John Owens Search Engine Optimisation -  Getting found on Google   ©  John Owens Associates 2011
This is a whistle-stop tour.....  Not a plan of action! To Getting found on Google + it works for the other search engines like Bing and Yahoo too If you need more: Full day Search Engine Optimisation course run here, Thursday 7 April £85 members / £120 non-members See flyer or ask how to book
Getting found on Google
How Google works First, some statistics… UK -  Google.co.uk & .com accounted for  90.38%  of all UK searches in    the 4 weeks ending 19/02/11 Yahoo! accounted for  2.88% , bing.com for  4.11% Together –  97.37% of all searches in UK USA  – Google.com  67.99%,  Yahoo!  14.44% , bing.com  12.98%,    Ask  2.53%  Together –  97.94%  in 4 weeks ending 12/02/11 Google is also important in many other countries too – e.g.    Singapore  (.com + .com.sg)  84.67%  in 4 weeks ending 12/02/11    Australia  (.com+ .com.au)  91.57%  in 4 weeks ending 19/02/11 Source – www.hitwise.com
How Google works A Spider...  Googlebot wanders the web for new websites and changes to websites.  It then views the web pages and strips out the  text content.  An Indexed Storage System..  A record, held by Google of all the text pages viewed by the spider (+ lots of other info too) A Matching Process.. The “Relevancy Algorithm” The rules that tell Google how to determine what would be relevant to your search
How Google works Search term key words /phrase “ Pay per Click” (PPC) results Organic or natural results Number of results
How Google works
SEO Fundamentals  What visitors are you looking for? What will potential customers type in?  Do they know the technical term    for your product, or would they use something else? Cultural context (e.g. pavement /sidewalk, duvet / doona)  Misspellings – (e.g. labels / lables)  Review competitor sites, identify relevant keywords and phrases Use (free) Google tools to see which phrases you need to incorporate Build relevant content around them Optimise EACH page, not just home page
SEO Fundamentals On Page Factors Page   Title Tag  – key phrase close to beginning, 1 st  is best! Good, substantive, unique  Content  – appropriate to key phrase, (Google likes  pages to change over time, also likes new pages on an old site too) Heading content  – should have keywords in it Internal Link structure  – should contain key phrases (Meta Tags) What determines whereabouts you appear on the Google search page?
SEO Fundamentals Off Page Factors Domain name  – key word use e.g. Stickylabels  Filename / full URL  Anchor text  of inbound links using your key phrases  External Link Structure  – from a diverse range of other sites, how authoritative they are as sites and how focused they are on your subject Page quality & popularity  of inbound links (PageRank) Directory  Listings  Speed  of site What determines whereabouts you appear on the Google search page? There are at least 100+ factors used in the Google algorithm to determine top rankings in the organic listing section
SEO Fundamentals  Title tag + Alt tags on images Body copy & internal links Heading tag
SEO Fundamentals  Description tag “ View” – “Source”  From www.designweek.co.uk Title tag Keywords tag
SEO Don’ts Flash based site  Frames based site  Graphics only site
SEO Fundamentals – long tail marketing Source: RankStat.com, London, January  2007 Results for all search engines – length of key phrases entered
SEO Fundamentals – long tail marketing
Long Tail You need to define which niches your business is in.. You can also look at what your successful competition do too You need to be starting to collect ideas For key phrases For possible links to your site from important other sites
The Intitle tag What is the competition? Not really people with just the key phrase in their website  They really are: People who use the phrase in their Title Tag 513,000 results 1,620 results
Finding out where we are...
Finding out where we are...
Key word research
Key word research Average advertiser competition 210 searches for this phrase in September
Key word research - on your existing site Your website
Key word research - on your existing site
“ Going Local”
“ Going Local”
Google Places
Adding your site
Adding your site
The Gold Standard www.dmoz.org
Finding Directories www.isedb.com
Local directories www.rutnet.co.uk
Industry-specific directories www.smoothhound.co.uk
Don’t forget Social Media Blogging Twitter
Thanks John Owens Associates Tel:  01522 822 302 email:  [email_address]

Emmat presentation 15 03 2011

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    John Owens SearchEngine Optimisation - Getting found on Google © John Owens Associates 2011
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    This is awhistle-stop tour..... Not a plan of action! To Getting found on Google + it works for the other search engines like Bing and Yahoo too If you need more: Full day Search Engine Optimisation course run here, Thursday 7 April £85 members / £120 non-members See flyer or ask how to book
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    How Google worksFirst, some statistics… UK - Google.co.uk & .com accounted for 90.38% of all UK searches in the 4 weeks ending 19/02/11 Yahoo! accounted for 2.88% , bing.com for 4.11% Together – 97.37% of all searches in UK USA – Google.com 67.99%, Yahoo! 14.44% , bing.com 12.98%, Ask 2.53% Together – 97.94% in 4 weeks ending 12/02/11 Google is also important in many other countries too – e.g. Singapore (.com + .com.sg) 84.67% in 4 weeks ending 12/02/11 Australia (.com+ .com.au) 91.57% in 4 weeks ending 19/02/11 Source – www.hitwise.com
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    How Google worksA Spider... Googlebot wanders the web for new websites and changes to websites. It then views the web pages and strips out the text content. An Indexed Storage System.. A record, held by Google of all the text pages viewed by the spider (+ lots of other info too) A Matching Process.. The “Relevancy Algorithm” The rules that tell Google how to determine what would be relevant to your search
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    How Google worksSearch term key words /phrase “ Pay per Click” (PPC) results Organic or natural results Number of results
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    SEO Fundamentals What visitors are you looking for? What will potential customers type in? Do they know the technical term for your product, or would they use something else? Cultural context (e.g. pavement /sidewalk, duvet / doona) Misspellings – (e.g. labels / lables) Review competitor sites, identify relevant keywords and phrases Use (free) Google tools to see which phrases you need to incorporate Build relevant content around them Optimise EACH page, not just home page
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    SEO Fundamentals OnPage Factors Page Title Tag – key phrase close to beginning, 1 st is best! Good, substantive, unique Content – appropriate to key phrase, (Google likes pages to change over time, also likes new pages on an old site too) Heading content – should have keywords in it Internal Link structure – should contain key phrases (Meta Tags) What determines whereabouts you appear on the Google search page?
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    SEO Fundamentals OffPage Factors Domain name – key word use e.g. Stickylabels Filename / full URL Anchor text of inbound links using your key phrases External Link Structure – from a diverse range of other sites, how authoritative they are as sites and how focused they are on your subject Page quality & popularity of inbound links (PageRank) Directory Listings Speed of site What determines whereabouts you appear on the Google search page? There are at least 100+ factors used in the Google algorithm to determine top rankings in the organic listing section
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    SEO Fundamentals Title tag + Alt tags on images Body copy & internal links Heading tag
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    SEO Fundamentals Description tag “ View” – “Source” From www.designweek.co.uk Title tag Keywords tag
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    SEO Don’ts Flashbased site Frames based site Graphics only site
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    SEO Fundamentals –long tail marketing Source: RankStat.com, London, January 2007 Results for all search engines – length of key phrases entered
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    SEO Fundamentals –long tail marketing
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    Long Tail Youneed to define which niches your business is in.. You can also look at what your successful competition do too You need to be starting to collect ideas For key phrases For possible links to your site from important other sites
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    The Intitle tagWhat is the competition? Not really people with just the key phrase in their website They really are: People who use the phrase in their Title Tag 513,000 results 1,620 results
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    Key word researchAverage advertiser competition 210 searches for this phrase in September
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    Key word research- on your existing site Your website
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    Key word research- on your existing site
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    The Gold Standardwww.dmoz.org
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    Don’t forget SocialMedia Blogging Twitter
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    Thanks John OwensAssociates Tel: 01522 822 302 email: [email_address]

Editor's Notes

  • #13 at www.360e.co.uk website.
  • #31 ISEDB.com is a “directory of directories”. It provides you with a list of web directories by specialism, by geography and general directories. Some directories are free, and some will charge for a link to your website. www.isedb.com/html/Web_Directories/