The document provides an overview of really basic search engine optimization (SEO) fundamentals. It discusses how search engines work to help human readers find relevant content, and the importance of signals from humans like links and user engagement. The presentation covers both on-site tactics like optimizing site structure, meta tags and internal linking, and off-site tactics like getting links from larger, more trusted sites. The goal is to help search engines understand a site's content and provide it to the right people.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF SEARCH ENGINE
OPTIMIZATION
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AGENDA
Big Picture Tactics Hands On
The mission of search engines On- and off-site tactics that Questions?
is to help HUMAN actually make a
readers find content. difference.
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THE BIG PICTURE
How Search Results
How results are organized.
Search Signals
Bigger is better.
Engines For Humans
It’s the people that matter.
Algorithm Tweaks
Work Always improving.
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SEARCH ENGINE SHARE
Period: February - April 2012
Source: statowl.com
3%
16%
81% Google
16% Yahoo / Bing
3% Other
(AOL, Ask, Baidu, etc)
81%
Google Yahoo/Bing Other
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SIGNALS FROM HUMANS
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GOOGLE ALGORITHM
Source: seomoz.org
Algorithm constantly tweaked
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THE TACTICS
What On your site
Help search engines understand.
You
Should Off your site
Get links from trusted (bigger) sites.
Do
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THE TACTICS: ON SITE
Site structure
On Think “website,” not “blog.”
Meta tags
Site
Title and meta description.
Article focus
Answer one question per article.
Tactics Deep links
Path to related content.
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SITE STRUCTURE
What’s great
1. “Start Here”
2. Topics based on reader needs.
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TITLE & META DESCRIPTION
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HYPER FOCUSED ARTICLES
How to… ?
Should i… ?
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DEEP LINKS: LINK TO SELF
Two examples from Freemoneyfinance.com
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THE TACTICS: OFF SITE
Links links links
OFF Each link = vote for your site.
Bigger is better
SITE One big link > 10 small ones.
TACTICS Expand your circles
Find authority in related niches.
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WHO LINKS TO YOU
Bigger =
Trusted
Better
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related blogs
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HOW TO GET LINKS
1. Link roundup
2. Guest post
By building
3. Syndication relationships
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WORKSHOP
Let’s get our
hands dirty
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