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The Past, Present, and Future of SEO Landing Pages
Presented by: James Svoboda (@Realicity)Search Snippets #1: Landing Page and Conversion Rate Optimization
July 26, 2012
THE PAST:
THE WORST LANDING PAGEI EVER CREATED
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Hand-Coded HTML Sitemap: Part I
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
HTML Sitemap: The Full Picture
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Lesson #1: Every Page Is a Landing Page
Every Page will have an:
Entry• Search• Social• Referral• Direct
and…
Exit• Next Page• Conversion• Bounce
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Lesson #2: Analyze Data & Use Tools
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Lesson #3: Seek Information
PRESENT:
MULTIPLE PAGES.MULTIPLE PATHS.
SAME GOALS.
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Identify Main Conversion Points
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Find The Fold
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Do You See What They See?
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Use CTAs Above The Fold
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Place CTAs Adjacent To Content
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Footers: Not Just For The Fine Print
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Once Engaged, Call Them To Action
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Build Trust
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Localize
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Socialize
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Track Where They Came From…
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Where They Went…
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
If They Wrote…
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
Or Followed…
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
And Even If They Called.
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
TEST & ANALYZE: SPOT PATTERNS
Test & Analyze SEO Results by Segmenting Analytics Data:- Organic Traffic
- Keywords- Locations- Devices- Bounces- Per Page: home, blog…- Steps In Visitor Flow- Conversion Type - Lead or Sale - Download - Site Engagement - Social
- Your Unique KPIs
- Compare With Other Traffic Sources!
Photo courtesy of Tom Magliery: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/
FUTURE:
ONE PAGE.MANY SOURCES.
MANY TESTS.
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
WHICH PAGE URL?
domain.com/page.htmldomain.com/page-split-test.htmldomain.com/page-split-test-version-2.htmldomain.com/page.html?gclid=CeEs24fsc7weDSdomain.com/page.html?utm_source=Google&utm_term=Keyworddomain.com/page.html?Sitelink=Linkdomain.com/page.html?Action=Call-Trackingdomain.com/page.html#Action=Content-Loaddomain.com/page.html?utm_source=Facebookdomain.com/page.html#utm_source=Facebook
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
FUTURE PROOF URLsdomain.com/page
Portable - move to almost any server, CMS, or coding language.Historical - accumulate web data with “Living URLs”.Permanent - reduce 301 headaches.Multivariate Testing - no split-tested URLs floating around.Search Engine Friendly - less spider confusion, more focused juice.Canonicalize - back up URLs with canonical tags.Socialized - easier to code for saving and sharing.Integrated - marketing efforts go farther with multi-purpose pages.Goals & Conversions - goals are shared, channels are unique.Paths - track path performance from fewer points.Tailor Content (slightly) - identify & highlight content intelligently.Responsive – fewer device issues with flexible content.
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
UNBOUNCE = ABOVE THE FOLD AWESOME
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
STILL GOOD DOWN BELOW
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
INTELLIGENT EXIT POINTS
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
THE BIG CRO PICTURE
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
INTELLIGENT EXPERIENCE
James Svoboda The Past, Present & Future of SEO Landing Pages July 2012 Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
REMEMBER: ONE PAGE TO RULE THEM ALL
Photo credit: Mike Curtis
THANK YOU!
Download: www.webranking.com/presentation
James SvobodaVP, MnSearch / CEO, WebRanking
t: @realicitye: [email protected]: www.webranking.com/blog
Visit the Minnesota Search Engine Marketing Association at www.mnsearch.org