{"id":1828,"date":"2020-02-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2020.greenville.wordcamp.org\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2020-02-16T19:08:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T19:08:02","slug":"discover-how-to-take-your-seo-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenville.wordcamp.org\/2020\/discover-how-to-take-your-seo-to-the-next-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover how to take your SEO to the next level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xFmTplljgd0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-light-gray-color has-background has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/2020.greenville.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">Buy your ticket today!<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kori Ashton will walk you through her SEO checklist for your website and blog. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ashton is co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/webtegrity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"WebTegrity, (opens in a new tab)\">WebTegrity,<\/a> a WordPress agency in San Antonio, Texas. 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(opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Liquid Web.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her talk is titled, &#8220;SEO for Bloggers \u2014 Improving Rank and Growing Your Audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: Why is it important for us to learn more about SEO today?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2020.greenville.wordcamp.org\/files\/2020\/02\/kori_headshot_sitting.jpg?resize=278%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1835\" width=\"278\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greenville.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/02\/kori_headshot_sitting.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greenville.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/02\/kori_headshot_sitting.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greenville.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/02\/kori_headshot_sitting.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greenville.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/02\/kori_headshot_sitting.jpg?resize=768%2C767&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Kori Ashton<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong>You can increase your scopes and revenue during each website build by adding SEO techniques that actually work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: What is the most important takeaway of your talk?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A: <\/strong>There are simple changes you can make to your website or blog today to increase your organic rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q: Which resources should we follow to learn more about SEO?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Ashton recommends you follow her <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"YouTube channel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/koriashton\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>. 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