ClickMinded SEO Mini Course
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This document discusses various techniques for creating content that is relevant for search engines. It emphasizes that search engines aim to provide relevant content to users based on their search queries. Content creators should understand what users are searching for and create relevant pages, titles, descriptions, images and internal links optimized for relevant keywords and concepts. Maintaining fresh and regularly updated content can also help with search engine rankings.
ClickMinded SEO Mini Course
- 2. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Quick Reminder It’s the search engine’s job to show users relevant content based on what they’re searching for. It’s our job to understand what our customers are searching for, and create relevant content for them. Document Relevancy
- 3. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Pages vs. Domains Document Relevancy ● Google ranks pages, not domains ● Use the document relevancy concept for pages ● Optimizing just your homepage generally doesn’t help your deeper pages get ranked
- 4. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Keyword Research & Synonyms Document Relevancy ● Use exact-match keywords to a point ● Don’t let it sound spammy ● Google understands synonyms - use them! ● Always read your copy out loud ● If it sounds terrible, rework it until it’s great
- 5. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Keyword Research & Synonyms Document Relevancy “Discount Nike Shoes” - 4,400 queries / month sneakers, running shoes, footwear http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/shoes
- 6. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Latent Semantic Indexing Document Relevancy Words that are thematically related to your keyword. Empire State Building Synonyms: building, tower, skyscraper, high-rise LSI: NYC, Guinness Book of Records, Sightseeing
- 8. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Title Tag & Meta Descriptions Document Relevancy ● Title tags are the most important element! ● Mixed feedback on title tag length ● Keep CTR in mind ● Keep keyword closer to the front ● Should be unique for every page
- 9. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Title Tag & Meta Descriptions Document Relevancy ● Meta descriptions should be about 160 characters ● Should use your main keyword because it gets bolded ● Does not impact rankings, but does impact CTR ● Google will sometimes create meta descriptions on its own, based on your content
- 10. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Title Tag & Meta Descriptions Document Relevancy
- 11. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING URLs Document Relevancy ● Keyword in the URL is helpful - but changing URLs can have severe consequences ● Page migrations are tricky… when in doubt, don’t do it ● Starting a new page? Yes, get the URL in there ● Generally, the closer to the root domain, the better
- 12. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING URLs Document Relevancy
- 13. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING URLs Document Relevancy
- 14. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Headers Document Relevancy ● Used to logically lay out your web page ● Make sure not to have more than one H1 tag ● Lots of debate around the impact of H2, H3, H4 tags ● Meh - just get your keyword in the H1 and move on
- 15. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Headers Document Relevancy
- 16. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Body Copy Document Relevancy ● No “minimum” magic number, but my rule of thumb is 100 words per page, main keyword at least 2-3 times ● Broadly, the more text the better (without hurting UX) ● Get synonyms and LSI keywords in there ● Read it out-loud before publishing
- 17. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Body Copy Document Relevancy
- 18. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Image ALT & Filename Document Relevancy ● Search engines aren’t humans ● We help them “see” images by naming them correctly ● Also used for accessibility (visually-impaired users) ● Prone to over-optimization: watchout!
- 19. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Images & ALT Text Document Relevancy
- 20. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Internal Links & Anchor Text Document Relevancy ● Links from other pages on your site are important ● The anchor text used in those links are important ● Linking to other pages with the anchor text is important ● Location of the link is important
- 21. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Internal Linking & Anchor Text Document Relevancy
- 22. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Link Neighborhoods Document Relevancy ● Create a great resource for users by linking to content that Google already trusts (read: is ranking well) ● Lets Google know who you are associated with ● Controversial: link to competitors are already ranking!
- 23. CLICKMINDED DIGITAL MARKETING Freshness / Recency Document Relevancy ● In 2011, Google announced that “fresh” content would rank higher than stale content ● Updating old content that’s performed well in the past can often give it a boost in results ● Remember: don’t change the URL!