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Search Engine Optimization: Understanding the Engines & Building Successful Sites GoNext Solutions Pvt. Ltd. A – 202 Iind Floor Durga Chambers RDC Raj Nagar Ghaziabad.. www.gonextsolutions.com | info@gonextsolutions.com

Content in this Presentation The Search Landscape How Search Engines Work Building Accessible Sites Conducting Keyword Research Link Building Strategies Social Media & the Web’s Influencers

The Search Marketing Landscape

100 Billion Searches Each Month!

Paid Organic

Organic vs. Paid Search 10% of Clicks 90% of Clicks

Click-Through Rates

Vertical Search

Local Results Completely different ranking algorithm than standard search results Probably doesn’t get traffic like most “#1” results

Image Results

Video Results

How GoNext Work

Without links, the engines might never find this page Crawling & Indexing Without links, the engines might never find this page

Calculating Query-Independent Metrics

Many Domains vs. One Domain

Domain Authority

PageRank

The Flow of PageRank

PageRank is Split Evenly Between the Links on a Page

PageRank is an Iterative Algorithm

Technically, Every External Link “Leaks” PageRank

Nofollowing or Removing Links Can Alter the Flow of PageRank

Or, at least it used to...

Google Says they use PageRank to Crawl

Query Deserves Freshness (QDF) Normal Results QDF

Query Deserves Diversity (QDD)

Building Accessible Sites

Crawlability / Link Architecture

Duplicate Content & Canonicalization

Canonical URL Tag

301 Redirects 302s

Duplicate Titles & Meta Descriptions

Shallow folder structure with relevant words Search Friendly URLs www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/african-elephants Keywords in page name, separated by hyphen Single domain Shallow folder structure with relevant words

Search UN-Friendly URLs Xyz3.nationalgeographic.com/a/?q=31z&mg=vv7z&sd=8 No keywords in the URL string Unnecessary Subdomain Dynamic URLs don’t perform as well as static and engines recommend against more than two parameters

Fixing Broken Links & 404s

Blocking Robots

Blocking Robots

XML Sitemaps

Webmaster Tools (Google)

Webmaster Tools (Bing)

Search Engine Guidelines www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35769

Important Tags & Signals

Title Tags

Meta Descriptions

Tag Length Recommendations

Anchor Text

Page Copy

Good keyword usage in the alt tag Image Alt Attributes Good keyword usage in the alt tag

Not So Important

Meta Keywords Tag

H1, H2, H(x) Tags

Search Engine “Submission”

Keyword Research + Targeting

The Goals of Keyword Research

Determine Relative Volume Levels

Identify High Value Keywords

Predict the Effort Required to Rank Well

Words/Phrases to Target Choose the “Best” Words/Phrases to Target

The Keyword Demand Landscape

The Long Tail of Keyword Demand

Tools & Tactics for Brainstorming & Refining Your Seed List

Salespeople & Customers

Google AdWords Tool Be Wary of Match Type https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

MS AdCenter Excel Plug-In

Google Trends Sign In for Y-Axis Numbers Not Very Accurate

Internal Site Search Stats

Competitive Keyword Research Restrict query to competitor’s domain

The Keyword Research Process

Start with Your Seed List

Create Spreadsheet w/ these Columns

Get Google Search Demand Numbers

Guesstimate Conversion Rate Numbers

Or Use PPC Campaign Data

Add Keyword Difficulty Data for Top Terms We like using a weighted average of the Page Authority metric

Target High Volume, High Value, Low Difficulty Terms First

Difficulty & Competition Measuring Keyword Difficulty & Competition

Run Queries for Desired Term + Engine Watch for vertical results, which can skew CTRs & visibility

Conduct a Competitive Analysis of Metrics

Tools Can Help Provide Scores

Tools Can Help Provide Scores

Link Building Strategies

What Goals Can Link Building Help Us Achieve?

Bolster Individual Rankings

Improve a Domain’s Ability to Rank Pages

Achieve More Complete Indexation

Drive Traffic & Branding Awareness

Send Converting Traffic

The 8 Basic Kinds of Link Building

#1 - Manual Link Submissions/Requests

#2 - Competitive Link Research/Acquisition

#3 - Links via Embedded Content

#4 - Linkbait & Viral Campaigns

#5 - Content, Technology & API Licensing

#6 - Partnerships, Exchanges & Trades

#7 - Paid Links

#8 - Link Reclamation

Matching the Right Link Building Strategies to Your Organization’s SEO Goals

Links for Individual Rankings

Links for Domain “Authority”

Links for Indexation

Links for Traffic & Branding

Links for Conversion

Using Tools & Processes to Ease the Challenges of Link Building

Tools for Competitive Link Research Yahoo! Site Explorer & Link Commands Open Site Explorer Top Pages Google Blog Search

Yahoo! Site Explorer Directionally indicative within ~50% Not necessarily followed & in a somewhat random order

Yahoo! Link Commands Less “accurate” than Site Explorer Lots of cool, useful modifiers available

Yahoo! Link Commands

Open Site Explorer

Highly Correlation w/ Rankings Open Site Explorer Highly Correlation w/ Rankings Data updates monthly from the Linkscape web index (approx. 60% the size of Yahoo!/Google/Bing)

Poor Anchor Text Spells Opportunity Open Site Explorer Poor Anchor Text Spells Opportunity

Link Intersect Link Intersect uses the same principle – sites w/ links in common that don’t point to you.

Find which pages are earning links (your own & competitors) Top Pages Find which pages are earning links (your own & competitors) 404s? Reclaim them!

Metrics for Evaluating a Link’s Value Numeric (Objective) Metrics Subjective Metrics Attainability and Effort

Numeric Metrics for Link Valuation # of Linking Root Domains to URL # of Linking Root Domains to Domain Homepage PageRank vs. Domain mozRank URL PageRank vs. URL mozRank # of Links to the Page (Yahoo!, GG Blogsearch, Linkscape) Twitter mentions (Backtweets.com)

Numeric Metrics (Backtweets) Results count (in a weird location)

Subjective Metrics for Link Valuation Brand name reach/recognition Quality of other links on page/site (Bing - Linkfromdomain) Attainability and Effort

Scalable Link Acquisition Processes Written Process + Checklist Tools + Metrics for Quick Analysis Training & Incenting Link Builders Building & Refining a Link Acquisition Funnel

Written Process/Checklist Run through the link building process yourself Document every step thoroughly Pass it on to others (w/ some training time)

Tools for Quick Analysis Get usable metrics quickly as you surf

Tools for Quick Analysis

Training & Incenting Link Builders Do link building together Create consistent metrics Reward like a sales team Record reasons why links didn’t happen (like objections to sales) and work on these (things like design quality, affiliations, language, etc. will come up)

Building a Link Acquisition Funnel Visit Link-Targeted Content Grab Link Code Link to the Site

Social Media & the Web’s Influencers

Influencers on the Web

The Power of the “Linkerati”

Content that Appeals to Influencers

Making Content Easy to Share

Making Content Easy to Share

Incenting/Rewarding Link Behaviors

Cannibalization of the Link Graph MMM… LINK GRAPHS ARE DELICIOUS!

The Rise of the Social Graph

You have to do these right, before you can do these right