how to get found on the internet: a framework for a successful seo strategy

Getting Found on the Internet: A Framework for a Successful SEO Strategy

Agenda

SEO101

A Threefold Approach to SEO

Measurement & Improvement

What’s New in SEO

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Q&A

Please hold questions until the end!


About Me

Coding since 1986Creating websites

since 1997Working in e-

commerce since 2005

Marketing MBA


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SEO 101

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Google does data entry with your website


INDEXING

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TECHNICAL

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Don’t Confuse Google

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Technical Checkup


www.WooRank.comWrite this down!

STEP 1

Technical Checkup


STEP 2Hand WooRank Report to Webmaster.

Tell them to fix it all.

(Cry if necessary)

WooRank

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ON-PAGE

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Keywords

On-Page: Keywords


Google doesn’t use the meta keywords tag.

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On-Page: Keywords


http://adwords.google.com

KEYWORD RESEARCH

Write this down!

“Keyword Planner” Tool

(No ad purchase required to use the “Keyword Planner” tool)

On-Page: Keywords


KEYWORD RESEARCH

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Site Structure

On-Page: Site Structure


On-Page: Site Structure


Each product or service needs its own page.

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Content Strategy

On-Page: Content


BLOG RELIGIOUSLY.

(Blog must be on your own website, not on WordPress.com or Blogger.com)

On-Page: Content


If your blog impresses

humans, the search rankings

will follow

WRITE AWESOME CONTENT

On-Page: Content


EDITORIAL CALENDAR

4 Categories = 4 Posts Per Month

ONE Key Phrase per post!

On-Page: Content


This is what will happen.

Actual Case Study

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OFF-PAGE

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Links

Off-Page: Links


Off-Page: Links


RELEVANT&

REPUTABLE

NOT JUST ABOUT QUANTITY

Off-Page: Links


If your blog impresses humans, the LINKS will

follow

WRITE AWESOME CONTENT

Off-Page: Links


Reputable directories = OK

Link farms = NOT OK

NOT OKAY TO PAY FOR LINKS

Off-Page: Links


PAYING FOR EYEBALLS = OK!

https://www.stumbleupon.com/pd

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Paid Discovery on Great Content = FAST Link Building

Off-Page: Links


10/14: 183 links from 37 different sites

1 paid stumble on 10/15: $50 for 500 visitors

11/19: 303 links from 56 different sites

An increase of 120 links and 19 root domains in 1 month

CASE STUDY

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Social Media

Off-Page: Social


Social, Social, Social!

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Citations

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https://moz.com/local/search Write this down!

Check your citation status

https://moz.com/local/search

https://moz.com/local/search

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MEASURE

Measures & Metrics


Metrics that Matter1. Organic Keywords (Webmaster Tools)

Search Traffic -> Search Queries

2. Landing Pages (Analytics)Behavior -> Site Content -> Landing Pages❶Visits ❷Bounce Rate ❸Avg. Visit Duration

3. Referral Traffic (Analytics)Acquisition -> All Referrals

Ongoing Improvement


“I should blog more about that”

“I should add that

to my Services page”

“That would make a great

article”

Data-Driven Ideas

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LATESTTRENDS

SEO in 2013


1)Authorship

2)Local

Authorship


Jump ahead of hundreds of millions of pages using Authorship!

http://plus.google.com/authorship

Write this down!

Local


Huuuuge Tracks of Land!

1. Fill out 100%

2. Get reviews!

Local


https://plus.google.com/dashboard Write this down!

https://plus.google.com/dashboard






What the PLUS?!?


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RECAP

Recap: The Framework


Technical Fix Issues

On-Page Keyword Research Drilldown Pages Editorial Calendar

Off-Page Links (Stumble!) Social Media Citations

Measure & Improve Watch the

“Metrics that Matter”

Get ideas from keyword data

Stay on Top of Trends Authorship Local


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