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Introduction to Search Engine Optimisation
● History of search engines
● Evolution of Google search results
● How Google works
● What is SEO?
● Tips to improving your search visibility
○ Google Search Console
○ Analytics
○ Keyword research
○ Technical
○ Content
○ Building Authority
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History of search
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PageRank represents the likelihood that a person randomly clicking on links will arrive at a particular page.
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Minimal interface
Better quality search results
Advertising model
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Evolution of Google
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BackRub
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Advertising
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Tidying up
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Universal
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Local
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Rich Snippets
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Featured snippets
Advertising
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Knowledge Graph
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How Google Works
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Crawl
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Index
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Algorithms
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Ranking
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What is SEO?
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Search Engine Optimisation is providing the answers
your target users need from their search queries.
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Getting started
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Google Search Console
Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor and maintain your site's presence in Google Search results.
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● Verify via Domain Name Provider if possible to avoid loss of verification in future
● Set up alerts to your email● Check regularly● Understand the data and how filtering can affect accuracy
Use GWC to understand:● Who is linking to you● What search queries people are using to find you● How Google is crawling and indexing your site
Google Search Console
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Analytics
An analytics package will track metrics which allow you to analyse the traffic you receive.
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● Google Analytics basic is free and easy to use● Set up goals / conversions● Set up tracking of your internal search● Set up an alert to monitor 404 pages● Keep good annotations of changes, these will save
time later● When analysing, segment by device
Analytics
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Keyword Research
Understanding what your users want will help you create the content they need.
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● Put yourself in the shoes of the user● Think about how people might search for each topic● Gather evidence about how they actually search● Visit the SERP to see what types of page, content
and site Google is returning● Use Google Trends to understand change in your
market
Keyword research
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Technical
The aim of technical SEO is to help robots crawl and understand the meaning of your content.
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● Crawl the site to get an overview of how a search engine will crawl your site
● It will also scrape lots of useful information● Are all your pages possible to crawl?● What level are the most important pages?● Is there anything stopping them from being crawled or
indexed?● Using robots.txt and XML Sitemaps?
Technical
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Content
SEO content has two main aims - engagement and answering search queries.
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● Have a page for each topic● There is no correct number of words or keyword density● The content should quickly answer the user’s query● Is your page better than all competing pages in a search?● Is it high quality and useful?● Does it contain no factual, spelling or grammatical errors?● Is the title enticing and short enough? (approx 55 chars)● Is description enticing and short enough? (approx 160
characters)
Content
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Building Authority
Search engine algorithms are still rely heavily on inbound links. To rank well in competitive areas, you need to attract other sites to link to you.
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● Content which is informational, interesting and useful attracts most links
● Good aesthetics and user experience also helps● As does being newsworthy or topical● You can tell people about your content via social media
and by forming relationships● Other links come from business partnerships, PR, your
other assets
Building authority
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