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@Rhea moderated this session on Essential SEO Analytics. In my presentation I looked at real metrics for SMB Online Marketing. For small businesses internet marketing can be a critical part of their success or it might be a stinking pile of frustration. In this presentation I unpack some of the real metrics that matter for local businesses and highlight some bad practices in call tracking for local search.

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You’ll See It When You Believe It

Essential SEO Analytics

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CUSTOMERSThe reason we’re all here.

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If I Can’t See It, It Doesn’t Exist

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenhester/http://www.searchinfluence.com/2010/11/have-you-measured-it/

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REPORTINGAnd then we screw it all up.

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Copyright Search Influence, LLC © 2013

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Copyright Search Influence, LLC © 2013

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Copyright Search Influence, LLC © 2013

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LEADSShow me the money.

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WEB FORMS

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Web Forms – Input

Clear call to action Hidden fields trap:

Referrer data URL String for social

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Web Forms – Output

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CALLSThe Holy Grail for Local Business

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Calls - Output

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GETTING THE CREDITGoogle just made it a lot easier

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Copyright Search Influence, LLC © 2013

@w2scott Presented to SMX WestSearch Influence helps customers successfully market online.

Copyright Search Influence, LLC © 2013

@w2scott Presented to SMX WestSearch Influence helps customers successfully market online.

Copyright Search Influence, LLC © 2013

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DANGERCall tracking and local SEO go together like Peanut Butter and Poo

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Call Tracking in Local SEO• Business Owners: Are You Sabotaging

Your Own Local Listings?• For Local SEO, Lack Of Call

Tracking Solution Spawns Cloaking• Be Wary Of Call Tracking Numbers In

Local Search• Google Details Information Sources fo

r the Business Listing “Cluster”

• Time to Reexamine hCard to Solve the Call Tracking Issue in Local

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Can It Ever Work?

Using Javascript for phone and image replacement can work.Microsites aren’t good enough. Robots.txt isn’t going to keep that number from indexing.Pushing bad numbers into Local Search Ecosystem is EVIL. Don’t do it.

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SEARCH INFLUENCEScalable Solutions Powered by Experts

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About Search Influence

• Helping customers successfully market online since 2006• We work with thousands of clients, directly and as a white-label

provider to major national media companies.• Scalable Solutions Powered by Experts

• Search Influence:• 50+ full-time employees• 70+ contract writers• 12 AdWords Certified Staff

• Reputation:• 2011 Inc. 500 honoree• Recognized leader in search and social for local business• Over a decade in online media

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Thank you!

Will Scott– searchinfluence.com/blog– wscott@searchinfluence.com– twitter.com/w2scott

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