SEO Tips for 2014

Google algorithm updates for the last couple of years such as Panda, Penguin and Hummingbird – it causes SEO professionals to shift into building quality contents and links. When we say quality contents, we mean 100% original and very engaging or relevant contents. On the other hand, quality links are non-spam and are legitimate links coming from high ranking pages as much as possible.

Another factor to consider is the impact of the growing role of mobile devices in the World Wide Web such as tablets, smart phones, smart watches and other unreleased mobile devices such as Google glass. These devices will surely play an important role as to what future Google algorithm updates would be. Thus, having a responsive or mobile optimized Joomla website is a must.

Without further ado, below are our tips for your beloved Joomla website(s) regarding 2014 SEO. Just a disclaimer, these are anticipated and educated tips but it does not really reflect the exact picture of what SEO would be in 2014. Nevertheless, these are based from our extensive research and the trends that we are seeing.

Strategizing Your SEO for 2014

Continue to Provide Original and Engaging Contents

The recent updates of Google algorithms are trying to kill or at a very least trying to disable black hat and gray hat SEO methods. These updates promote the idea of providing relevant and at the same time original contents in your website(s). Most likely than not, you have tried searching the web using Google. Probably, you experienced before that on the top of the results you got were actually not the one you were looking for. Well, aside from making the SEO playing field

Utilize Several Social Media Hubs for Social Media

Marketing is also a growing trend. If you don’t utilize these social media hubs like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc., you might probably been left behind. Aside from brightening your market visibility, these social media hubs can serve as gateways for quality links that your site may need in order to rank up. Perhaps, investing in Google+ will be very beneficial in the long run. Since Google is predominantly setting the benchmark for SEO, it’s just logical and sound to invest in Google+. If you happen to be not aware of, YouTube comments are now integrated to Google+ and it simply gives us a signal of what might happen in the future.

Juice It - Guest Blogging/Posting is Still has Juice

Yes, link juices from guest blogging/posting will still be relevant. Though, it’s no longer a matter of quantity but rather a matter of quality. This means that you need to get link juices from higher authority domains/pages. Spamming hundreds of low ranking pages/domains is less effective than having one high quality link from high ranking authoritative domain/page.

We hope that these tips will greatly help your SEO efforts for 2014 to rank up your Joomla websites. Stay tuned for our other informative year-ending articles. Bye for now, see you soon.