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7 SEO Trends That Are Ruling 2017

Search Engine Optimization | Anurag Gupta | Updated: 2017-07-06

7 SEO Trends That Are Ruling 2017

Search engine optimization is a constant battle for visibility, where every business fights to get become more visible than their competitor. To gain competitive dominance, every fighter aka SEO expert is undyingly analyzing and keeping a track of the algorithm updates and user interest that are responsible for the changing SEO trends. The SEO experts need to be aware of the changing trends in search engine optimization and adjust the content accordingly to make it to the first page of various search engines.
Like 2016, this year too, the SEO trends are majorly revolving around mobiles to give a better and more personalized experience to the users. To keep you updated, we have penned down the top 7 SEO trends that must not be missed out in 2017.

Mobile Takes The First Seat

There's no doubt that mobile phones have taken over other screen devices for internet surfing. Google has been constantly rolling out algorithms that appreciate mobile-only websites and with Google rolling out Mobilegeddon and mobile first-indexing algorithm, it has become indispensable for any business to incorporate mobile first approach in order to make the most out of their SEO efforts. In fact, Google's Gary Illyeshas also confirmed in a conference that mobile is the big drive for 2017.

Voice Search On The Rise

Around a year back, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, announced that more than 20% of the mobile queries are voice searches. According to SEO predictions, by 2020, almost 50% of all the searches would by voice searches. SEO professionals need to focus more on conversational and question-based queries while doing keyword research. Search engine optimization efforts should be made to leverage the power of voice search to gain higher ranking and attract more visitors to the website.

Long Tail Keywords For Specific Intents

Users, looking for information on search engines, are typing a more specific query on the search tab instead of the regular one-word keywords. Instead of typing phones, they are now searching for android smartphones under 15,000 to get more refined results. This means that you need to search for long-tail keywords that perfectly serve the interest of your potential market. These 3-4 words long-tail keywords increase the likelihood of your website being found by Google and therefore increase your visibility. SEO experts should keep the specific intent of the customers in mind while researching the intent-driven keyword for their content.

Long Form Content Is In

Long form content or epic content has become a rage in the past few years. Backlingo performed a research in which it analyzed more than 1 million Google results to come to a conclusion that a majority of the first page results have, on an average, around 1,890 words. Long form content which typically contains 1,500 to 2,500 words would be the center of focus of the SEO experts while creating new content. Even the already existing content would see updates at the hands of SEO professionals to get a higher ranking.

Increased Use Of AMPs

Speed has always been the top priority of various search engines and that's why AMP or Accelerated Mobile Pages, which load faster than the normal pages, would be increasingly used by SEO professionals in 2017. They enable quick mobile loading while also offering a 63% higher Click Through Rate. More than 1.7 billion AMP pages have already been created and in order to gain higher ranking for relevant search terms, it is important that you also turn on Google AMP.

New Ways To Offer Visual Content

Content that appeals not just the search engines but also the human eye has become the focus point for SEO experts. New ways to offer visual content are being dug by them to ensure that all their videos, images and text content is keeping the users fixed to the screen. Live streaming, cinemagraphs, GIFs, homepage background video, infographics, tutorials and testimonial videos are definitely the next big thing in order to optimize for search engines.

Quality Content Still The King

Quality Content Is The King. This saying has been ruling the SEO world for the past two years and would be taken to a new level in 2017. Marketers would start giving away high-quality information-rich content to their audience to rank higher on the search engine result page. Keyword stuffed content would be penalized by search engines whereas content with 1% or 2% keyword density would be awarded more visibility and higher ranking.

Knowledge of the latest SEO trends is inescapable to stay ahead in the game of search engine optimization. The aforementioned SEO trends 2017 would help you stay a step ahead of your competitor and make a place for yourself on top of Google's first page. Give a better direction to your SEO strategy with these trends and enjoy the visibility that you get.

7 thoughts on "7 SEO Trends That Are Ruling 2017"


  • Marek Stachura
    23 October, 2017 at 9:56 am

    Thanks for sharing very informative post! Many business people nowadays worried about how to get their website popular and on the high rank. To make websites popular, make sure their content is unique. Also, make websites mobile friendly which attracts thousands of customers daily. Keep blogging!

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  • saravanan
    21 September, 2017 at 9:04 am

    Great Post & thanks for sharing amazing information.

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  • mukesh kumar
    08 September, 2017 at 6:33 am

    hHi this article is very helpful to me. thank u for sharing . Your everything tips are exceptionally pleasant and enlightening. Furthermore, this implies you have to scan for long-tail watchwords that flawlessly serve the enthusiasm of your potential market. Much thanks to you such a great amount for sharing this pleasant information.

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  • Gadget Bytes
    09 August, 2017 at 11:36 am

    I really like your blog. I really appreciate the good quality content you are posting here for free. May I ask which blog platform you are using?

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  • Anuradha
    08 August, 2017 at 7:19 am

    Your all tips are very nice and informative. And this means that you need to search for long-tail keywords that perfectly serve the interest of your potential market. Thank you so much for sharing this nice info.

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  • Ankit
    05 August, 2017 at 10:37 am

    SEO is a dynamic field in which the trend keeps on changing with times. Rightly mentioned here now the trend is of mobile friendliness and quality has always remain as the top priority of google. Thanks for this useful information.

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  • Amit Patel
    12 July, 2017 at 10:10 am

    Hello Anurag, The trends mentioned by you are really important. From the start of 2017 everybody is talking about the mobile first update. So no doubt that you have listed it at above all. AMP is going to be very important for a long way.

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