Chapter 5 Flashcards

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SEO?

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Search Engine Optimization

Process of optimizing a websites content and code in order to get a preferred rank on search engine results

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2
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Is there a big secret to SEO?

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NO! All about quality and quantity

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3
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SEO equation?

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SEO = Quality x Quantity

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4
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Quality = ?

A

great content and great experience

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5
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Quantity = ?

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great number of targeted pages, great number of links, likes and followers

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6
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One of the Key rules of SEO

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Be search engine friendly! (Google has information on this)

Work WITH Google. (Treat them like your “mailman”

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7
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Web Spiders/Search Engine Robots?

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Special software programs that are instructed to go to various websites and capture info about the sites

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8
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The Top 2 Key SEO Principles

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  1. Be search engine friendly

2. Be user friendly (useful content)

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SEO in Ten Steps

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  1. Keyword Brainstorming
  2. Researching Search Popularity of Phrases (Demand)
  3. Researching a Competition (Supply)
  4. Keyword Decisions
  5. Site Architecture
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Keyword brainstorming

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1 Step in SEO

  • what keywords describe the business
  • what products/services are most important?
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Researching Search Popularity of Phrases (Demand)

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2 Step in SEO

  • Use Google Keyword Tool
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Researching a Competition (Supply)

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3 Step in SEO

  • Use Google to search competition
  • How many websites compete for the same phrase?
  • Did competition optimize their website?
  • How many results are showing when searching?
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Keyword Decisions

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4 Step in SEO

  • Choose the most important phrases (after researching supply and demand)
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14
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Site Architecture

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5 Step in SEO

  • Website architecture MUST reflect keyword decisions
  • Ideally - have separate website page for each important phrase
  • One page = One phrase
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15
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Domain Name/URLS

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6 Step in SEO

  • Make sure keyword is in the domain name/ page-URLS
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16
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HTML Tags

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7 Step in SEO

  • Put the most important phrase in HTML tags
    Ex: Title tag, description meta tag, alt/image tag, keyword meta tag

On each page!

17
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Keyword Density

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8 Step in SEO

Put keywords in:

  • The heading
  • The subheading
  • The copt ( a couple of times)
18
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Link Building

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9 Step in SEO

Submit website link to directories, search engines, and other related and relevant websites

  • Exchange links with relevant websites in the industry
  • Become a member of industry associations
  • Submitting your sire to paid business directories
19
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Social Media Signals

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10 Step in SEO

Create social media pages with keywords/phrases

Actively promote the pages and connect with customers!