SEOs & web developers: friends or foes?

Google Search Central · Beginner ·🌐 Frontend Engineering ·4y ago
Skills: SEO & SEM70%

Key Takeaways

Explores the relationship between SEOs and web developers, discussing topics like loading performance and accessibility

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In this episode, host and SEO Martin is joined by Surma, a Google Chrome developer advocate. The two discuss topics like how SEOs can help developers with constraints and requirements, loading performance and accessibility, and many more! Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Is SEO just another constraint? 4:41 - SEO - friend, not foe 6:33 - Building better websites for everyone 10:37 - Keeping up with web development trends is important for SEOs 13:57 - Change your perspective 20:26 - Making things on the web is a team sport Subscribe to Google Search Central Channel to see future episodes → https://goo.gle/SearchCentral #SEO #SEODevs fullname: Surma;
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4 What's a preferred site structure?
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5 Should I tweak my titles and descriptions to improve my CTR?
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6 When did Google start displaying "Did you mean" results?
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7 Can I tell Google not to use the posting date in my snippet?
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8 Does the ordering of heading tags matter?
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9 Which SEO agency do you recommend?
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10 Will SEO still exist in five years?
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11 Star Wars or Star Trek?
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12 Tips on requesting reconsideration
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13 Do site load times have an impact on Google rankings?
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14 Is Google doing anything different for Twitter results?
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15 Will domain registration changes ding me in Google?
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16 How are load times displayed in Webmaster Tools calculated?
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17 Why aren't penalized sites notified in Webmaster Tools?
Why aren't penalized sites notified in Webmaster Tools?
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18 Google India SearchMasters 2009 - Event Roundup
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19 Can you talk about the change in Google's referrer string?
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20 Google Webmaster Help Forum - Koti Ivaturi - Google India SearchMasters '09
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21 Welcome Note - Vivaik Bharadwaaj - Google India SearchMasters '09
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22 Google Custom Search - Rajat Mukherjee - Google India SearchMasters '09
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23 Building Mobile Friendly Websites - Ankit Gupta - Google India SearchMasters '09
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24 Q & A with Adam Lasnik - Google India SearchMasters '09
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25 Webmaster Central and Best Practices - Adam Lasnik - Google India SearchMasters '09
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26 Google Analytics and Website Optimizer - Deepak Kumar - Google India SearchMasters '09
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27 What are the factors that go into determining the PageRank of a Twitter page?
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28 Webmaster Tools spring time design refresh
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29 Can I publish 100+ pages at once?
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30 Why is the @ character ignored in search queries?
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31 How can new pages get indexed quickly?
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32 Using a barcode scanner with Google Book Search
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33 Behind the scenes of Google Webmaster Central videos
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34 Are shortened URLs treated differently than other redirects?
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35 How can I make sure Google reaches my deeper pages?
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36 What impact does server location have on rankings?
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37 Will a "coming soon" page negatively impact my site?
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38 How many pages can Google index from a single site?
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39 What if a search for my business triggers "Did you mean?"
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40 Are CSS-based layouts better than tables for SEO?
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41 What impact does "page bloat" have on Google rankings?
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42 What types of directories are seen as sources of paid links?
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43 Should I include my logo text using 'alt' or CSS?
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44 What are some best practices for moving to a new CMS?
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45 How gzip works
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46 Optimizing the order of scripts and styles
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47 PHP performance tips
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48 Minimizing browser reflow
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49 Improving website performance with Page Speed
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50 Optional HTML tags
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51 Optimizing web graphics
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52 Prefetching resources
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53 HTTP caching
HTTP caching
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54 Is over-optimization bad for a website?
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55 Interview with Adam Lasnik - Part 1
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56 Interview with Adam Lasnik - Part 2
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57 Interview with Adam Lasnik - Part 3
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58 Can the geographic location of a web server affect SEO?
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59 Will I be penalized if my URLs all have the same priority?
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60 How can I optimize my site on a small budget?
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Chapters (7)

Intro
0:59 Is SEO just another constraint?
4:41 SEO - friend, not foe
6:33 Building better websites for everyone
10:37 Keeping up with web development trends is important for SEOs
13:57 Change your perspective
20:26 Making things on the web is a team sport
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