11. High Quality, Anchor-Rich, External Links Proper Keyword Usage Useful, Relevant Page Accessible to Crawlers Solid Internal Link Structure The Basics of SEO: Accessibility, Content Quality, KW Usage and Link Signals
13. Quality Raters Topic Modeling High Quality, Anchor-Rich, External Links Proper Keyword Usage Useful, Relevant Page Rich Snippets Facebook Vertical Results Twitter Suggest/Instant Google +1 Accessible to Crawlers Solid Internal Link Structure Snippet Optimization Brand Metrics Usage Data When everyone’s getting the basics right, you need to go above and beyond to compete.
16. Results from Google’s “My Social Circle.” To see results like this, just add “&tbs=frim:1” to the end of any Google query. http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html
17. The social connections appear to influence rank ordering. http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html These annotations undoubtedly increase CTR, particularly if the source is trusted.
18. Hang on a tic... How did they know I’m connected to Kalena on Facebook?! I haven’t yet added Facebook to my Google account! http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html http://www.google.com/search?q=mba+program+reviews
19. Google crawls deeply to get social data and connections once you add a profile. http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html Read more here http://www.seomoz.org/blog/social-annotations-in-search-now-your-social-network-rankings and see your socially connected data via http://www.google.com/s2/search/social?hl=en#socialcontent
25. By using http://bit.ly for link sharing, I can see stats on the things that I share that earn clicks/retweets/facebook shares, etc. From that tracking, I can learn + optimize.
30. Google Profile search also rocks: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/dont-ask-sites-for-links-find-people-and-connect. Just use &tbs=prfl:e to the end of any Google query to see them.
32. Video “snippets” and video results are a powerful way to get high CTR and great branding. More - http://www.seomoz.org/blog/video-seo-basics-whiteboard-friday-11080
33. Video XML Sitemaps protocol enables you to host any video on your site, send it to Google, and get included in their video results + snippets. http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=80472
34. We control the link for the embed video feature, including the target and anchor text! At Moz, we use and like http://www.wistia.com for video hosting; particularly the stats, ability to embed and earn the link back to our site rather than someone else’s!
36. Panda features metrics and a machine-learning model that biases toward “better” UX sites: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/03/the-panda-that-hates-farms/
38. Site speed alone may only be a small factor, but if you’re not loading fast enough, you’re likely losing out on everything else, too… http://www.seomoz.org/blog/site-speed-are-you-fast-does-it-matter
40. If your site is as pretty as http://www.cakesweetcake.co.uk/, your credibility, perceived trust, brand value and other post-Panda SEO metrics are going to be much easier to get right.
41. Drawar.com/gallery is one of my favorites for finding awesome designs Finding a designer whose work you love isn’t terribly hard, and it will likely be some of the best money you spend. http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/16-best-web-design-galleries-for-inspiration/ has a good list of sites to check out.
49. Quality Discussion/InteractionMentioned in news publications Forum discussions link to its pages People email links to each other Links are Tweeted Liked/Shared on Facebook Cited at conferences + events Sometimes, a single piece of content or just a few, can yield these results but, more often, it takes dozens to hundreds of attempts to become a resource hub. http:/googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-new-search-index-caffeine.html
50. #10: We Need to Kill the“Good, Unique Content” Meme
51. “Good, unique content” isn’t good enough. That’s what everyone’s making. If you’re not raising the bar, just buy traffic. Inbound marketing + SEO probably aren’t for you.
52. To produce truly awesome, share-worthy stuff, you’re going to need to invest serious effort. Using content factories and automated solutions is unlikely to work for much longer.
55. Take Time Invested in These: Directory Link Building Keyword-Variant Abuse Reciprocal Link Pages Paid Links w/ Manipulative Anchor Text Sitewide, Footer Links Navigation for Engines, Not Humans Low Cost/Quality, Outsourced Content Generic Design and Layout Anchor-Text Rich Internal Links Anonymous Contact Forms Keyword Stuffed Titles + Pages Ad Blocks Dominating the Page Honestly, how long can these tactics keep working? And, more importantly, do they really add value to your business or just expose you to risk when the engines get smarter?
56. Do This Stuff Instead; It Really Works News/Media/PR SEO Email Research/White Papers Blogs + Blogging Infographics Comment Marketing Social Networks Online Video INBOUND MARKETING!(Find Your Audience Organically on the Web) Webinars Forums Document Sharing Social Bookmarking Word of Mouth Podcasting Direct/Referring Links Type-In Traffic Q+A Sites