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SEO White Belt to Black Belt Webinar June 3, 2014

SEO Crash Course - Go from White Belt to Ninja in Search Optimization

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Master the most important aspects of content SEO as Eric takes you from white belt to black belt strategies you can use on your website.

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SEO  White  Belt  to  Black  Belt  Webinar  •  June  3,  2014  

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AGENDA  On  Page  Op?miza?on  Linkbuilding  Analy?cs    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

Title  Length  :  70  Characters  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

Title  Length  :  70  Characters  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

Title  Length  :  70  Characters  Title  Tag  Pro  Tip  :  Include  Branding  when  possible  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

Meta  Descrip?on  :  156  Characters  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

Meta  Descrip?on  :  156  Characters  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

Meta  Descrip?on  :  156  Characters  Meta  Descrip1on  Pro  Tip  :  Write  like  an  ad  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

*Warning*  -­‐  Your  text  might  get  trunca…  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

*Warning*  -­‐  Your  text  might  get  trunca…  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Title  Tags  &  Meta  Descrip/ons      

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

URL  Structure  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

URL  Structure  

Create  a  content  hierarchy  to  deduce  informa?on  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

URL  Structure  

Create  a  content  hierarchy  to  deduce  informa?on  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

URL  Structure  

Create  a  content  hierarchy  to  deduce  informa?on  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

URL  Structure  

Where  am  I?  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

URL  Structure  

Where  am  I?  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Image  Alt  Tags    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Image  Alt  Tags    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Image  Alt  Tags    

Use  Keyword  in:  Alt  Tag  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Image  Alt  Tags    

Use  Keyword  in:  Alt  Tag  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Image  Alt  Tags    

Use  Keyword  in:  Alt  Tag  &  Filename  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Image  Alt  Tags    

Use  Keyword  in:  Alt  Tag  &  Filename  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  White  Belt  

Image  Alt  Tags    Dominate  Image  Results!  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  is  it?  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  is  it?  Structured  Data  that  Search  Engines  can  Interpret  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  does  that  mean?  •  Reviews  •  People  •  Products  •  Businesses  and  organiza?ons  •  Recipes  •  Events  •  Music    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  does  that  mean?  •  Reviews    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  does  that  mean?  •  Reviews    

or  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  does  that  mean?  •  Reviews    

or  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  does  that  mean?  •  People    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  does  that  mean?  •  People    

or  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    What  does  that  mean?  •  People    

or  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    S/ll  Hesitant?    

   

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    S/ll  Hesitant?    Pages  With  Schema  Markup  Rank  4  Posi/ons  Higher  in  Search  Results    h^p://searchenginewatch.com/ar?cle/2341710/Pages-­‐With-­‐Schema-­‐Markup-­‐Rank-­‐4-­‐Posi?ons-­‐Higher-­‐in-­‐Search-­‐Results-­‐Study    

   

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    So  Why  Aren’t  Sites  Implemen/ng  It?      

   

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    So  Why  Aren’t  Sites  Implemen/ng  It?    Schema  Markup  Shows  In  36%  Of  Google  Search  Results,  But  Almost  No  Websites  Use  It        

   

h^p://searchengineland.com/schema-­‐markup-­‐shows-­‐36-­‐google-­‐search-­‐results-­‐almost-­‐websites-­‐use-­‐study-­‐189707    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    Let’s  Get  Started  Right  Now!    Go  Here  &  Learn:  h^p://schema.org/    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    Let’s  Get  Started  Right  Now!    Go  Here  &  Learn:  h^p://schema.org/    Go  Here  &  Code:    h^p://schema-­‐creator.org/  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Brown  Belt  

Schema  Markup    Let’s  Get  Started  Right  Now!    Go  Here  &  Learn:  h^p://schema.org/    Go  Here  &  Code:    h^p://schema-­‐creator.org/    Go  Here  &  Test:  h^p://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Black  Belt  

Site  Speed    Why?  

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Black  Belt  

Site  Speed    Why?    B/C  MaR  CuRs  Said  So  in…  2010                    h^p://www.ma^cu^s.com/blog/site-­‐speed/    

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Black  Belt  

Site  Speed    Let’s  Get  Started:  Go  Here:  h^p://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/  

                   

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On-­‐Page  Op/miza/on  Black  Belt  

Site  Speed    Let’s  Get  Started:  Go  Here:  h^p://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/  

 Want  More?  More  Advanced  Route,  and  truly  Black  Belt  Check  this  out:  h^p://www.quicksprout.com/the-­‐advanced-­‐guide-­‐to-­‐seo-­‐chapter-­‐2/    

             

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Linkbuilding  

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Blog  Commen/ng                

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Relevant  Blog  Commen/ng                

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Relevant  Blog  Commen/ng    

Branding              

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Relevant  Blog  Commen/ng    

Branding  Direct  Traffic              

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Relevant  Blog  Commen/ng    

Branding  Direct  Traffic  Establishing  Rela/onships  /  Links              

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Relevant  Blog  Commen/ng    

Finding  Relevant  Blogs    Use  Advanced  Search  Operators  h^p://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html      

           

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

in/tle:Liga  Privada  Papas  Fritas  "Leave  a  Comment"      

           

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

in/tle:Liga  Privada  Papas  Fritas  "Leave  a  Comment"      

           

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Don’t  Automate  

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Don’t  Automate  Don’t  Spam  

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Don’t  Automate  Don’t  Spam  Be  Authen/c  

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Linkbuilding  White  Belt  

Don’t  Automate  Don’t  Spam  Be  Authen/c  Build  a  Rela/onship  

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  Google  +1s  

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  Google  +1s  Facebook  Likes  

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  Google  +1s  Facebook  Likes  Tweets  

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  Google  +1s  Facebook  Likes  Tweets  Reddit      

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  Google  +1s  Facebook  Likes  Tweets  Reddit    Pinterest    

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  h^p://www.searchmetrics.com/media/documents/ranking-­‐faktoren/download-­‐ranking-­‐factor-­‐study-­‐2013.pdf    

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares  h^p://moz.com/search-­‐ranking-­‐factors    

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares    A  Golden  Bullet?  No  

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Linkbuilding  Brown  Belt  

Social  Shares    A  Golden  Bullet?  No    Helpful.  Yes!  

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building                

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building    •  Raven  Tools  

   

             

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building    •  Raven  Tools  •  Find  Your  Compe/tor’s  Links    

             

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building    •  Raven  Tools  •  Find  Your  Compe/tor’s  Links                

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building    •  Raven  Tools  •  Find  Your  Compe/tor’s  Links                

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building    •  Raven  Tools  •  Find  Your  Compe/tor’s  Links  •  Add  them  to  the  Link  Manager                

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building    •  Raven  Tools  •  Find  Your  Compe/tor’s  Links  •  Add  them  to  the  Link  Manager  •  Build  Rela/onships  

             

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Linkbuilding  Black  Belt  

Rela/onship  Building    •  Incredibly  Powerful  so`ware  

•  Tons  of  Tutorials  &  Guides  •  h^p://blog.raventools.com/broken-­‐link-­‐building-­‐by-­‐prospec?ng-­‐local-­‐

directories/    

•  Takes  a  lot  of  /me,  but  worth  it!  

 Get  Raven  Here  :  h^p://bit.ly/1o0uJsX  

 

             

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Analy/cs  

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Analy/cs  White  Belt  

Segmen/ng  Organic  Traffic  

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Analy/cs  White  Belt  

Segmen/ng  Organic  Traffic  

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Analy/cs  White  Belt  

Segmen/ng  Organic  Traffic  

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Analy/cs  White  Belt  

Keyword  Analysis  

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Analy/cs  White  Belt  

Keyword  Analysis  

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Analy/cs  White  Belt  

Goal  Analysis  

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)  

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)    What  Happened?      

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)    What  Happened?    

March  2012  –  Firefox  Secures  Searches  h^p://searchengineland.com/firefox-­‐to-­‐use-­‐google-­‐secure-­‐search-­‐by-­‐default-­‐116231        

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)    What  Happened?    

March  2012  –  Firefox  Secures  Searches  h^p://searchengineland.com/firefox-­‐to-­‐use-­‐google-­‐secure-­‐search-­‐by-­‐default-­‐116231    

Sept  2013  -­‐  Google  Secures  all  Searches  h^p://searchenginewatch.com/ar?cle/2296351/Goodbye-­‐Keyword-­‐Data-­‐Google-­‐Moves-­‐En?rely-­‐to-­‐Secure-­‐Search        

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)    What  Happened?    

Any  Way  to  Fix  it?    •  Nope,  but  there  are  work  arounds  

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)    

Any  Way  to  Fix  it?  •  Nope,  but  there  are  workarounds  •  Landing  Pages    

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)    

Any  Way  to  Fix  it?  •  Nope,  but  there  are  workarounds  •  Landing  Pages    

•  Segmented  by  (not  provided)  

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Analy/cs  Brown  Belt  

(not  provided)    

Any  Way  to  Fix  it?  •  Nope,  but  there  are  workarounds  •  Landing  Pages    

•  Segmented  by  (not  provided)  •  Export  URLs  •  Use  SEMRush  to  See  Top  Keywords  

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Analy/cs  Black  Belt  

Using  webmaster  tools  

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Analy/cs  Black  Belt  

Using  webmaster  tools  •  Link  Webmaster  Tools  

(WMT)  &  Analy/cs  

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Analy/cs  Black  Belt  

Using  webmaster  tools  •  Link  Webmaster  Tools  

(WMT)  &  Analy/cs  

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Analy/cs  Black  Belt  

Using  webmaster  tools  •  Link  Webmaster  Tools  (WMT)  &  Analy/cs  •  Look  at  Queries  

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Analy/cs  Black  Belt  

Using  webmaster  tools  •  Link  Webmaster  Tools  (WMT)  &  Analy/cs  •  Look  at  Queries  

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Analy/cs  Black  Belt  

Using  webmaster  tools  •  Link  Webmaster  Tools  (WMT)  &  Analy/cs  •  Look  at  Queries  

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Analy/cs  Black  Belt  

Using  webmaster  tools  •  Link  Webmaster  Tools  (WMT)  &  Analy/cs  •  Look  at  Queries  

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THAT’S  ALL  FOLKS  

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THANK  YOU!    ERIC  SCISM  [email protected]  @ERICSCISM