{"id":276460,"date":"2018-11-13T23:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/pro-education\/google-seo-tool\/"},"modified":"2018-11-13T23:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T12:45:15","slug":"google-seo-tool","status":"publish","type":"au-pro-education","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/pro-education\/google-seo-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Google launches new SEO tool that will grade your website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">A new Google SEO tool has been launched! This tool will measure and grade your website based on how well it follows best practices for SEO.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7570\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2022\/02\/23184402\/iStock-993203474.jpg\" alt=\"google SEO TOOL\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>According to Search Engine Journal, Google said that this tool is beneficial to users in that it&#8217;s a culmination of their 10+ years of knowledge looking at user needs:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs the bar for high-quality experience continues to rise, users are quickly disappointed in a web experience that doesn\u2019t deliver. And then they\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n<p>We believe, however, the web now has the capabilities to overcome that challenge\u2014to give all users the best possible experience wherever they are.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, Google is aiming to help site owners with 5 key areas that will make searching the web a better experience for users.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7571\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2022\/02\/23184407\/iStock-872409924-1.jpg\" alt=\"GOOGLE SEO TOOLS\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>The tool looks specifically at these five different aspects of your website:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Performance:<\/strong> Primarily looks at speed &#8211; page load, time to interactivity and more<\/p>\n<p><strong>PWA:<\/strong> Assesses your page against the Progressive Web App Checklist (related to coding, explained <a href=\"https:\/\/mobiforge.com\/design-development\/pwa-minimus-a-minimal-pwa-checklist\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Practices<\/strong>: This part of the tool looks at correct image aspect ratios, HTTPS usage and much more<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEO:<\/strong> Checks how discoverable your site is<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessibility:<\/strong> This part of the tool checks for common issues that can prevent users from accessing your content\/site<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7572\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2022\/02\/23184411\/iStock-458607447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"546\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>How do I use the new Google SEO tool?<\/h3>\n<p>All you need to do to test your site is to input your URL, and the tool will run a report.<\/p>\n<p>Then, you can analyze this information, and identify where your site needs to improve. This report can also be downloaded and passed onto your web developer.<\/p>\n<p>For every single audit the Google SEO tool provides, there is actionable steps that you\/your developer can take to improve your site.<\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s an example of what the results could look like:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7569\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7569\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2022\/02\/23184416\/google-SEO-tool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"278\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google SEO tool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Use the new Google SEO tool <a href=\"https:\/\/web.dev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/webdesign\/\">If you need a new web designer, Easy Weddings are specialist in the wedding industry.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270143,"template":"","au_pro_edu_tags":[],"class_list":["post-276460","au-pro-education","type-au-pro-education","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_pro_edu_categories-share-worthy-articles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-pro-education\/276460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-pro-education"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-pro-education"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_pro_edu_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_pro_edu_tags?post=276460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}