Rise to Top with Search Engine Optimization - for MaineToday Digital
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Maine Today Digital and The Portland Regional Chamber asked me to take part in their Marketing Breakfast Series. We went beyond SEO 101 into some great strategies for content development and link-building.
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Rise to Top with Search Engine Optimization - for MaineToday Digital
- 1. Search Engine Optimization Maine Today Digital Digital Marketing Series © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 2. The most important thing in business is sincerity… If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. Source: Google Webmaster Guidelines © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 3. © Maine Today Digital, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheepies/
- 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenhester/ © Maine Today Digital, 2012 http://www.searchinfluence.com/2010/11/have-you-measured-it/
- 5. Agenda • What is SEO? • Search Engines • Your Web Site • Local Search • Measuring It • Some Extra Data © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 6. Organic Search Marketing 101 • Keyword Selection • Content • Links • Lather, rinse, repeat Source: Google Webmaster Guidelines © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 7. The Search Engines © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 8. Search Engine Market Share •Google 71.31% •Yahoo 14.47% •Bing 10.03% •Ask 2.27% •AOL 1.19% Source: Hitwise, Volume of Searches for the 4 weeks ending 7/17/2010 © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 9. Top Websites Source: HitWise Visits for the week ending 7/17/2010 © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 10. How Search Engines Work • Crawling • Scouring the web for new content and links between web sites • Indexing • Parsing, normalization, categorization and recording of these data for later use • Searching • Presenting data to searchers in response to their queries in relevant and useful way © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 11. Understanding the Search Results: PAID Search Results ORGANIC Search Results PAID Search Results LOCAL Search Results
- 12. Why is SEO Important? •37% of clicks go to the #1 position •60% of clicks go to the top 3 •97% of clicks go to sites on page 1 Source: Optify Study, December 2010
- 13. SEO and The Long Tail • Local / Long Tail Searchers are Buyers • Generic keyword: “cleaning” • Long tail keyword: “carpet cleaning Augusta Me” © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 15. The Local SEO Approach Organic Results • Keyword • Content • Links • Lather, rinse, repeat! Local Search / Maps Results • Consistency in local citations
- 16. Where Is Local Search? © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 17. Consistency of Local Citations • What is a local citation? • NAP + W – Name – Address – Phone Number – Website © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 18. The Local Search Ecosystem © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 19. Your Web Site © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 20. Core Concepts • Search Engines Only Read Text • Flash and Images don’t contain text • Don’t Slow Down The Spiders • Fast loading sites get indexed faster • Text links are unambiguous • Every Page is An Island • Just because you’ve built it… © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 21. Organic Search Marketing 101 • Keyword Selection • Content • Links • Lather, rinse, repeat Source: Google Webmaster Guidelines © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 22. Keyword Selection • Don’t Guess, Use Tools • Google - Free • https://adwords.google.com/select/Keyword ToolExternal • Keyword Discovery • http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/ • Word Tracker • http://www.wordtracker.com/ © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 23. Google: “Keyword Tool” © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 24. Organic Search Marketing 101 • Keyword Selection • Content • Links • Lather, rinse, repeat Source: Google Webmaster Guidelines © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 25. Content – Invisible Content • Title Tag • MOST IMPORTANT TEXT ON PAGE • Meta Description • Low ranking value; high marketing value • Meta Keywords • Widely ignored; still useful in lesser search engines • Image Alt Tags • Most valuable in image search; critical for search in image based navigation © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 26. Content – Invisible Content Example Title Tag Meta Description <title>New Orleans Chiropractic | New Orleans Chiropractor - Dr. Gordon Alt Text DuBois D.C.</title> <meta name="description" content="New Orleans Chiropractic - Gordon Dubois specialized in Chiropractic Adjustment and TBM. Let New Orleans Chiropractor Dr. Dubois ease your Back and Neck Pain and help you on the path to wellness." /> © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 27. Content – Visible Content • Heading Tags • HTML (the language of the web) was developed by engineers – they think in outline form – the higher the heading level, the more important <h1> being foremost • Text on Page • It is possible for a page to rank without saying the phrase for which it ranks but it is definitely harder © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 28. Content – Visible Content H1 Example On Page Text © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 29. Shareable Content © Maine Today Digital, 2012
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- 31. http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com/13603/the-25-funniest-autocorrects-of-dyacs-first-year/ © Maine Today Digital, 2012
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- 35. Organic Search Marketing 101 • Keyword Selection • Content • Links • Lather, rinse, repeat Source: Google Webmaster Guidelines © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 36. Links – How You Get Found! • It’s the World-Wide Web • That web is made up of links • In the beginning there was no Google – Just Yahoo! and 1000 other directories • Separated into categories filled with links • Links are like votes for your site – I can tell you I’m a great guy, but if you hear it from 100 people you trust you’ll, likely, believe it. © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 37. Links Build Credibility & Trust • Sincerity is the most important thing… • In non-competitive categories even low value will do the trick • Not hip, not sexy, but effective nonetheless • Lots ‘o links if you know where to look • Many categories (particularly for state Searches) don’t show maps • Making top of Organic Search all the more important © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 38. Where do I get links? • Business / Civic Organizations – Chamber, Kiwanis, Trade Associations • Directories – Yahoo, DMOZ, BOTW – http://www.directorycritic.com/ – http://info.vilesilencer.com/ – http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/top-web-directories.html • Articles and Press Releases – http://www.buzzle.com/ – http://goarticles.com/ – http://www.prweb.com/ – http://www.fastpitchnetworking.com/pr/ • Bonus! Elder Focused: – Offer an AARP Discount? http://products.aarp.org/discounts/ © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 39. A Relatively Simple Model He/She who has the most relevant content and the greatest number of relevant inbound links… WINS! © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 40. Local Search © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 41. Local Search Defined • Location Specific • Can’t ship a “24 Hour Locksmith” • Often for goods and services • Often leads to offline purchase • Local is different depending on: • Urgency • Service type • Demographics / Geography © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 42. Where Is Local Search? © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 43. Local Search in Your Market © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 44. Local Search: How? • “Web References” = Links • In Local web references = Trust • Yellow Pages • Local Directories • Links aren’t critical – the correlating factors are Name, Address & Phone • And, some of the most trusted can be bought • Reviews are votes for your business • And you don’t even need a web site! © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 45. Power of Reviews © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 46. The Google Places Page © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 47. Claiming Your Listing © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 48. Local Listing / Review Sites • Yahoo! Local • CitySearch.com • SuperPages.com • InsiderPages.com • Yelp.com • YellowPages.com • BrownBook.com • Many of the above will allow you to customize your business profile for free or minimal cost. © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 49. The Power of Analytics So, How Are We Doing © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 50. Key Points to Analyze • Traffic – Sources – Keywords • “Engagement” – Bounce Rate – Time on Site • Goals (Performance Indicators) © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 51. Google Analytics (It’s Free!) © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 52. Web Forms © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 53. Web Forms – Input Clear call to action Hidden fields trap: Referrer data URL String for social © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 54. Web Forms – Output © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 55. The Holy Grail for Many Businesses: Calls © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 56. Calls - Output © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 57. Proving It © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 58. Content COnverts © Maine Today Digital, 2012
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- 63. The Emerging Social / Local Opportunity What’s Coming – Some Data © Maine Today Digital, 2012
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- 66. http://checkfacebook.com/ © Maine Today Digital, 2012
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- 68. It’s Your Turn Let’s Discuss © Maine Today Digital, 2012
- 69. Thank You! Will Scott • searchinfluence.com/blog • wscott@searchinfluence.com • twitter.com/w2scott © Maine Today Digital, 2012 © Search Influence, LLC 2011
Notes de l'éditeur
- This is one of my favorite quotes of all time. And it’s completely relevant to good SEO. Ultimately the search engines are trying to decide who to trust. So, if you can appear the most relevant you win. And there’s no better way to do that, online, in a universally approachable way than with good old fashioned SEO.
- So what is “Good old fashioned SEO”? It’s: For What are * your* customers searching? How well do you say that for which they search? Do you have good references who reinforce the message? The extent to which you have to reinforce the message depends entirely on how competitive is the marketplace and by extension the search ranking landscape.
- Obligatory hitwise data slide.
- Look how far down this list we have to go before we see a true YP property
- What is SEO? Organic Vs. Paid Vs. Local Organic Results are found on the Left hand side of the page Local also known as Maps results Either 7 pack Integrated - hybrid of Local and Organic Paid Search, Results on the right side of the page and in the yellow box above Organic Through on site and off site techniques, we improve the rankings of your site.
- Why is SEO Important? The organic results are more trusted by search engine users. The numbers prove this to be true: 60 - 80% of searchers click on organic results 90% do not leave page one Some studies show it as high as 97% To Stay Competitive: Local competitors are using SEO marketing to outrank you.
- Chris Anderson, the Editor of Wired created this You can see the top part of the dinosaur is the distribution of common searches like shoes and running shoes, a lot people search for these specific terms. The lower tail end of the dinosaur represents search phrases which have small search volume, but if you add them all up, it ’s a huge chunk of money to be made. Without physical boundaries, the web enables this to be the case.
- Benefits of SEO Improved brand awareness and Reputation Improve Traffic Increase number of quality leads Increase Sales! SEO is one of the most cost effective ways to improve sales.
- Keywords What are people searching for? What are you selling and how are people searching for what you’re selling? Is it relative to your business? How Competitive is the market? Content How well does your site say those important keywords? Links Are other websites reinforcing that it ’s you who should be found by linking to you? Google Loves Links! Keywords and content provide a solid foundation, and links reinforce to Google and others that you do what you say you do. When competing for high-value keywords, you ’re unlikely to win without ongoing link building.
- NEW SCEENSHOTS
- What is a local citation? Anytime your NAP appears Our packages will address the issue Local Directories: Google, Yahoo, Bing Local Search Ecosystem All roads lead back to Google Places Major Data aggregators (Major Data Feeds)
- As you can see all the directories talk to each other and all roads lead back to google places
- They’re starting to understand flash, but the techniques are still very weak.
- Keyword research is a topic unto itself. The main thing is brainstorm, research (with tools), discover, brainstorm, etc… Eventually you will arrive at a list of 15 – 20 “money” terms. From these start looking at localization (if your business is location bound) and then find way to apply them to your pages. Google, while free is weighted toward paid search terms. Meaning if you are in a research field or an esoteric profession you may not find enough search to gain value.
- The title tag ALONE has moved sites from nowhere to page 1.
- In a world when anyone can publish a fully functional web site in minutes it just makes sense the search engines need other ranking factors to determine credibility. Just like in life, it’s often more important what others say than what you say about yourself. Links are those referrals.
- I give a lot of credence to the fact that Yahoo! Directory has been consistently mentioned by name in the Google Webmaster Guidelines. There are tons of places to get links. Some make you work harder than others. For instance article and press release sites you have to have an article written or something press-worthy to talk about. And of course if your budget supports it there are many other opportunities but for local, long tail searches. A few low-quality links can go a long way. Good old fashioned SEO still does the trick, particularly in the long tail of local organic search.