This is the deck I gave at one of our SEO workshops. For more information on the deck, including all the text for the slides, go to http://donschindler.com/2015/05/27/whats-new-with-seo-search-experience-optimization-workshop-2015/
25. What did we learn today
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Search and social mean everything to today’s consumer for
finding out information.
Good SEO starts with great content and following some
simple processes to putting stuff online.
Never try and shortcut SEO. It will only ruin your website’s
reputation and hurt your chances of being found.
Editor's Notes
A great experience.
Good quality content that answers their questions and entertains them.
Infotainment
Questions - good answers, super fast, easy to consume
Entertainment - emotional, identifiable, tied to facts/information
A great experience.
Good quality content that answers their questions and entertains them.
Infotainment
Questions - good answers, super fast, easy to consume
Entertainment - emotional, identifiable, tied to facts/information
Information Architecture = How are things laid out on your website (goals, navigation, search, calls to action), where will the content go.
Information Architecture = How are things laid out on your website (goals, navigation, search, calls to action), where will the content go.
Start here with UX and then go to desktop. User Interface - Do people want to navigate the website? Is it too complex?
Inbound Links - is the website easy to share on the web, via social, via mobile? Are the current inbound links known? What’s the strategy to get the website placed on other websites?
Get to know the influencers in your space
Contribute to relevant online communities
When appropriate, ask your friends to consider sharing your valuable content
Bank on earning a majority of your links passively (i.e., naturally)