Tim Grice talks about the recent changes with Googles algorithm and how link building should be structured on order to achieve long standing results in natural search.
5. Advanced SEO Strategies
Penguin
• The Over Optimisation Algorithm
• 3% of queries affected
• Aggressive anchor text
• Unnatural link patterns/signals
• Aggressive on page tactics
• Keyword stuffing
• Hidden text
• Manipulative redirects
• Cloaking
• Manipulative Content
6. Advanced SEO Strategies
Combating Unnatural Links
• Look for low quality follow links in your profile that pass weight
and/or anchor text
• Unnatural Links 1 – All links to be removed and reconsideration to
be sent via Webmaster Tools
• Unnatural Links 2 – Identify spam links, remove, apply
reconsideration only if you have seen negative impact
9. Advanced SEO Strategies
Unnatural Links Hit
• Rankings relying on low quality links will all drop
• Most severe penalties hit with the first batch of messages
• Removing links + Reconsideration is the only way to recover
10. Advanced SEO Strategies
SEO Changed
• Low quality content is actively being penalised
• Unnatural links are been devalued and causing penalties
• Anchor text manipulation is being actively penalised
Google are getting better at detecting quality and removing spam
13. Advanced SEO Strategies
Comment
Spam
Article Content
Marketing Spinning
SEO
Text
Strategy Fake
Link Ads Reviews
Blog Forum
Networks Profiles If this is your strategy, YES!
15. Advanced SEO Strategies
Locations Optimisation
Video Optimisation Outreach
Schema Content Strategy
Blogging
SEO
Authorship
Strategy
Image Optimisation Technical SEO
Social Google +
Editorial Link Building
23. Advanced SEO Strategies
Link strategy
The only way to future-proof your link strategy is to make links a natural
by-product of your normal marketing strategy
As you might expect, this isn’t easy. How many links does your marketing
strategy deliver every month at the moment?
If you sit back and wait for links to arrive you won’t get enough to rank
24. Advanced SEO Strategies
Relationships
Most agency/client link building relationships work like this
Corporate
Comms Linkbuilding
Media
Public Affairs
Relations
Agency
Client PR Onsite Keyword
SEO
Strategy Optimisation Research
Strategy
Internal
Blog Outreach
Comms
Other SEO
Crisis Comms Social Media projects
Client does some great stuff over here Agency does some other stuff over there
25. Advanced SEO Strategies
It should work something like this
Marketing
Media Blog Social Crisis Internal Public
Corporate Comms SEO
Relations Outreach Media Comms Comms Affairs
SEO
Links Links Links Keywords Links Links Links
Training
Technical Reputation
SEO Management
Every marketing task can be performed by the client or the agency – usually an agile agency will
fill the gaps where the client doesn’t have in-house resource
27. Advanced SEO Strategies
Breaking Down A Niche
Example – Film and movie bloggers:
• Film news
• Independent film
• Horror
• Action
• Film reviews
• Film making
A single generic approach simply wont cut it across all of these niches, we
need to tailor our outreach to each mini-niche
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Examples
• Bingo – Mummy Blogger Awards
• Trailers from Cinema Chain
• Expert opinion – financial spread betting
• Data trends from diamond retailer
• Backup Plugin for Wordpress
35. Advanced SEO Strategies
Our news strategy
Base content around current
events
Comment and react to industry
changes and news
Incorporate your social
activities into you content
37. Advanced SEO Strategies
Editorial Discretion
“I would draw a little bit of daylight between paid directories that
exercise no editorial discretion and those like Yahoo, who have a
high editorial threshold.”
Matt Cutts - Feb 2012
We need to be focusing on building links that very few people can get,
links that clearly show editorial discretion has taken place.
38. Advanced SEO Strategies
Sharing Links
• Good content always gets more shares than links
• Social shares should be built at the same time as creating links
• Links acquired should be shared
If a piece of content doesn’t warrant a share, it doesn’t warrant a link
41. Advanced SEO Strategies
Summary
• Bad links have to be removed
• A natural link profile should be crafted
• Link building should be a bi-product of wider marketing activity
• Links acquired should have editorial value
• Find something to leverage
• Invest in the right tools