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Transcript
Honest SEO m
@matthewcrist Matthew Crist
Search Engine Optimization
Clients Me
Clients Me “Our SEO guy...”
Clients Me “Our SEO guy...” “SEO said...” “That’s great, but
our SEO guy...”
Upper Management
Upper Management Middle Management
Upper Management Middle Management Designers & Developers
Upper Management Middle Management Designers & Developers SEO Team
The Problem With SEO
SEOs Game the System
SEOs Game the System Search engine users complain
SEOs Game the System Search engine users complain Search engines
update algorithms
SEOs Game the System Search engine users complain Search engines
update algorithms Sites drop rankings
SEOs Game the System Search engine users complain Search engines
update algorithms Sites drop rankings
This “dance” requires cash and resources.
0 10 20 30 40 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Google Update Velocity
Too much above the fold Ad Content Links Ad Ad
Links Some other useless thing
Too Much Crap Ad Links Ad Ad Links Some other
useless thing Not enough content
Nefarious Inbound Links Unrelated Sites Related Sites Your Site
Bought links on various unrelated sites
Bought links on various unrelated sites Discovered by the New
York Times
Bought links on various unrelated sites Discovered by the New
York Times Delisted by Google
Content Farms
Demand Media
Demand Media Created thousands of content pieces
Demand Media Created thousands of content pieces Content quality was
low.
Demand Media Created thousands of content pieces Content quality was
low. Google lowered the boom and they lost $4.1 million.
Demand Media Created thousands of content pieces Content quality was
low. Google lowered the boom and they lost $4.1 million. Also: Lance Armstrong's Legacy Is A Content Farm
Good SEO
Other 4% Bing 29% Google 67%
1. Forget rankings Rankings don’t matter when measuring SEO success.
Traffic + Conversions SEO win
2. Great Content
2. Great Content it’s what people are looking for
2. Great Content it’s what people are looking for it
get’s shared socially
2. Great Content it’s what people are looking for it
get’s shared socially it goes viral
2. Follow the guidelines Google and Bing both provide detailed
guidelines to get great rankings. Google Webmaster Guidelines Bing Webmaster Guidelines http://cri.st/N42J http://cri.st/N3gY
“Make pages primarily for users, not for search engines.” -
Google
Important Guidelines
Important Guidelines Accessibility is solid SEO
Important Guidelines Accessibility is solid SEO Don’t deceive your users
Important Guidelines Accessibility is solid SEO Don’t deceive your users
Don’t participate in any linking schemes
Important Guidelines Accessibility is solid SEO Don’t deceive your users
Don’t participate in any linking schemes Don’t stuff keywords
3. Users over SEO Happy customers = Traffic
Happy Customers...
Happy Customers... Share your site via social networks
Happy Customers... Share your site via social networks Link to
your site from their sites
Happy Customers... Share your site via social networks Link to
your site from their sites Convert
4. Keywords Don’t spend hours researching keywords.
4. Keywords Don’t spend hours researching keywords. users don’t search
rarely for exact match keywords
4. Keywords Don’t spend hours researching keywords. users don’t search
rarely for exact match keywords users search for answers to their problems
Implementing Good SEO
“...don’t spend money on aggressive search engine optimization.” - Paul
Boag
Performance
Performance Use CSS3 instead of images
Performance Use CSS3 instead of images Cache and compress as
much as possible
Performance Use CSS3 instead of images Cache and compress as
much as possible Reduce HTTP requests
Performance Use CSS3 instead of images Cache and compress as
much as possible Reduce HTTP requests Use CDNs for assets
Get people to link to your site, aka inbound links.
Get people to link to your site, aka inbound links.
helps search engines determine your site’s importance
Get people to link to your site, aka inbound links.
helps search engines determine your site’s importance must be natural
Get people to link to your site, aka inbound links.
helps search engines determine your site’s importance must be natural must be from relevant sources
Link to your site from your site, aka internal links
Link to your site from your site aka internal links
helps users find your content
Link to your site from your site aka internal links
helps users find your content helps search engines find your content
Link to your site from your site aka internal links
helps users find your content helps search engines find your content must be relevant and contextual
Link to your site from your site aka internal links
helps users find your content helps search engines find your content must be relevant and contextual must not go overboard
HTML
HTML simple, semantic markup
HTML simple, semantic markup responsive design
HTML simple, semantic markup responsive design use rel attributes
HTML simple, semantic markup responsive design use rel attributes unobtrusive
use of javascript
HTML simple, semantic markup responsive design use rel attributes unobtrusive
use of javascript ARIA
HTML simple, semantic markup responsive design use rel attributes unobtrusive
use of javascript ARIA Schema.org
Schema.org A collection of microformats that is recognized by all
search engines.
ARIA HTML attributes that help define semantics.
Meta Tags
Meta Tags keywords
Meta Tags keywords
Meta Tags keywords description
Meta Tags keywords description author
Design your URLS
Design your URLS domain.com?post=1234
Design your URLS domain.com?post=1234
Design your URLS domain.com?post=1234 Design your URLS twitter.com/matthewcrist
None
<title>Beer - Wikipedia...</title>
<title>Beer - Wikipedia...</title> <meta name=”description” content=”{content}”>
<title>Beer - Wikipedia...</title> <meta name=”description” content=”{content}”> Google Authorship
<title>Beer - Wikipedia...</title> <meta name=”description” content=”{content}”> Google Authorship Sitelinks
http://bit.ly/refresh-boston-seo
Fin.