Search engine optimization is the practice of optimizing a website for increased organic placement by improving internal (on-page) and external (off-page) elements.
Get back to basics by reviewing the fundamentals of SEO. Your sales pitch, clients, and your own website will thank you.
2. Objective
To understand the fundamental
elements and best practices involved in
search engine optimization.
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3. What is SEO?
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the practice of
optimizing a website for increased organic placement
by improving internal (on-page) and external (off-page)
elements.
The best metric to determine the success of a SEO
campaign is increased organic traffic.
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I improve the volume and quality of traffic that a website gets by making it
easier for the right people to find a website when they do an online search.
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4. Why is SEO Necessary?
Long-term
"Free"
Search Traffic
Valuable branding
Improved website usability
Forces maintenance
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5. Dissecting a SERP
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6. What are the Key Signals?
Content Backlinks
unique, fresh, quality, relevant quality, relevant, natural
Architecture Usability
proper coding, URL structure load time, navigation, performance
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7. Where to Focus Your SEO?
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8. What's Involved in SEO?
Website Audit Keyword Research
Content Development On-Page Optimization
Off-Page Optimization Tracking & Reporting
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9. What's Included in....?
Website Audits
Search engine friendliness
Website / URL structure
Website usability
Website performance
Link popularity
Brand engagement
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10. What's Included in....?
Keyword Research
Keyword discovery
Keyword analysis
Keyword competition
Keyword selection
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11. What's Included in....?
Content Development
Articles
Blog Posts
Press Releases
White Papers
Videos
Images
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12. What's Included in....?
On-Page Optimization
Custom title, meta, header and image tags
Internal linking
URL naming / structure
URL mapping / redirects
Sitemap
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13. What's Included in....?
Off-Page Optimization
Link Building
Social Media
Guest Blogging
Web Directories
Press Release Syndication
Forums
Article Syndication
Social Bookmarking
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14. What's Included in....?
Tracking & Reporting
Traffic Analytics
Usability Analytics
Engagement Analytics
Organic Rank Tracking
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15. What's in the Future for SEO?
Website performance is a very important factor
Content will continue being pushed as the most
important factor
Over-optimized websites will be penalized
Search engines will continue getting smarter
Local and social will contribute more to SEO
Media (videos, images) will become even more
valuable
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