09.10.13 ABC SEO
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S.E.O. Revisited Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston September 10, 2013
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SEO vs. SEM
• SEO: Search Engine Op>miza>on – What you do to your site and via free tools to make it easier for your company’s website to be found online
• SEM: Search Engine Marke>ng – What you buy as adver>sing
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SEO - What’s It Good For
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SEO vs. SEM Visually
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Reality Check …
• It won’t happen overnight.
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Keyword or Phrase Strategy
• What are your users looking for? – Use words that your customers use
• What is your compe>>on doing? • Focus landing pages on ONE thing.
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Keyword Identifying Tools
• Analy>cs • Google Keyword Planner • Google Trends
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Improve Onsite Content
• Give customers what they want. – Bounce Rate – Time on Site – Page Views – Link Earning – Meta Data
• Webmaster Tools is an op>on.
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Content and User Experience
• Easy to understand • Provide Intui>ve Naviga>on • Loading Quickly • Render properly in any browser size and on any device • Visually aUrac>ve/pleasing/compelling
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If You Build It … Correctly
• If building a new site, get a Content Management System (CMS) site. – Saves money long-‐term – Easy ongoing maintenance – Build to share
• Mobile Version or Responsive Design
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Heading Tags
• <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4> • Every page must have an h1 tag and ONLY one is beUer.
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Heading Tags Visually
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Image Structure for SEO
• Image Size Impacts Page Loading Time • Image names are indexed: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG • Image Names and Alt Tags
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URLs Should Make Sense
• _ Underscores are alpha characters and do not separate words. • -‐ Dashes are word separators.
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Meta Data
• Meta Keywords no longer used • Meta Data for your Website – Title – Descrip9on
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Sitemaps
• Include Sitemaps – HTML – Video – Images
• Submit Sitemaps to Search Engines – Create at Google Sitemap Generator – Submit at Google Webmaster Tools
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To Blog or Not to Blog …
• A Blog depends on your content capabili>es and relevancy. • If you Blog: – Be consistent – Post links to social media WITH interes>ng lead-‐ins – Use blog content in email campaigns – Use Share widgets
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• Install an Analy>cs Package • Iden>fy What You Want to Track – Forms completed? – Time on Site? – What is the ROI?
• Set up Weekly Reports
Improvement Starts with Analytics
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Free Directory Listings
• Directory Lis>ngs – Top Sites
• Google+ Local • YP.com • Yahoo.com • YellowBot • Yelp • WhitePages.com • MapQuest • SuperPages • CitySearch • YellowBook
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Hint on Directory Listings
• Run a report at Yext.com
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Mobile SEO
• Mostly the same – Page Load Speeds More Important – User Experience Focused – YouTube’s Big Role
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Keep Learning
• Webmaster Tools • Webmaster Forums • Webmaster Central Blog
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Q&A
Contact Informa9on Michelle LeBlanc
[email protected] 713.818.0070