John takes us through the idea of 'Contextual optimisation'. As Google evolves, it’s no longer enough to optimise content on a page-by-page basis.
Focussing on complementary and conflicting content, John shows us that an ecosystem approach to content creation is the only way to futureproof revenue and preserve value.
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Complementary
Neutral
Potentially
conflicting
Categories
My New Content - Meet My Ecosystem
My new content
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My New Content - Meet My Ecosystem
Complementary
Neutral
Potentially
conflicting
Categories
My new content
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Set in context - which is the most
appropriate & valuable doorway
into my world for this term?
Step 1 - focus on the potentially conflicting content
A B
C D
Complementary
Neutral
Potentially
conflicting
Categories
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Step 2 - focus on the complementary content
Complimentary
Neutral
Potentially
Conflicting
Categories
Make contextually relevant connections.
Link with reader and search engine in mind
A B
C D
E F
G
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<Title>
The Mueller Case
etc. etc.
More about the Mueller Case
The Mueller Case was held
on...
The reports from the
Mueller Case claim...
A
C
E
Figuring out my entity groups
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3. CHECK...
...the search results for the term you’re optimising
for.
Do you see any pages from your domain?
YES NO
New content guide
1. BEGIN...
...with the customer.
What search phrase would they use to find your
content? This forms the basis for Page Theming.
2. IMPORTANT:
Before publishing ask yourself:
“Do we have other similar or related content on-site?”
Use the site operator in Google for clues:
e.g. site:mysite.com intitle:search term
3. CHECK AGAIN:
Try removing
the ‘intitle:’ from
the search operator.
6. THEME…
...The new page for this term and link back
to it appropriately.
Ensure the Title is unique and contains the
term.
5. DECIDE:
Which page do you want to
position for the term you are optimising?
AN EXISTING PAGE
THENEWPAGE
4. ASK...
Are the pages complementary or
conflicting?
COMPLEMENTARY
CONFLICTING
6. COMPLEMENT
Your new page is complementary. As it is new it has the potential to conflict so theme
and link between this and the chosen existing page carefully. This page may well position
in its own right for derivative and longer tail queries.
5. LINK...
...any existing and relevant complementary pages to your new content, using the destination
theme term as the anchor text. Don’t overdo it! These should benefit the searcher as well as
Google.