Optimizing press release headlines is the single most important search engine optimization (SEO) technique that can be applied by public relations and other communications professionals.
1. Bulldog Reporter: Media Relations Summit 2009 New Techniques for Supercharging the News Release in a PR 2.0 World Presented by: Melanie Widmann Social Media and Search Marketing Manager May 19, 2009
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3. What Industry Reports Are Telling Us Search Engine Optimization (SEO) By PR Professionals
4. 75% of PR professionals are practicing keyword placement
5. But keywords for PR campaigns are not necessarily chosen by PR professionals
7. Words chosen and placed by copywriters in strategic locations on a web page in order to increase the volume and/or quality of traffic from search engines to a web page. Examples: Brand, Product, Service Name, Geographic Location, Or Topic Keywords
12. (2) Finds new pages by following links on pages it has already found http://www2.napier.ac.uk/getready/figures/citations_references.gif A Search Engine is a set of programs that…
13. (3) Creates an index (catalog) of words and their location for all saved web pages A Search Engine is a set of programs that…
14. (4) Searches its index for web pages that match search engine user query; and A Search Engine is a set of programs that…
15. (5) Returns a list of links to relevant web pages (Search Engine Results Pages/SERPs) A Search Engine is a set of programs that…
32. Why Twitter Matters To News http://www.comscore.com/blog/2009/04/breaking_news_and_making_news.html The average Twitter user was often 2 and 3 times as likely to visit the top online news brands as the average person. For example, while 17 percent of the total U.S. Internet audience visited CNN.com in March, more than double that percentage (38 percent) of Twitter.com visitors did so.
35. Crafting The Perfect Headline “ Headlines that work in print don't work online because they're not search-friendly. Your headlines should be clear and declarative and state what your post is about.” Paul Gillin, Veteran Technology Journalist And Author
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39. Recommended Headline/ Title Length Also keep in mind that Twitter has a maximum of 140 characters – but leave room for a shortened URL…that’s a net of about 120 characters for Twitter. Headline Google Google News YouTube Yahoo! W3.org Headline/Title Length (Characters) 65-70 Max Displayed In Search Results (no documented recommendation) Min 10 to Max 110 120 Max 67 Max 64 Max
52. Resources Social Media Corner on LinkedIn http://twitter.com/smcorner http://www.marketwire.com/PR 2.0 http://www.marketwire.com/SMStrategy Public Relations Marketing and Planning Tools Summary From Marketwire