The document provides tips for search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). It discusses focusing on 20% on-page content and 80% off-page links. Common SEO traps are outlined such as poor design, not using meta tags properly, and forgetting to include keywords. Examples of effective on-page content like meta titles and descriptions are provided. Suggestions are made for building high-quality off-page links through directories, social media, article sites, and question/answer sites. Maintaining SEO efforts over the long-term is emphasized.
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1. SEO Mine Sweeper
Quick tips to navigating the search marketing battlefield
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2. Introductions
Who am I?
Chris Kenney
CBDO / SEO & SEM Specialist
Started with Coco in 2006
583 sites on the Internet when I built
my first site
My duties:
Internet marketing jedi
Project Management
Many other hats!
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3. Internet Marketing
The search marketing industry is
constantly moving, changing, shifting,
combining and evolving
Online marketing battles
are fought & won DAILY
One wrong step can have lasting
effects on your ability to market your site
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4. Defined
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Natural / organic
The art of removing barriers
Content driven
20% on page
80% off page
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5. Top two focal points of this
presentation
20%Content & 80% Links
Updated, relevant content
Incoming links from highly trafficked web sites with
correlational content
Surprisingly overlooked by many
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6. Some SEO Traps & Tips
for
20% on page
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7. SEO 20% Trap #1
Overall poor Design
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8. SEO 20% Trap #1
Overall poor Design
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9. SEO 20% Trap #2
Using Flash to build
your site
Search Engines cant read
Flash
Use HTML with flash
elements
Or you must use alternative
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10. SEO 20% Trap #3
Not using proper
Meta Tags
Meta Description
Meta Title
Meta Keywords are no longer
used by any of the major SE
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11. SEO 20% Trap #4
Designing content only for search engines
Design the page tile and description to engage the
user
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12. Meta Title
Good Example:
Golf Company XYZ | Golf Clubs, Nike Golf Clubs, Nike Drivers and Irons
Great Example:
Buy Nike Golf Clubs | Nike Drivers & Irons For Sale | Golf Company XYZ
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13. Meta Description
Good Example:
Nike golf clubs, Nike drivers, Nike irons, and Nike golf balls. Golf Company XYZ
offers superior selection of Nike Golf equipment, great service, and quality products.
Great Example:
Largest selection of Nike golf club sets, drivers, irons, and Nike golf balls at discount
prices. Get Free Shipping on orders of $50 or more, read product reviews, and the
guaranteed lowest prices!
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14. SEO Trap #5
Forgetting the put keywords and long tail
keywords in the content
Four words, 60% is what I hear
coco page one for one day
Page one
national web design
web design Pensacola
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15. SEO Trap #6
Not updating content regularly
Write it or get it written
Blogs
Articles
Press releases
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16. Set up a Blog
Talk about industry
trends
Become the expert
Less about sales
and more about
information
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17. SEO Trap #7
Page Rank Sculpting
Pass rank to internal pages you want to
promote from the home page
Get more information about this topic
from Matt Cutts recent article:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/
pagerank-sculpting/
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18. Some SEO Traps & Tips
for
80% off page
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19. SEO 80% Trap #1
Not thinking local
Google Local Business Center is underused
Map, business info & reviews carry weight
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21. SEO trap #2
You add backlinks to wrong type of sites
Research high volume,
highly-relevant sites
Some are under your nose
The BBB is a great site
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22. 80% Incoming Links
Stat Sites
Directories
Social Bookmarking
Social Media
Ezines
Classifeds
Q&A sites
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23. Stat Sites
If you have a brand new site, this is a good
place to start building incoming links
Complete.com
Alexa.com
Statbrain.com
Aboutus.org
Cubestat.com
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24. Directories
Yahoo directory
Pay Yahoo once then stop
Dmoz
gets scraped for a total of
around 20 incoming links
Business.com
Consider
Industry directories
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25. Social Media & Bookmarking
Linkedin.com
Include keyword links &
links from Twitter feed
Facebook
Flickr
Myspace
Delicious
Digg
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26. Ezine Websites
Ezinearticles
Isnare
Goarticles
Articlecity
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27. Classifieds & QA Sites
Classifieds
Craigslist
QA sites
yahoo answers
yedda
wikianswers
wikihow
wikipedia
ehow
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28. SEO 80% Trap #3
Not providing good link bait
Promote content not on
your main site
Blog
Social channels
Youtube
Flickr
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29. SEO 80% Trap #4
Thinking you can rest
It is a never-ending, not-stop
battle
coco page one for one day
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30. 檎艶馨艶馨恢艶姻
search marketing
is a marathon,
not a sprint
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31. Thankyouverymuch
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