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1. Search Engine Optimization
Exposing the Wizard Behind the Curtain
Presented by
ese ted by
Sage Lewis
Follow me @SageRock
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3. Goals
1) Identify the opportunities in SEO and SEM
2) Provide a basic understanding of the tools
3) Show you how to analyze the results
4) Show how you can attract more traffic
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4. Why do you need it?
• Consumers SEARCH
• Searchers are finding “collector sites”
• You want to drive them to your site
• You can emphasize smaller niche
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offerings and very targeted markets
• You can target social economic or race
social,
• Increase visits to your website
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5. What is SEO?
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO): is
the process of making a website and its
content highly relevant for both search
engines and searchers.
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• Size of Industry: The number of global
searches in July of 2009 topped 100 billion
which represents a hefty 415 increase over July
searches f
h from 2008
2008.
Source: ComScore
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6. What is SEM?
• Search Engine Marketing (SEM): is the
process of marketing a website through
several different internet marketing
strategies; whether by improving rank in
organic or natural listings (SEO), paid or
(SEO)
sponsored listings (Pay-Per-Click) or a
combination thereof.
thereof
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7. How do people search?
U.S. Core Search Rankings
g Expanded Search Rankings
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8. How do people search?
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9. Keywords
• Challenge # 1 – What are people actually
searching for?
– Solution: Keyword Research
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10. Keywords
• Challenge # 2 – How do you use your
keyword research information?
– Solution: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Title Tags
Meta Tags
Page Content and Links
Incoming Links
Let’s look at an example
Let’s look at an example.
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11. Reverse “Engineer” Keywords
Engineer
• Study your competition
– What keywords people use to
find competitors
– What keywords your competitors
are buying
• Learn what your prospects are searching
for.
(Have you checked you web logs today?!)
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12. Reverse “Engineer” Keywords
Engineer
• Look at the top 10 ranked websites for relevant
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keywords
• Recommended Resources
– Google Trends, Google Analytics
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– Google Webmaster Central
– Yahoo Site Explorer
– URL Trends
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– Alexa.com
– Wordtracker.com
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13. Summary
Why SEO and SEM?
Wh SEO and SEM?
SEO vs SEM?
10.2 million people are looking for you
10 2 million people are looking for you
Keyword Research
Basic SEO Tips
Reverse Engineering
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14. Next Step
• Continue to familiarize yourself with
concept
• St t t optimize your admission website
Start to ti i d i i b it
• Identify aspects of your business that
would be ideal for more search traffic and
focus on their need
• Conduct a keyword audit
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16. Quest o a d
Question and Answer
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17. Search Engine Optimization
Exposing the Wizard Behind the Curtain
Presented by
ese ted by
Sage Lewis
Follow me @SageRock
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