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1 CONFIDENTIAL1 Search Engine Strategies Conference Search & Regulated Industries December 6, 2006

2 CONFIDENTIAL2 Agenda  Catalyst on-line  Paid Search Marketing  Organic Search Marketing

3 CONFIDENTIAL3 Catalyst on-line  Search Engine Marketing Agency  Based in Boston/Newton, MA  Industry Focused Experience  Almost a decade of healthcare SEO and SEM expertise  Pharma/Biotech/Medical equipment exclusivity  Familiarity with regulatory constraints means faster results  Trusted Partner  5+ years working with:

4 Paid Search Marketing

5 CONFIDENTIAL5 Google Paid Results “high cholesterol” high cholesterol

6 CONFIDENTIAL6 Google Paid Results “parkinson's disease treatment” parkinson's disease treatment

7 CONFIDENTIAL7 Google Paid Results “sleep disorder” sleep disorder

8 CONFIDENTIAL8 Paid Search Marketing  Fair balance act  Condition and drug name in text –Landing page important  Condition and vanity URL –Destination disappointment  Condition not mentioned in the text but buying the condition keyphrase –Landing page important  Paid text needs to go through regulatory committee  Corporate Policy needed

9 Organic Search Marketing

10 CONFIDENTIAL10 What are search engines looking for? Increasing Your Visibility Online Indexibility- Relevance- Authoritativeness- Good code Good content Good linking

11 CONFIDENTIAL11  Visible and non-visible content must be approved by marketing and regulatory teams: –meta and title tags, link text, directory submission, etc.  Changes to content/website is made infrequently –integration with website design, developers, and internal IT is critical to success Organic Search: Relevance - Content

12 CONFIDENTIAL12  Content recommendations  Content guidelines dictating content is written close to a sixth grade reading level –“Schizophrenia” not sixth grade reading  Misspellings –"multiple sclorosis” + “multiple schlerosis” + “multiple sclrosis" = 300,000 queries a year  Optimization for the popular keyphrases but incorrect circumstances: “high blood pressure symptoms” Organic Search: Relevance - Content

13 CONFIDENTIAL13 KEYPHRASEJUNE QUERIES Type 2 Diabetes 59,279 Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms10,436 Type Two Diabetes5,368 Type Two Diabetes Symptoms1,835 Source: Yahoo! How do Consumers Talk about Conditions/Drugs?

14 CONFIDENTIAL14 Organic Search: Authoritativeness & Linking  Value of linking properly in a highly regulated industry  US based sites for US approved drugs  Careful of making claims—linking from “cure” sites could be seen as false claims  All text links approved

15 CONFIDENTIAL15 Organic Search: Authoritativeness/Linking  Press Release policies have an impact on SEO  PR link to a product site not always permitted—reduces linking opportunities  The site the PR links to needs to be optimized  Better leverage corporate assets: unbranded sites, PR campaign sites, outside partners & organizations

16 CONFIDENTIAL16 Heather Frahm hfrahm@catline.com hfrahm@catline.com 617-244-5148 Thank you Please do not hesitate to contact Catalyst on-line:

17 CONFIDENTIAL17 2005 vs. 2006 Pharmaceutical SEO Analysis SEO Rankings Index Competitive SEO Rankings Report


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