SEO
Michel Ozzello - Next Step - May 2012
http://www.seomoz.org/google-algorithm-change
So, where do we start
http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors
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Tips for Geeks
Page Title


Meta Description
NOTE: Next 5 slides taken from http://www.seomoz.org/webinars/microformats-real-life-use-cases
How does this work?
          Structured                                      Extended
             Data                                        Vocabulary

          Microdata
                                           +
                                                        Schema.org
         Microformats
             RDFa



microformats.org   -   schema.org   -   www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/
AggregateRating                                                         Product > Offers



<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Product">

  <img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Logitech-Revue-Google-TV/23/xyz.JPG"
   alt="Logitech Revue With Google TV" itemprop="image">

  <div class="pnr-txt" itemprop="description">
     The Logitech Revue is a media streamer with Google TV, which serves is a complete
     entertainment system. With its Ethernet Interface, this Logitech Smart TV allows ...
  </div>

  <a itemprop="aggregateRating" itemtype="http://schema.org/AggregateRating" href="#pbe-rvws">
  <span itemprop="ratingValue" content="4"></span>
  <span itemprop="ratingCount" content="80"></span>
  User reviews <span itemprop="reviewCount">80</span>

  <div itemprop="offers" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
     New
     <span itemprop="price">$149.98</span>
     <span itemprop="priceCurrency" content="USD"></span>
  </div>

   <div itemprop="offers" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">
       New: other
       <span itemprop="price">$79.99</span>
       <span itemprop="priceCurrency" content="USD"></span>
   </div>
</div>
Author


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   Actors                                    Movie Director



       Event




    Music Recording

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/schema-examples
Tools:
•    Schema-creator.org
•    Microformats for Chrome
•    Microdata Tool
•    Bing Web Master Tools
•    Google’s Rich Snippets Testing Tool



nextstep 2012
http://blog.yottaa.com/2010/10/how-to-measure-page-load-time-with-google-analytics
visiblefactors.com/blog/575-site-speed-reducing-page-load-times-and-increasing-pages-crawled/
Speed up your web sites / web apps
                          • Reduce server requests
                          • Minify JavaScript and CSS
                          • Make JavaScript and CSS External




http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html
Page Start

                    Scripts




                    Styles


Content Start !!!
Speed up your web sites / web apps
                           • Reduce server requests
                           • Minify JavaScript and CSS
                           • Make JavaScript and CSS External
                           • Gzip components
                           • Compress and cache images
                              • use timestamps to invalidate cache
                           • Use Image Sprites (load once, use often)
                           • Use a CDN service



http://www.spritecow.com
Hey Marketers!

This is where you do your magic…
         Make sure people

     [share, like, +1, tweet]
             [link to]
         [write about]

      this site / app / page
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Link Juice




                        A                           B


http://thekeywordacademy.com/link-juice-explained
Page Moved…


                            Link Juice                                 301



                                                                 302




http://stackoverflow.com/questions/621107/asp-net-redirect-301
http://www.somacon.com/p145.php
Link Juice            301
             Ooops!



      404
Duplicate Pages / Page Elements

                     Forum A            Forum A             Forum A




http://www.seomoz.org/blog/duplicate-content-in-a-post-panda-world
http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1663744
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.pt/2011/09/pagination-with-relnext-and-relprev.html
3 more tips:

    • Give relevant names to pages
          Not PortalSelfServiceUserRegistration.aspx


    • Give pages unique titles
          Make them dynamic if you need to.


    • Use better URLs
          www.yoursite.com/somepage.aspx?parameter1=X&parameter2=Y&parameter3=Z
          www.yoursite.com/X/Y/Z/somepage




nextstep 2012
Wrap-up
   1. Increase CTR
         Use microformats and schema

   2. Reduce Bounce Rates
          Improve Page Load time

   3. Cherish Your Link Juice
          301 redirects, paginantion…


nextstep 2012
Thank you!
michel.ozzello@outsystems.com




   http://about.me/michelozzello

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