The document discusses search engine optimization (SEO) strategies for websites. It emphasizes the importance of being ranked highly in search engines like Google, explaining that if a business is not ranked #1, it will not get found online. It provides tips for SEO, including optimizing content with keywords, linking strategies, and social media engagement. The document cautions against poor SEO practices like duplicate content, keyword stuffing, and reciprocal linking schemes.
Digital Identity is Under Attack: FIDO Paris Seminar.pptx
How to Optimize Your Website for Search Engines
1. If You're Not #1 on
Google,
You Don't Exist!
Bhupesh Shah, B.Sc., MBA | ethnicomm inc.
March 27th, 2012
2. About.Me
Consultant – ethnicomm inc.
2005+
marketing, sales, web strategy
Professor – Seneca College
marketing, digital media, general business
Kärcher - Director of Marketing
1990-
2005
Clorox - Group Product Manager
Canadian Tire - Buyer and Marketing
Manager
3. What is SEO,
SEM, and PPC
Advertising?
How To’s, Do’s
and Don’ts of
Website SEO
Selecting the
best keywords
for your site
Non-website
tactics to help
people find
your site easier
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swanky-hsiao/
5. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Helps more people
who are looking for
your product or
service find you!
SEO is NOT a magic bullet – it takes time for the search
engines to go through your site and the criteria is always
changing so your site has to be continually updated.
Source: http://www.amazon.com
6. Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising
internet advertising model:
advertiser only pays if a user clicks
on the ad
Source: http://www.logitech.com
11. Why SEO matters
Page 1
98.70%
Other Page 2
0.19% Page 4 Page 3 0.76%
0.11% 0.24%
“SERP Traffic Analysis.” Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
12. Google.ca: Highest Volume of Search
google.ca 68%
bing.com 16%
ask.com 5% Volume of
searches for
the 12 weeks
ca.search.yahoo.com 5% ending
03/03/2012
google.com 3%
“Hitwise Canada » - the Power of Competitive Intelligence.” Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
13. Why submit your URL to Bing?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cabron/
14. Optimize for local and mobile search
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/goincase/ “Introducing a New Local Search Experience Across Your Devices - Inside Search.” Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
15. Making it easy for Search Engines
lots of relevant, nicely organized content
abundance of keywords/key phrases
appropriate website structure
fresh content
...a search engine
optimized
website
16. Robots.txt file Googlebot will only read the first 500kB
http://code.google.com/web/controlcrawlindex/docs/robots_txt.html
Sources: http://www.flickr.com/photos/donsolo/; http://wowfunniestposts.tumblr.com/
18. Meta Elements - help search
engines categorize your pages
<Head><br>
<Title>Title Text</title><br>
<Meta name=”description” content=”descriptive text”><br>
</Head>
19. Title Tags: <Title>Title Text</title>
Use unique keywords specific to
the content on the page
make it descriptive
make it compelling
no longer than 69 characters
(including spaces)
27. Page content and SEO copywriting
3 secrets
every dog How to
owner should train your
know new puppy
Why does Dog saves
your dog senior citizen
fart? from killer cat
28. In your website
domain name: http://Richmond-Hill-dog-walkers.com
file name: need-a-dog-walker-in-Richmond-Hill.pdf
folder name: http://yourdomain.com/dog-walker/
video title:
If you need a dog walker in Richmond Hill
you’re barking up the right tree.mp4
(not Video1.mp4)
image name: dog-walker.gif
(not image1.gif or DSC00003.jpg)
29. In your website
If you need a dog walker in Richmond Hill, contact us.
(not If you need a dog walker in Richmond Hill, contact us)
Page Title: Do You Need a Dog Walker?
Within the page…If you need a dog walker, Richmond Hill Dog
Walkers are right in your neighbourhood!
30. How To’s
use w3.org’s each page
add a
quality accessible from
robots.txt file
assurance tools only one URL
fresh content
optimize
use a sitemap and lots of
images
pages
flat site
no “dead” links 1 level below
directory
31. How To’s
fast download of
domain names meta tags
main content
inbound/outbound page content/SEO
SEO friendly URLs
links, inter-links copywriting
keywords
33. Selecting keywords...
What is the What questions What plurals, compound-
typical customer are they asking? words or misspelled words
looking for? are used?
Are the
Which customers local?
manufacturers
do I carry?
What problems
do I solve?
What
model#’s, Are there
part#’s, synonyms,
colours, related
sizes do I words or
offer? categories?
34. Most use 3-4 word key phrases
4 words
27.44%
3 words
5 words
24.81%
18.06%
2 words 6 words
7.47% 8.94%
1 word 7 words
3.83% 10 words 9 words 8 words 3.80%
2.46% 1.21% 1.97%
“Keyword Count / Usage.” Web. 7 Mar. 2012.
35. Choosing keywords/key phrases
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
High
competition - Large # = lots
important of interest
keyword
49. Other resources
Microsoft Advertising Intelligence
http://advertising.microsoft.com/small-business/adcenter-downloads/microsoft-advertising-intelligence
Google Keyword Tool https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Google Insights for Search http://www.google.com/insights/search/
Google Global Market Finder
http://translate.google.com/globalmarketfinder/index.html?locale=en
Google Trends http://www.google.com/trends/
Wordtracker - 7 day free trial
http://strategizer.wordtracker.com/
thesaurus.com
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22297595@N02/
50. Social Media
driven by relationships
ongoing engagement - usually not a one-shot deal
users value recommendations “Trust is the new
black,” and it never goes out of style.
(Craig Newmark, founder Craigslist)