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Is click-through rate a valuable SEO metric?

Search Engine Land

The role of click-through rate (CTR) in SEO has been debated for many years. Well, given all the websites using Google Analytics and Search Console, Google has a wealth of user experience data. I remember at least three widely read correlation studies that looked at user experience factors like CTR (among others).

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SEO and website design: How to build search engine-friendly sites

Search Engine Land

Slow, cruddy hosting creates a poor user experience and ultimately creates a site that Google is not so keen to show in the search results. Crawling and accessibility The first step is ensuring a search engine can crawl your site and understand what it is that you do (and where you do it). It is not very good.

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A/B testing and SEO: How to navigate pitfalls and maximize results

Search Engine Land

A/B testing can be a great tool for enhancing website functionality, user experience and conversions. Similarly, many SEOs grow organic visibility and traffic through small, measured and thoroughly validated changes. However, overlapping or interacting tests can create a convoluted user experience and confuse crawlers.

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How AI will affect the future of search

Search Engine Land

As search engines increasingly leverage AI to anticipate user intent, we must completely rethink our strategies and balance human creativity and AI efficiency to stay ahead. Search evolution: Prioritizing intent over keywords The era of keyword stuffing is over, replaced by a focus on user intent. Enter AIO writers.

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SEO testing: Shifting from reactive to proactive strategies

Search Engine Land

It can mean fewer requests for engineering support and fewer deployments and subsequent rollbacks. Testing may change if you are working to improve click-through rates vs. grow organic traffic as a whole vs. positively impact user experience on the site.

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Best of SearchBot: Create a blog content strategy to boost SEO

Search Engine Land

Best of the SearchBot showcases Search Engine Land’s SearchBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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Meta rolls out new features for Facebook and Instagram Reels ads

Search Engine Land

The new tools have also been designed to improve the user experience, increasing the likelihood of potential customers making purchases by ensuring a seamless and easy shopping process. higher click-through rate and 2.9% higher conversion rate compared to other types of video.” Collection ads.