Algorithmic Ranking Factors

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F#$%! Link Building.
Content Marketing Strategy.
Algorithmic Ranking Factors

Presented by:
Rand Fishkin | CEO
Discover Link Opportunities

http://www.seomoz.org/labs/link-finder/index.php
Brainstorm Acquisition Tactics

Travelpod built an embeddable quiz that universities use… What can I do to get .edu links?
Pound Head Against Wall

Feel free to use this high quality link acquisition email. Effectiveness not guaranteed ☺
Keep Pounding

But, I really
want a link!

Keep pounding
Damage Brain

Manual link building has a surprising amount in common with stuffing crayons up one’s nose.
Earn Links… Painfully

1-2 links per hour of link building is fairly common, particularly if you don’t have a great site to work from.
Give In to the Dark Side

http://www.bloggingtips.com/2012/03/22/link-authority-review-the-next-buildmyrank-alternative/
Buy Some Links

Always a fun time: http://fiverr.com/gigs/search?query=links
Go Overboard

Once you’ve gone to “supreme link pyramid elite,” you know you’re desperate. http://www.wickedfire.com/linksseo/154095-supreme-all-one-seo-solution-only-28-proven-results-dominate-google.html
Get Burned

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/unnatural-link-warnings-blog-networks-advice
Retreat and Try Again

BTW – If you need a simple meme generator: http://imgflip.com/memegenerator is pretty solid
Why Links Are in Danger
Links Were Never Really Votes
Does the author mean
to endorse this page?
Does he mean to say it
should rank better for
“a very similar thing?”

Search engines found links useful as a proxy, but most of those linking on the web don’t intend to contribute to the link graph.
The Algo Wasn’t Intended to Benefit Marketers

http://marketingland.com/is-googles-over-optimization-penalty-its-jump-the-shark-moment-in-web-search-8633
But SEOs Are Better at Links than Everyone Else

Linklove London Last Friday via: http://foliovision.com/2012/03/31/distilled-linklove-conference-london-2012-review
WebSpam Struggles to Keep Up

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-google-makes-liars-out-of-the-good-guys-in-seo
Many Links are a Thorn in Search Engines’ Side

An enlightening example of spammer mentality: https://www.google.com/search?q=build+my+rank+alternatives
Google’s Clearly Trying to Move Beyond Links

Individual link
metrics have lower
correlation over
time, while social
signals rise.

Via http://www.seomoz.org/blog/facebook-twitters-influence-google-search-rankings
Sharing on the Web Has Evolved
It used to be that
the “Linkerati”
controlled the
web’s sharing.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tips-to-earn-links-and-tweets-to-your-blog-post
Today, the “Linkerati” are a Far Bigger Group

Via http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/PewInternet/022612-nfais-newnormalpdf/6 (Pew Internet & American Life Project)
Tactical SEO
I Want to Rank Higher For This Query

Ranking here
will bring me
more customers

https://www.google.com/search?q=custom+kitchen+knives
Decision Time
OPTION A:
Create lots of great content, start
a blog, shoot some videos, build
up a community via social
networks, participate in forums,
try to earn some press…

Option A sounds like a lot of work…

OPTION B:
Point some @#$%ing
links at my page.
Most SEOs Make the Obvious Choice

YEE-HAW LINKS!!

Option B can certainly work.
Strategic Marketing
What Really Matters to a Business on the Web?

Competitors
Tactics:

Paid Search

Banners & Display
Ads
Brand Advertising
Television, Radio & Print Media
Contextual Ads

Avg Cost of Acquisition:
$95.00
$150.00
$Unknown
$180.00
$115.00

Paid forms of acquisition are easier to measure, optimize and invest in. Management’s comfortable with them.
The engines/platforms make it easy to buy them. Why wouldn’t you use paid acquisition?
What Really Matters to a Business on the Web?

“Inbound” Tactics

Avg Cost of Acquisition:

Organic Search

$15.00

Social Media Marketing

$35.00

Blogs & RSS

$60.00

Community / Forum Participation

$20.00

Video Content

$70.00

If you invest in inbound tactics, your cost of custom acquisition can be dramatically lower than the competition’s
What Really Matters to a Business on the Web?

COCA / CLTV = This
Ratio. Strength here
means you have more
to invest in every other
part of the business.

Thanks to Cascadia Capital for the chart: http://www.cascadiacapital.com/
Decision Time
OPTION A:
Content + SEO + Social +
Community + Press

OPTION B:
Point some @#$%ing
links at the page.

Which one of these truly
results in lower COCA?
This time, Option A looks a lot more appealing.
Five Reasons I Invest in
Content vs. Links
#1: I Want to Invest in Multiple Channels at Once

Higher
Conversion Rate

Higher Organic
Search Rankings
More Direct &
Bookmarking Traffic

More Long
Tail SEO

CONTENT!

Bigger Fanbase &
Community

More Brand
Visibility
Stronger Social
Following

More Referring
Links

Content, by its very nature, creates multi-channel marketing opportunities and wins.
#2: I Want to Be Proud of My Work

Am I making the Internet a better place?
#3: I Want Strategies that Last No Matter What

If this is the future, I
better build a memorable
brand that has positive
signals of every kind.

I want marketing that will last even if Siri replaces Google, social replaces search, apps replace the web, etc. (note: I don’t
actually believe any of those things will happen, but I do like to be prepared)
#3: I Want Strategies that Last No Matter What

Who knows, maybe DDG is really on to something: http://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html
#4: Content Builds Links While I Sleep

Virtually every link here is
editorially-given because
of content we’ve produced

https://www.google.com/search?q=seomoz+-site:seomoz.org&tbs=qdr:h (qdr:h at the end of the query narrows to results from just 1hr)
#5: Content Builds Brand Loyalty & Trust

http://thisismadebyhand.com/film/the_knife_maker play 4:45 - 5:45
OK. What Content Should I Make?
Don’t Limit Yourself to Content About Your Subject

This blog might work for
them, but IMO, it’s far too
topically specific and not
“interesting” enough to be
consistently share-worthy.

http://www.theofficesuppliessupermarket.com/blog
Discover What Your Audience Shares

Three tools: http://followerwonk.com, http://topsy.com, and Google’s Discussion Search
Brand Your Content to Align with Your Business/Products

Fiskars Scissors (fiskars.com) runs the amazing Fiskateers blog (http://www.fiskateers.com/); a great example of alignment.
Though, for SEO, I wish they’d gone with fiskars.com/fiskateers or fiskars.com/blog
Or Brand Your Product to Align with Your Content?

Coudal Partners is a
fascinating example of this.

This is basically what we did at SEOmoz – created a product that fit with the content + audience we’d built
Remember, Content Can Mean:

Actual Content

Community

Products

Platform/Data

The “content” you produce and market can be much more than just a blog (though blogs are pretty awesome at this)
The Fedora Store

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKe9OfWs-M
We Need Some Content Branding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKe9OfWs-M
The Infographic of Hats!

This - http://stuff.daviderickson.com/hats-infographic#comments – is the best I could find
The Infographic of Hats!

This - http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/trusting-beards-infographic/ - is what I’m talking about.
Online Hat-Selection Tool

This - http://www.millerhats.com/hatcare_index/hatfaces.html - is the best I could find
Rank Top Hat
-

D
onning Social Media Participants

I used http://followerwonk.com, but you’ll also want to check blogs, Facebook, etc.
Coffee Beans & Espresso Machines

http://needcaffeine.com
NeedCaffeine’s Website

http://www.needcaffeine.com/
Erasable, Caffeine
-

onitor Board Next to My Desk
M

http://designtaxi.com/news/351340/In-Caffeine-We-Trust-An-Infographic-To-Track-Your-Coffee-Consumption/ - but simple/erasable on a mini-whiteboard
Caffeine Tracking/Contest Mobile App

Make the leaderboard publicly accessible for those who opt-in, and then link to the social accounts of the most caffeinated members.
Rating Drinks on an Official “Caffeine Scale”

Rate every beverage from every store possible on caffeine content, taste and caloric content and have a monthly dynamic leaderboard.
Weird Foods and Drinks that Contain Caffeine

Ugh… And this is one of the
best articles I could find.
Rate every beverage from every store possible on caffeine content, taste and caloric content and have a monthly dynamic leaderboard.
Costumes Beyond Halloween

No domain given, so I’ll just work on the concepts. BTW – that Yodabot is awesome.
Analysis of Hollywood Costumes

http://clothesmonaut.wordpress.com/category/costume-analysis/ - buy this blog, or re-create it.
Give Awards to the Best “Street-Spotted” Costumes
You can set up an
alert/search, watch for
these, tweet to the winners
and ask for permission to
feature their photos.

https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/costume%20twitpic – you can use a few modified versions of this query, too
Coverage of Non
-

H loween Costume Events
al

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=fremont+zombie&m=text – there’s tons of these.
Rand Fishkin | CEO

http://seomoz.com
#1 SEO Results Tracking Platform
Monitor & Track your SEO
& Traffic Generation Efforts
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- lass Experts!
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  • 1.
    Algorithmic Ranking Factors ContentMarketing Strategy http://freetrafficking.com #1 Traffic Generation Services
  • 2.
    F#$%! Link Building. ContentMarketing Strategy. Algorithmic Ranking Factors Presented by: Rand Fishkin | CEO
  • 3.
  • 4.
    Brainstorm Acquisition Tactics Travelpodbuilt an embeddable quiz that universities use… What can I do to get .edu links?
  • 5.
    Pound Head AgainstWall Feel free to use this high quality link acquisition email. Effectiveness not guaranteed ☺
  • 6.
    Keep Pounding But, Ireally want a link! Keep pounding
  • 7.
    Damage Brain Manual linkbuilding has a surprising amount in common with stuffing crayons up one’s nose.
  • 8.
    Earn Links… Painfully 1-2links per hour of link building is fairly common, particularly if you don’t have a great site to work from.
  • 9.
    Give In tothe Dark Side http://www.bloggingtips.com/2012/03/22/link-authority-review-the-next-buildmyrank-alternative/
  • 10.
    Buy Some Links Alwaysa fun time: http://fiverr.com/gigs/search?query=links
  • 11.
    Go Overboard Once you’vegone to “supreme link pyramid elite,” you know you’re desperate. http://www.wickedfire.com/linksseo/154095-supreme-all-one-seo-solution-only-28-proven-results-dominate-google.html
  • 12.
  • 13.
    Retreat and TryAgain BTW – If you need a simple meme generator: http://imgflip.com/memegenerator is pretty solid
  • 14.
    Why Links Arein Danger
  • 15.
    Links Were NeverReally Votes Does the author mean to endorse this page? Does he mean to say it should rank better for “a very similar thing?” Search engines found links useful as a proxy, but most of those linking on the web don’t intend to contribute to the link graph.
  • 16.
    The Algo Wasn’tIntended to Benefit Marketers http://marketingland.com/is-googles-over-optimization-penalty-its-jump-the-shark-moment-in-web-search-8633
  • 17.
    But SEOs AreBetter at Links than Everyone Else Linklove London Last Friday via: http://foliovision.com/2012/03/31/distilled-linklove-conference-london-2012-review
  • 18.
    WebSpam Struggles toKeep Up http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-google-makes-liars-out-of-the-good-guys-in-seo
  • 19.
    Many Links area Thorn in Search Engines’ Side An enlightening example of spammer mentality: https://www.google.com/search?q=build+my+rank+alternatives
  • 20.
    Google’s Clearly Tryingto Move Beyond Links Individual link metrics have lower correlation over time, while social signals rise. Via http://www.seomoz.org/blog/facebook-twitters-influence-google-search-rankings
  • 21.
    Sharing on theWeb Has Evolved It used to be that the “Linkerati” controlled the web’s sharing. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/21-tips-to-earn-links-and-tweets-to-your-blog-post
  • 22.
    Today, the “Linkerati”are a Far Bigger Group Via http://www.slideshare.net/fullscreen/PewInternet/022612-nfais-newnormalpdf/6 (Pew Internet & American Life Project)
  • 23.
  • 24.
    I Want toRank Higher For This Query Ranking here will bring me more customers https://www.google.com/search?q=custom+kitchen+knives
  • 25.
    Decision Time OPTION A: Createlots of great content, start a blog, shoot some videos, build up a community via social networks, participate in forums, try to earn some press… Option A sounds like a lot of work… OPTION B: Point some @#$%ing links at my page.
  • 26.
    Most SEOs Makethe Obvious Choice YEE-HAW LINKS!! Option B can certainly work.
  • 27.
  • 28.
    What Really Mattersto a Business on the Web? Competitors Tactics: Paid Search Banners & Display Ads Brand Advertising Television, Radio & Print Media Contextual Ads Avg Cost of Acquisition: $95.00 $150.00 $Unknown $180.00 $115.00 Paid forms of acquisition are easier to measure, optimize and invest in. Management’s comfortable with them. The engines/platforms make it easy to buy them. Why wouldn’t you use paid acquisition?
  • 29.
    What Really Mattersto a Business on the Web? “Inbound” Tactics Avg Cost of Acquisition: Organic Search $15.00 Social Media Marketing $35.00 Blogs & RSS $60.00 Community / Forum Participation $20.00 Video Content $70.00 If you invest in inbound tactics, your cost of custom acquisition can be dramatically lower than the competition’s
  • 30.
    What Really Mattersto a Business on the Web? COCA / CLTV = This Ratio. Strength here means you have more to invest in every other part of the business. Thanks to Cascadia Capital for the chart: http://www.cascadiacapital.com/
  • 31.
    Decision Time OPTION A: Content+ SEO + Social + Community + Press OPTION B: Point some @#$%ing links at the page. Which one of these truly results in lower COCA? This time, Option A looks a lot more appealing.
  • 32.
    Five Reasons IInvest in Content vs. Links
  • 33.
    #1: I Wantto Invest in Multiple Channels at Once Higher Conversion Rate Higher Organic Search Rankings More Direct & Bookmarking Traffic More Long Tail SEO CONTENT! Bigger Fanbase & Community More Brand Visibility Stronger Social Following More Referring Links Content, by its very nature, creates multi-channel marketing opportunities and wins.
  • 34.
    #2: I Wantto Be Proud of My Work Am I making the Internet a better place?
  • 35.
    #3: I WantStrategies that Last No Matter What If this is the future, I better build a memorable brand that has positive signals of every kind. I want marketing that will last even if Siri replaces Google, social replaces search, apps replace the web, etc. (note: I don’t actually believe any of those things will happen, but I do like to be prepared)
  • 36.
    #3: I WantStrategies that Last No Matter What Who knows, maybe DDG is really on to something: http://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html
  • 37.
    #4: Content BuildsLinks While I Sleep Virtually every link here is editorially-given because of content we’ve produced https://www.google.com/search?q=seomoz+-site:seomoz.org&tbs=qdr:h (qdr:h at the end of the query narrows to results from just 1hr)
  • 38.
    #5: Content BuildsBrand Loyalty & Trust http://thisismadebyhand.com/film/the_knife_maker play 4:45 - 5:45
  • 39.
    OK. What ContentShould I Make?
  • 40.
    Don’t Limit Yourselfto Content About Your Subject This blog might work for them, but IMO, it’s far too topically specific and not “interesting” enough to be consistently share-worthy. http://www.theofficesuppliessupermarket.com/blog
  • 41.
    Discover What YourAudience Shares Three tools: http://followerwonk.com, http://topsy.com, and Google’s Discussion Search
  • 42.
    Brand Your Contentto Align with Your Business/Products Fiskars Scissors (fiskars.com) runs the amazing Fiskateers blog (http://www.fiskateers.com/); a great example of alignment. Though, for SEO, I wish they’d gone with fiskars.com/fiskateers or fiskars.com/blog
  • 43.
    Or Brand YourProduct to Align with Your Content? Coudal Partners is a fascinating example of this. This is basically what we did at SEOmoz – created a product that fit with the content + audience we’d built
  • 44.
    Remember, Content CanMean: Actual Content Community Products Platform/Data The “content” you produce and market can be much more than just a blog (though blogs are pretty awesome at this)
  • 45.
  • 46.
    We Need SomeContent Branding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPKe9OfWs-M
  • 47.
    The Infographic ofHats! This - http://stuff.daviderickson.com/hats-infographic#comments – is the best I could find
  • 48.
    The Infographic ofHats! This - http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/trusting-beards-infographic/ - is what I’m talking about.
  • 49.
    Online Hat-Selection Tool This- http://www.millerhats.com/hatcare_index/hatfaces.html - is the best I could find
  • 50.
    Rank Top Hat - D onningSocial Media Participants I used http://followerwonk.com, but you’ll also want to check blogs, Facebook, etc.
  • 51.
    Coffee Beans &Espresso Machines http://needcaffeine.com
  • 52.
  • 53.
    Erasable, Caffeine - onitor BoardNext to My Desk M http://designtaxi.com/news/351340/In-Caffeine-We-Trust-An-Infographic-To-Track-Your-Coffee-Consumption/ - but simple/erasable on a mini-whiteboard
  • 54.
    Caffeine Tracking/Contest MobileApp Make the leaderboard publicly accessible for those who opt-in, and then link to the social accounts of the most caffeinated members.
  • 55.
    Rating Drinks onan Official “Caffeine Scale” Rate every beverage from every store possible on caffeine content, taste and caloric content and have a monthly dynamic leaderboard.
  • 56.
    Weird Foods andDrinks that Contain Caffeine Ugh… And this is one of the best articles I could find. Rate every beverage from every store possible on caffeine content, taste and caloric content and have a monthly dynamic leaderboard.
  • 57.
    Costumes Beyond Halloween Nodomain given, so I’ll just work on the concepts. BTW – that Yodabot is awesome.
  • 58.
    Analysis of HollywoodCostumes http://clothesmonaut.wordpress.com/category/costume-analysis/ - buy this blog, or re-create it.
  • 59.
    Give Awards tothe Best “Street-Spotted” Costumes You can set up an alert/search, watch for these, tweet to the winners and ask for permission to feature their photos. https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/costume%20twitpic – you can use a few modified versions of this query, too
  • 60.
    Coverage of Non - Hloween Costume Events al http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=fremont+zombie&m=text – there’s tons of these.
  • 61.
    Rand Fishkin |CEO http://seomoz.com #1 SEO Results Tracking Platform Monitor & Track your SEO & Traffic Generation Efforts
  • 62.
    Algorithmic Ranking Factors http://freetrafficking.com #1Traffic Generation Services Traffic Generation & SEO done for you by World c - lass Experts! +1 8 - 31 3 - 88 7 560 contact@freetrafficking.com USA, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia
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    Algorithmic Ranking Factors Signup & Get started for 1$