2. What does Search Engine
Optimization really mean?
It means structuring and formatting our
websites in a way that makes it easy for
search engines and users to find our
content.
3. 3 Main Goals
• Make it easy for Google to find our
content
• Make it easy for Google to understand
our content
• Make it easy for users to find our
content
4. A lot goes into a
comprehensive SEO
strategy.
It requires participation
from Marketing,
Technology, and Editorial.
9. What are Keywords?
Keywords are the words that users type
when they search for things on the
internet.
Keywords represent the specific language
and terminology that users use when they
search for things.
10.
11. Do we write about
Climate Change
or
GlobalWarming ?
12. Multiple Factors
• Accuracy (just because terms are often
used synonymously doesn’t mean
they’re synonymous)
• Style, Usage
• Context
• And... SEO!
13. Multiple Factors
• Competing factors will need to be
weighed on a case-by-case basis.
• Editorial integrity should come first.
• The goal is to reinforce our content
with what we know about how users
search for things.
43. Microcontent
“Microcontent needs to be pearls of
clarity: you get 40-60 characters to
explain your macrocontent. Unless the
title or subject make it absolutely clear
what the page or email is about, users
will never open it.”
-Jakob Nielsen
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980906.html
44. Writing Titles for the Web
• More literal, less figurative.
• Tell the story in the title. How do we
give an interested user reason to click
on a link when he/she has no
information besides the title?
• Use keywords!
• Place keywords towards the beginning
of titles.
47. Bad
The New Roller Coaster
Better
The New Roller Coaster:Volatility and
Leveraged ETFs
Superstar
Volatility and Leveraged ETFs:The
New Roller Coaster
50. • Tweet Suite Digest - November 03, 2010
• Tweet Suite Digest - November 10, 2010
Instead of this:
We could do this:
• OII, iPhone Apps, and Fantasy Football
Insurance - Tweet Suite Digest
• NASP,WCB, and Dr.Wecht - This Week
on Twitter
54. The Workflow
1.What is this story about?
2.What is the language readers use
when searching for this content?
3. How can we fine-tune the content to
match what users are searching for?
55. Magazine Articles
Magazine stories published on the web
can use different titles than those used in
the print edition.
Two different titles for two different roles.
64. Summary
• Editorial SEO should focus primarily on
two things: Keywords and Titles.
• Keyword strategy is about getting in
tune with our users.
• Article titles are paramount.
• Position powerful keywords at the
beginning of titles and within the first
paragraph of an article.
65. Summary
• Whenever possible, infuse titles with
description (using keywords).
• Think of titles as “microcontent”. Aim
for titles that can stand on their own.
• Use Google Analytics and Google’s
Keyword Tool.
66. The point of all this is to
make our content more
accessible, to extend our
reach, and to increase
our readership.