The document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). It discusses what search engines are and how they work by crawling the web, indexing content, and ranking results. It notes the importance of SEO due to most consumers starting searches on search engines. Key factors search engines use to rank pages are described as well as tips for an effective SEO strategy, including keyword research, on-page and off-page optimization, and link building. Paid search advertising (SEM) is introduced as obtaining paid placement in search engine results through pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns on platforms like Google AdWords.
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2. Agenda
What is a Search Engine?
Examples of popular Search Engines
Search Engines statistics
Why is Search Engine marketing important?
What is a SEO Algorithm?
Steps to developing a good SEO strategy
Ranking factors
Basic tips for optimization
5. How Do Search Engines Work?
Spider crawls the web to find new documents (web pages, other documents)
typically by following hyperlinks from websites already in their database
Search engines indexes the content (text, code) in these documents by adding it to
their databases and then periodically updates this content
Search engines search their own databases when a user enters in a search to find
related documents (not searching web pages in real-time)
Search engines rank the resulting documents using an algorithm (mathematical
formula) by assigning various weights and ranking factors
6. How Do Search Engines Work?
Spider crawls the web to find new documents (web pages, other documents)
typically by following hyperlinks from websites already in their database
Search engines indexes the content (text, code) in these documents by adding it to
their databases and then periodically updates this content
Search engines search their own databases when a user enters in a search to find
related documents (not searching web pages in real-time)
Search engines rank the resulting documents using an algorithm (mathematical
formula) by assigning various weights and ranking factors
8. Important?
80% of consumers find your website by first writing a query into a box on a
search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing)
90% choose a site listed on the first page
85% of all traffic on the internet is referred to by search engines
The top three organic positions receive 59% percent of user clicks.
Cost-effective advertising
Clear and measurable ROI
Operates under this assumption:
More (relevant) traffic + Good Conversions Rate = More Sales/Leads
10. What is SEO?
SEO = Search Engine Optimization
Refers to the process of optimizing both the on-
page and off-page ranking factors in order to achieve
high search engine rankings for targeted search
terms.
Refers to the industry that has been created
regarding using keyword searching a a means of
increasing relevant traffic to a website
12. What is a SEO Algorithm?
Top Secret! Only select employees of a search engines company know for
certain
Reverse engineering, research and experiments gives SEOs (search engine
optimization professionals) a pretty good idea of the major factors and
approximate weight assignments
The SEO algorithm is constantly changed, tweaked & updated
Websites and documents being searched are also constantly changing
Varies by Search Engine some give more weight to on-page factors, some
to link popularity
14. A good SEO strategy:
Research desirable keywords and search phrases
(WordTracker, Overture, Google AdWords)
Identify search phrases to target (should be relevant to business/market, obtainable
and profitable)
Clean and optimize a websites HTML code for appropriate keyword density, title
tag optimization, internal linking structure, headings and subheadings, etc.
Help in writing copy to appeal to both search engines and actual website visitors
Study competitors (competing websites) and search engines
Implement a quality link building campaign
Add Quality content
Constant monitoring of rankings for targeted search terms
15. Ranking factors
On-Page Factors (Code & Content)
- Title tags <title>
- Header tags <h1>
- ALT image tags
- Content, Content, Content (Body text) <body>
- Hyperlink text
- Keyword frequency & density
Off-Page Factors (Link Building)
- Directory submission
- Article submission
- Blog posting
- Forum posting
16. What a Search Engine Sees and what we see
View > Source (HTML code)
18. What is Search Engine Marketing?
Search Engine Marketing, or SEM, is a type of
internet marketing that aims at increasing a
websites prominence in search engine result pages
in order to gain increased traffic for the site. The
gain in traffic is supposed to translate into
additional sales.
Search engine marketing falls into two broad
categories.
SEO or search engine optimization
Paid search advertising
19. In both search engine optimization (SEO) and search
engine marketing (SEM), keyword analysis and
selection play a crucial role. In SEM, however, once the
right key phrases are identified, webmasters generally
avail of paid advertising in the form of PPC.
PPC, or Pay Per Click, are text-only ads based on the
key phrases the webmaster wishes to appear in his ads.
He writes the copy and determines how much he is
willing to pay in order for his ad to appear.
21. Pay Per Click
PPC ads appear as sponsored listings
Companies bid on price they are willing to pay per
click
Typically have very good tracking tools and statistics
Ability to control ad text
Can set budgets and spending limits
Google AdWords and Bing Ads are the two leaders
22. PPC vs. Organic SEO
Pay-Per-Click Organic SEO
results in 1-2 days
easier for a novice or one little knowledge of
SEO
ability to turn on and off at any moment
generally more costly per visitor and per
conversion
fewer impressions and exposure
easier to compete in highly competitive
market space (but it will cost you)
Ability to generate exposure on related sites
(AdSense)
ability to target local markets
better for short-term and high-margin
campaigns
results take 1 months to 6 months
requires ongoing learning and experience to
achieve results
very difficult to control flow of traffic
generally more cost-effective, does not
penalize for more traffic
SERPs are more popular than sponsored ads
very difficult to compete in highly competitive
market space
ability to generate exposure on related
websites and directories
more difficult to target local markets
better for long-term and lower margin
campaigns
23. Tips & Optimization Techniques
Research keywords related to your business
Identify competitors, utilize benchmarking techniques and identify level of
competition
Utilize descriptive title tags for each page
Ensure that your text is HTML-text and not image text
Use text links when ever possible
Use appropriate keywords in your content and internal hyperlinks (dont overdo!)
Obtain inbound links from related websites
Monitor your search engine rankings and more importantly your website traffic
statistics and sales/leads produced
Educate yourself about search engine marketing