Intro to SEO - Denver Entrepreneur Meetup
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Optimize Your Bottom Line:
What You Need to Know About SEO (Search Engine
Optimization)
presented by seOverflow
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seOverhaul Your Business
• seOverflow is a search engine optimization and pay per click marketing company in Denver, CO.
• We specialize in offering solutions that enable web design companies, marketing consultants, and other solution providers to offer high end SEO services to their clients.
• We are a Google Adwords Qualified Company, Yahoo Search Marketing Ambassadors, and SEMPO members.
Who Is seOverflow?
The Search Engines want to return the most relevant results for every search query.
So, we have to demonstrate the relevance of our pages to them.
What the Search Engines Want
How the SE’s determine relevance:
• By the titles and tags we place on our pages.
• By what they “see” when they spider our pages.
• By what we and others tell them the pages are about through the links to them.
What the Search Engines Want
• Wizardry or a myth.
• Keywords in the meta tags only.
• An overnight success.
• A one time activity.
• Something that can be successful without good incoming links.
What SEO Is NOT:
Anatomy of a SERP
Organic
Pay Per Click
Pay Per Click
Local Ten Pack
Who Gets The Clicks?
Search Engine Market Share
Organic vs PPC
Who Gets The Clicks?
Source: Enquiro, 2006
Advantages of Organic Search Advantages of Paid Search
More traffic on the same keywords Quick to market
Trusted more by the public Easy to cast a wide net
Cheaper over the long term (for some) Ability to geo-target customers
Not prone to click fraud Control over traffic levels
Organic vs Paid Search
• On-page Optimization – research, planning and implementation. Anything and everything that can be controlled on the website.
• Link Building (Off-page optimization) – the process of getting other websites to link to your website. Think of links as popularity votes.
SEO From 30,000 Feet
On-page Optimization
Research, Planning and Implementation
Keyword Research is the process of discovering for which keywords you should optimize. KW research is critical. Without it, your SEO efforts may be misdirected.
Keyword Research: The Cornerstone of SEO
Keyword Research Steps
1. Brainstorming
2. Use Keyword Research Tools
3. Check The Competition Levels, Choose The Keywords
• How much traffic does the keyword receive?
• How likely is someone using that keyword to reach your site going to convert into a customer/lead/sale?
• How competitive is the keyword? (use allintitle: operator)
• How much budget and time do you have?
• TOOL: Google Adwords Keyword Tool:• https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Is This A Good Keyword?
Keyword Research: The Long Tail
• The Keyword Matrix is an optimization map showing which pages will be optimized for which keywords.
• Typically we target 1-5 closely related keywords per page. (3 on avg.)
• Many times we suggest adding new pages to existing sites.
• We use the keywords identified in the matrix as your main ‘rank checking’ keywords.
The Keyword Matrix
The Keyword Matrix Example
URL Keyword 1 Keyword 2 Keyword 3
/home.html donuts best donuts tasty donuts
/chocolatedonuts.html chocolate donutes chocolate frosted donuts
/sprinkedonuts.html sprinkle donuts rainbow sprinkle donuts chocolate sprinkle donuts
• Spiderability
• Accessibility (Broken Links, W3C, File Size etc.)
• Title Tags
• Meta Tags
• H Tags
• Image Optimization
• Outbound Links
• Keyword Density
Critical On-pageOptimization Components
Link Building
Strategies For Finding and Acquiring Powerful Links
Link Building Defined
• Link Building is the practice of obtaining links from external websites into your own website in order to obtain higher search engine rankings and/or direct referrals.
Link Building
On-page Vs Off-Page
Link Building Basics
• Links as “votes”– When another website links to yours, that site is essentially
casting a “vote” for your website. The more votes you have the better, although in this game the quality of the votes you receive is very important too.
• Some Link Factors– Page Rank (PR)*
– Keyword Rich Text Link
– Followed vs no-followed
– Number of outbound links on the page
– Age of the link• Link becomes more trusted with time
Getting Links
Start By Spying On Your Competitor’s Links
Use OpenSiteExplorer to view most of the links coming into your competitor’s websites.
http://www.opensiteexplorer.com
Which of these links can you get? Any idea generated by looking at their strategy?
Getting Links
• Directory Submissions– Paid Directories
– Free Directories
– Niche Directories
– General Directories
• Article Distribution– Plenty of free sites (such as Ezine Articles) that allow you to
create a profile and submit articles that include text links.
• Content Creation and Publication– In addition to articles, also consider creating videos, slideshows
etc and distributing across the web
– Guest Articles
Getting Links
• Press Releases– Not just a tool for the traditional PR company anymore
– Easy way to generate some text links for your product or service
– Press releases often will show up quite high in search results, at least for a while
• Exposure, plus a lasting link for relevant keywords
• Resource Pages– Look within relevant industry
– Often can get these links for free
– Present your website as a resource that should be included in the owner’s list
– Quality
Getting Links• Paid Links
– Against Google webmaster guidelines, much controversy
– Still a widely used technique
• Sponsorships– Within relevant industry
• If your site deals with cars, consider sponsoring a car club
– Local Sponsorships• Sports leagues, parks, etc.- the Page Rank surprise!
• Community Involvement
Getting Links
• Social Media– Social Media categorizes online tools that people use to share
content, opinions, profiles, and news itself. This sharing causes conversations and interactions between people online.
– Examples include• Voting style sites- Digg, Mixx, Sphinn
• Online communities- Myspace, Facebook
• Video based communities- YouTube
• Niche communities- health, auto lovers, etc
Links That Will Not Count
• 302 redirects
• Javascript
• No-followed links
• Links on pages that are not indexed
Outsourcing Your SEO
What To Do and Not To Do
• Experience• Knowledge of Link Building• Ability to “see the light” of possible SEO
opportunities• Ability to diagnose and repair complex
issues• Time savings• Additional revenue streams (if
outsourcing client work)
Outsourcing SEO: Advantages
• Guarantee Rankings• Use ‘black hat’ or hacker-ish techniques• Only perform link building through
reciprocal links and link farms• Only optimize pages for search engines
and not for visitors• Don’t have good references that you
can speak with
Avoid SEO Firms That…
• Got Any Questions?
• Write “pres” on your business card if you would like a copy emailed to you.
Q & A
• http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/css-and-seo.shtml
• http://www.pearsonified.com/2007/01/get_53_percent_more_searches_with_one_tweak.php
• http://www.e-gain.co.uk/online_marketing/news_articles/Search%20Engine%20Marketing/4
• http://www.seofaststart.com
• http://www.seomoz.org
• http://www.shimonsandler.com
• http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/css-and-seo.shtml
• http://blog.compete.com/2008/02/08/search-market-share-january-yahoo-microsoft-google-ask-aol-msn-live/
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