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http://www.websimple.com   @bencken
http://www.websimple.com   @bencken
“We create personas, or
                    example users, as tools to represent
                    the needs, desires, skills and
                    environment of one or more classes of
                    real users.”




http://www.websimple.com                                    @bencken
http://www.websimple.com   @bencken
For my purposes, Googlebot
                           includes the crawler AND
                           everything else Google does
                           to understand and rank a site.




http://www.websimple.com                                    @bencken
http://www.websimple.com   @bencken
Clicks by Organic Rank Position
                   1
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                   3

                   4
                   5

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                  10

                       Data from http://www.seo-scoop.com/2006/08/09/aol-data-reveals-how-top-10-position-affects-ctr/

http://www.websimple.com                                                                                                 @bencken
Googlebot’s Goals
   •   Finding billions of web pages FAST
   •   Understanding what each page is really about
   •   Assessing the quality of a page
   •   Assessing the importance of a page by its links
   •   Relating searcher intent (keywords) to pages
        – Give searches a positive experience by returning
          the most relevant, authoritative, useful content

http://www.websimple.com                                @bencken
What Googlebot Likes




http://www.websimple.com                 @bencken
QUALITY TEXT*
                               * Quality != Useful
http://www.websimple.com                             @bencken
CLEAR & FOCUSED
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CRAWLABLE
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CANONICAL
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FAST
http://www.websimple.com          @bencken
WELL-LINKED
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http://www.websimple.com   @bencken
BIG SITEMAP, NO CATTLE
http://www.websimple.com               @bencken
DEAD ENDS
http://www.websimple.com               @bencken
http://www.googlestore.com/googlesearch.as
                           px?category=Kids&color=White




                           INFINITE LOOPS
http://www.websimple.com                                                @bencken
CLOAKING, HIDDEN TEXT,
                  HIDDEN LINKS
http://www.websimple.com               @bencken
http://www.zappos.com/dkny

                                 http://www.sunglasses-shop.co.uk/ray-
                                 ban-sunglasses.asp

                                 http://www.zappos.com/designer




                           PAID LINKS
http://www.websimple.com                                       @bencken
How Googlebot Gives Feedback




http://www.websimple.com         @bencken
Google Webmaster Tools




http://www.websimple.com                            @bencken
Google Search Engine Optimization Guide




http://www.websimple.com                                @bencken
Online Resources
   http://websimple.com/blog/googlebot-persona.html



   1.   This deck.
   2.   Googlebot Persona (pdf, 3 pages)
   3.   Link to Google Webmaster Guide
   4.   Link to Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide (pdf, 32 pages)




http://www.websimple.com                                                  @bencken
Jeremy Bencken
   Founder, Websimple
   http://www.websimple.com/blog
   jeremy@bencken.com
   @bencken



http://www.websimple.com           @bencken

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