A beginner's guide to SEO by Lion & Lion - The Digital Agency

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2. How to use
Search Engine Optimisation
to get more visitors to your website
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What you will learn from this presentation
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• What is SEO?
• Understanding the Search Engine
• An introduction to On-Site SEO
• An introduction to Off-Site SEO
• On-Site SEO vs. Off-Site SEO
• Last words

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Short case studies
How we can learn from others
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5. What is SEO?
Why should we optimise websites for search engines?
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6. Understanding the search engine
How do search engines know which pages to show?
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7. Understanding the search engine
How do search engines know which pages to show?
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8. Understanding the search engine
How do search engines know which pages to show?
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Importance
• Number of references (links from other pages)
Relevance
• Number of keyword mentions

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How do search engines know which pages to show?
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• Websites that have links from high quality & relevant websites
• Websites with high quality content

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How do search engines know which pages to show?
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Every web page on the internet gets a value.
This value is a score from 0-100.
This score has to be earned over time.

11. The Google Sandbox
How do search engines know which pages to show?
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How do search engines know which pages to show?
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High quality content High quality links

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How do search engines know which pages to show?
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High quality content
• Technically optimised
website
• High quality text on every
page
• User friendly website

14. An introduction to On-Site SEO
How to optimise the website technically to rank higher in Search Engines
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High quality content
• Technically optimised
website
• High quality text on every
page
• User friendly website
On-Site SEO

15. An introduction to On-Site SEO
How to optimise the website technically to rank higher in Search Engines
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Telling Search Engines what your website is about

16. An introduction to On-Site SEO
How to optimise the website technically to rank higher in Search Engines
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Telling Search Engines what your website is about

17. An introduction to On-Site SEO
How to optimise the website technically to rank higher in Search Engines
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Telling Search Engines what your website is about

18. An introduction to Off-Site SEO
How to optimise the links that link to your website
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High quality links

19. An introduction to Off-Site SEO
How to optimise the links that link to your website
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High quality links
• Relevant websites
• Websites with high value
• Placement of the link

20. An introduction to Off-Site SEO
How to optimise the links that link to your website
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High quality links
• Relevant websites
• Websites with high value
• Placement of the link
Off-Site SEO

21. An introduction to Off-Site SEO
How to optimise the links that link to your website
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How to recognize high valued websites?

22. An introduction to Off-Site SEO
How to optimise the links that link to your website
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How to recognize high valued websites?
• Continiously posts high quality and trustworthy content
• A lot of websites link to them
• They only link to websites that are relevant for their visitors
• Tons of visitors on a daily basis
• Often technically optimised

23. An introduction to Off-Site SEO
How to optimise the links that link to your website
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Examples of high quality websites

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How to optimise the links that link to your website
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Examples of high quality websites
• Newspapers
• University websites (.edu)
• Government websites (.gov)

25. An introduction to Off-Site SEO
How to optimise the links that link to your website
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How value gets from one website to another website
Value: 67/100
 Website A  Website B  Website C

26. On-Site vs. Off-Site SEO
Should I focus on On-Site SEO or Off-Site SEO?
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Your value is influenced by both On-Site SEO, ánd Off-Site SEO:
On-Site (43%) Off-Site (57%)

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Short case studies
How we can learn from others
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28. Short Case study 1: Not so genius linkbuilding
How RapGenius got kicked out of Google
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29. Short Case study 1: Not so genius linkbuilding
How RapGenius got kicked out of Google
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RapGenius lost over 1 Million visitors a day

30. Short Case study 2: A valuable SEO lesson
Losing value over night
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31. Short Case study 2: A valuable SEO lesson
Losing value over night
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www.example.com/old-name > www.example.com/new-name

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Losing value over night
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www.example.com/old-name > www.example.com/new-name
24/100 1/100

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Losing value over night
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www.example.com/old-name > www.example.com/new-name
24/100 1/100

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Losing value over night
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www.example.com/old-name > www.example.com/new-name
24/100 24/100

35. Short Case study 3: The power of SEO
How Lelong gained 350,000 visitors a month, in three months time
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36. Short Case study 3: The power of SEO
How Lelong gained 350,000 visitors a month, in three months time
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Last words
The main take aways of this presentation
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• Value is build over time
• Valuable links have to be earned
• Be careful when changing the URL
• SEO is a long term strategy

38. LION & LION
The Digital Agency
Wesley van der Hoop
Head of Web Optimisation
+60 18 297 0311
Wesley.vanderhoop@lionandlion.com
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