SEO in 2024 looks a lot different than it did in 2023.
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The way you’ll be successful with SEO in 2024 is way different than how you’d have done it last year AI has been a major disruption and search as we know it but it also presents a ton of amazing growth opportunities too so I’ll show you what’s changed and three brand new
Futureproof strategies that you can use to get ahead of 95% of your competitors who are probably still stuck in last year’s tactics these strategies will keep you on the path to higher rankings no matter what comes out of of this whole AI Revolution so what exactly changed this past year you know first
Chat GPT rolled out you know making it much easier to churn out SEO content articles and blog posts at scale so that’s exactly what people did everyone from content marketing agencies to small Mom and Pops who had never really done any SEO at all up until then but that
All had an unexpected consequence so all of a sudden the internet was being flooded by poorly written artifact officially generated you know what we call commodity content it was Bland generic lacked a point of view and it felt like it was written by a robot then this past May Google threw in another
Curveball they called it the Google search experience or gsse for short so instead of the usual list of website results when you search now Google’s planning on giving straight up AI generated answers and that freaked out a whole bunch of SEO experts so if AI powered SEO contents Bland and Google
Won’t even show content from your website anymore in searches how are you supposed to come out ahead well everything I’ve mentioned may sound bad on the surface but it actually has a pretty positive upside if you know how to play into these new opportunities that were being given so let’s talk
About how you can future prooof your SEO strategy while allowing you to scale up your SEO in the right way an MIT study actually found that unskilled writers who use chat GPT were able to create 4 40% more content and the quality was 18% higher than without all good stuff but
That’s not going to help you rank in 2024 here’s the problem all SEO really is is Google playing Matchmaker between what the Searcher wants and the content they serve up as the answer to that question but imagine you click on a promising Google search result only to
Be met with an article that feels like you know a soulless term paper no passion no unique Insight just a researched regurgitation of facts who sounds like chat GPT it’s like expecting surf and turf and getting a mayonnaise sandwich instead so you click away from it to find something better and Google
Takes note of that and then shows that article less and less until it’s just gone but it doesn’t have to be that way you can still use AI to help you create more and you should you just need to boost that content with your human perspective what what keeps AI powered
Content from connecting with people making it bad for SEO as a result it’s the lack of Human Experience opinions advice and overall perspective Chachi BT has never walked out into the world it’s never experiened the pain of a bad decision formed an opinion based on years of working in a particular
Profession or problem solved its way out of a jam but you have and that’s what people are looking for in most search results so here’s how to use chat GPT to help you create more and how to go a step further with it so that it reads like a real
Human being with a point of view rot it so let’s go right into my exact series of prompts that I use to get there we’re going to start with generating a powerful list of topics that will help Google see you as a true Authority in your Niche otherwise known as a topical
Map then I’ll show you how to create entire outlines in seconds then we’re going to turn those outlines into fully written articles and pages that already sound like a person wrote them then finally we’re going to layer in your own unique perspective to really make them
Shine okay so we’re here in chat GPT and this is where we’re going to start by coming up with that topical map otherwise known as just that list of topics that when you write about all of them on your website Google is going to see that and put it all together and say
This website is an authority in its Niche because it covers the overall topic so thoroughly it definitely helps if you’re using GPT 4 it’s a lot more powerful than 3.5 but this one does cost 20 bucks a month so whatever you can afford to do uh just start there so I’m
Going to type in this prompt so I’m not going to read this whole thing but I will just kind of give you the the outline of what we’re looking for so 30 semantically relevant but unique topics under our main category that’s going to come up with all the subtopics that you
Should be talking about in your industry I’m going to replace this right now with home renovation just for our purposes here and then so we’ve got the 30 subtopics but then for each we want 10 different variations of that like each addressing a different search
Intent like how do I do this why do I do this that kind of thing and then I’m just asking for it to be given to me in an easy to read table format including an intriguing clickbait style title for your article as well so it kind of does
All the work for you there gives you all the the topics and the titles so let’s see what it comes back with Okay so we’ve got bathroom remodeling and it’s coming up with all these different variations on that including the titles and it’s just going to do this for all
Of them now it may get stuck and it may ask you like it may kind of stop short and then in which case you’ll just have to type in continue and then it’ll keep going from there but looking through here it looks like we’ve got some good
Stuff and sometimes it may actually stop doing in the table format too it’s a quirk with chat gbt so you’ll have to work around that but it’s still giving you all the same content that you asked for but once you’ve got all this now it’s time to turn all of these ideas all
These titles into the individual outlines for you to start writing and here’s how You’ get that outline so let’s just pick one here let’s just pick this one penny pinching bathroom fixes I’ll just copy that one including the quotes and I’m going to go down and I’m going to type
In now write an outline for an article and it is pasted it in here this is a really important part write it as a professional remodeling expert because if you don’t ask it to do that it’s just going to write it with no point of view
Just kind of like a the way someone would just research something and then write about it so you’re asking it to take on the Persona of a remodeling expert like you and then you’re asking it to write for your ideal client so in this case maybe it’s Suburban homeowners
Between 30 and 55 years old so you’ll ask it to start writing the outline and here’s where you’d want to make any tweaks that you want to see in this outline stage so if there’s something here that you don’t really like you don’t want to hit that point or you want
To replace it with something else all you have to do is chat with it right here chat that’s why it’s called chat gbt you chat with it you say hey I don’t like this point replace it with this or if it just seems too thin to be helpful
You can add in extra points here if you want to so it’s done now we just need to ask it to actually write the article for us so I’m going to put in the prompt now write the article in a casual helpful tone insert whatever adjectives you want
There you can actually even ask it to write as somebody else like Alex rosi in this case maybe Bob V right he’s the the home expert guy and insert personal anecdotes if they help illustrate a point so that’s going to bring in some stories they’re going to be fake stories
Because they’re made by Chad GPT but that’s your signal to kind of replace those stories with your own then include H2S and h3s as needed those are just the sub headlines and expand on key points or add more of them if needed to hit at least a th words that’s important we
Don’t want to go for thin content here that’s not going to do you much good you definitely want to go for at least a th000 words in your article so I’m just going to click here and it’s going to get Wren so asking it to write with a
Specific voice in mind will right away make it read much more human but you’ll still want to manually review each article add personal stories you know your own expert opinions and unique experiences to set your content apart from the rest with AI out there there’s already a flood of generic content most
People will just copy paste exactly what chat gbt spits out which is their mistake but your advantage cuz now you know better right so our next SEO strategy for 2024 is a way of playing directly into Google’s move toward answering search queries themselves through AI but to understand the
Opportunity we actually need to see how these search results look this is what they’re calling the AI powered snapshot as you can see it gives you an AI generated answer on the left but then it gives credit to its sources over here on the right and these are all clickable
Links and they’re basically the new featured snippet that you’d see when Google just pulled out a short answer from whatever page they thought answered the question the best and studies show that that link got clicked on about 26% of the time whenever it showed up so it
Would be really beneficial to be one of these sources and optimize your post for AI snapshots right the only question is how do you get featured here you know Ricky over at the income School YouTube channel did a little test a few months back his guess was that the same things
That would get you to rank as a featured snippet would also be what could get you to rank right here too he figured Google just like everybody else doesn’t want to reinvent the wheel so to put his the to the test he wanted to see if one of his
Own articles that’s just off on its own website with absolutely no other content could rank for the search when is the best time to buy an ATV and and when you look at the results you can see that another article is taking the featured snippet placement not his but if you
Look at the AI generated answer that same article shows up there too along with Ricky’s article which means that by writing a good answer Target I actually have an increased likelihood of having my content featured at the top so how do you write your content to provide good
Answer targets so that you can be featured up here for multiple questions it’s all about signaling to Google that your content would be the best answer and the really cool thing is while you can really only optimize a blog post to rank for you know one primary keyword
Phrase in organic search results like these you can rank for multiple answer Targets in a single post so just figure out what questions you’re already answering in your posts and then optimize them following this checklist answer those questions in your blog post doesn’t have to be complicated you know
You know you can put the answer at the top of the post in the middle wherever you want and wherever they make sense in the flow of your post just make sure that it’s clear and to the point you can use a header that matches the question
It helps but it isn’t a must you know sometimes it’s a good idea to have the question as a subheading but Google’s pretty smart they can usually figure it out without it be precise and concise this is key if you’re answering a question get to it don’t beat around the
Bush Google likes answers that are definitive and easy to understand so that means no wishy-washy well it depends type answers and don’t waste any space teeing up the answer just answer it in 150 to 300 characters and that can be really tough to do so this sounds
Like it might be another case for chat GPT if you need the extra help now there’s two ways you could do this first you could simply ask chat GPT the question and tell it to answer it is completely and definitively as possible in under 300 characters or you could do
The same thing but also give it any background information that you happen to have and tell it to be sure to include it and since you’ll likely be sharing space with a few other posts here it’s going to be really important to have an eye-catching primary image on
Your post as well as an intriguing but there’s another search engine that can be a little easier to crack and is going to end up doing your business a lot more good in the long run you may have heard of it it’s called YouTube and it’s the number two search engine on the
Planet it’s responsible for taking my business into multiple six figures based on the trust that it lets me build with my audience which you just can’t do nearly as well with written content not to mention video content’s not likely going to be taken over by AI in any real
Way at least now or in the foreseeable future so my third SEO strategy for 2024 is to Pivot to video more and more people are heading to YouTube first to find out what they want to know and they could be finding you but what makes this strategy even more all purpose is that
When you create a video for YouTube that video can you know obviously be found on YouTube but also in Google searches not to mention if you embed that video on your website within accompanying blog post that post on your website now has a more than double chance of ranking in
Google searches too so yeah it’s a really big opportunity especially right now so how do you do SEO properly for video that’s the good news there’s not a whole lot you need to do other than create good videos that people actually want to watch but there are a few things
You can do to stack the deck in your favor to get your videos found in search to you know give them a good kickart first just like with websit it SEO you want to research your keyword so I use a program called morning Fame to help me brainstorm and then land on keyword
Phrases that I can actually rank well for they make it super easy by just giving you a report card of how well they think you could do based on your channel size and all your unique factors so at first you’re going to want to go for really specific ones that you can
Get some traction with then once you know the keyword phrase your video is targeting you’ll want to use that in your title along with something a little more intriguing that creates curiosity or promises a result so people will not only see your video pop up but they’d
Actually want to click on it too then you want to use it a time or two in the description as close to the beginning as possible and when you’re recording your video you actually want to say that keyword phrase toward the beginning of your video too since YouTube picks up on
The word you use you know they’ll definitely push it up further if it’s actually spoken verbally in the video itself all that’s going to optimize your videos SEO helping you be found in searches but the real magic happens when your videos actually break out of search results alone and they start getting
Surfac to people Naturally by YouTube and that only happens when people find your video usually through search at first they like it enough to watch most of it then YouTube starts showing it to more and more people who didn’t necessarily search for it maybe in the related video section or the Holy Grail
The YouTube homepage and don’t worry they know who’d be interested in your videos even if they’re super niched down and to make sure all that happens you want to make sure that your videos are engaging and to the point while still showing a bit of your personality that
Part right there is what’s going to make people not watch just one of your videos but two three 20 and before you know it they’re caught in your web where they’re much more likely to turn into a paying client and the cool thing is chat gbt
Can help you out with every single Str strategy I went over in this video so click here to watch for all my best tips and actual prompts that you can use right out of the box to make your SEO a huge success in 2024 not only for your
Content but for your actual sales Pages even your homepage so click here and I’ll show you my entire Playbook see you over there in a second
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thank you. brilliant! Keep at it! I think you have a huge future!!
Another excellent and useful video Wes! A worthwhile extra step for YouTube content creators is to be sure to upload a transcript of the dialogue of their video in an approved Closed Caption format. The benefit is that the search engines can "see" the text of the transcript and that helps with SEO results. Much as voicing the keyword phrase early in the video ensures it's relevant to the user and they keep watching, the caption file can be crawled by the bots to improve the match between user query and search result. Hope that's helpful for your viewers.
Thanks, Wes, and I hope you're doing awesome! I've been thinking about optimizing my online presence, especially on YouTube, and wanted to get your take on something.
As a service provider offering multiple services across different locations, do you think it's a smart move to create a dedicated page or blog on my website for each service and location? I'm also thinking of incorporating YouTube by linking each service to its respective page. Since every job we do has a story to tell.
I value your insights and expertise, and I'm curious to hear your thoughts on whether this approach would enhance the overall user experience and engagement.
Looking forward to your input!
Hey Wes, loving your content, new subscriber here! I'm sure you've been asked lot's, but what camera setup do you use?
Super valuable content, thank you!
Any tips for making these articles less fluffy? Mine keep sounding like a AI wrote them and just stated a bunch of obvious statements.
When I rewrite to add my own context it gets flagged for not being optimized…
Thanks! However Chat GPT is telling me it can’t impersonate voices so how do I get around this step to get more human and real responses?
Thanks for the great tips. I really have to consider starting YouTube asap! What tips might you have for creating custom instructions or even a custom GPT to help with the outline and the first draft of the blog post?
You are a Wealth of Information! Much Appreciated 🙂
You should've run the smae prompt on GTP 3.5 and shown the output for a comparison of what we'd get for our 4.0 money. Currently I don't see the need to piss away cash that can be used for other resources. The real power is in the user. But then again, I know how to write copy and do research.
AI just makes it faster… way faster.
I think you really should look at the viewer end of the SEO changes, will people purposely eliminate any articles that have that chat got look and feel, I hope that google and youtube will warn you when you come to an article or video that is AI generated for those of us that want to completely avoid anything ai generated. I want a real human when i call customer service and so does everyone else. Larry
Thank you so much; super helpful and logical for the SEO 2024 strategy; keep 'em coming.
When you say 300 words , do you mean on a blog? Or a post on Facebook? I’m confused , 1000 words on ones websight? Help😅
Hey man, I love your videos. I have also just started using Youtube to promote my brand. I have been doing websites for almost 7 years and there is still so much to learn. Hope your channel grows and all the best man!
But why is he sitting on the floor 😂
AIO with Content At Scale.
What a great video! Thanks
Hi Fam, thankyou for sharing a lot of nuggets!!
sorry this is out of topic, is it okay if my tier 1 and my money site target the same keyword? does google will think it is keyword cannibalism? Is it possible for my tier 1 and my money site get ranked on the target keyword? thanks in advance!
Thanks for the new video! I’m looking forward to seeing what other content you post! Always good to learn as much as you can!
Great Video Wes! I can't wait to put your NEW Way to Do SEO in 2024 strategy to work with my business.
great advice! Clear and precise! Thank you!
What's the significance of including the word "semantically"?
Hi Wes! We'd love to partner with you on our SEO Writing Assistant, it's the most accessible way of writing content and publishing directly to your site. We'd love to figure out a way to customize it for you, so you can add the human touch (i.e. personal anecdotes etc) which we agree is super important for ranking. Please drop us a line, we'd love to hear from you!
so to order writing random text – tha is seo? new seo&v – n!ce
This is super helpful thank you!
Thank you for this gem. Once we have an outline like this how often should we posts these on our site? Can I do as many as I can per night or spread them out like one per day, etc?
Thank you, Wes! Your content is incredibly helpful. I've been using ChatGPT for proofreading and getting suggestions. Keep up the great work! 👏
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You should have created an excel sheet or word file for this and it put in the description section.
Love the content, are your skills for hire?
Great content as usual Wes! Keep it up!
ChTgpt never pulls out
Dude, @WesMcDowellInc, You forgot "Column 4!!!!!"
PROMPT: Given the same parameters as the previous prompt, what would be in a fourth column entitled: "Voice of Customer," based on the results of that previous prompt?
This was super helpful. Thank you.
Invite me to morning fame <3 Found your page today and I'm pretty sure I've watched like 20 videos in about 8 hours haha you offer so much content thank you!
And now the plot twist, this video content is created by chatgtp 😅
Hi Wes! Thanks for the video. Do you post that as a blog article on your ecommerce store or just use the generated content to optimize a collection page? I have a shopify store. What do you recommend? Thanks a lot!
I’m new to this but learning.
What is the point of a webpage when google business profile ranks for most every type of business I search for?
It’s always the map 3 pack.
Loved this video! New sub. Will be using these strategies to see what happens. I knew video is the way of the future so I'm stumbling through my growing pains and these tips will really help. Thanks!