how seo & good content strategy impact online performance

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A look at SEO elements and how content development and strategy plays a role in overall marketing performance online

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How SEO and Good Content Impact Online Performance

SEO Seminar Event

Outline

• Basics of SEO & the Search Market

• What SEO Means to the Bottom Line

• SEO is Really About Content

• Focus & Measure: Choosing the Right Targets

BASICS OF SEO & THE SEARCH MARKET

What is Search Engine Marketing?

SEM is the promoting a websites through increased visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs)

Two Methods: Organic SearchPaid Search

The image to the left is a Search Engine Results page or SERP. This page has several components.

In green are the Organic Search results. These are pages that Google has determined match the user’s query.

In pink are the Paid Search results. These are listing companies pay to have shown. These ads are set up to match selected Keywords.

Search Engine Results Page

Paid Results

Organic Results

Organic Search (SEO) v. Paid Search (PPC)

90% of Clicks

10% of Clicks

More than 50% of search queries have no ads at all

The SEM Continuum

Users will refine or be more specific in searches as they get close to transactions

Goal of Search Engines

To find web pages that provide the best information on the internet for its users.

Determine intent, context and proximity

Search Engine Optimization

The techniques that help your website rank higher in the organic/natural search

results.

It helps the people find your product or service online!

Search Engine Indexing

CMS Fields for SEO

Title Tag

Meta Description

URL Hierarchy

Title Tag: is the title of the web page shown for the results. This information is stored in the web code in <title> tags.

Page URL: is exact URL for the page – generally matches structure in CMS.

Meta Description: is the phrase or words that describe the page. This information is stored in the web code in <meta description> tags.

Search Engine Results Elements

Title Tag

Page URL

Meta Description

Experts Take on Google Ranking

Connections & Link Authority

Your WebsiteAbout Cats

Cat Blog

Cats.com

WHAT SEO MEANS TO THE BOTTOM LINE

88% of People only click on Page 1 results

Page 1Results

SEO + Paid Search Impact

What That Means To You

For the term “ink cartridges” there are an average of

1.2 million monthly searches

What That Means To You

If you are listed #1:

1.2 mill x 42.1 % =

505,200 clicks

What That Means To You

If you are listed #10:

2.2 mill x 3.0 % =

36,000 clicks

What That Means To You

469,200missed

opportunities

Business Impact

Even if only .1% of those clicks turned

to leads/sales, it would generate over

469 leads per month

Business Impact

If you make $5 on every cartridge that

you sell, that would equate to

$2345/month

$28,140/year

YOU CAN USE SEO METRICS TO CREATE BUSINESS CASES TO SUPPORT OTHER WORK.

SEO IS REALLY ABOUT CONTENT

Content First

Content Always

Content Consumption

Popular Types of Content

Avoid Duplicate Content & Domains

The Search Engines Don’t Like It!

Rule For Avoiding Duplication

• Do not have multiple domain names that end up show all the same pages

www.Company.com

www.CompanyName.com

• Do not have multiple URLs with the same exact

content

• Try to keep each page to One (1) topic

• Write original <title>, <meta description> and <h1> tags for each page

Meta Information Counts

Keep to the designated counts for each search engine. The counts include spaces.

Google:

• Title - 69 characters

• Description - 156 characters

Yahoo!/Bing

• Title - 72 characters

• Description - 161 characters

3 Times + 1 is the Charm

Be consistent when writing <meta description>,

<title> and <h1> tag.

By putting a keyword in all three areas, it will help the search engines know this is an important term.

REMEMBER: You need to use these keywords in the <body> copy of the page as well.

Focus & Measure: CHOOSING THE RIGHT TARGETS

Challenges

Should you write about Printer Cartridges

or Ink Cartidges?

Google Keyword Volume

Don’t Forget the Humans

Which search will not only net more online activity but more relationships,

leads and sales?

Who Consumes Your Content?

WRITE AND MARKET FROM YOUR AUDIENCE NEEDS OUT, NOT FROM THE KEYWORDS IN

YOU CANNOT IMPROVE THAT WHICH YOU DO NOT MEASURE

Analytics Tracking

Establish Goal

Reports

Keyword for Goals

Measuring The Metrics

Segmenting Search

Tracking Keyword Groups

LINDA NAWROCKIONLINE MARKETING STRATEGY

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