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Hi, please suggest some of the best SEO trends for the year 2016?

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Short summary and practical additions to the thread started by . Good starter points from and thanks to for the link — this adds action-oriented items that weren’t called out yet and that mattered for SEO in 2016 (and remain useful foundations today).

Prioritize mobile user experience and load speed. In 2016 Google was already rewarding mobile-ready pages, so responsive design, a correct viewport meta, avoiding intrusive interstitials, and aggressive image compression/caching should be first on the checklist. Consider AMP for publisher-style content where near-instant mobile load matters, but treat AMP as a format, not a cure-all: measure engagement after rollout. (developers.google.com)

Make the site secure and explicit for search engines. Google had started using HTTPS as a lightweight ranking signal, so migrate with 301s, update canonical tags, and verify both HTTP/HTTPS in Search Console before dropping the old site. Add structured data using JSON-LD (Google recommended format) so eligible pages can produce enhanced results; note that markup makes pages eligible but does not guarantee rich display. Example JSON-LD for an article:

{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "Article",
  "headline": "Example headline",
  "datePublished": "2016-06-01",
  "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Author Name" }
}

Use structured-data testing and rich-results reports to validate. Also remember that machine‑learning signals (RankBrain) were already influencing query interpretation in 2015–2016, so focus copy on clear intent and human language rather than keyword stuffing. (webmasters.googleblog.com)

Practical priority list: (1) mobile & speed, (2) HTTPS + correct redirects, (3) validate structured data, (4) content that answers user intent and keeps visitors on the page. Monitor via Search Console (mobile usability, rich results, crawl errors) and use real-user metrics (time on page, bounce, conversions) to guide which technical fixes to roll out first.

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Check out this post on SEO tips for 2016:

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SEO trends:

  1. Link worthy, Useful content
  2. Subdomain versus subdirectory
  3. Battle of the snippets
  4. SEO rich, long form content
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