complete an seo-friendly redesign...ongoing seo •seo is not a one-time thing •have a strategy...
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Complete an SEO-Friendly Redesign Corey Morris // @coreydmorris
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•13 years in digital marketing
•Search Engine Journal & GoDaddy contributor
•KC Search Conference Founder
•SEMPO global board member
•Former KC tech radio personality
•VP of Marketing at Voltage
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•Digital agency based in KC River Market
•Founded in 2005
•Focus on branding, web, digital marketing
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SEO Background
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SEO Background
•Indexing & technical
•On-page
•External influences
@coreydmorris
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Before Migration
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Goals & Project Plan
•Business use-cases
•UX improvements
•Marketing initiatives
•SEO improvements
@coreydmorris
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Content & Information Architecture
•Sitemap (current & new)
•Mapping keywords/topics to content
•Canonicals (where needed)
@coreydmorris
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On-Page Optimization
•URLs
•Titles
•Meta descriptions
•Headings
•Body copy
•Image alts
@coreydmorris
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Redirects: Why
•UX
•Link value
•Indexing
@coreydmorris
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Redirects: How
•Time consuming
•Crawl existing site
•Crawl dev site or map out manually
•Match up old URLs to most relevant new URL
•Can be many to single URL (old to new)
@coreydmorris
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At Launch
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At Launch
•Know the process & checklist
•Ensure those “launching” know the SEO items
•Set timing for when you can immediately jump into
post-launch action plan
@coreydmorris
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Post-Launch
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Redirects
•Validate proper implementation
•Test in third party tool (like redirectcheck.com)
@coreydmorris
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Dev-to-Live Audit
•Content
•Functionality
•Dynamic features
•On-page optimization
@coreydmorris
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Code & Performance Validation
•Page speed (mobile test, others)
•Mobile-friendly test
@coreydmorris
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Indexing
•XML Sitemap
•Robots.txt file
•Validation for accuracy (no redirects, 404s, non-
canonical URLs)
•Submit through Google Search Console & Bing
Webmaster Tools
@coreydmorris
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Monitoring
•Indexing
•Rankings
•Traffic
•UX factors
•Canonicals
•404s
@coreydmorris
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Ongoing SEO
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@coreydmorris
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Ongoing SEO
•SEO is not a one-time thing
•Have a strategy and plan and stick to it going forward
@coreydmorris
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Keys to Success
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Keys to Success
•Be flexible working with content, UX, dev, IT, and other
stakeholders
•Redirects are critical
•Don’t skip post-launch validation
•Transition from post-launch into ongoing
@coreydmorris
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Additional Resources & Credits
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/author/corey-morris/
Articles on this topic, optimizing for multiple keywords, etc.
@coreydmorris
Image credits:
https://gifs.com/gif/jurassic-park-seat-belt-metaphor-vQeOEY
https://www.bustle.com/articles/92681-13-apollo-13-facts-you-didnt-know-to-celebrate-the-films-20th-anniversary
https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=47582
https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/89x756/a_rockets_exhaust/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/3sov46/crew_members_sleeping_on_the_space_shuttle/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/16-years-of-station-told-in-16-gifs
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/142004194485410931/
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