Maybe you don’t even know what Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is? Search Engines are the first place that nearly everyone goes when looking for something. Having your site displayed at the top of results for relevant searches is a powerful way to get visitors to your website. In a sense it’s a way to provide free traffic to your site. Also because when people search, they are usually looking for a specific thing being and able to provide it to them you are gaining a relevant visitor.
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1. SEO Best PracticesHitting the Low Hanging Fruit Kyle James jameskm03@gmail.com twitter.com/kylejames linkedin.com/in/jameskm03 kyle-james.com doteduguru.com hubspot.com nuCloud.com
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30. By the Numbers (on one site) 30% of traffic is delivered by Search Engines 82% of that traffic is delivered by Google On a large school website w/ 1,000,000 visits per month that is 300,000 visitors
35. It All Starts With Keywords “It’s NOT about what you want or what you call it, it is about what people are actually looking for.” “Nobody cares about your products (except you)” – David Meerman Scott
36. It All Starts With Keywords Key Phrase Curve HIGH COST & COMPETITION LONG TAIL SEO 1 Word Phrases“shoes” accounts for 70% of searches 2-3 Word Phrases“mens shoes” Yields average of 36% conversion rate More descriptive Phrases“Nike mens running shoes” LOW COST & RISK LOW PROBABILITY OF CONVERSION HIGH PROBABILITY OF CONVERSION
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48. URL Describe The Page Include Keywords A Dynamic URL is hard to understand What are the following two pages about? http://tomahawktake.com/2009/04/11/game-no-5-recap-braves-5-nationals-3/ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090411&content_id=4225972&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb URL
51. Meta Description & Keywords MetaKeywords Unique for Each Page Only Viewable in Source Meta Description limit 150 characters Meta Keyword limit 10 keywords max Meta Description
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92. SEO Best Practices: Hitting the Low Hanging Fruit Questions? Kyle James jameskm03@gmail.com twitter.com/kylejames linkedin.com/in/jameskm03 kyle-james.com doteduguru.com hubspot.com nuCloud.com
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Same can be said for a website. You can have the greatest website in the world, but if nobody is visiting it is it making a difference? Of course you have to get people to visit, but knowing what they do when they visit is equally important.
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