How Will SEO Look Like in 2024 Predictions and Trends

How will SEO look like in 2021 with predictions and trends in web design and SEO services?

When you think of SEO, what comes to mind is this hectic and rowdy practice chasing after the search engines. Often it feels like an enchanted circle reserved for the best few. Because it is, technology is advancing and so do search engines. The game’s goal is to serve the best possible content to its users. As much as we follow the algorithm changes, companies like Google are always one step in front. Because they study strategies similarly, many SEO rules will change in 2022, and some will stay the same. 

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According to Ahrefs previous research, 90.63% of pages get no organic search traffic from Google. This is a depressing thought. However, a well-executed SEO strategy has a high reward. That is why more than half of businesses race with the ranking factors today. 

Experts in the industry debate the importance of critical trends for 2022. Most of their research is collected based on what has been prominent in the previous year. Unfortunately, it seems that much of the earlier practices will remain the same, while others are being put on the pedestal. 

Personalized Search Results

User intent grows more vital as Google tries to deliver high-quality content to users. However, relevance remains essential, changes with dramatic user behaviour and needs. Logically, the purpose of content is to create grammatically correct, engaging and correct text for the audience. However, many websites are busy stuffing keywords that they forget to make a positive balance between SEO and creating content for users

Using creative ways to engage the audience is more likely to impact search engine decisions. For example, you might have noticed that snippets are not the ones you wrote for a particular page. That is because Google pulls it from within your text to provide more information about the content. That shows how vital and neglected the user intent strategy is within SEO. 

The Victory of Local SEO

As a consequence of pandemics, people are avoiding social contact. That includes searching for products and services in their vicinity. So, that “near me” phrase might bear fruit for some businesses. As mentioned before, Google is focusing on user intent, and with it, the user behaviour changes to typing “for me.” In search 2021, Google has mentioned the frequency of local interest echoed during the past year. People prefer to resolve their problems near their homes rather than travelling across the cities. 

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How Green is Evergreen Content?

Although refreshing old content on the pages is a great idea, the more important one is what about the new pieces that are uploaded on the page? Google prefers evergreen content and serves the quality ones constantly. However, the fresh outlook on a specific topic continuously searched for will provide authority for a website. Because that is what search engines are looking for, something new and well-written to serve users. 

Social Media Sharing

It is a fact that sharable content on social media will get more traffic. The interesting fact is that lately, content shared on Reddit seems to get a lot more attention than the one shown on other platforms. According to experts, social media trends will significantly impact website traffic. 

Trends will push many elements to extremes in the future. What we know changes daily, as is custom with SEO practice. But what remains constant amidst these changes are social media and technology that continue to thrive in the digital world. SEO is the process of making well-researched predictions of user intent. The traditional SEO methods will evolve alongside users, and keyword stuffing no longer plays a role. Instead, Google will continue to rank websites depending on the content relevance and usefulness of its information.

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Jesse Tutt

Jesse has over 16 years of digital marketing experience and is the Founder and CEO of Guru SEO and Web Design Services. Jesse is an international speaker, renowned entrepreneur and web design and SEO expert.