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SEO – Being Found Is Half The Battle
Derek Grant
Director of Sales
A Little About Me
<body>
<b>I’m Derek Grant</b>
<ul>
<li>Pardot Sales</li>
<li>Motto:</li>
</ul>
<h3>Be Brief, Be
Brilliant
and Be Gone</h3>
</body>
!
Key Terms
(I’ll be sprinkling these in throughout the presentation)
What is SEO?
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

!
The process of improving the visibility

of a website or a web page in search
engines, via the "natural” or un-paid
("organic" or "algorithmic”)

search results. !
Search Engine Results Page
(SERP) !
!
The listing of results returned
by a search engine in
response to a keyword query.
The results normally include a
list of items with titles, a
reference to the full version,
and a short description
What is SERP?
What is Long Tail SEO?
Courtesy: Elliance
Page Structure
Authoring SEO-Friendly Pages
Make Your URLs “Friendly”
Help your brand stand out!
•  Use keyword-rich URLs
•  Limit folders/directories
•  Use hyphen “-” or underscore “_”
www.pardot.com/leaddeck ! Rates Well for LeadDeck!
www.pardot.com/leaddeck-real-time-alerts! Rates Well for LeadDeck,

Real-Time Alerts!
www.pardot.com/pageid=10! ??!
Specify Meaningful Page Titles
What’s in a Page Title?
•  Use most important words first
•  Include critical keywords
•  Limit to under 69 characters
•  Make them unique
“Resources | Marketing Automation by Pardot”!
vs.!
“Pardot – Marketing Automation”!
Do a Quality Job
Google Favors Good HTML!
•  Spel Check!
•  Complete HTML!
•  <strong>Close Tags!
•  Quality Assurance !
•  </form!
•  Tools!
•  Validator.w3.org or Google
Webmaster Tools!
</strong>!
>!
Make Rich Media Index-able
Flat Files Can’t Be Indexed!
•  Avoid heavy use of
Flash®!
•  Alt text on images & Video!
•  Description is valuable!
alt=“car”
alt=“blue convertible”
alt=“2012 Blue Audi R8 Spyder
Convertible”
Meta Tags
Descriptive Data for Search Engines
Meta Tags – Huge in the 90s
Still used, but lightly!
•  Victims of abuse in mid-90’s!
•  Less heavily weighted today!
•  Part of a complete HTML
document!
Keyword Tag
•  Most important concepts!
•  10-15 keywords!
•  Limited impact on SEO!
•  Include in document body!
<meta name="keywords"
content="marketing automation, lead
nurturing, lead qualification, roi
reporting, pardot, salesforce.com”/>”!
Description Tag
•  Page summary!
•  “Elevator Pitch”!
•  Under 155 characters!
!
More is More
How Quantity Can Drive Visibility
Keyword Density
•  Percentage of keywords
v. total words!
•  Complements the
keywords tag!
•  1-3% is optimum!
Put Keywords Everywhere
Put Keywords Everywhere
Keyword Density
Page Quantity
More Pages, Less Copy!
•  Highly Keyword Optimized!
•  Great User Experience (Limited Scrolling)!
•  More to be indexed!
•  Google “Site:yourdomain.com”
Consider Your Link Structure
Pardot.com/blog (Internal Link)!
!
!
!
Blog.pardot.com (Inbound Link)
Internal Links
pardot.com!
Company! Product! Resources!
Blog!
•  Target the same domain!
•  Single (powerful) site!
•  1 SERP Result!
Inbound Links
pardot.com!
•  Viewed as External Site!
•  If Authoritative, then helpful!
•  Smaller sites!
•  Multiple SERP Results!
blog.pardot.com!
Grow Third-Party Inbound Links
Good Inbound Links:!
•  Off-site blogs!
•  Industry forums!
•  PR posting services!
•  Social media (LinkedIn,
Facebook and Twitter) !
•  Partner Sites!
!
Page quality can hurt!
Authoritative Sites Based on PageRank
Who’s Linking To You?
Site Page Rank
Google 10
Facebook 10
Wikipedia 9
Microsoft 9
Apple 9
Your Site ?
Putting It All Together
Practical Next Steps to Improve SEO
Quick Wins
•  301 Redirect!
•  Pardot.com = www.pardot.com!
•  Create & Submit your Sitemap!
•  Google Webmaster Tools!
•  Ask!
•  Yahoo!!
•  Be Listed in Directories!
•  DMOZ!
•  Yahoo Directories!
•  Blog!
More Sources of Good Content
•  Expose your KB!
•  Naturally keyword rich!
•  Long tail search terms!
•  More contributors (support/
services) help SEO!
•  Clients contribute!
•  Webinar Videos!
•  Abstract in description!
Black Hat SEO
If you’re not cheating, you’re not
trying!
•  Does not apply to SEO

!
Black Hat SEO Utilizes!
•  Hidden links on your site!
•  Paid links (even big companies do
this!)!
•  “Keyword stuffing” your meta tags
or content!
Penalties far outweigh short term
benefits!
Questions
Director of Sales
Derek Grant
@derekgrant
derek.grant@pardot.com
SEO - Being Found Is Half The Battle

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SEO - Being Found Is Half The Battle

  • 1. SEO – Being Found Is Half The Battle Derek Grant Director of Sales
  • 2. A Little About Me <body> <b>I’m Derek Grant</b> <ul> <li>Pardot Sales</li> <li>Motto:</li> </ul> <h3>Be Brief, Be Brilliant and Be Gone</h3> </body> !
  • 3. Key Terms (I’ll be sprinkling these in throughout the presentation)
  • 4. What is SEO? Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
 ! The process of improving the visibility
 of a website or a web page in search engines, via the "natural” or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic”)
 search results. !
  • 5. Search Engine Results Page (SERP) ! ! The listing of results returned by a search engine in response to a keyword query. The results normally include a list of items with titles, a reference to the full version, and a short description What is SERP?
  • 6. What is Long Tail SEO? Courtesy: Elliance
  • 8. Make Your URLs “Friendly” Help your brand stand out! •  Use keyword-rich URLs •  Limit folders/directories •  Use hyphen “-” or underscore “_” www.pardot.com/leaddeck ! Rates Well for LeadDeck! www.pardot.com/leaddeck-real-time-alerts! Rates Well for LeadDeck,
 Real-Time Alerts! www.pardot.com/pageid=10! ??!
  • 9. Specify Meaningful Page Titles What’s in a Page Title? •  Use most important words first •  Include critical keywords •  Limit to under 69 characters •  Make them unique “Resources | Marketing Automation by Pardot”! vs.! “Pardot – Marketing Automation”!
  • 10. Do a Quality Job Google Favors Good HTML! •  Spel Check! •  Complete HTML! •  <strong>Close Tags! •  Quality Assurance ! •  </form! •  Tools! •  Validator.w3.org or Google Webmaster Tools! </strong>! >!
  • 11. Make Rich Media Index-able Flat Files Can’t Be Indexed! •  Avoid heavy use of Flash®! •  Alt text on images & Video! •  Description is valuable! alt=“car” alt=“blue convertible” alt=“2012 Blue Audi R8 Spyder Convertible”
  • 12. Meta Tags Descriptive Data for Search Engines
  • 13. Meta Tags – Huge in the 90s Still used, but lightly! •  Victims of abuse in mid-90’s! •  Less heavily weighted today! •  Part of a complete HTML document!
  • 14. Keyword Tag •  Most important concepts! •  10-15 keywords! •  Limited impact on SEO! •  Include in document body! <meta name="keywords" content="marketing automation, lead nurturing, lead qualification, roi reporting, pardot, salesforce.com”/>”!
  • 15. Description Tag •  Page summary! •  “Elevator Pitch”! •  Under 155 characters! !
  • 16. More is More How Quantity Can Drive Visibility
  • 17. Keyword Density •  Percentage of keywords v. total words! •  Complements the keywords tag! •  1-3% is optimum!
  • 21. Page Quantity More Pages, Less Copy! •  Highly Keyword Optimized! •  Great User Experience (Limited Scrolling)! •  More to be indexed! •  Google “Site:yourdomain.com”
  • 22. Consider Your Link Structure Pardot.com/blog (Internal Link)! ! ! ! Blog.pardot.com (Inbound Link)
  • 23. Internal Links pardot.com! Company! Product! Resources! Blog! •  Target the same domain! •  Single (powerful) site! •  1 SERP Result!
  • 24. Inbound Links pardot.com! •  Viewed as External Site! •  If Authoritative, then helpful! •  Smaller sites! •  Multiple SERP Results! blog.pardot.com!
  • 25. Grow Third-Party Inbound Links Good Inbound Links:! •  Off-site blogs! •  Industry forums! •  PR posting services! •  Social media (LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter) ! •  Partner Sites! ! Page quality can hurt!
  • 26. Authoritative Sites Based on PageRank Who’s Linking To You? Site Page Rank Google 10 Facebook 10 Wikipedia 9 Microsoft 9 Apple 9 Your Site ?
  • 27. Putting It All Together Practical Next Steps to Improve SEO
  • 28. Quick Wins •  301 Redirect! •  Pardot.com = www.pardot.com! •  Create & Submit your Sitemap! •  Google Webmaster Tools! •  Ask! •  Yahoo!! •  Be Listed in Directories! •  DMOZ! •  Yahoo Directories! •  Blog!
  • 29. More Sources of Good Content •  Expose your KB! •  Naturally keyword rich! •  Long tail search terms! •  More contributors (support/ services) help SEO! •  Clients contribute! •  Webinar Videos! •  Abstract in description!
  • 30. Black Hat SEO If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying! •  Does not apply to SEO
 ! Black Hat SEO Utilizes! •  Hidden links on your site! •  Paid links (even big companies do this!)! •  “Keyword stuffing” your meta tags or content! Penalties far outweigh short term benefits!
  • 32. Director of Sales Derek Grant @derekgrant derek.grant@pardot.com