jawad khan - 10 steps to effective seo
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10 Steps to Effective SEO & Great Rankings
How to make SEO work for your business?
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Why is SEO so Important?
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http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html
In Feb. 2011, Google said they had 2 Billion+ searches/day!
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Global Search Volume Growth
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Search Engine Market Share
http://www.hitwise.com/uk/datacentre/main/dashboard-7323.html http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/2/comScore_Releases_January_2011_U.S._Search_Engine_Rankings
Most of the World (except China, Russia, Korea + Czech
Republic) look like this
http://www.impactmedia.co.uk/blog/search-engine-news/google/search-engine-market-share-statistics-%E2%80%93-february-2011-18271/
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Organic vs. Paid Search
Paid
Organic
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Organic vs. Paid Search
~20% of Clicks
~80% of Clicks
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Click-Through Rates
Ranking #2, #3 and #4 would send less traffic than
just ranking #1
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How Can My Website Compete?
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Step 1: Good Isn’t Good Enough;
Make Your Content Great.
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“Good” Content vs. “GREAT” Content
Satisfies the searcher’s basic information requirements
Written by a human and not duplicated elsewhere
Long enough to fulfill basic needs of engines for depth/uniqueness
Grammatically correct; free of spelling/punctuation errors
Surprises and delights the searcher by being remarkable
Produced by extraordinary writers/designers/producers
May leverage video, audio, graphics & photos to convey a unique, shareable experience
Produced by extraordinary writers/designers/producers
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Searchers LOVE Great Content &
People SHARE Great Content
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A Blog Alone Doesn’t Cut It.
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You Must Become a Hub for Great
Content in Your Niche
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Site that offers:• Unique Research
• Informed Opinions
• News/Trend Analysis
• Multimedia Content
• Authentic Expert Contributors
• Quality Discussion/Interaction
Referenced by industry
blogs
Mentioned in news
publications
Cited at conferences + events
Liked/Shared on Facebook
Links are Tweeted
Answers on Q+A sites reference its resources
Forum discussions link to its pages
People email links to each
other
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Step 2: Make that Great Content
Accessible to Search Engines.
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Substantive, Descriptive, HTML Text Content
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Clean, Crawlable URLs
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Better
Worse
www.adioso.com/seattle/british-airways-flights
www.adioso.com/cat61/british
www.adioso.com/cat61/174
www.adioso.com/f?ID=174
www.adioso.com/f?cat=61&?ID=174
cdn6.fly.adioso.com/f?cat=61&?ID=174&CustID=5afsdf21
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Logical, Shallow Information Architecture
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No Duplicate Content
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Rel Canonical to the Rescue (Sometimes)
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Proper Redirects (301 v. 302, etc.)
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301 = Permanent Redirect
Good for Users
Good for Search Engines
Good for Web Servers
Javascript Redirect
Fails for non-JS Users (including many mobiles)
May not be counted by Search Engines
Slower on Web Servers
302 = Temporary Redirect
Meta Refresh
Fine for Users
Search Engines Don’t Always Treat as Permanent
Slower on Web Servers
Fine for Users
Bad for Search Engines (treated as temporary)
Good for Web Servers
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Effective Error Handling
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Step 3: Delight Your Visitors with
Phenomenal Design + Usability.
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Search Engines Finally Care About Design
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Panda/Farmer Update was a First Step
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Many Usability Basics are Intuitive
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Use Your Analytics to Establish Baselines
and Measure Progress
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Step 4: Use Words Your Customers Use;
Do Keyword Research.
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The Best Keywords Are:
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High Volume(many searches/month)
Low Competition(weak sites/pages in the top 10)
High Value(large % of visitors convert)
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Keyword Research Starts w/ the Right Brainstorming Process
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Researching Keyword Volume:
Google’s AdWords Tool
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Microsoft AdCenter Keyword Data
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Determining Keyword Difficulty
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Number of results is meaningless
We want to know how “strong” these sites/pages are
And how our site’s/page’s metrics compare
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Determining a Keyword’s “Value”
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1,000Visitors Searched “Usability
Testing” and Arrived at the Site
200Visitors Searched “User Testing
Software” and Arrived at the Site
20Visitors Took the Product Tour
40Visitors Took the Product Tour
2Visitors Bought the Software
10Visitors Bought the Software
5%
Conversion Rate:
0.2%
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Buying PPC is a Great Way to Test
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How do these visitors perform?
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Put the Data Together and Start with
Low-Hanging Fruit
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Step 5: Optimize your Pages Properly;
Get Keyword Targeting Right.
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Title Tags
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Better
Worse
Usability Testing Software | UserTesting.com
UserTesting.com | Usability Testing Software
Usability Testing Software
Usability Testing, Usability Test, User Testing, User Software
UserTesting.com
NA
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Keywords in the URL Help, Too
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Better
Worse
www.adioso.com/seattle/british-airways-flights
www.adioso.com/cat61/british
www.adioso.com/cat61/174
www.adioso.com/f?ID=174
www.adioso.com/f?cat=61&?ID=174
cdn6.fly.adioso.com/f?cat=61&?ID=174&CustID=5afsdf21
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Meta Description
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TITLE: Low Cost Usability Testing - UserTesting.com
META DESCRIPTION: Usability testing has never been easier. UserTesting.com's online usability testing is the cheapest, fastest way to find out why visitors leave your website.
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Meta Keywords?
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The search engines don’t use these at all (and haven’t since the early 2000s)
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Body Text Keyword Usage
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Keyword Density vs. TF*IDF vs. Topic Modeling
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Images & Alt Attributes
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Keywords in alt attributes are surprisingly well correlated
with higher rankings
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H1, H2, H3 Headlines
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Keywords in H(x) tags are not particularly well correlated with high rankings, but may provide some, minor value.
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Step 6:
Make Search Engine Tools & Protocols
Work for You.
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XML Sitemaps
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HTML Sitemaps
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RSS Feeds
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Google Webmaster Tools
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Crawl Errors & Error Sources
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Bing Webmaster Tools
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Step 7: Earn Citations Engines Can See;
Build Links, Tweets, Likes & Shares.
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From 1999 – 2008, What Page Ranked #1
for the Queries “Exit” and “Leave”?
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From 1999 – 2008, What Page Ranked #1
for the Queries “Exit” and “Leave”?
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Ahh… The Power of Links
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What Makes a Great Link?
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Editorially given
From a trusted source
Uses descriptive anchor text
Points to the right page
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Google + Bing Now Counting Facebook & Twitter
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Danny Sullivan: If an article is retweeted or referenced much in
Twitter, do you count that as a signal outside of finding any non-
nofollowed links that may naturally result from it?
Google: Yes, we do use it as a signal. It is used as a signal in our
organic and news rankings. We also use it to enhance our news
universal by marking how many people shared an article
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SEO Properties of Classic HTML Links
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<p><a href=http://www.seomoz.org rel=“nofollow”> SEOmoz’s Website </a> is a good resource for those seeking to learn more about search engine optimization.</p>
Anchor text(tells the engine what
this link is about)
URL(the link target)
Surrounding Text(may provide context on
the link’s relevance)
Rel=“Nofollow”(a tag that indicates search engines
shouldn’t trust/count this link)
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SEO Properties of Facebook Shares
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URL(the link target)
Shares(how many users have
shared the link)
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Step 8: Don’t Go it Alone;
Help Your Community Help You.
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Spread Your Message Across the Web
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Blogs + Blogging
Comment Marketing
News/Media/PRSEO
Social Networks
Word of Mouth
Q+A Sites
Forums
Online Video
Podcasting
Webinars
Research/White Papers
Infographics
Social Bookmarking
INBOUND MARKETING!(Find Your Audience Organically on the Web)
Direct/Referring Links
Type-In Traffic
Document Sharing
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Blogs & Blog Comments
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Forums & Discussion Boards
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Social Profiles & Interaction
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Facebook Company Page
Twitter Profile
LinkedIn Company Page
YouTube Account
Crunchbase Page
Crunchbase Page
Quora Profile
About.me Page
Scribd Profile
SlideShare Profile
Reddit Account
StumbleUpon Account
StackExchange Account
Wikipedia Profile
Google Profile
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Answer Questions on Q+A Sites
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Syndicate Your Content
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Dozens of sites syndicate SEOmoz’s blog helping to
send links and traffic back to the site
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Step 9: Get Analytics Set Up Right;
Track What Matters.
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Key SEO Metric #1:
Visits / Search Engine
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These ones here!
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Key SEO Metric #2:
Keywords Sending 1+ Visits / Search Engine
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This One!
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Key SEO Metric #3:
# of Pages Receiving Traffic from Each Engine
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This One!
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Tracking Keyword Rankings
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Critical: Set Up “Goals” / “Conversions”
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Understand Your Website’s Conversion Funnel
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Home Page List of Cheeses Hours + Directions
Hopefully, this means a customer is going to
come buy some cheese!
15% 10%
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Step 10: The Web is Not Static;
Test & Improve
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More Traffic
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Home Page List of Cheeses Hours + Directions
More visits to the home page means more people will decide to visit
15% 10%
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A Better Funnel
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Home Page List of Cheeses Hours + Directions
A better “conversion rate” means more people who already visit the site will come to the store!
25% 20%
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A/B Split Testing Resources:
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http://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer - Free, but sometimes complex/confusing
http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/ - Awesome tool – easy to use, popular, good plugins
http://www.sitespect.com/ - Don’t personally have experience with this one
http://www.optimizely.com/ - Another great option with excellent visuals
http://unbounce.com/ - Hosted, so no dev required! Very easy to use and well made
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Step #1: Discover
Step #2:Test
Step #3: Measure
Step #4: Repeat
Find inbound marketing paths that look promising and make a list.
Invest a few days/hours building authentic value in that niche/sector.
Use your web analytics to track primary + second-order impact
Throw out low ROI projects; repeat high ROI ones.
Test Marketing Channels
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Ranking Well is Not Enough
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We Must DESERVE to Rank in Order to
Win in the Long Run
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