Copyright © 2004 ECNext Pre-launch SEO Activities Keyword Analysis Structure for Search Engine Crawl Pay-per-click (Google Adwords) ECI on article pages Next Steps
Copyright © 2004 ECNext Keyword Analysis Goal: Identify site-level & page-specific keyword phrases Process: Identify target pages on Stratfor site (ECNext & Stratfor) Brainstorm keyword phrases for each page (Stratfor) Expand keyword set; filter for frequently-searched phrases; select final phrases for each target page (ECNext) Incorporate keyword phrases into target pages (Stratfor & ECNext)
Copyright © 2004 ECNext Keyword Analysis Target Pages (ECNext): Homepage: Recent Analysis: Strategic Markets: Situation Reports: Reports/Forecasts: Regions: –Also for each region page: Middle East, North America, … Countries: ®ionId=1 ®ionId=1 –Also for each country page: Afghanistan, China, … Stratfor Weekly Free Newsletter Page Products & Services: Media Center: Stratfor to identify other valuable pages to target
Copyright © 2004 ECNext Keyword Analysis Brainstorm Keyword Phrases: Stratfor Action: Build list of 2-3 word phrases relevant to each target page Each list should be at least 3 phrases E.g., Stratfor Homepage ( “predictive intelligence” “global intelligence” Etc.
Copyright © 2004 ECNext Structure for Search Engine Crawl Ensure search engines can find & “index” all target pages on Stratfor site Flattened Links: –No dynamic URLS – “?’s” in the URL –Text link path to each page Site map: –Page of simple, text links to all target pages
Copyright © 2004 ECNext Pay-per-click Drives traffic at launch, prior to 1 st crawl Provides additional support for most important keyword phrases Major services: Google Adwords, Overture
Copyright © 2004 ECNext ECI for Article Pages ECI = “Extended Content Illumination” Search engine visibility to individual article pages –Create individual article pages –Crawled through site map –Leverages search engine activity for breaking news keywords Article page structure –Provides a “teaser” about article –Keyword rich (article keywords + general keywords) –Primary objective is to sell subscriptions
Copyright © 2004 ECNext Next Steps Stratfor: Confirm target pages Provide initial keyword phrases for each target page ECNext Optimize keyword phrases for each target page & create final set