2020 was a challenging year for us all and new algorithms on Google made it more difficult for many websites to compete as well. More businesses have had to adopt an online strategy in order to stay open and SEO has changed considerably in 2020 to account for these new websites and to gauge the quality of new business sites. Google’s John Mueller spoke about what we can expect for the future of 2021 in SEO.
Page Experience Updates
Page experience updates were a crucial factor at the end of 2020. New algorithms set to launch in May of 2021 will change mobile search and improve core web vitals metrics. Page experience updates for mobile pages will give users access to sites that can perform better and offer safe browsing on a mobile and desktop browser. Mueller suggests that pages should take a proactive approach before the may update to improve their page experience.
Request Indexing Tool
Request indexing tools were launched and then suspended in mid October. Mueller has suggested that the Google search console will be bringing this tool back in a reformatted format. It has not been totally fixed but the team is working on solutions to amend it.
Focus On YouTube
Around 80% of the videos that are found now come from Youtube and this means that websites that are hosting videos could probably benefit from hosting their content expressly on the YouTube platform. There’s a helpful list of the optimization recommendations on Google and YouTube that can make a difference for your hosting and formatting process.
Keep some of this top news in mind if you are interested in optimizing your page and preparing for SEO in 2021.
This post was written by Kristian D’An. Kristian is the owner and SEO Specialist at Lux Digital Marketing, a SEO St. Petersburg company. Kristian has been optimizing websites successfully for over 7 years. He has helped his clients achieve the #1 position on Google in several different industries.
