Picking the right domain is important
Exact Match is still good
ECOMMERCE SEO &
CONTENT 101
BY
JAMES NORQUAY
Google is the main player in Australia
Paid Listings
SEO Listings
Average CTR for page 1.
KEY ELEMENTS OF SEO ARE:
1. URL 2. ON PAGE
3. LINKS 4. SOCIAL
Picking the right domain is important
Exact Match is still good
DOMAIN AND URL
Picking the right domain is important
Exact Match is still good
PICKINGTHE RIGHT DOMAIN
IS IMPORTANT
EXACT MATCH IS STILL GOOD
GOOD DOMAINS ARE
VERY EXPENSIVE
GOOD
domain
name
structure:
BAD
domain
name
structure:
URL SET UP ONYOUR
SITE FOR SEO BENEFIT
Backlinks
Links are still highly important –
40%+ of ranking
Types of links
Link building has changed it
is more important than ever
to implement a high quality
link building strategy which
is future proofed.
LINK BUILDING
QUALITY NOT QUANTITY
QUICKWAYSTO GAIN QUALITY LINKS
Looking at competitor link profiles and videos.
QUICK WAYSTO
GAIN LINKS
Interflora was penalised heavily
by Google for placing over 150+
similarAdvertorials.
Don’t use similar copy on a huge
number of websites.
Keep things natural.
DON’T OVER DOTHINGS
DON’T USE SPAMMY
LINK BUILDING
You will probably
receive this
warning from
Google if you do:
On site andTechnical SEO
ON PAGE SEO KEY
ELEMENTS
Freshness of Content
Slow websites can cost your business money!
HTTPS is a ranking signal
Good = Social Shares + Keep users on site
Not that great = Multiple touch
points and takes users off site!
Social Buttons GetTHEM RIGHT!!!
DO NOT DUPLICATE
WEBSITE CONTENT
On site elements are important
Screaming Frog
TRACKYOUR SITE IN GOOGLE
SEARCH CONSOLE ON A DAILY
BASIS FORTECHNICAL ISSUES
Schema.org Reviews a must for eCommerce
Rel Canonical Use
Content Marketing
101 and Strategies
Content Marketing 101
@connections8
http://jamesnorquay.com/an-interview-ex-member-matt-cuttss-search-quality-team/
Interview someone REALLY interesting
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Interviews can yield HUGE shares and links
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Get your Facebook Fans to help make your content and
then get them to share it!!!
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200,000 Visitors just from sharing High quality FOOD IMAGES on Pinterest
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DealsWebsite to promote all business offers = Winning
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Emerging Image Sharing Sites = Winning
Polyvore.com
ImgFave.com
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Whirlpool.net.au + Quora.com = Still driving HUGE TRAFFIC!!!
Search term
“Buy Sunglasses Online”
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Social Buttons
Good = Social Shares + Keep users on site
Not that great = Multiple touch
points and takes them off site!
@connections8
Additional Social Sharing Ideas
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Email influencers and ask them to SHARE content
@connections8
BuzzFeed can work but you need the RIGHT content
Even CommBank is doing it now…
#RCS Content Marketing
2,500 backlinks
Creative Web Application - Death by Caffeine App
1,800 Backlinks
Worldwide Etiquette Map - Swissotel
160 backlinks
Slide ShareYour Best Content Assets and Presentations
Visualize data sets
Weekly Roundups of content
SEOTools
SEM Rush.com
Monitor Backlinks.com
@connections8
Buzzsumo.com & Followerwonk.com
Screaming Frog
www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/
Ahrefs.com
smo.knowem.com
Social Media OptimizerTool
Bing WebmasterTools
http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster
Q & A

eCommerce SEO & Content Marketing 101