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<item><title>How to Become a Good SEO Specialist (and How to Learn SEO)</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/how-to-become-an-seo-specialist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/how-to-become-an-seo-specialist/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Nine steps to becoming an SEO specialist: search engines, content, tools, HTML/CSS, practice and staying current.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Mapping Site Architecture with Screaming Frog and Gephi</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/site-architecture-with-screaming-frog-and-gephi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/site-architecture-with-screaming-frog-and-gephi/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Visualising site architecture with Screaming Frog + Gephi and optimising internal links (inlinks).</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>The Most Common SEO Mistakes and How to Fix Them [Video]</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/common-seo-mistakes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/common-seo-mistakes/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The 26 most common mistakes in titles, meta tags, URLs and usability — and how to fix each one.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Using XPath for Better, More Meaningful Crawls</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/xpath-for-better-crawls/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/xpath-for-better-crawls/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Pull custom data such as reviews, FAQs and prices with Screaming Frog + XPath: Custom Extraction settings and real examples.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Crawl Budget Optimization [Video]</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/crawl-budget-optimization/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/crawl-budget-optimization/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What crawl budget is and how to optimize it — explained on video and with Search Console data.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Why User Intent Matters in SEO and Content Marketing [Video]</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/user-intent-in-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/user-intent-in-seo/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What user intent is and why it matters more than rankings: SERP analysis, Ads bid data and intent-based keyword grouping.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>How to Do Data Analysis in SEO</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/data-driven-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/data-driven-seo/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A method for merging Screaming Frog, Analytics, Search Console, Ahrefs, Moz and social data into one sheet and filtering it into strategy.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Mobile Conversion Rate and Its Relationship with SEO</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/mobile-cro-and-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/mobile-cro-and-seo/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Seven tactics that lift mobile conversion: speed, checkout, navigation, UX, content, categories and urgency.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>5 Important Tips for Your SEO Strategy</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/5-seo-strategy-tips/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/5-seo-strategy-tips/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Five tips: SERP competition, RankBrain, on-page, voice search and thinking beyond Google.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>What Is Canonicalization? Canonical Tag Best Practices</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/canonicalization-best-practices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/canonicalization-best-practices/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What the canonical tag is, the best practices around it, and a 40% visibility gain from content consolidation.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>Google's May Quality Updates</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/google-may-quality-updates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/google-may-quality-updates/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>An 8-point checklist to keep your site safe from the May 2017 quality update.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>The Best SEO Practice for Discontinued Products</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/discontinued-products-seo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/discontinued-products-seo/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>404 or 301 for out-of-stock product pages? Temporary and permanent scenarios.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>How to Come Up with New Content Ideas [Video]</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/how-to-find-content-ideas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/how-to-find-content-ideas/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Generating ideas with FAQ pages, AnswerThePublic, Pinterest, BuzzSumo, Quora and SEMrush.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>2017 SEO Trends: AMP and Redirects</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/seo-trends-amp-and-redirects/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/seo-trends-amp-and-redirects/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>What AMP is, how to set it up on WordPress, and whether 3xx redirects lose PageRank. A guide to the 2017 SEO trends.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>12 Advanced SEO Tips</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/12-advanced-seo-tips/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/12-advanced-seo-tips/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Go beyond the classic tactics: 12 advanced SEO moves including long-tail keywords, content consolidation, LSI and snippet optimization.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
<item><title>4 Tools That Make Marketing Easier to Manage</title><link>https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/4-marketing-automation-tools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://tahayelkenci.com/blog/4-marketing-automation-tools/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Marketing automation with Zapier, Driftbot, Quuu and ActiveCampaign: automate email, live chat and social media work.</description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taha Yelkenci]]></dc:creator><category>SEO</category></item>
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