SEO Cheat Sheet-Final - Amazon S3s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/.../SEO-Cheat-Sheet... · SEO...

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RESEARCH Discover persona pain & keywords WRITING Write the research PROOFING proof grammar & SEO POSTING Post to your website PROMOTION Promote your content ANALYZE Gather data & Iterate Other On page factors that affect your page's relevancy Add New Post Chocolate Donuts | Mary’s Bakery best plumbers The “Perfectly” Optimized Page http://marysbakery.com/chocolate-donuts Add Media SEO Cheat Sheet On page SEO is70% of the reason why you rank Optimize for Speed 47% of users expect your page to load in under 2 seconds 60% of users expect your page to load in under 3 seconds 2 s e c o n d s 3 s e c o n d s Use a great content management system like WordPress Use a safe & secure host like WPengine Use a CDN and caching Optimize your images with WP Smush.it Optimize your database with WP Optimize Disable hotlinking of your images in pages & posts Speed up page loads with Lazy Load WP Delete old post revisions with WP Revision Control Turn off pingbacks & trackbacks Avoid other unnecessary WordPress plugins that bloat your website Minify and Combine CSS and Javascript with WP Minify Check your load times with GTmetrix HOTLINKING PLUG-INS Set Your Website to Index Fix 404 Errors with a 301 redirect Fix internal URL redirects SLOW WEBSITE FAST WEBSITE Jan’15 Jul’15 Jan’16 Jul’16 11-20 21-50 51-100 Keywords Optimize Your Page with Perfect Keyword Density Publish Content that Solves Your Customer’s Pain Automate Your Content: Have a System Make Sure Google Can Easily Crawl Your Website Your Web Presence Must Be Mobile-Friendly References The Meta Title Tag is the top relevancy signal you control Our clients website rankings before and after speed optimization Local service company with a short sales cycle Longer sales cycle company with a high average sales price Title Tag Keep it between 50-60 characters long. No duplicates. Meta Description Keep it to about 160 words. No duplicates. URL Keep it short and concise. Include the main keyword theme. H1 Use only once per page. Second Most important SEO signal. H2 Use a variant of your keyword. Can be used multiple times. Paragraph Text Have a variant of your keyword about every 100 words. My water tank just broke and I need a plumber (awareness of pain). I’m searching Google for the most reputable plumber (consideration). I’ve found the best plumber and now I’m ready to convert (decision). I just won this contract for Designing Architectural panels and need someone to manufacture these parts (awarness). I’m going to google to see who has experience with this type of work (consideration which requires more education then the plumber). I’ve been educated by an expert and feel comfortable about making the call to work with them (decision). So, here’s a quick list of things you can do to optimize your content Optimize content with user intent in mind. Have a easy to use website design. Produce high quality content (up to 2000 words). Publish content 1 time per week or more. Stay away from duplicate content. Stay trendy with your content. Use Outbound Links and Internal Links Boost relevancy. Alt Text in a Dazzling Photo Wow readers. Use the alt text. <H2> The Keys On-Page Seo <H2> www.marysbakery.com Mary’s Bakery’s chocolate donuts are possibly the most delicious, perfectly formed, flawlessly chocolately donuts ever made. chocolate-donuts.jpg chocolate donuts donuts donuts chocolate donuts chocolate <H1> Chocolate Donuts | Mary’s Bakery </H1> CHOCOLATE DONUTS Chocolate Donuts | Mary’s Bakery CHOCOLATE DONUTS CHOCOLATE DONUTS Start With Your Buyers Journey (browse, compare, buy) 81% of shoppers conduct online research before making big purchases. *Solve your customer’s pain problem by educating them Use Responsive Design: Your website should be mobile responsive. Setup Your Google My Business Listing: Seventy-eight percent of local-mobile searches result in offline purchases. https://www.aykira.com.au/2014/04/importance-website-loading-speed-top-3-factors -limit-website-speed/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/#installation https://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-image-lazy-loading/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/revision-control/ https://gtmetrix.com/ https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics architectural panel Week 1 THIN CONTENT LONG CONTENT Jan’13 Jan’14 Jan’15 Jan’16 Jan’17 72% of marketers say relevant content creation was the most effective SEO tactic they practice. 65% of smartphone users search for relevant information as opposed to brands. 40% of local service company leads are happening directly from GMB. 404 301 menu locations shop about Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 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Page 1: SEO Cheat Sheet-Final - Amazon S3s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/.../SEO-Cheat-Sheet... · SEO Cheat Sheet On page SEO is 70% of the reason why you rank Optimize for Speed 47% of

RESEARCHDiscover persona pain

& keywords

WRITINGWrite the research

PROOFINGproof grammar & SEO

POSTINGPost to your website

PROMOTIONPromote your content

ANALYZEGather data & Iterate

Other On page factors that affect your page's relevancy

Add New PostChocolate Donuts | Mary’s Bakery

best plumbers

The “Perfectly” Optimized Page

http://marysbakery.com/chocolate-donuts

Add Media

SEOCheat Sheet

On page SEO is70%of the reason why you rank

Optimize for Speed

47%of users expect

your page to load in under

2 seconds

60%of users expect

your page to load in under

3 seconds

2 seconds

3 seconds

Use a great content management system

like WordPress

Use a safe & secure host like WPengine

Use a CDN and caching

Optimize your images with WP Smush.it

Optimize your database with WP

Optimize

Disable hotlinking of your images in pages

& posts

Speed up page loads with Lazy Load WP

Delete old post revisions with WP Revision Control

Turn off pingbacks & trackbacks

Avoid other unnecessary WordPress plugins that

bloat your website

Minify and Combine CSS and Javascript

with WP Minify

Check your load times with GTmetrix

HOTLINKING

PLUG-INS

Set Your Website to Index

Fix 404 Errors with a 301 redirect

Fix internal URL redirects

SLOW WEBSITE FAST W

EBSITE

Jan’15 Jul’15 Jan’16 Jul’16

11-20 21-50 51-100 Keywords

Optimize Your Page with Perfect Keyword Density

Publish Content that Solves Your Customer’s Pain

Automate Your Content:Have a System

Make Sure Google CanEasily Crawl Your Website

Your Web PresenceMust Be Mobile-Friendly

References

The Meta Title Tag is the top relevancy signal you control

Our clients website rankings before and after speed optimization

Local service company with a short sales cycle

Longer sales cycle company with a high average sales price

Title Tag Keep it between 50-60 characters long. No

duplicates.

Meta Description Keep it to about 160 words. No duplicates.

URLKeep it short and

concise. Include the main keyword theme.

H1Use only once per page. Second Most important

SEO signal.

H2Use a variant of your

keyword. Can be used multiple times.

Paragraph TextHave a variant of your

keyword about every 100 words.

My water tank just broke and I need a plumber (awareness of pain).

I’m searching Google for the most reputable

plumber (consideration).

I’ve found the best plumber and now I’m ready to

convert (decision).

I just won this contract for Designing Architectural

panels and need someone to manufacture these parts

(awarness).

I’m going to google to see who has experience with

this type of work (consideration which

requires more education then the plumber).

I’ve been educated by an expert and feel

comfortable about making the call to work with them

(decision).

So, here’s a quick list of things you can do to optimize your content

Optimize content with user intent

in mind.

Have a easy to use

website design.

Produce high quality

content (up to 2000 words).

Publish content 1 time

per week or more.

Stay away from duplicate

content.

Stay trendy with

your content.

Use Outbound Links and Internal Links

Boost relevancy.

Alt Text in a Dazzling Photo

Wow readers. Use the alt text.

<H2> The Keys On-Page Seo <H2>

www.marysbakery.com

Mary’s Bakery’s chocolate donuts are possibly the most delicious, perfectly formed, flawlessly chocolately donutsever made.

chocolate-donuts.jpg

chocolate donuts

donuts

donuts

chocolate donuts

chocolate

<H1> Chocolate Donuts | Mary’s Bakery </H1>

CHOCOLATEDONUTS

Chocolate Donuts | Mary’s Bakery

CHOCOLATEDONUTS

CHOCOLATEDONUTS

Start With Your Buyers Journey (browse, compare, buy)

81%of shoppers conduct online research before making big

purchases.

*Solve your customer’s pain problem by educating them

Use Responsive Design: Your website should be mobile

responsive.

Setup Your Google My Business Listing:

Seventy-eight percent of

local-mobile searches result

in offline purchases.

https://www.aykira.com.au/2014/04/importance-website-loading-speed-top-3-factors-limit-website-speed/https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/#installationhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/jquery-image-lazy-loading/https://wordpress.org/plugins/revision-control/https://gtmetrix.com/https://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics

architectural panel

Week 1

THIN CONTENTLONG CONTENT

Jan’13 Jan’14 Jan’15 Jan’16 Jan’17

72%of marketers say relevant content

creation was the most effective SEO tactic

they practice.

65%of smartphone users search for relevant

information as opposed to

brands.

40%of local service

company leads are happening directly

from GMB.

404

301

m e n u l o c at i o n s s h o p a b o u t

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Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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m e n u l o c at i o n s s h o p a b o u t

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Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

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COME VISIT US

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m e n u l o c at i o n s s h o p a b o u t

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