These three areas are the latest and least competitive SEO topics and will definitely be trending in 2024, so get ahead by learning all about them here. 2024 SEO, let’s go! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Core Web Vitals are a set of specific factors that Google considers important in a webpage\u2019s overall user experience. Core Web Vitals are made up of three specific page speed and user interaction measurements: largest contentful paint, first input delay, and cumulative layout shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In short, Core Web Vitals are a subset of factors that will be part of Google\u2019s \u201cpage experience\u201d score (basically, Google\u2019s way of sizing up your page\u2019s overall UX).<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can find your site\u2019s Core Web Vitals data in the \u201cenhancements\u201d section of your Google Search Console<\/a> account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Core vitals are essential for 2024 SEO. Google plans to make page experience\u00a0an official Google ranking factor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Page experience will be a mishmash of factors that Google considers important for user experience, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Core Web Vitals will be a very important part of the page experience score and thus of a website’s overall ranking. Let’s go over the main three elements of Core Web Vitals and how to improve them for 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n LCP is how long it takes a page to load from the point of view of an actual user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Basically: it is the time from clicking on a link to seeing most of the on-page content. <\/p>\n\n\n\n LCP is different from other page speed measurements because it is the most relevant to the actual user experience, and shows how fast a user is actually able to see and interact with your page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can check your LCP score using Google PageSpeed Insights<\/a> or using Google search console. Google search console provides more details including a three-level scale for LCP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These tips will help you speed up your LCP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now let’s dive into the second major core web vital: First Input Delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FID measures: the time it takes for a user to actually interact with your page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Examples of interactions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google considers FID important because it takes into account how real-life users interact with websites<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n FID technically measures how long it takes something to happen on a page, which makes it similar to a page speed score, but it measures how long it takes for a user to actually click something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These are the best tips to improve your FID score: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is how stable a page is as it loads (aka \u201cvisual stability\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Basically: if elements on your page move around as the page loads, then you\u2019ve got a high CLS. In this case you want a low CLS, because the more stable the screen is during loading the better the user experience is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some simple things you can do to minimize CLS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In October Google announced<\/a> a new search technology called \u201cPassages\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This feature allows Google to rank specific sections of a page (\u201ca passage\u201d) independently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This feature is going to affect 7% of all searches, which is huge! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s see how to optimize for this new Google ranking factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Passages allow Google to rank specific, relevant passages from a specific page, not just the page itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They\u2019ll now also size up the relevancy of a specific section of that page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That said, Google has made it clear that they will still evaluate entire pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So backlinks, on-page SEO, UX signals, and Google\u2019s other page-level ranking factors will still apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only difference is that a single page now has more chances to rank. That is, assuming the page is optimized and organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, Google will rank passages of your page semi-independently. However, Google can’t do this if your content is just one long block of text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This means your content needs to be divided up into dedicated sections so that crawlers can rank the passages based on the specific topics and subtopics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The downside of long-form content USED to be that you could sometimes get beat by a more focused page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, let\u2019s say you had a section on your page about writing blog post intros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And someone else had an entire page<\/strong> dedicated to writing post intros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, in some cases Google would rank the entire page about post intros over you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s because your competitor\u2019s page was 100% about that topic. And to Google, that page could be a better UX for someone looking to write better introductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But that\u2019s about to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, Google can parse a single piece of long-form content into 5, 10, or even 100 unique passages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And each one has a good shot of ranking in Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So yeah, long-form content already had a rankings edge in the SERPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And for generating backlinks and social shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that Google can divide up a single page into distinct passages, you can expect long-form content to work even better for SEO in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why Optimizing for Voice Search in 2024 is a Good Idea<\/strong> Here are the two main reasons Voice Search is so useful<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/accessily.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pexels-rdne-stock-project-6224718-1024x683.jpg\")
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What Are Core Web Vitals?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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First Input Delay (FID)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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2024 SEO: Optimizing for Google Passages<\/h3>\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nHow Google Passage Ranking Works<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Organize Your Content Into Discrete Sections<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Increase Long-Form Content<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
2024 SEO: Optimizing for Voice Search <\/h3>\n\n\n
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There\u00a0are\u00a0tons of people out there doing voice searches, on\u00a0their smartphones and smart home devices, and this way of searching is trending upward because of its ease and the increase in devices made for it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n