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SEO for the CEO
What C-level Executives Need to Know About Search


                         Gillian Muessig
             Co-founder and President, SEOmoz
              CEO Coach, WebmasterRadio.fm




          Dublin City University - All rights reserved © 03-2011
What IS SEO?

It is enabling the dissemination of ideas on the web
Socio-Political Ramifications of Our Work
What IS SEO?
Revolution is fomented on the empty bellies of men
            Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Fidel Castro, Che Guevera, and many others
It’s Like This…
Organic vs. Paid Search   Paid




Organic
Organic vs. Paid Search

10% of Clicks




90% of Clicks
Click-Through Rates
Vertical Search
Local Results
Image Results in SERPs
Video Results
News & Blog Results
Shopping Results
Instant Answers
Instant Answers
News Results




                    Instant Answers
Real Time Results




   Local Results




  Image Results
How Search Engines Work
Crawling & Indexing



 Without links, the
engines might never
   find this page
Calculating Query-Independent Metrics




          Via www.opensiteexplorer.org
Many Domains vs. One Domain




            VS.
Domain Authority
PageRank
The Flow of PageRank
PageRank is Split Evenly
Between the Links on a Page
PageRank is Iterative
Technically, Every External Link “Leaks” PageRank
Removing Links Can
Alter the Flow of PageRank
Google Says they use PageRank to Crawl
The Concept of TrustRank
Components of Google’s Ranking Algorithm
      Algorithmic Ranking Factors
Query Deserves Freshness (QDF)

     QDF




Normal Results



     QDF
Query Deserves Diversity (QDD)
Building Search Friendly Sites
Algorithmic Ranking Factors
Crawlability / Link Architecture
Duplicate Content & Canonicalization
Duplicate Content & Canonicalization
Canonical URL Tag
Duplicate Titles & Meta Descriptions
Search Friendly URLs

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/african-elephants


                                                Keywords in page name,
     Single domain                               separated by hyphen

                     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
Fix Broken Links & 404s
Don’t Block the Robots
Do Block the Robots
XML Sitemaps




www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php
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
Image Alt Attributes
Good keyword usage
   in the alt tag
Not Important
Meta Keywords Tag
H1, H2, H(x) Tags
Search Engine “Submission”
Reciprocal Links and Link Farms



                  link
Keyword Research
Identify High Value Keywords
Predict the Effort Required to Rank Well
Choose the “Best” Words/Phrases to Target
The Search Demand Curve
Popular Keywords vs. Long Tail Search Traffic
Conversion Rate by Keyword Phrase Length
Where To Find Your Best Keywords
Salespeople & Customers
Google AdWords Tool




                                                        Be Wary of
                                                        Match Type




https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Bing AdCenter Excel Plug-In




www.seomoz.org/blog/using-the-adcenter-excel-plugin-for-keyphrase-research
Google Trends




                Sign In for Y-Axis Numbers




                          Not Very Accurate
Internal Site Search Stats
Competitive Keyword Research




 Restrict query
to competitor’s
    domain
Targeting the Linkerati
Create Content That Attracts Links
The Power of the “Linkerati”
Influencers on the Web
Content that Appeals to Influencers
Cannibalization of the Link Graph

                           MMM… LINK
                           GRAPHS ARE
                           DELICIOUS!
The Rise of the Social Graph
Reading
TAGFEE:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/what-we-believe-why-seomozs-tagfee-tenets

Beginner’s Guide to SEO:
http://guides.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-search-engine-optimization

All the SEOmoz PRO Guides:
http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo
Thank You
NO… REALLY Thank you!

        Use the code: SMSB2011
30-Day Free Trial of SEOmoz PRO



   © 2011 www.seomoz.org

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