SEO
Tips and Tricks
500 TO 600 UPDATES
Every Year
SEARCH
RANKING
FACTORS
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GOOGLE
CAFFEINE
June 2010	

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Changed the way that google
manage his index	

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PANDA
UPDATE
Started on February 2011	

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against spam, duplicate
content, low quality websites	

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PENGUIN
UPDATE
Started on April 2012	

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find webpages optimized
beyond the “tolerance level"
HUMMINGBIRD
UPDATE
August 2013	

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Changed the way that google
interpret the user. Empower
Semantic Search and use of
Google Graph.
HUMMINGBIRD

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No more keywords
optimization, but topical
optimization.	


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more emphasis in context,
than individual keywords.
HOW GOOGLE INTERPRET
YOUR QUERY?
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NOW: Determine the searcher intent and return
pages that best match that intent.	


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BEFORE: Best matching the keywords in the
search phrase and return pages that best match
this keywords.
“BUY NEXUS 7"
“WHERE CAN I BUY A NEXUS 7 NEAR HERE"
GOOGLE
ALGORITHM
CHANGE
HISTORY
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PAST: ON PAGE
OPTIMIZATION
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Include our main keyword in the page title, URL,
H1 header and several times in content.	


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Point a lot of backlinks to the page using the main
keyword or phrase as a anchor text.
ON PAGE OPTIMIZATION
<title></title>

<meta description”” />
<h1></h1>
<h2></h2>

<h3></h3>

HEADING TAGS
CHANGES
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Google used to reward this time of optimization.	


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Nowadays that type of optimization is more liked
to get your page penalized!	


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Hummingbird change a lot of thing: a lot of pages
that rank for any given term do not contain that
term in the title.
LONG TERM SEO STRATEGIES
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Quality content	


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Site structure	


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Authority
QUALITY CONTENT
QUALITY CONTENT
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Be created for the visitor, not for search engines.	


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Add value to the top 10 SERPs.	


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Give your visitor what they want.
GOOD CONTENT
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Infographics	


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Script and tools	


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Forums	


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Free downloads	


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Posts that include lists: 	

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Example: “Top ten adventist games"
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READING LIST
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SITE STRUCTURE
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Good organization	


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Intuitive navigation system	


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Well designed and implemented
THE CONTEXT
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Google wants to understand the context of the
page.	


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The best way is the links for your page, from other
pages in the same topic.
"THINGS NOT	

 STRINGS!” 	

AARON BRADLEY

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INTERNAL LINKS

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Use internal links (like related articles). 	


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Increase the ranking of a individual page and
contributes to index better the website.
SCHEMA.ORG
GTMETRIX
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FOR YOUR
READING LIST
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AUTHORITY
AUTHORITY
…derived from the Latin word auctoritas, meaning
invention, advice, opinion, influence, or command.
(Wikipedia)	

An accepted source of expert information or
advice. (dictionary.com)
HOW TO GET AUTHORITY?
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Must be well know!	


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Make your website be seen by search engines as
an “accepted source of expert information or
advice”.
YOU NEED BACKLINKS
Remember: The very best backlinks you can get to
your it's are the ones you do not create!
Develop content that your visitors love	

and want to share
BACKLINKS
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Make references to others authority sites.	


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Consider quality for every backlink (content of the
pages and theme).	


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Quality not quantity!
SEARCH RANKINGS INCREASE
SEARCH RANKING DECREASE
BACKLINKS
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Only look to get backlinks on authority sites in
your niche.	


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Try to be Everywere. 	


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Look for domains that are 5+ years old and with
domain page rank 4+.
DOMAIN AGE
CHECKER	

based on internet archive
(web.archive.org)	

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SEO QUAKE	

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AUTHOR
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Use google author attribution (Google+ profile)	

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How?

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ANCHOR TEXT
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For in-context links, use page title or url.	


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In resource box, use page title, the url or the
domain name.	


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Don’t use keyword phrases as the anchor text!
ANCHOR TEXT
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Make your links appear authoritative and natural.	


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OTHER TIPS
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Remove or disavow the poor links.	


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More attention to the topic of the page that is
linking to yours.	


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You need fewer back links to rank well.
DISAVOW LINKS
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OTHER WAYS TO GET
BACKLINKS
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Use article directories	


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Forum participation	


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Youtube and other video sites	


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Twitter and Facebook	


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Blogs on wordpress.com, blogger.com, tumblr.com	


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RSS Feeds - submit to rss feed directories	


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Guest blogging	


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PDF distribution (scribd.com, issuu.com)
BACKLINKS TO BACKLINKS

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Track the backlinks that point to your website.	


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Point quality links at these backlinks.
LINKS POINTING TO PAGES THAT 	

LINK TO YOUR PAGE
MAJESTIC SEO
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HOW STICK IS YOUR SITE?
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Check on Google Analytics:	

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Bounce Rate	


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Time on Site
TOOLS! 	

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I LOVE THEM!
WHAT GOOGLE HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT YOUR SITE?
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Know using Webmasters Tool
DATA NEED TO BE VISIBLE
to everybody
THE ANALYSIS NEED TO BE A 	

DAILY BASIS ACTIVITY
GOSQUARED
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CYFE
cyfe.com
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THANK YOU!	

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@ferrazweb
rogerio.ferraz@adventistas.org
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