This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) fundamentals. It discusses how search engines work, important on-site and off-site ranking factors like links, keywords, and user engagement. The document emphasizes that SEO should focus on building high-quality websites for users rather than search engines. Additional tips and links for SEO best practices are also included.
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"Mastering SEO" de Radu Plugaru
1. Mastering SEO
www.pentalog.fr
Motto: Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know
what you are doing but nobody else does.
By Radu PLUGARU
2. Search engine optimization
Contents:
How search engines operate
Ranking factors
Search engine friendly design
Keyword research
Useful tools and software
Myths and misconceptions
Tracking success [or failure]
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3. Search engine optimization
Search engines are answer
machines.
Their main purpose is to serve the most important
of the most relevant search results.
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4. Search engine optimization
First law of SEO Build websites for
humans, not search engines.
[Google Webmaster Guidelines]
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5. Search engine optimization
Second [and last ] law of SEO
The worth of a backlink is directly proportional
to the difficulty of getting it
[A smart man]
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6. Search engine optimization
Ranking factors
On Site [internal] Off Site [external]
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9. Search engine optimization
Domain trust/authority signals
Name
Age
Popularity
Size
Hosting
Link profile
Branding
Offline citations
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10. Search engine optimization
Link popularity signals
Global popularity
Local/Topic specific popularity
Anchor text
Trust rank
Link neighborhood
Freshness
Social sharing
Link spikes
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11. Search engine optimization
Anchor text signals
Exact keywords
Stop keywords
Co-citations
Google bombs
Keyword graph
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12. Search engine optimization
Keyword usage
Domain name
URL
Title tag
Content
H1-H6, bold, strong tags
Links
Alt attribute for images
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13. Search engine optimization
User engagement and social signals
Click-through
Time on site
Bounce-rate
Number of likes, shares, tweets, comments, +1s
Easy to use, navigate, take action
Linking patterns
Machine learning
Traffic data
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15. Search engine optimization
What made Uncle G #1?
Googles success recipe a quality search
result is one liked by people. Hence:
Page Rank, Panda, Penguin, Human-edited web
directories, social signals, user engagement,
Sandbox, etc.
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16. Search engine optimization
Personal Searches:
Location
Time
Personal sharing [ego searches]
Social Sharing
Previous searches
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18. Search engine optimization
Follow-up links:
http://www.seomoz.org/ SEO articles, tutorials, guides, tools, etc.
https://adwords.google.com/o/KeywordTool keyword research tools
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ head of Google's Webspam team
http://www.seobook.com/ SEO articles, tutorials, etc.
http://searchengineland.com/ SEO articles, tools, etc.
http://www.google.com/analytics/ statistics about visits to a website
http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/ free backlink analysis tool
http://www.google.com everything else
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