Some Notes on Topical Map Concepts

5 Main components of any semantic topical map:

  1. Source Context : Mobile phone reviews ( comparison website)
  2. Central Entity : mobile phone
  3. Central Search Intent : find and compare the best mobile phones
  4. Core section: Mobile phone reviews (brand, deals, categories/features, buying guides)
  5. Outer Section :Mobile phone how to’s , accessories (chargers, batteries)
  6. Identify the authority sources (based on above data / steps)
    • Identify

Attribute Types:

  • Prominent
  • Popular
  • Relevant
  • More

An website can have multiple topical maps e.g. Amazon have numerous topical maps.

Some ref:

https://blinpete.github.io/wiki-graph/?lang=en&wordle=&query=

Source Context

Source context is extremely important concept that is the core of an website. Source context of an website is how exactly the brand monetize the content on its website, more specifically how it converts the search engine users into its customer as per their monetization plan.

Central Entity

Lexical relations

https://fatjoe.com/tools/topical-map-generator

https://www.akkio.com/tool/seo-topical-map-generator

https://askoptimo.com/tools/topical-map-generator

Here’s a Google Sheet with all the steps explained from the video. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SSLJl7v_02PHIm2Rr-VS4Qf28Fk4-wRI42PbkJ_SSsQ/edit?usp=sharing

Here’s the semantic SEO glossary I usually use to train my teams.

https://bow-dietician-9de.notion.site/Semantic-SEO-Glossary-413a22e562d64e06a7ebb51b7dc3c9cb

These are the semantic writing rules my writing team follows:

https://bow-dietician-9de.notion.site/Semantic-Content-Writing-Rules-8fd4c217721b424f9f7a5ce2dff5fa80?pvs=4

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