SEO in 2010 To support Movember – 11/20/09 Mike Volpe VP
Marketing is Changing
Outbound Marketing is Harder Annoying Salesperson
The Good News… Inbound Marketing: Get Found using Google, Social Media and Blogs #4 Marketing Book on Amazon InboundBook.com
The Great News…
Budget vs. Brains
SEO Tips from Website Grader Lessons from 1,785,235 websites
Google is Judge, Jury and Executioner
SEO = Context and Authority Ranking Algorithm: f(n): Context + Authority
Pick Your Keyword Battles (Context) vs.
On-Page SEO (Context) Page Title Clean URL Headers & Content Description
Attractive to Whom? (Context)
Authority is Determined by Links
Why Links are Votes to Google Recommendations from friends 1. “I know HubSpot” 2. “HubSpot is a marketing expert” 3. You trust the person saying this Links are online recommendations 1.A link: 2.Anchor text: Internet MarketingInternet Marketing 3.Link is from a trusted website
More + Better Content = More Links
Publish Everything Blog Podcast Videos Photos Presentations eBooks News Releases
More Advanced SEO Tactics …completely stolen from Rand Fishkin at SEOmoz.org
Ideal Link Structure and Authority
Link Structure in Practice
Content is Useless w/o Attracting Links
Leverage Emotions the Make Us Link
1,000’s of Tweets about report - Twitter drove 30% of traffic Link-Worthy & Share-Worthy Over 1,200 inbound links to one blog article.
What Gets Shared or Linked? Rarely Shared Frequently Shared Product info Free trials Software documentation New data Funny videos Top-notch blog posts
Target the Linkerati
Experts on Linkbuilding
Where is Search Going?
Thank You / Q&A Download Slides: Free Trial of HubSpot: Mike Volpe VP
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