What’s New With Roofing SEO in 2022? (Podcast Episode)

At Roofing Webmasters, we’ve devoted our lives to search engine optimization for roofers. We even wrote the ultimate guide to Roofing SEO for contractors across the world. Still, our job never stops because Google never stops evolving. Google’s algorithm has progressed more than ever for 2022, and the changes are more significant than we’ve ever seen. In today’s podcast episode, we discuss what’s new in 2022. More Changes, More Quickly Google issued eight total core updates in 2021 and thousands of additional micro-updates to its algorithm. In addition, Google recently declared to changing its algorithm six times per day. Unfortunately, the human mind can’t process such frequent changes and understand which aspects of the algorithm are changing. As a result, businesses and SEO professionals have grown frustrated. How Roofing Companies Can Respond You might think SEO is dead, and there’s no longer a benefit to investing resources in search engine optimization. However, this attitude will only empower your competitors to win the marathon by default. SEO still works, but it now relies more on consistency and logic than manipulation. The good news is that companies like Roofing Webmasters maintain best practices for our SEO services, allowing our clients to continue to rank in 2022. Logic There are SEO aspects that follow the basic logic of good business practices. Take reviews, for example, which are clear indicators of a roofing company’s legitimacy online. In addition, platforms like Google My Business, Facebook, and Yelp have earned the trust of search engines and users alike, making acquiring feedback on these websites more critical than ever. The same is true of social media signals from trusted institutions. Consistency Although Google closed several algorithmic loopholes throughout 2021, the results have been beneficial for roofers who optimize consistently. Following best practices for on-page SEO, technical SEO, and off-site SEO allows consistent websites to maintain an average traffic volume. While some contractors think SEO is a method to manipulate the search engines, Google has always aimed to rank the most worthy websites and companies on their SERPs. Therefore, think of SEO in 2022 as working with Google instead of against them. Best SEO Practices for Roofers in 2022 Since logic and consistency wins in 2022, roofing companies should double down on the best SEO practices. Eliminate manipulative tactics like link buying or PBNs and replace those techniques with legitimate methods like reputation management and user experience optimization. Roofing Webmasters can show you which practices work best in 2022. Quality Content It sounds like a broken record in the SEO industry, but quality content remains critical for ranking on Google. Establishing topical authority is only possible by publishing multiple pages relating to the same general topic. For roofers, in particular, writing good content about each service type will determine how many keywords you rank for online.  For example, a commercial roofer offering TPO roofing services must create a page for TPO roofing and fill it with high-quality content. Google won’t assume you offer the service unl...