The Biggest SEO Trends of 2021, According to 42 Experts

What SEO strategies and tactics will work and help you dominate in the SERPs and earn more revenue in 2021?

This is the question we ask every year here at Search Engine Journal.

Download our ebook and discover the most important trends you need to know next year, according to 42 of today’s top SEO professionals.

In The Biggest SEO Trends of 2021, According to 42 Experts, learn how the following SEO outlooks will influence the way we do SEO in 2021:

  • Focus on user + search intent
  • Customer analytics, retention, and lifetime value
  • Brand SERP optimization, knowledge graphs, and entities
  • Core Web Vitals and page experience optimization
  • All SEO is mobile SEO
  • Assess, adopt and execute
  • More automation
  • SERP layout and functionality changes
  • Long-form content
  • SEO scalability

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You’ll get more uncensored and unfiltered insights and tips straight from these experts on how to succeed at SEO in 2021:

  • Areej AbuAli
  • Stephan Bajaio
  • Jason Barnard
  • Hamlet Batista
  • Andy Betts
  • Jackie Chu
  • Rachel Costello
  • Dave Davies
  • Andrew Dennis
  • Shelly Fagin
  • Upasna Gautam
  • Marie Haynes
  • Adam Heitzman
  • Motoko Hunt
  • Miracle Inameti-Archibong
  • Alexander Kesler
  • Jeremy Knauff
  • Cindy Krum
  • Ron Lieback
  • Jenn Mathews
  • John McAlpin
  • Julia McCoy
  • Jesse McDonald
  • Corey Morris
  • Britney Muller
  • Brock Murray
  • Jess Peck
  • Chuck Price
  • Nik Ranger
  • Lily Ray
  • Patrick Reinhart
  • Jeff Riddall
  • Adam Riemer
  • Alexis Sanders
  • Jes Scholz
  • John Shehata
  • Cyrus Shepard
  • Izzi Smith
  • Aleyda Solis
  • Mark Traphagen
  • Steven van Vessum
  • Mindy Weinstein

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