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SEARCH ENGINES
               &
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO)
AGENDA

• What is a Search Engine?
• Examples of popular Search Engines
• Search Engines statistics
• Why is Search Engine marketing important?
• What is a SEO Algorithm?
• Steps to developing a good SEO strategy
• Ranking factors
• Basic tips for optimization
WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE?
• Definition:      An internet-based tool that searches an index of
 documents for a particular term, phrase or text specified by the user.
 Commonly used to refer to large web-based search engines that search
 through billions of pages on the internet.


• Different than a Directory

• Common Characteristics:
    • Spider, Indexer, Database, Algorithm
    • Find matching documents and display them according to
      relevance
    • Frequent updates to documents searched and ranking
      algorithm
    • Strive to produce “better”, more relevant results than
      competitors
EXAMPLES POPULAR SEARCH
        ENGINES
HOW DO SEARCH ENGINES WORK?
• Spider “crawls” the web to find new documents (web pages, other
  documents) typically by following hyperlinks from websites already in their
  database

• Search engines indexes the content (text, code) in these documents by
  adding it to their databases and then periodically updates this content

• Search engines search their own databases when a user enters in a
  search to find related documents (not searching web pages in real-time)

• Search engines rank the resulting documents using an algorithm
  (mathematical formula) by assigning various weights and ranking factors
SEARCH ENGINES STATISTICS


  1.            Google – 41.6%
  2.            Yahoo – 31.5%
  3.            MSN – 27.4%
  4.            AOL – 13.6%
  5.            Ask Jeeves –
                7.0%
  % bases on usage
WHY IS SEARCH ENGINE
         MARKETING IMPORTANT?
• 85% of all traffic on the internet is referred to by search engines

• 90% of all users don’t look past the first 30 results (most only view
  top 10)

• Search engine traffic is low and websites aren’t indexed because
  they are generally poorly optimized

• Cost-effective advertising

• Clear and measurable ROI

• Operates under this assumption:
    More (relevant) traffic + Good Conversions Rate = More
                            Sales/Leads
WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE
          OPTIMIZATION?
• SEO = Search Engine Optimization

 • Refers to the process of “optimizing” both the on-page
   and off-page ranking factors in order to achieve high
   search engine rankings for targeted search terms.

 • Refers to the “industry” that has been created
   regarding using keyword searching a a means of
   increasing relevant traffic to a website
WHAT IS A SEO ALGORITHM?

• Top Secret! Only select employees of a search engines
  company know for certain

• Reverse engineering, research and experiments gives SEOs
  (search engine optimization professionals) a “pretty good” idea
  of the major factors and approximate weight assignments

• The SEO algorithm is constantly changed, tweaked & updated

• Websites and documents being searched are also constantly
  changing

• Varies by Search Engine – some give more weight to on-page
  factors, some to link popularity
STEPS TO DEVELOPING A GOOD SEO
           STRATEGY:
• Research desirable keywords and search phrases
  (WordTracker, Overture, Google AdWords)

• Identify search phrases to target (should be relevant to business/market,
  obtainable and profitable)

• “Clean” and optimize a website’s HTML code for appropriate keyword
  density, title tag optimization, internal linking structure, headings and
  subheadings, etc.

• Help in writing copy to appeal to both search engines and actual
  website visitors

• Study competitors (competing websites) and search engines

• Implement a quality link building campaign

• Add Quality content

• Constant monitoring of rankings for targeted search terms
RANKING FACTORS

• On-Page Factors (Code & Content)
   •   Title tags <title> #3
   •   Header tags <h1> #5
   •   ALT image tags #4
   •   Content, Content, Content (Body text) <body> #1
   •   Hyperlink text #6
   •   Keyword frequency & density #2


• Off-Page Factors
   • Link Popularity (“votes” for your site) – adds credibility #2
   • Anchor text #1
WHAT A SEARCH ENGINE SEES

• View > Source (HTML code)
PAY PER CLICK




• PPC ads appear as “sponsored listings”
• Companies bid on price they are willing to pay “per
  click”
• Typically have very good tracking tools and statistics
• Ability to control ad text
• Can set budgets and spending limits
• Google AdWords and Overture are the two leaders
PPC VS. “ORGANIC” SEO
               Pay-Per-Click                                     “Organic” SEO

• results in 1-2 days                              • results take 2 weeks to 4 months
• easier for a novice or one little knowledge of   • requires ongoing learning and experience to
SEO                                                achieve results
• ability to turn on and off at any moment         • very difficult to control flow of traffic
• generally more costly per visitor and per        • generally more cost-effective, does not
conversion                                         penalize for more traffic
• fewer impressions and exposure                   • SERPs are more popular than sponsored
• easier to compete in highly competitive          ads
market space (but it will cost you)                • very difficult to compete in highly competitive
• Ability to generate exposure on related sites    market space
(AdSense)                                          • ability to generate exposure on related
• ability to target “local” markets                websites and directories
• better for short-term and high-margin            • more difficult to target local markets
campaigns                                          • better for long-term and lower margin
                                                   campaigns
BASIC TIPS & OPTIMIZATION
               TECHNIQUES
• Research keywords related to your business
• Identify competitors, utilize benchmarking techniques and identify level
  of competition
• Utilize descriptive title tags for each page
• Ensure that your text is HTML-text and not image text
• Use text links when ever possible
• Use appropriate keywords in your content and internal hyperlinks (don’t
  overdo!)
• Obtain inbound links from related websites
• Monitor your search engine rankings and more importantly your website
  traffic statistics and sales/leads produced
• Educate yourself about search engine marketing

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Seo company india

  • 1. SEARCH ENGINES & SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO)
  • 2. AGENDA • What is a Search Engine? • Examples of popular Search Engines • Search Engines statistics • Why is Search Engine marketing important? • What is a SEO Algorithm? • Steps to developing a good SEO strategy • Ranking factors • Basic tips for optimization
  • 3. WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE? • Definition: An internet-based tool that searches an index of documents for a particular term, phrase or text specified by the user. Commonly used to refer to large web-based search engines that search through billions of pages on the internet. • Different than a Directory • Common Characteristics: • Spider, Indexer, Database, Algorithm • Find matching documents and display them according to relevance • Frequent updates to documents searched and ranking algorithm • Strive to produce “better”, more relevant results than competitors
  • 5. HOW DO SEARCH ENGINES WORK? • Spider “crawls” the web to find new documents (web pages, other documents) typically by following hyperlinks from websites already in their database • Search engines indexes the content (text, code) in these documents by adding it to their databases and then periodically updates this content • Search engines search their own databases when a user enters in a search to find related documents (not searching web pages in real-time) • Search engines rank the resulting documents using an algorithm (mathematical formula) by assigning various weights and ranking factors
  • 6. SEARCH ENGINES STATISTICS 1. Google – 41.6% 2. Yahoo – 31.5% 3. MSN – 27.4% 4. AOL – 13.6% 5. Ask Jeeves – 7.0% % bases on usage
  • 7. WHY IS SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING IMPORTANT? • 85% of all traffic on the internet is referred to by search engines • 90% of all users don’t look past the first 30 results (most only view top 10) • Search engine traffic is low and websites aren’t indexed because they are generally poorly optimized • Cost-effective advertising • Clear and measurable ROI • Operates under this assumption: More (relevant) traffic + Good Conversions Rate = More Sales/Leads
  • 8. WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION? • SEO = Search Engine Optimization • Refers to the process of “optimizing” both the on-page and off-page ranking factors in order to achieve high search engine rankings for targeted search terms. • Refers to the “industry” that has been created regarding using keyword searching a a means of increasing relevant traffic to a website
  • 9. WHAT IS A SEO ALGORITHM? • Top Secret! Only select employees of a search engines company know for certain • Reverse engineering, research and experiments gives SEOs (search engine optimization professionals) a “pretty good” idea of the major factors and approximate weight assignments • The SEO algorithm is constantly changed, tweaked & updated • Websites and documents being searched are also constantly changing • Varies by Search Engine – some give more weight to on-page factors, some to link popularity
  • 10. STEPS TO DEVELOPING A GOOD SEO STRATEGY: • Research desirable keywords and search phrases (WordTracker, Overture, Google AdWords) • Identify search phrases to target (should be relevant to business/market, obtainable and profitable) • “Clean” and optimize a website’s HTML code for appropriate keyword density, title tag optimization, internal linking structure, headings and subheadings, etc. • Help in writing copy to appeal to both search engines and actual website visitors • Study competitors (competing websites) and search engines • Implement a quality link building campaign • Add Quality content • Constant monitoring of rankings for targeted search terms
  • 11. RANKING FACTORS • On-Page Factors (Code & Content) • Title tags <title> #3 • Header tags <h1> #5 • ALT image tags #4 • Content, Content, Content (Body text) <body> #1 • Hyperlink text #6 • Keyword frequency & density #2 • Off-Page Factors • Link Popularity (“votes” for your site) – adds credibility #2 • Anchor text #1
  • 12. WHAT A SEARCH ENGINE SEES • View > Source (HTML code)
  • 13. PAY PER CLICK • PPC ads appear as “sponsored listings” • Companies bid on price they are willing to pay “per click” • Typically have very good tracking tools and statistics • Ability to control ad text • Can set budgets and spending limits • Google AdWords and Overture are the two leaders
  • 14. PPC VS. “ORGANIC” SEO Pay-Per-Click “Organic” SEO • results in 1-2 days • results take 2 weeks to 4 months • easier for a novice or one little knowledge of • requires ongoing learning and experience to SEO achieve results • ability to turn on and off at any moment • very difficult to control flow of traffic • generally more costly per visitor and per • generally more cost-effective, does not conversion penalize for more traffic • fewer impressions and exposure • SERPs are more popular than sponsored • easier to compete in highly competitive ads market space (but it will cost you) • very difficult to compete in highly competitive • Ability to generate exposure on related sites market space (AdSense) • ability to generate exposure on related • ability to target “local” markets websites and directories • better for short-term and high-margin • more difficult to target local markets campaigns • better for long-term and lower margin campaigns
  • 15. BASIC TIPS & OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES • Research keywords related to your business • Identify competitors, utilize benchmarking techniques and identify level of competition • Utilize descriptive title tags for each page • Ensure that your text is HTML-text and not image text • Use text links when ever possible • Use appropriate keywords in your content and internal hyperlinks (don’t overdo!) • Obtain inbound links from related websites • Monitor your search engine rankings and more importantly your website traffic statistics and sales/leads produced • Educate yourself about search engine marketing

Editor's Notes

  1. Most of the techniques I will be sharing with you today will be all common sense … but the secret for a good search engine marketing strategy is the integration of all the common sense techniques to result in the most fruitful results possible, Today I will speak about some of those techniques on a high level…. To warn you further…. I will only be scratching the surface about search engines and search engine optimization but this will allow anyone in the audience to understand the basic elements of this exciting techniques to increase sales, traffic, and conversions by 100,200 and even 500% based on the industry they are in. This will be relevant to anyone and everyone that currently hosts a website, from universities, non-profit, government etc.
  2. My agenda for today will encompass the following high level topics and I have allocated 4-8 minutes for Q&amp;A session. I will also email list of resources if you are interested in exploring SEO and other internet marketing techniques such as email marketing, PPC ads, in-line text, etc.
  3. Directory are listing of static information that are usually inputted manually and not CRAWLED. Some of the common characteristics of today’s search engines are as follows: * A search engine component usually contain the following components… I would like you to take a mental note of the Spider … since this will be a important topic we will discuss later on today. In early day’s for you who remember this WebCrawler was one of the many crawler based directory search engines …. another common one that still exists today is AltaVista search engine.
  4. Today the undisputed leader in search engine usage is Google. Yahoo Claims to have the largest index of all search engines ranking over 5 Billion pages. MSN is the leading third, they have done a tremendous job at catching up to Google and yahoo but they still have a long time to catch up…. This a true example of the first mover advantage  I don’t usually talk about Ask Jeeves but I have been seeing an increased level of traffic from Ask.com and according to recent statistics, Ask is now representative of approximately 7-8% of all searches. Every search engine has a different algorithm and ranking…. Our main focus today will be to look at the common and basic elements that every search engine company uses to rank and index pages.
  5. If you were not take anything away from this session today… and only understand how Spider or crawlers work you would have understood 40% of Search engines.
  6. According to Nielsen/Net rating
  7. Anchor text is the visible hyperlinked text on the page. anchor text is usually used to indicate the subject matter of the page that it links to. For example, the text “7 th world congress ebusiness&quot; indicates to visitors that they can expect to see content about conference pertaining to ebusiness if they visit the link. This pattern of usage has been applied in search engine algorithms to enhance the relevance of the &quot;target&quot; or the &quot;landing page&quot; URL for the keywords appearing within the anchor text.