January 22, 2023

SEO Trends to Shape Strategies for Your Business

SEO isn’t a trick or a template anymore. Brands who win the long game marry strategy and movement—so their site, content, and community become impossible to ignore.

At Un_Standard, we quit chasing algorithms. We build clarity, trust, and relevance so magnetic, your next best customer finds you, follows you, and returns.

Here’s how to reshape your digital presence in 2025 and beyond:

Content Quality > Keyword Quantity

Old-school tactics gamed the system. Now, search rewards brands that lead their fields through depth and difference:

  • Don’t “publish to keep up”—create movement-level manifesto essays, founder columns, and actionable, human how-to’s.
  • Focus on unique POV, customer stories, and bold challenges.

Join The Movement

Clarity is the new growth engine—ditch the templates and join the movement of bold brands rewriting the rules. Whether you’re launching, scaling, or leading, Un_Standard delivers anti-ordinary strategy, story, and systems built for every stage of growth. Ignite momentum with our solutions—all designed to smash bottlenecks, fuel creativity, and turn your business into a story worth following.
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Authority Is Earned—With Trust and Proof
  • Google and Bing now elevate subject matter leaders, author profiles, and authentic testimonials over spam links or keyword-stuffed pages.
  • Feature your real team, real customer reviews, and real-world results on every landing and about page.
  • Use every media mention—“As Seen In”—and partner feature for credibility (and powerful backlinks).

Movement Ritual: Run quarterly audits for “trust markers”—do testimonials, UGC, or founder bios read like the movement, not the market?

Speed, UX, and Simplicity Reign

If your site’s slow to load, cluttered, or hard to navigate, nothing else matters. Optimize for:

  • Mobile-first clarity
  • Fast, frictionless journeys
  • Bold, accessible CTAs and nav
AI Will Change Search—But You Control the Signal

AI-powered search snippets, summaries, and video carousels demand optimized, “answer-first” content.

  • Score top ranks with clear FAQ sections, snippet-style posts, and voice-search-friendly phrasing.
  • Own your category’s core answers, definitions, and trusted guides.
Diversify for Zero-Click Search
  • More answers happen right in the SERP now—so optimize for featured snippets, People Also Ask, reviews, and local packs.
  • Make every great answer/insight drive to a movement-owned platform (Substack, Medium, newsletter).

Proof From the Movement

A SaaS challenger brand built a topic cluster around customer pain and manifesto storytelling—organic traffic tripled and new leads flowed from “problem” searches.

A B2C product company turned blog how-to’s into short, bold videos—landing Google snippet features and moving their category up the SERP.

Over the shoulder shot of a marketer performing SEO
Photo by Campaign Creators

Ritual: Monthly Movement SEO Jam

  • Review current rankings, traffic patterns, and content wins.
  • Ask, “Where are customers looking that we’re not already answering?”
  • Assign one new content move, backlink plan, or technical update per sprint.

Un_Standard Takeaway

SEO is a living system. Stop gaming and start leading. Clarity, authority, and original content are the long-term growth levers that launch brands above the noise.

If you’re ready for movement-level digital strategies, Un_Standard can make your website a magnet for the next wave of growth.

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Agent Provocateur & Chief Creative Officer at Un_Standard. David helps ambitious brands unearth clarity, break the rules that hold them back, and co-create movement-level growth. When not challenging the status quo, he’s in the kitchen inventing new flavors or chasing after his three cats: Hallie Tosis, Lester Een, and Jim G. Vitis. #BeUnStandard

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