optimizing your website and identifying quality content for seo
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Optimizing Your Website and Identifying Quality
Content for SEO
CHRIS EDWARDS @ChrisEdwardsCE!
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CHRIS EDWARDS @ChrisEdwardsCE!
A Little About Me
Creating websites for over 16 years. Performing SEO for 10 years. Working with WordPress for 5 years. Built or managed the build of over 800 websites. Performed SEO and built program used on over 450 SEO clients. Currently Director of Technology for an agency.
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Why Optimize?
On average, 71.33% of searches result in a page one organic click. Page two and three get only 5.59% of the clicks. On the first page alone, the first 5 results account for 67.60% of all the clicks and the results from 6 to 10 account for only 3.73%.
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1.603.993.735.506.979.8514.04
31.24 CTR
*Data from moz.com
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Why Optimize?
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On Page SEO
Page Load Time / Performance Strong Information Structure Through HTML5 Linking Structure of Internal Links Relevant Content
On Page Key Factors
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On Page SEO
Find a good host. Either build your own or use a service Use a good caching plugin. BE CAREFUL Use a CDN Optimize images Proper theme
Page Load Time / Performance
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On Page SEO
Use HTML5 sectioning elements to organize content Sectioning elements: <header>, <footer>, <main>, <article>, <section>, <aside>
Strong Information Structure
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On Page SEO
More links the better Link deep Avoid top-level links Anchor text Interlink blog posts
Internal Linking Structure
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On Page SEO
Create Relevant ContentWrite relevant content utilizing a main keyword for each page. Keep this content natural. Do not keyword stuff. Create FAQ’s, blog articles, company history, high level and detailed product pages, neighborhood pages, etc.
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Identify Content
Identify what to write about. Create a Title and Meta Description that will be clicked. Engage with your audience and invite to comment. Use existing content to identify new topics to write about.
Identifying & Creating Quality Content
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Identify Content
Frequent questions you are asked. Solutions to problems you had to solve. Questions you have thought about. Things you do on a normal basis. How-To's for your industry or craft.
Writers block. What to write about?
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Identify Content
See what is already out there. Is yours more up to date? Do they lack clarity? Are they tough to find? Spread out? Give enough information out for DIYers but not all your trade secrets. Write to help others, not promote. You will get business.
How To Make Your Content Quality
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Identify Content
You worked to hard to beat the computer (Google), don’t let a human skip you over. Catch their attention. Answer their question but leave them wanting more.
Increase CTR with a Great Title & Description
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Identify Content
Which Would You Click?
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Identify Content
No more than 50-60 characters to avoid “…” Keywords towards the front Make it engaging, i.e. “Build A Blog Without Any Code Knowledge” If you have a well known brand, use it!
Great Title Tags
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Identify Content
Curiosity Benefit Emotion Tangible
Appearance Sound Expectation
Moz’s Ingredients for a Worthy Title Tag
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Identify Content
How To … Top X … List of … X Easy Steps to Create … In X Minutes
Great Title Tag Templates
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Identify Content
Work the keyword in at least twice. Make it readable. Should be 2 short sentences that add to someones curiosity. Answer part of their question but no all. Keep under 156 characters.
Great Descriptions
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Identify Content
Invite readers to comment. Ask a question and instruct readers to answer below. Use an easy to use commenting platform that allows guest posts. Respond back quickly. Tip: They’re giving you free extra SEO content ;-)
Engagement
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Identify Content
Use Webmaster tools to see what search terms your content is showing up under. Identify missed opportunities. Review comments and write new articles to address questions. Review popular articles and create new sub articles to expand on topics. Crosslink these articles with internal links on the original article.
Circle Back
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Yoast SEO Plugin
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• Easy Access to all your On-Site Data
• Multiple Features in One Plug-in
• Covers Meta, Titles, Social, Sitemaps, and Advanced Settings
• Allows you to fully control everything.
How does Yoast Help?
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Where Do I Start?
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Step 1: General Information● Your Info Tab: Fill in your Website
Name, and Company Name.● Webmaster Tools: Fill in your
Verification ID’s from Google, and Bing.
● Security: Disable the Advanced part of the WordPress SEO meta box (unless you are the only author or trust your authors)
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Step 1: General Information
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Step 2: Titles and Metas• Sitewide Title Settings ( - or | )• The ability to force rewrite titles• Create a Template for Yoast to Create your Titles and
Metas for your different posts, pages, taxonomies, and archives.
• Eliminate Duplicate content concerns
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Step 2: Titles and Metas
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Step 2: Titles and Metas
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Step 2: Titles and Metas
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Step 2: Titles and Metas
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Step 3: Social• Accounts: Provide your account URL’s in one place • Facebook: Provide your information for easy access to Facebook
Insight • Twitter: Easily setup Twitter Cards for rich pictures in your tweets to
drive traffic • Pinterest: Verify your site easily on Pinterest • Google+: Adds specific post meta data for Google+
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Step 3: Social
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Step 3: Social
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Step 3: Social
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Step 3: Social
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Step 4: XML SitemapsAdds the Sitemap to your site and makes updates when you do!
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On Page Edits
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On Page Edits
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