've got an email in my inbox with the task on my to-do list and will do my best to get to it soon. Sorry for the delay!
In the meantime, the comments above are very kind, but also accurate. It's still a pretty solid guide to on-page optimization.
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That post could be considered a sort of bible for those, like me, that are just starting SEO and On-Page optimization.I have been sticking to those suggestions and I have to say that it works.
As Chris says, some more additional information could help, but in my point of view, that article gives the basic guidelines to follow and I found it really useful in terms of SEO results.
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I'd say as a testament to how well is was put together, it is still a very good guide for SEOs to follow, even 4 years later (a long time in our field). There may be additional information that's useful today but you won't go wrong following what's on that page.
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Hi James,
I personally feel that it is a great overview and is still relevant today.
Matt Peters has a good blog post about the 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors which you may also find useful.
Mike
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