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Optimization (SEO)
Organic Paid
Traffic is ‘free’ but requires resources and time Traffic is paid. You pay-per-click (PPC) on a
investment cost-per-click (CPC) keyword basis
ROI is harder to measure but often improves ROI is much easier to measure, but can stagnate
over time and/or decline over time
70-80% of searchers click on SEO results 20-30% of searchers click on paid results
Paid Versus Organic Search
What’s the difference?
A. Paid Search A
• Pay Per Click (PPC)
• Cost Per Click (CPC)
B. Organic Search
• Search Engine optimization (SEO)
• ‘Free’
B
Paid Versus Organic Search
Similarities between the two
Keyword Landing
Traffic
Research Pages
The Three Pillars of SEO
Technical On-Page Off-Page
SEO can be broken down into three components
Whether the keyword or Whether the web page Whether the web page
a synonym was loads quickly and is and website is
mentioned on the page mobile friendly considered reputable
and within the title tag for the topic being
searched for
Ranking – Google Hummingbird
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Keyword
Navigational
Navigational • Moz
• moz.com
• rand fishkin moz
Informational
Navigational queries are often related to brand terms
and can affect all stages of the buying cycle.
Transactional
Keywords and the Buyer’s
Journey
Awareness
- Navigational Interest
+ Informational
Retention
+ Transactional
SERPs
What is a SERP?
A B
A. Title Tag
B. URL
C
C. Meta Description Tag
D. Rich Snippets
D
E. Sitelinks
E
SERPs
Universal SERPs
Maps/Local Search
SERPs
Extended SERPs
Knowledge Graph
Types of SEO Objectives
The importance of setting SEO objectives
They
They help to
encourage buy-
formulate your
in
SEO strategy
from key
stakeholders
They ensure
objectives
are met
Types of SEO objectives
What should you measure?
Traffic Reputation/Backlinks
Specific
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Setting Objectives for Different
Types of Business
Transactional Informational
If your business is transactional and you have an ecommerce element, you’ll want to set your objectives
around tracking sales and lead conversions. However, if you’re a non-ecommerce commercial site, you’ll
want to focus on lead generations.
• E-commerce sites: Objectives are often tracking sales and lead conversions
• Non ecommerce commercial sites: Mostly interested in setting lead generation SEO goals
Types of Keywords
What is keyword research?
• Identify keywords with high search volume and omit low volume terms
High Volume
The Short-tail
/ High
Competition accounts for 30% of all
search
traffic
The Long-tail
accounts for 70% of
all search traffic
Low Volume /
Low
Competition
Research
Focus on one topic or Research keywords with Gather keyword data to Decide which keywords
theme at a time and similar meaning around a help decide how useful are the most important
imagine what the closely related topic and the keywords are and and which ones you wish
webpage will look like focus on quantity over whether they are within to focus more on
quality at this stage reach
As you type a keyword into a search engine, you’ll see related
suggestions displayed below. Try adding a * before your keyword
to get more specific topic suggestions.
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Brainstorm Keywords
Do Avoid
o Think of closely related keywords o Straying off topic
o Think of synonyms o Trying only to find perfect match keywords
o Include plural and singular keywords o Stopping at two or three keywords
o Aim for quantity rather than quality (10+
where possible)
Tools to Help you Brainstorm
for Keywords
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Keywords Everywhere
Search Volumes
Steps to Reviewing Keyword Value and Difficulty
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Topic
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Search Volume
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Technical Optimization
What is it?
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Time
investment
Ranking
Factors
Technical
Tools
Help
Activities
Technical Optimization
Google Search Console
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Technical Optimization
Crawlability optimization in five steps
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Technical Optimization
Step 2: Use redirects wisely
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301 302 Meta Refresh
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This site has an index rate of
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around 12%, meaning that the
majority of pages submitted in the
XML sitemap are not included in
Google’s index
Technical Optimization
Step 4: Minimize duplicate content
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HTTPs
Mobile
Site Speed Friendliness HTTPs
On-Page Optimization
On-Page Optimization is the process of ensuring your
content is relevant and provides a great user
experience. In the past, many businesses approached
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keywords
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Tools Used for On-Page
Optimization
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Importance of Title Tags
They are a heavy weight on- Getting them right has a They are displayed as a blue
page SEO signal, and the direct impact in higher clickable link and are the
single most important place rankings. first thing a searcher sees.
to include keywords.
Optimizing Title Tags
Other Tips
Optimizing Title Tags
Keyword Priority
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Meta Description Tags Meta description tags are only visible in the SERPs and the source code. You
cannot see them when you are viewing the main content of a page.
They are a medium weight They play a big role in If the searched term (or
on-page SEO signal but enticing the user to click- synonym of it) is mentioned in
don’t have a direct impact through to your listing the meta description it gets
on higher rankings. bolded which encourages
click-throughs
Optimizing Meta
Short and
Description Tags Concise
Keywords
Descriptive
and Engaging
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They are a light weight on- They are seen in the search Search engines index and
page SEO signal. results so they can attract retrieve pages based on the
click-throughs when URL.
relevant.
Optimizing URLs URLs are often generated from the main heading of the page. This is good
as a default because relevancy is added. But the downside is that they
often become long and repetitive and need to be shortened.
• Include main keyword or • Around 70 characters • Set URLs right at the • Use dashes ‘-’ instead of
before truncation beginning underscores ‘_’ to separate
a close variation
words
• Use the SERP Preview
tool to test length • Use lowercase characters
Optimizing URLs URL relevancy scores
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Key Elements for Post-Click
On-Page Optimization
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3 There are six header tags (H1 through to H6) which are used to
outline the hierarchy of content:
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Snowboard Sizing
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3 Also known as body text
•
4 Can include hyperlinks
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Keyword Density
Matt Cutt says:
Relevance Reputation
Linking to pages with descriptive and Linking to pages internally is important for
easy-to-understand anchor text will pass increasing reputation, so the more internal
more relevancy to the receiving page, so links your web page has, the more important
make sure you are linking to your it is deemed to be and it will stand a better
important pages regularly. chance of ranking.
Images
Alt text:
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Off-Page Optimization
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Off-Page Optimization Tools
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Types of Backlinks
Topical High Authentic
Backlinks Authority Backlinks
• Page Authority, a page ranking score ranging from 1 to 100 that predicts how well a specific page will rank on
SERPs
• Domain Authority, a search engine ranking score ranging from 1 to 100 that predicts how well a website will
rank on SERPs
Role of Social Media in the Context
of Backlinks
•3 The more views you receive, the more likely a person will link
to your website from their website, in the form of a backlink
Link Explorer
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SEO Action Plan
Mini technical SEO audit
• Use https://tools.pingdom.com
• Select the test location that’s closest to
your location
SEO Action Plan
Review site and URL errors in Google Search Console
Referral traffic
Organic Traffic
Conversions
and sales
Keyword Link building KPIs
Rankings
Keyword Rankings
Tools used for keyword ranking
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your brand if publicly discussed research. While SEMRush offers some functionality
for free, the majority of features – including keyword
rankings – require a subscription.
SEMRushh SEOmonitor
Whatsmyserp.com Wincher
ProRank Tracker
Organic Traffic
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Conversion and Sales
It is possible to have good keyword rankings and
traffic but low or no conversions, goals or sales.
This may indicate that the keyword research and
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metrics are often considered the most important
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SEO success metrics as they tend to be the most
your brand
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to the business goals.
• Does Google Search • Have you followed • Does your site lack
Console report URL best practice in domain authority?
errors? optimizing keywords • Do your key landing
• Are your key landing into key landing pages lack page
pages indexed? pages? authority?
• Have you avoided • Does your site lack
keyword stuffing? backlinks?
Amornpong Vachiramon
av@vplanetgroup.com
Id: 0818268458
@dr.amornpong
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