3. What is SEO? SEO = Search Engine Optimization Fancy way to say “making your web content findable by search engines”
4. Building Blocks of SEO Analytics Page Construction Site Organization Topic & Keyword Research
5. What are people looking for? Analytics Page Construction Site Organization Topic & Keyword Research
6. World War II or World War 2? Keyword research can show you how people actually search – official vs popular version. Google Insight into Search: world war 2 world war ii
7. Tools for Keyword Research Google Insight for Search Google Trends Google AdWords Keyword Tool Google Search-based Keyword Tool SEO Book Keyword Suggestion Tool KeywordDiscovery ($) WordTracker ($) and Free Version SEO Book’s Keyword Tools Page
8. This site was built for crawling! Analytics Page Construction Site Organization Topic & Keyword Research
11. XML Sitemaps A list of pages available to be indexed by search engines – an index for robots that crawl your site. Types of Sitemaps: General Sitemap News Sitemap Video Sitemap
12. SEO Checklist: Site Level All content can be found via crawling Current XML sitemaps submitted to search engines Leaf pages point to hubs Child pages point to their parents Good anchor text, usually matches target page title
13. Target each page! Analytics Page Construction Site Organization Topic & Keyword Research
14. Before you start building a page Physical home & URL Primary keyword target
15. Title & Description TiITLE <title>Macmillan: Robot Dreams: Sara Varon: Books</title> <meta name="description" content="Macmillan: Robot Dreams: Sara Varon: Bonus Publisher Materials: Praise, Author Biography, Awards" /> META DESCRIPTION SERP
17. SEO Checklist: Page Level Clear primary keyword target phrase One URL per page Unique page title, less than 65 characters <H1> tag containing keyword target Unique meta description, less than 164 characters Content rich text Images have alt text
18. After the launch Analytics Page Construction Site Organization Topic & Keyword Research
19. Questions to ask after launch Traffic Sources Bounce Rates SERP position for target keywords
20. Free Tools Google Webmaster Tools: Register your sitemap Google Analytics: Traffic sources & statistics Google Feedburner: Tracking RSS subscriptions Google Website Optimizer: A/B testing
21. Next Steps for YOU! Look at sites you like – could you improve their SEO? Bake SEO into your web site design and development process Follow some SEO blogs (RSS is your friend!) SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog SEO Book Search Engine Land Google Webmaster Central Blog
22. Questions? Looking for me? Google Jeanne Kramer-Smyth! LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jkramersmyth Blog: SpellboundBlog.com Portfolio: SpellboundProjects.com Audio Book Reviews: BooksForEars.com
Hinweis der Redaktion
Search Engine OptimizationFancy way to say “making your web content findable by search engines”Most beautiful site in the world that can’t be found via Google is as good as invisibleTwo keys:Think about how users look for your contentUnderstand how Google interprets what it finds
Each of theses flower pages may include the phrase ‘red flowers’, but by pointing many pages to the central ‘Red Flowers’ hub page we help Google figure out which is our BEST page on this subject.