Google’s Makin’ ChangesWil Reynolds - @wilreynolds
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Who saw my keynote last year?
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Remember the title?
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No more f****** shortcuts!!
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Any of your heroes ever
build a business “sculping pagerank”
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Fall in love with easy
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Fall in love with hard
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Video + Preso + Links
http://bit.ly/affsum2011
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Well some of ya’ll didn’t
listen
Penguin Slap!
CuttsYou
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Cutts
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Penguin diagnosis
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Get your linksWebmaster Tools
Majestic SEOSEOmoz
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Opensiteexplorer.com
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Ahrefs.com
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If most of the sites you get
links from drop?@wilreynolds
Scale – Scale - Scale@wilreynolds
Grim Reaper
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Who started changing that day?
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We should have started changing earlier
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1986
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How would you sell…Software
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Have you exploited a temporary opportunity?
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using…
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Cloaking
DIGG Network
Fake stumbles
10,000 pinterest accounts
LinkbaitReciprocal links
3 way link exchange IMG Alt
stuffingWhite textOn White
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Buy text links in footers
Buy text links in copy
Private link network
Buy old domains and
301 them
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Anything add value? Any conversions?Is that what we are?????
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#RCS is tough
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#1 goal
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Making someone’ life easier
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Intent to HELP?
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You tell me…
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Wouldn’t it just be easier to get the answer?
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Travel Search Engine(affiliates)
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Oh ZapposOh Hipmunk
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100+ videos…quality!!
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REAL Fans, who take REAL photos
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Content Business?
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treehugger
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livestrong
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If your version of building content is…
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Swing Sets
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Big brand + Authority + Thin
Content = Rankings
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Your competitors aren’t stupid
forever@wilreynolds
Smaller Players
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Is your passion to make money?
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Mine is to help.
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Who’s going to “win”
long term?@wilreynolds
Passionate about buying old domains
for “link juice”?
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Buy expired domains & sell
them back?@wilreynolds
Build Community
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Rankings Bumpw/ Community
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Google Search + Your
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Abuse of Authorship
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Articles / Blog posts
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CTR Boost?
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0% - 25% Boost but why…
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Are you recognizable?
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Speaking, helping people, producing video
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Event Listings
Tickets
Band history
Members
Songs / Albums
News
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Ticket Brokers | Concert Providers
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Zoo | Local “to-do” sites
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Yelp, Yelp, Yelp
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Travel Affiliates
Google’s favoring brands….
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Finally rewarding brand activity@wilreynolds
no followersno engagementno cust. service
no content
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WINNER!@wilreynolds
Game OVER!
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How about you…
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Engage@wilreynolds
Rabid Fans@wilreynolds
Stand for something@wilreynolds
Share their expertise@wilreynolds
Building followersis the new link building
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Do influencers share 20 dollar articles?
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Use it onLink Reports
Use it onBlog commenters
http://bit.ly/export-commenters
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W/O real commenters...USELESS
Get new content ideas that convert
Conversions fromArticles
DirectoriesLink networks
bit.ly/conversions-and-links
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How to start building community?
Build the QUALITY assets they won’t
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Then start telling the world
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App for that
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INBOXq.com
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Hootsuite?
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Integration FTW!
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Go right to Twitter…
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http://bit.ly/content-ideas1
@seogadget tool = more ways to help
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Pick on someone
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who has stronger engagement
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I’m gunning for RandFish@wilreynolds
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I’m making (NO) headway@wilreynolds
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What’s been the downside?
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Think about that!
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Pick 1 person and try to OUT “HELP”
them
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Notout linkout blog
out funnythem
OUT HELP!@wilreynolds
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Lets get started@wilreynolds
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