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SEO 101Get Your Site
to #1 in Google
By Deacon Hayes at WellKeptWallet.com
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What is Search Engine
Optimization?
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The process of maximizing the number of visitors to a particular
website by ensuring that the site appears
high on the list of results returned by a
search engine.
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Key Elements of SEO
• Research & Analysis• Identify Keywords• On Page Optimization• Site performance (speed)• Off Page Optimization• Link Building
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Research & Analysis
Use tools to analyze:• Google Keyword Planner• Market Samurai
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Identify keywords to use
• Low competition• High traffic volume• Relevant
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Keyword Research Example
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Analyze the Competition
“Getting out of Debt”
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On Page-Optimization• URL Structure• Heading Tags• Content• Images • Meta Data• Social Media
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URL Structure
• Contains main keywords• Do not use underscores instead use hyphens
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Heading Tags
• Contains main keywords• Only one <H1> tag• 15 - 65 characters
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Content• Important data “above the fold”• Original content
- Check using Copyscape.com• Make it sharable• Link to authority websites like: - Wikipedia, Gov. sites, etc.• “Nofollow” links when appropriate
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Images• Include ALT tag• Keyword in description• Keyword in image name
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Meta Data• Titles – 60 characters• Description – 160 characters• Keywords – No more than 10
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Meta Data Example
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Helpful Wordpress Plug-in’s
• All in One Seo• Yoast
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Social Media• Link from/to social media• Have a profile picture• Consider Dlvr.it to automate• Link to Google Authorship
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Site Performance (page load speed)
• Delete unnecessary plug-ins• Fix Syntax errors – W3C Validation• Update Deprecated HTML – Woorank.com
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Off – Page Optimization
& More
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Create a Sitemap• For Wordpress use “XML Sitemaps”
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Authenticate with Search Engines
• Authenticate Bing and Google• For Wordpress use All In One SEO plug-in
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Set up Google Analytics
• Track search queries to your site• Track users pages per visit• Visitor Duration on site
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Link Building• Write guest posts for credible blogs• Link love – Link to other bloggers• Submit to credible blog directories: - Technorat.com - Wisebread.com - PTMoney.com
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Quality Links• High Pagerank
- Chrome Extension• Domain Authority• Page Authority - Check at Moonsy.com
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What to stay away from with SEO
• Avoid using Flash• Keyword stuffing• Broken links
- Use Broken Link checker plug-in
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Q & A
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Resources Mentioned
Wellkeptwallet.com/seo101