This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) techniques for beginners. It covers important on-page SEO elements like optimizing the title tag, header tags, keyword use and density. It also discusses off-page SEO factors like keyword research, page rank and link building. The goal of these techniques is to help websites rank higher in search engines by better addressing what users search for and how search algorithms evaluate authority.
The document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) for beginners. It discusses what SEO is, what it is not, who uses SEO, and various SEO techniques including keyword research, choosing keywords, understanding PageRank, how important PageRank is, and how to increase a site's PageRank. The document aims to give beginners foundational knowledge about SEO best practices and strategies.
This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) including what SEO is, what it is not, who uses SEO, keyword research, PageRank, on-page optimization techniques like title tags and headers, and proper keyword use on pages. SEO refers to optimizing websites to rank higher in search engines and get more organic traffic. It involves both on-page techniques like optimizing content and off-page factors like backlinks. Key aspects covered include researching keywords, using keywords in titles, headers and content, and understanding PageRank as a measure of site authority.
This document discusses setting up profiles across various social networks and content sharing sites in order to build authority and backlinks for SEO purposes. It recommends linking profiles together, maintaining consistency across profiles, interacting with communities by commenting on others' content to establish yourself as an expert, and distributing high-quality, authoritative content related to your niche. The goal is to structure off-site activities in a way that search engines can easily recognize your content and profiles as legitimate and related to your topic in order to improve SEO effectiveness.
Off-page SEO is important for ranking websites and involves factors outside a website like links, social media activity, and brand mentions. It helps search engines understand a website's quality, authority and trustworthiness. The document discusses various off-page factors like links, social profiles, reviews and directories. It provides best practices for link building through quality content while avoiding black hat techniques. Social media is also important for SEO and the document outlines common mistakes like ignoring off-page work or only sharing other's content without routing back to one's own website.
History and evolution of search engine optimization (SE) a presentation published to increase awareness about SEO. This slide on SEO history and its evolution is useful for SEO beginners, SEO trainees, learners and junior SEO professionals
The webinar version of this presentation is available at: http://www.theurldr.com/register-cant-anyone-find-website/
ARE YOU INVISIBLE TO GOOGLE AND THE SEARCH ENGINES?
There are many reasons why your customers may be having trouble finding your website. In this webinar, we’ll discuss best practices in various website design and SEO techniques that can help put your website on the map. Literally.
This presentation teaches:
-The most important parts of your webpage for customers and for Google.
-How to write content for your website to get you found.
-Search engine optimization (SEO) basics and best practices, including what you can control and what you can't.
-Tools of the pros to help get you found by the search engines.
-A brief introduction to the Google Zoo (Panda, Penguin, and Hummingbird) and why you need to be aware of all these animals and birds.
Search engine Optimization,Advantages Of SEO, Benefits of SeoDheeraj Sukumar
This document discusses search engine optimization (SEO) and provides information on key SEO concepts and best practices. It covers:
1. What SEO is and how it helps increase website traffic from search engines.
2. Differences between major search engines and how different factors are important for ranking.
3. How search engines work by crawling websites to index content.
4. Keywords being the most important SEO element and how to properly choose keywords to target.
5. Additional on-page optimization techniques like keyword density, placement in special areas like titles, and links.
The document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) for beginners. It discusses what SEO is, what it is not, who uses SEO, and various SEO techniques including keyword research, choosing keywords, understanding PageRank, how important PageRank is, and how to increase a site's PageRank. The document aims to give beginners foundational knowledge about SEO best practices and strategies.
This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) including what SEO is, what it is not, who uses SEO, keyword research, PageRank, on-page optimization techniques like title tags and headers, and proper keyword use on pages. SEO refers to optimizing websites to rank higher in search engines and get more organic traffic. It involves both on-page techniques like optimizing content and off-page factors like backlinks. Key aspects covered include researching keywords, using keywords in titles, headers and content, and understanding PageRank as a measure of site authority.
This document discusses setting up profiles across various social networks and content sharing sites in order to build authority and backlinks for SEO purposes. It recommends linking profiles together, maintaining consistency across profiles, interacting with communities by commenting on others' content to establish yourself as an expert, and distributing high-quality, authoritative content related to your niche. The goal is to structure off-site activities in a way that search engines can easily recognize your content and profiles as legitimate and related to your topic in order to improve SEO effectiveness.
Off-page SEO is important for ranking websites and involves factors outside a website like links, social media activity, and brand mentions. It helps search engines understand a website's quality, authority and trustworthiness. The document discusses various off-page factors like links, social profiles, reviews and directories. It provides best practices for link building through quality content while avoiding black hat techniques. Social media is also important for SEO and the document outlines common mistakes like ignoring off-page work or only sharing other's content without routing back to one's own website.
History and evolution of search engine optimization (SE) a presentation published to increase awareness about SEO. This slide on SEO history and its evolution is useful for SEO beginners, SEO trainees, learners and junior SEO professionals
The webinar version of this presentation is available at: http://www.theurldr.com/register-cant-anyone-find-website/
ARE YOU INVISIBLE TO GOOGLE AND THE SEARCH ENGINES?
There are many reasons why your customers may be having trouble finding your website. In this webinar, we’ll discuss best practices in various website design and SEO techniques that can help put your website on the map. Literally.
This presentation teaches:
-The most important parts of your webpage for customers and for Google.
-How to write content for your website to get you found.
-Search engine optimization (SEO) basics and best practices, including what you can control and what you can't.
-Tools of the pros to help get you found by the search engines.
-A brief introduction to the Google Zoo (Panda, Penguin, and Hummingbird) and why you need to be aware of all these animals and birds.
Search engine Optimization,Advantages Of SEO, Benefits of SeoDheeraj Sukumar
This document discusses search engine optimization (SEO) and provides information on key SEO concepts and best practices. It covers:
1. What SEO is and how it helps increase website traffic from search engines.
2. Differences between major search engines and how different factors are important for ranking.
3. How search engines work by crawling websites to index content.
4. Keywords being the most important SEO element and how to properly choose keywords to target.
5. Additional on-page optimization techniques like keyword density, placement in special areas like titles, and links.
Understanding User Intent and Content SilosRebecca Gill
The document discusses search intent and content silos. It defines search intent as a user's intentions when performing a search. Content silos refer to grouping related website content together by topic to help search engines understand the site. The document emphasizes that understanding search intent and using content silos helps websites rank higher by ensuring their content is relevant to what users search for.
This document provides tips for using SEO data to fuel a content marketing strategy. It discusses using keyword research tools like Rank Tracker to collect, filter and analyze keyword trends to find topic ideas. It recommends borrowing ideas from competitors' highest traffic pages and updating old, underperforming content. The document also explains how to match content types like guides, listicles and videos to different search intents. Finally, it provides tips for optimizing content for search through techniques like adding keywords, metadata and captions for videos. The overall goal is to create engaging, search-friendly content that attracts organic traffic.
What is search engine optimization? How to do Keyword research?
On-page optimization for SEO, Off-page optimization for SEO, How to build links? Link building methods discussed in detail.How to avoid bad links? Social media role in search engine optimization.How to optimize your social networks profile for SEO?
SEO has changed a lot in last few years. In this presentation learn all about the new SEO and how you can do next generation SEO to rank your site in top in search engines.
The document provides an agenda and overview for assessing a competitor's digital strategy and online presence. It discusses evaluating a competitor's website aesthetics, content, search engine optimization, social media usage, traffic sources, and "Who is" data. The presenter is identified as the president and founder of an internet marketing firm who is self-taught in web design, SEO and social media with successful experience growing companies online.
Learn the new ways of SEO and getting rankings by building smart and better links which not only gets you rankings but also referral traffic. SEO which works in the age panda, penguin and hummingbird
It doesn’t matter how accurate this number is. The sheer magnitude of it is still intimidating. Especially for someone only starting to rank their site.
This document provides information about search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. It discusses key SEO strategies like keyword research, on-page optimization with keywords and metadata, link building, content generation, and technical SEO best practices. The document also lists the 10 essential SEO strategies including writing good content, keyword research, on-page keyword optimization, link building, site structuring, analytics, keeping updated on SEO, avoiding blackhat techniques, duplicate content issues, and optimizing meta descriptions and keywords.
SEO presentation for marketing summit 2017Scott True
We hear so much about how SEO has changed, but has it really? It's really the algorithms that have changed, but good marketing has remained the same for quite some time. The channels have changed, the core concept of attracting people with great content and differentiated offerings is the same. Let's take a look back at the facts and see how to optimize for Google in 2017.
The document is an FAQ page about search engine optimization (SEO). It contains summaries of 57 common SEO questions. Some of the key points addressed include:
- SEO is the strategy of optimizing a web page for search queries to improve online visibility and organic search traffic.
- The best SEO tactics include securing websites with HTTPS, improving site speed, focusing on low-competition keywords, optimizing content, and interlinking pages.
- Local or map SEO has emerged as businesses now get up to 40% of customers through local map searches, so visibility on maps is crucial. This requires optimizing a Google My Business profile.
- User engagement is an important ranking signal as
All About Search Engine Marketing - A Look At the Past Jing Zhou
http://Search-EngineConsulting.com Call Toll Free 877-618-6284 Search engine marketing, also known as SEM, is an internet marketing strategy that aims to promote certain websites through greater visibility in Google,Yahoo and Bing.
These are the training slides from the SEO training delivered by Noisy Little Monkey at their offices in Bristol.
They cover: technical, on-site, off-site, local and mobile SEO.
Practical Seo and internet marketing adviceCharlie Kalech
SEO has changed a lot in the last 3 years (following Panda and Penguin) and radically in the last half year (with an all-new Google algorithm (Hummingbird). Learn how this is a total game-changer and why building links (in a traditional sense) and optimizing for keywords (as we used to) no longer applies
Seo presentation ! BATRA COMPUTER CENTREjatin batra
This document provides information about Batra Computer Centre, an educational institution located in Ambala Cantt, Haryana that offers courses in programming languages like C, C++ and web design, development, and SEO. It lists the centre's address, contact details, and the topics covered in the basic courses offered, including Notepad, MS Office, networking basics, and programming fundamentals. It also provides details about the course content for programming languages like C, C++, web design using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, web development using PHP and SQL, and SEO strategies. The document aims to inform readers about the courses offered at Batra Computer Centre.
This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and techniques. It discusses the importance of choosing keywords, differentiating between on-page and off-page optimization, and the significance of backlinks. The document emphasizes using white hat SEO tactics like high-quality content over black hat methods to achieve search engine rankings. It also stresses balancing on-page elements like keywords and titles with off-page factors like links and directories.
This presentation provides you with the invaluable compendium of useful information on 'SEO' that is Search Engine Optimization.
The Agenda here are as follows:
1. What are Search Engines?
2. How do Search Engines Work?
3. Examples of popular Search Engines
4. Search Engine Statistics
5. What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
6. Goals of Search Engine Optimization
7. History of Search Engine Optimization
8. Techniques for Search Engine Optimization
9. Algorithm for Search Engine Optimization
10. Ranking factors for Search Engine Optimization
11. Tools for Search Engine Optimization.
This presentation aims at the industries currently trying to seek different solutions for SEO techniques.
What is off page seo and some of it's techniques. Also includes Blackhat SEO and relation with off page seo. Techniques like social media, link building methods, book marking, etc.,
The basic things that begginers should know in SEO. Simplified explanation of basic search engine optimization and other SEO terms that you should know.
1) The document summarizes major Google algorithm updates that occurred in 2014 and discusses strategies for SEO success in 2015, focusing on quality content, branding, mobile optimization, and user experience.
2) It emphasizes that effective SEO in 2015 will rely upon helpful, consistent content along with strong branding and a good mobile experience.
3) While link building remains important, factors like sentiment, citations, and brand signals will also influence organic search visibility going forward.
Search engine optimization (SEO) refers to techniques that help a website rank higher in search engines. SEO has two main components: on-page optimization, which involves changes to the website itself, and off-page optimization involving external work. Keywords are important to target for SEO and can be broad, general terms or specific, targeted phrases. Internal linking structure, including page depth, number of links to a page, and link quality, is also crucial for a website's SEO performance. The title tag, keyword targeting, and link structure are important on-page elements to optimize.
Understanding User Intent and Content SilosRebecca Gill
The document discusses search intent and content silos. It defines search intent as a user's intentions when performing a search. Content silos refer to grouping related website content together by topic to help search engines understand the site. The document emphasizes that understanding search intent and using content silos helps websites rank higher by ensuring their content is relevant to what users search for.
This document provides tips for using SEO data to fuel a content marketing strategy. It discusses using keyword research tools like Rank Tracker to collect, filter and analyze keyword trends to find topic ideas. It recommends borrowing ideas from competitors' highest traffic pages and updating old, underperforming content. The document also explains how to match content types like guides, listicles and videos to different search intents. Finally, it provides tips for optimizing content for search through techniques like adding keywords, metadata and captions for videos. The overall goal is to create engaging, search-friendly content that attracts organic traffic.
What is search engine optimization? How to do Keyword research?
On-page optimization for SEO, Off-page optimization for SEO, How to build links? Link building methods discussed in detail.How to avoid bad links? Social media role in search engine optimization.How to optimize your social networks profile for SEO?
SEO has changed a lot in last few years. In this presentation learn all about the new SEO and how you can do next generation SEO to rank your site in top in search engines.
The document provides an agenda and overview for assessing a competitor's digital strategy and online presence. It discusses evaluating a competitor's website aesthetics, content, search engine optimization, social media usage, traffic sources, and "Who is" data. The presenter is identified as the president and founder of an internet marketing firm who is self-taught in web design, SEO and social media with successful experience growing companies online.
Learn the new ways of SEO and getting rankings by building smart and better links which not only gets you rankings but also referral traffic. SEO which works in the age panda, penguin and hummingbird
It doesn’t matter how accurate this number is. The sheer magnitude of it is still intimidating. Especially for someone only starting to rank their site.
This document provides information about search engine optimization (SEO) techniques. It discusses key SEO strategies like keyword research, on-page optimization with keywords and metadata, link building, content generation, and technical SEO best practices. The document also lists the 10 essential SEO strategies including writing good content, keyword research, on-page keyword optimization, link building, site structuring, analytics, keeping updated on SEO, avoiding blackhat techniques, duplicate content issues, and optimizing meta descriptions and keywords.
SEO presentation for marketing summit 2017Scott True
We hear so much about how SEO has changed, but has it really? It's really the algorithms that have changed, but good marketing has remained the same for quite some time. The channels have changed, the core concept of attracting people with great content and differentiated offerings is the same. Let's take a look back at the facts and see how to optimize for Google in 2017.
The document is an FAQ page about search engine optimization (SEO). It contains summaries of 57 common SEO questions. Some of the key points addressed include:
- SEO is the strategy of optimizing a web page for search queries to improve online visibility and organic search traffic.
- The best SEO tactics include securing websites with HTTPS, improving site speed, focusing on low-competition keywords, optimizing content, and interlinking pages.
- Local or map SEO has emerged as businesses now get up to 40% of customers through local map searches, so visibility on maps is crucial. This requires optimizing a Google My Business profile.
- User engagement is an important ranking signal as
All About Search Engine Marketing - A Look At the Past Jing Zhou
http://Search-EngineConsulting.com Call Toll Free 877-618-6284 Search engine marketing, also known as SEM, is an internet marketing strategy that aims to promote certain websites through greater visibility in Google,Yahoo and Bing.
These are the training slides from the SEO training delivered by Noisy Little Monkey at their offices in Bristol.
They cover: technical, on-site, off-site, local and mobile SEO.
Practical Seo and internet marketing adviceCharlie Kalech
SEO has changed a lot in the last 3 years (following Panda and Penguin) and radically in the last half year (with an all-new Google algorithm (Hummingbird). Learn how this is a total game-changer and why building links (in a traditional sense) and optimizing for keywords (as we used to) no longer applies
Seo presentation ! BATRA COMPUTER CENTREjatin batra
This document provides information about Batra Computer Centre, an educational institution located in Ambala Cantt, Haryana that offers courses in programming languages like C, C++ and web design, development, and SEO. It lists the centre's address, contact details, and the topics covered in the basic courses offered, including Notepad, MS Office, networking basics, and programming fundamentals. It also provides details about the course content for programming languages like C, C++, web design using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, web development using PHP and SQL, and SEO strategies. The document aims to inform readers about the courses offered at Batra Computer Centre.
This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and techniques. It discusses the importance of choosing keywords, differentiating between on-page and off-page optimization, and the significance of backlinks. The document emphasizes using white hat SEO tactics like high-quality content over black hat methods to achieve search engine rankings. It also stresses balancing on-page elements like keywords and titles with off-page factors like links and directories.
This presentation provides you with the invaluable compendium of useful information on 'SEO' that is Search Engine Optimization.
The Agenda here are as follows:
1. What are Search Engines?
2. How do Search Engines Work?
3. Examples of popular Search Engines
4. Search Engine Statistics
5. What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
6. Goals of Search Engine Optimization
7. History of Search Engine Optimization
8. Techniques for Search Engine Optimization
9. Algorithm for Search Engine Optimization
10. Ranking factors for Search Engine Optimization
11. Tools for Search Engine Optimization.
This presentation aims at the industries currently trying to seek different solutions for SEO techniques.
What is off page seo and some of it's techniques. Also includes Blackhat SEO and relation with off page seo. Techniques like social media, link building methods, book marking, etc.,
The basic things that begginers should know in SEO. Simplified explanation of basic search engine optimization and other SEO terms that you should know.
1) The document summarizes major Google algorithm updates that occurred in 2014 and discusses strategies for SEO success in 2015, focusing on quality content, branding, mobile optimization, and user experience.
2) It emphasizes that effective SEO in 2015 will rely upon helpful, consistent content along with strong branding and a good mobile experience.
3) While link building remains important, factors like sentiment, citations, and brand signals will also influence organic search visibility going forward.
Search engine optimization (SEO) refers to techniques that help a website rank higher in search engines. SEO has two main components: on-page optimization, which involves changes to the website itself, and off-page optimization involving external work. Keywords are important to target for SEO and can be broad, general terms or specific, targeted phrases. Internal linking structure, including page depth, number of links to a page, and link quality, is also crucial for a website's SEO performance. The title tag, keyword targeting, and link structure are important on-page elements to optimize.
This document discusses various on-page and off-page SEO techniques for optimizing websites and improving search engine rankings. It provides a detailed checklist of on-page SEO factors including optimizing title tags, meta descriptions, URLs, headings, keyword density, multimedia, and site speed. Off-page techniques discussed include link building, social media promotion, and monitoring rankings. The document emphasizes that SEO requires ongoing optimization and adapting to changes in search engine algorithms.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the process of managing content that can be found through the organic search results of a search engine. The benefits of SEO are, it’s free and passive web traffic month after month. Get to know more about SEO in this presentation by Skew Infotech, Coimbatore.
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of manipulating aspects of a Web site to improve its ranking in search engines,lets improve your seo knowledge with Sahoo web solutions.
SEO refers to techniques that help websites rank higher in organic search results. It is part of search engine marketing, which also includes paid search advertising. The goal of SEO is to provide searchers with the most relevant results by optimizing websites for search engines to easily index their content and determine relevance to search queries. Key factors search engines consider include on-page content, backlinks from other sites, and how well the content matches searchers' queries. Creating thorough, high-quality content on multiple topics through pages, blogs, and other formats can help websites effectively optimize for many relevant keywords and rank for searches.
This document provides a 10 chapter guide for search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. It covers topics like keyword research, site navigation, mobile optimization, local SEO, voice search optimization, page speed, content focused on search intent, use of social media, technical audits, and competitor research. The document emphasizes the importance of SEO for businesses and provides specific tactics within each chapter to help websites rank higher and drive more traffic from search engines like Google.
This document provides a 10-chapter guide to search engine optimization (SEO) strategies. It covers topics like keyword research, site navigation, mobile optimization, local SEO, voice search, page speed, content, social media, technical audits, and competitor research. The guide emphasizes optimizing sites for keywords, easy navigation, responsive design, improving load times, listing on directories like Google My Business, and monitoring competitors.
This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) and how search engines work. It defines SEO as techniques that help websites rank higher in organic search results. It explains that search engines index websites to gather content that they can display when users search. Rankings are determined by relevance and authority, with authority measured by quality backlinks. The document outlines best practices for on-page SEO like optimized content, URLs, images and tags, as well as off-page SEO like building quality backlinks. It emphasizes that high-quality, keyword-optimized content is key to success with SEO.
The document provides an overview of digital marketing and search engine optimization (SEO). It discusses key SEO tactics like on-page optimization through content, URLs, images and meta tags. It also covers off-page factors like backlinks, social sharing and link building. The goal of SEO is to help websites rank higher in organic search results through both on-page and off-page techniques.
The document provides an overview of digital marketing and search engine optimization (SEO). It discusses key SEO tactics like on-page optimization through content, URLs, images and meta tags. It also covers off-page factors like backlinks, social sharing and link building that can help websites rank higher in search results. The document emphasizes that high-quality, engaging content is important for SEO success and encourages optimizing content for long-tail keywords to target relevant searchers.
Create in-depth pages that cover each specific
product or service you offer. Optimize each page for
long-tail keywords related to that product or service.
Blog: Publish regular blog posts that cover topics
related to your industry. This is a great way to generate
fresh content on a consistent basis.
Case Studies: Showcase real examples of how your
products or services have helped customers.
How-To Guides: Provide step-by-step instructions for
common tasks or problems your audience faces.
eBooks/Guides: Create and publish downloadable
content assets that provide value to your audience.
SEO for Beginners (Ultimate Guide) - Alif SEOAlif SEO
Hello Dear Student, and welcome to our Master Guide to SEO for complete beginners – an essential
overview of the MOST important information you need to know about SEO.
you’ll learn what SEO is, and why it’s important, as well as the different aspects you’ll
need to cover to improve your SEO approach – so you can get more traffic and score highly in
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With newfound SEO knowledge you’ll learn from this video, you’ll be able to start improving many
aspects of your SEO strategy. You‘ll understand how search engines rank your website, and what
things you need to tweak to give your site the best chance in search. You’ll understand important
ranking factors, like page loading speed, and how to check it, and the crucial importance of getting
backlinks.
You’ll also discover why sending the right user signals is important if you want your pages to rank for
keywords in Google search. You’ll learn how to choose the best keywords for your topic, and how to
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This document provides a 7-step guide to successful SEO. It begins with an introduction that defines SEO and its importance for driving traffic. It explains that the two most important ranking factors are the quality of links to a page and site. The guide then covers each of the 7 steps: 1) setting goals and doing an audit, 2) making content discoverable, 3) on-page optimization, 4) creating content, 5) gaining quality links, 6) refining internal linking, and 7) using analytics. It emphasizes that SEO requires a proactive approach and focuses on quality over quantity. The landscape is always changing, so practitioners must stay up to date on algorithm updates.
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This document provides an introduction to search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and techniques. It defines SEO as the process of modifying websites to make them more search engine friendly. The document explains that SEO is important for driving website traffic from search engines. It outlines three key SEO techniques: identifying relevant keywords, optimizing page titles to include keywords, and ensuring unique page content to avoid duplication penalties. The goal of these techniques is to increase websites' rankings and visibility in search engine results pages.
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This document provides an introduction to search engine optimization (SEO) strategies and techniques. It defines SEO as the process of modifying a website to increase its search engine friendliness and rankings. The document outlines three important SEO techniques: identifying keywords, optimizing page titles, and ensuring unique content. It explains that page titles and keywords are crucial for search engine results, and duplicated content hurts a site's rankings. The goal of SEO is to gain more traffic from search engines through better optimization.
You will become aware of the issues that can adversely affect the position of your website in the search engine results. You will also learn about some the positive steps you can take to improve both your website and the linking to your website that over time will improve your website promotion within Google.By the end of the course you won’t necessarily know how to fix any outstanding issues but at least you will be aware that you do have outstanding issues on your website. A more detailed series of courses is available which will cover the actual techniques you need to implement in detail to really get the best out of your search engine optimisation efforts.
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SEO is important for any organization for several reasons:
1. SEO provides visibility, branding, and traffic to a website, which can lead to more qualified leads and customers.
2. High rankings from SEO give websites credibility in the eyes of searchers. They see top rankings as a vote of confidence.
3. SEO can have a better return on investment than traditional marketing methods like TV and print ads by bringing targeted traffic to an organization's website.
The document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO), including defining SEO, explaining the importance of SEO, describing the different types of SEO (on-page, off-page, technical), and summarizing some major updates to Google's algorithms. SEO involves optimizing websites and content to rank higher in search engine results and get more visitors from search engines by focusing on keywords, links, site speed and structure. The goal of SEO is to help websites be more discoverable online and improve organic traffic and sales.
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The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
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TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
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Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
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This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
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Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
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SEO Tutorial
1. SEO- Tutorial
SEO Tutorial
SEO - Beginner
SEO - Keyword Research
SEO - PageRank
On-Page SEO
SEO - Title Tag
SEO - Header & Bold
SEO - Keyword Use
SEO - Link Structure
Off-Page SEO
SEO - Anchor Text
SEO - Competitors
SEO - Site Targeting
SEO - Site Health
SEO - Link Building
SEO - Paid Links
Other SEO – Tools
2. SEO- Beginner
Search engine optimization (SEO) for beginners
You've finished your web design, uploaded your files, and set up your blog, but you're still not getting as
many visitors as you hoped for. What gives? Chances are you haven't started working on one of the
most important ways to market your site, Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
What SEO is
Search Engine Optimization refers to the collection of techniques and practices that allow a site to get
more traffic from search engines (Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft). SEO can be divided into two main
areas: off-page SEO (work that takes place separate from the website) and on-page SEO (website
changes to make your website rank better). This tutorial will cover both areas in detail! Remember, a
website is not fully optimized for search engines unless it employs both on and off-page SEO.
What SEO is not
SEO is not purchasing the number #1 sponsored link through Google Adwords and proclaiming that you
have a #1 ranking on Google. Purchasing paid placements on search engines is a type of Search Engine
Marketing (SEM), and is not covered in this tutorial.
SEO is not ranking #1 for your company's name. If you're reading this tutorial, you probably already
know that ranking for popular terms is darn near impossible, but specific terms, such as a company
name, is a freebie. The search engines usually are smart enough to award you that rank by default
(unless you are being penalized).
Who uses SEO
If a website is currently ranked #10 on Google for the search phrase, "how to make egg rolls," but wants
to rise to #1, this websites needs to consider SEO. Because search engines have become more and more
popular on the web, nearly anyone trying to get seen on the web can benefit from a little SEO loving.
SEO- Keywordresearch
Keyword research
Before you can start optimizing your site for the search engines, you must first know which terms you
want to target. A good start would be to choose 3 or 4 keywords you would like your website to rank
well for. With these keywords in your mind you can then set a goal to rank in the top 10 results on
Google for each of them (we refer to Google because if you can rank well there, you'll rank well on the
other search engines). These keywords can be either broad or specific, but you'll want to study our list
of pros and cons of each before choosing.
Broad keywords
A broad keyword is one that many people search for, because they may only have a vague idea of what
they're looking for. Broad keywords tend to be very short and aren't very specific (e.g. "shoes" or
"sports"). These keywords are difficult to rank #1 for because so many other websites might have an
article or two that mention shoes. However, if you can rank well for a broad keyword, you will be
receiving a great deal of traffic.
3. Summary: Hard to rank for, but worth it in the long run. We recommend that beginners only choose a
broad keyword if their industries are not very competitive.
Specific keywords
A specific keyword is something that contains many adjectives or words that make the search very
targeted. The people doing these types of searches know exactly what they want (e.g. "used black high
heel shoes"). These keywords are much less competitive and are easier to rank for on search engines.
The downside is that they receive a great deal less volume of searches per month. In terms of traffic,
you will need to have several #1 rankings for specific keywords to equal one #1 ranking broad keyword.
Summary: Easier to rank for and it's highly targeted traffic. The only downside is that the number of
visitors you will receive is relatively low.
Unique or branded keywords
These are the words that are specific to only your company. They are one of the most easiest ways to
get traffic. However, some companies will release a new product, with a unique name, and then forget
to optimize for that keyword on their website. Their SEO savvy competitors can then pick up the slack
and take over the top rankings for these terms. If you have a popular brand or product, make sure that
you have optimized for these freebie keywords.
Keyword research tools
Keyword research tools are 2 parts voodoo magic and 1 part hard statistic. This is partly due to Google
not releasing actual numbers and partly due to overeager SEO Tool developers trying to sell their
products. Because there is such a sizable uncertainty in all keyword research tools, it is best to use as
many different sources as you can,. Even with multiple sources, you should only take the information
you gather as a recommendation, rather than a fact.
Yahoo has been releasing their keyword search information for years, and many tools are based off of
this specific data. We've collected a wide variety of helpful tools that will give you a general idea of
which keywords you should target when making and optimizing your websites.
Picking a short list
To put the optimizing tactics that we teach to good use, we recommend that you try to target no more
than 2 or 3 keyword phrases per page. A common mistake by many SEO beginners is to stuff 500
different keywords on one page and wait for the #1 rankings to roll in. That might have worked 10 years
ago, but the algorithms that search engines use these days are much more sophisticated and are not
tricked by this. That's why it's best to start small, and be concise with the keywords that you choose.
New sites in particular will find it nearly impossible to rank well for many keyword phrases upon first
starting out.
SEO-Pagerank?
What is page rank?
Page Rank is a ranking system that previously was the foundation of the infamous search engine,
Google. When search engines were first developed, they ranked all websites equally and would return
results based only on the content and Meta tags the pages contained. At the time, however, the Page
Rank system would revolutionize search engine rankings by including one key factor: a site's authority.
4. To determine how important, or authoritative, a site was Google chose several big sites, such as
cnn.com, dmoz.org, and espn.com. These sites were clear authorities, and Google figured that if these
websites chose to link to another site (let's say site B), then site B would receive a piece of that site's
authority. If site B were to link to another site (how about C), then site C would also receive a piece of
authority, though much smaller.
Using this system of passing authority, Google would then count up how much authority a site had and
give it a Page Rank from 0 to 10. The Page Rank system has become more complicated since then, but
this is how it all started.
What’s my Page Rank?
If you would like to see what Page Rank your site has or other sites have, install Google's Toolbar.
Google has made a small green bar that starts at 0 page rank (a blank bar) all the way up to 10 (a full
green bar, which is 100% authoritative). It should be noted that the Page Rank shown in the toolbar is an
estimate released by Google, and it is only updated every 3 months or so.
Who uses Page Rank?
When Page Rank first came out, only Google was using the technology, but as other search engines have
seen how much it improved Google's accuracy, nearly every search engine has added the Page Rank
system in to be at least part of their algorithm. In the past, while many of the search engines were still
working on adding Page Rank to their search algorithm, some couldn't wait to make their own and
instead signed deals with Google to have them power their results (Yahoo did this for quite some time).
Apart from search engines, SEOs (Search Engine Optimization specialists), link buyers, webmasters,
marketers, and anyone interested in a site's value will often look to the Google Page Rank when trying
to quickly determine the importance of a site.
How important is Page Rank?
When Google was in its childhood, Page Rank was the single most important factor for ranking well.
However, as soon as the SEO community caught on to this, there was a great deal of people who found
ways to artificially boost their clients' Page Rank. Those sites became more authoritative than Google
thought they should be. Since then, Google and other search engines have constantly refined how
important Page Rank is, and its importance has definitely declined through the years.
One tactic Google uses is to update Google Toolbar Page Rank values four times a year instead of every
week, making it difficult for SEOs to know a site's real Page Rank. Another tactic is to prevent a site that
has been known to sell links from passing any of its Page Rank (authority) on to sites that it links to.
However, Google can't use that tactic too much because then they run the risk of preventing good sites
from being ranked as they should be.
This is a battle between Google and SEOs that will not be ending anytime soon!
Where do i get Page Rank for my site?
Now we've come to the part where you actually have to do work! It's tough, but getting a high Page
Rank for your site should definitely be part of your long term SEO strategy.
5. The only way to get Page Rank is to get a link from a site that already has Page Rank. This means that
getting a ton of links from Page Rank 0 sites will not help your score. However, a single link from a site
with a Page Rank 6 can immediately boost your site to a Page Rank 5 if the site is trusted by Google and
is not linking to a massive amount of other sites.
The process of increasing your Page Rank is directly tied to link acquisition. Link acquisition is getting
links from other sites, be it via natural or through link purchasing. We cover both of these topics in
greater detail, and you should read each lesson to learn more about the benefits and drawbacks of each.
Final thoughts: Page Rank
Although not nearly as important as it used to be, Page Rank can still be the deciding factor that bumps
your site to the top of the search engines. Not only that, but it is also a good indicator of which sites you
should spend your most time trying to get links from. Sites with a Page Rank 0 are either being punished
by Google, or just have an authority of zero, nada, zilch, bupkis, and generally not worth your time.
On-PageSEO
SEO-Titletag
SEO title tag
The first and most important part of your on-page SEO is the title tag (<title></title>). Many people who
outsource or create a site in a WYSIWYG editor completely forget about the last of the meta tags that
still gives some quality ranking love from search engines.
The benefits of using optimized title tags are three fold:
1. A user searching for your keyword will see your site's link highlighted in the search engines if
your page's title is the same as the phrase they searched for. This drastically increases click
through and can even give you more traffic than those who rank above you if their title tags are
not optimized.
2. Increase your rankings on the search engines.
3. Help the engines distinguish between pages that might look similar.
Higher click through rates
Search engine optimization isn't just about showing up number one on search engines. Rather, it's about
getting the all the traffic that you deserve from the search engines. If you rank #6 for "free hats" and you
and your competitors forget to include that in the page's title tag, chances are, the person doing the
search won't see much difference between your site and the others.
However, if you were to change your website's title text to target your most important keyword phrase
"free hats", then when someone completes the search for "free hats", they'd see your site show up in
bold. This technique will greatly increase the user's desire to view your site first, as your site looks much
more relevant and targeted.
6. Better rankings
All too often, people believe that the title tag is a place to list the business and domain name of the
website. This is wrong and is wasting one of the easiest ways you can tell the search engines what the a
page is about and how they should categorize it. While humans might not notice the title tag, search
engines certainly do.
Use this opportunity to choose the most important keyword that you want to go after and get the free
ranking boost that so many websites are missing out on. If you still want to include your domain or
name of the company, do it after your keyword, followed by a dash (e.g. "free hats -
hatsemporium.com") to show that your keyword is the most important.
Help the engines distinguish your pages
It's not easy being a search engine. They crawl the web day and night, taking the information from the
web and trying to categorize it in a useful manner so that users can find what they're looking for. Make
their job easier. Post clearly what the topic of each page is, using title tags, and help the search engine
to distinguish one page from another.
You may have two pages that are quite similar and it may require a little thought to point out how they
different. Don't make the search engines figure out for themselves because they might make a mistake.
Instead, make the decision for them. Spell the differences out for them and help your rankings in the
process. This is just one strategy in avoiding the duplicate content penalty, which we'll be getting into
greater depth later.
SEO-Headerandboldtags
SEO header and bold tags
Although the internet has changed a great deal in the last ten years, one thing that has remained status
quo is the way that webmasters designate topics and things of importance. Topics of a page are often
set with header tags <h1> though <h6>, while important items are put in bold to make sure that the
user noticed them. However, not just the user notices these attention-grabbing tags. Search engines
also use these as primary indicators of what a page is about and what content its creator thought was
most important.
Header tags - <h1> through <h6>
Header tags are a great way to help boost your search engine rankings. If you're creating a page about
"free hats" and would like to rank for it, there's nothing shady at all about including a nice big <h1>Free
Hats</h1> at the top of the page to make sure your users and the search engines know what your page's
subject is. However, as with other search engine strategies, it is important not to stuff too many
keywords into these tags. A good rule of thumb is to include no more than 3 or 4 <h1> tags per page,
and always have at least a paragraph or two of text between your header tags.
A page that consists entirely of header tags looks pretty spammy to search engines, and it isn't very
useful to your visitors.
Bold, italic, and emphasis
When you've used up your quota of header tags on the page, don't stress out. There are still plenty of
tools to target your keywords with. When mentioning your keywords throughout the page, it's helpful to
7. put them into italics, bold, or emphasis (<em>) to make sure the search engines know that these words
are important.
Often people use a lot of flash animations and CSS <span> tags to format text, but search engines don't
have an easy way of determining either of these. Why make the search engines work harder than they
need to? Use these basic HTML tags and help yourself (and the engines) out!
SEO-Keyworduse
SEO keyword use
So you've researched which keywords you want to target, but just putting the keywords in your <title>
and <h1> tags is not enough. If you stop there, you're not going to be able to cover all the bases or pull
in as much search traffic as you could. When doing on-page optimization for your selected keywords,
there are three things to take into consideration:
1. Keywords Density - How many times is your keyword mentioned on your site? If it's too much,
you'll look like a spammer; if it's too little, you won't look like a relevant match and the search
engines won't consider your site.
2. Keyword Variation - Altering versions of your keywords will help you capture hidden search
engine traffic.
3. Similar Keywords - These are closely related topics to your keywords that will aide the search
engines in correctly categorizing your traffic.
Keyword density
Although some SEOs will talk about aiming for an exact proportion (e.g. the number of times your
keyword appears divided by the total number of words on the page), it's a little too much work for
something that will take care of itself as long as you know how to write well! Use your keyword
frequently on your site, but not so much that it makes the page look weird or a sentence sound
awkward. If you just use the keyword once at the top of the page and then reference the keyword as
"it", for the rest of the article, you'll definitely be using it too little.
If you want some numbers, you should use your keyword at least three times on the page. This does not
include keyword variations.
Keyword variations
You may have found a couple of high traffic keywords using a keyword research tool, but those
estimates often group similar keywords, alternate spellings, and plurals into a single word. Valuable
traffic is hidden when using those tools. This hidden traffic lies in all the subtle variations of your
keyword that someone may search for.
Plurals - The easiest way to optimize your site is to include the plural version of your keyword at
least a couple of times on your page. Nearly every keyword can do this (instead of "free hat", try
"free hats").
Misspellings - Although it may make your site look a little unprofessional, including a very
common misspelling of your keyword is one of the easiest ways to rank #1 for that exact spelling
and get some free traffic. This is one of the fun things to experiment with after you've optimized
the rest of your site.
8. Acronyms - If your keyword is an acronym like SEO, write out the words completely (Search
Engine Optimization) so that you can target those people who do not know the acronym.
Similar keywords
If you're making a page to target "big hats," consider changing up the adjective "big" to its synonyms,
like "huge," "giant," "large," "humongous," or "oversized." You can also use the names of specific words
that relate to "big hats," like "cowboy hat" and "sombrero." By using this tactic, you give yourself a
chance to rank for those similar keywords, plus you let the search engines know more about your page
and what it's about. The more a search engine knows about your page, the better off you're going to be!
SEO–LinkStructure
SEO internal linking structure
The honest fact is, if company owners knew how important that the internal linking structure of a site
was to a site's performance on the search engines, they'd have multiple dedicated staff working just to
make sure they had it optimized 100%. This topic is a little advanced, but it's helpful to break the inner
linking structure down into three parts:
1. Page depth
2. Quantity of Internal Links
3. Quality of Internal Links
Page depth
Page depth refers to the number of required clicks to get to a page from the homepage. Pages that are
available in one click are deemed more important than those that are nearly hidden and require more
than 3 clicks to reach. It might seem a little strange, but if you can visualize your website in a tree graph,
you will easily notice why certain pages are performing poorly in the search engines.
By organizing your site in this format, you can see which pages are getting a lot of page depth love and
which are hurting. If you have a lot of worthless pages and few important product pages, you might take
this opportunity to restructure your site.
Quantity of internal links
This point is simple; the more internal links you have that point to a certain page, the more important
search engines believe that page to be. A common page that ranks well on almost every site is the
homepage. This point will continue to be true for many years because nearly every webmaster programs
their site so that every page has a link back to the homepage.
So how do make your other pages benefit from this? Does that mean you should have every page on
your site include a link to EVERY SINGLE PAGE in your site? No. That's an obvious red flag to search
engines, and you'll be seen as a spammer if your site has a couple of paragraphs and then 500 links to
every other page on your site.
A better strategy would to have a "Top Products" section that includes a link to pages you want to
receive the most link love. Another strategy is to have a link for each of the major areas of your site. This
will help give those areas a lot of link love, and in turn, they'll be able to get more link love to the pages
contained within them.
9. Quality of internal links
Just including a bunch of internal links to an important page is not enough; they also need to be high
quality links. For your most important pages, make sure the links they receive have as many of the
following criterion as possible:
1. Anchor Text - If you're targeting a certain keyword(or keywords) make sure the internal links
have the keyword in the anchor text. Also, bonus points for using slightly altered anchor text
throughout your site.
2. Link Position - The higher a link occurs in the HTML, the better. If you link to "cowboy hats" at
the top of the page, but "sombreros" towards the bottom of the page, search engines are going
to view the link to "cowboy hats" as more valuable than the link to "sombreros."
3. Link Zone - The best scenario for link love is to link from one page to a highly-related page. The
closer the subjects of each are in topic, the higher the amount of link love that will be
transferred. For example, it is better to link form a page about "cowboy boots" to a page about
"cowboy hats" than it is to link from a page about "tacos" to a page about "cowboy hats." This
doesn't mean you shouldn't include links on pages that are different, but just keep in mind that
the link love will not be as strong as it could be.
Off–PageSEO
SEO-Anchortext
Anchor text
Simply getting links from many other websites is not enough for your website to rank well in the search
engines. The quality of your anchor text will play a huge factor in ranking your pages for specific
keywords, especially competitive ones.
What is anchor text?
Anchor text refers to the words that make up a link; they are the words that turn your mouse cursor into
a finger-pointing hand. For example, in the sentence, "I really like to go to this store," "this store" is
anchor text for the link.
Why is anchor text important?
Search engines gather data by traveling around the web via links, jumping from page to page. Links are
the lifeblood of a search engine and are used as key indicators for identifying the topics of the pages
they're about to go to. If 100 sites link to a site with the link "Texas Architect" or similar words, the
search engine can be fairly confident that the site is about an architect in Texas.
Targeted keywords
If you want a page to rank for a keyword that is particularly difficult, be sure to focus on getting the
keyword in your anchor text. Many newbie’s will request links to the page they're trying to boost and
forget about the anchor text. While getting links to the page is most certainly going to help, you should
try to get at least part of your keyword into the anchor text whenever you get the chance.
10. Varying anchor text slightly
Imagine this scenario: you know which keyword you want to target, and you're starting to get links with
the desired keyword. That's great, but you should be careful about getting too many links that look
exactly the same. If you have 99% of the links that are pointing to your page with "Rocky Mountain
Oysters," that will send up a red flag at Google that these links probably are not normal links. This is bad!
You don't want to make Google suspicious.
Instead, when you request other people to link to your page, ask for variations of that keyword, such as:
"Rocky Mountain Oyster", "Alternative Oysters," "Rocky Mountain Festivals," "Rocky Mountain Foods,"
and so on. It is because people have exploited anchor text in the past that you have to be careful about
the way you do it today.
Keywords and URL alignment
When getting all of these links with the desired anchor text, make sure that you're linking to the correct
page, as a very common mistake to simply link to the homepage (www.example.com) instead of the
page that should be getting the link (www.example.com/rocky-mountains/oysters.php).
SEO-Competitors
Researching competitors
The internet is a great place for someone to make their fortune, but the secret is out. It is now unlikely
that you will be able to get to the top of the search engines without first clawing your way through a
crowd of competitors. The trick to making this journey easier to educate yourself on your competitors
and taking advantage of any opportunities you uncover.
Known competitors
If your website isn't a unique idea, you probably already know of a couple other companies that are
doing what you're doing. For example, if you are starting a web design company, you can do a quick
Google search and see that there are easily over a million sites, but that doesn't mean it's impossible for
you to rank well. If you refine the search down to the city you live in, the number of sites is a great deal
smaller and from there you can begin to develop a strategy. Write down your top competitors, and let's
further research how you're going to beat them.
Who ranks well for your keywords?
Do a Google search for your most desired keywords, and pay attention to who is showing up in the top
10 results for each. Is there one company that is dominating the search listings? Are there certain sites
that seem to rank well for one topic, but poorly for others? On your competitor list, make a note next to
the companies that are the strongest. Just by attempting to compete with the big boys, you will find you
will get a great deal of search engine traffic that you never had before.
What is the Page Rank and Alexa rank?
What Page Ranks do your competitor’s homepage have? If your site is a Page Rank 1 and your
competitors' are a Page Rank 9, there's no way in hell you're going to be ranking above them in the
foreseeable future. However, if you're a Page Rank 4 and they're a Page Rank 6, with a little dedication,
you'll be able to chip away at that gap and eventually pass them with a long-term plan.
11. Alexa ranks are a completely different beast. A site may rank 100,000, and yours may rank 800,000, but
your site may very well receive more traffic that the other does. This is because Alexa gathers data from
users who have decided to install the Alexa toolbar on their browser. So, if a site has a group of Alexa
users that happen to frequent their site, their site will be artificially inflated. If the Alexa rank is in the
top 100,000 there is a fair amount of data gathered and you can be more confident in Alexa's results.
How many links do they have?
Now that you know which of your competitors are strongest, you need to find out how they got so
strong. Do a Google search for the website's name (make sure you do the search in the form
"domain.com" and not just "domain," to eliminate a lot of false results). The results will show a rough
number of how many links your competitor has. If it's a huge number, sit down, take a breath, and let's
see how you're going to compete.
You can also use the link: command (search Google using the form "link: domain.com") and the link
popularity checker to see how big a site is on the engines. None of these tools are exact, but if you use a
few sources, you'll have a pretty good idea of a competitor's web presence.
Decide to fight or flight
Now that you've seen some rough estimates of the strength of your key competitors, it's time to take a
real look at the work ahead of you. Do you have a chance to compete with the big boys? Are there no
big boys and all you need are just a few links to overpower your rivals with?
Consider the data and think about whether you're OK working long hours to slowly work your way up to
your competitors, or if you'd rather do SEO as an afterthought and just continue to have fun making
your website. You might also decide that you've chosen the wrong industry and start looking for a new
industry to compete in!
If you want to run, then come back when you've got a new idea. However, if you're ready to fight, read
on!
SEO-SiteTargeting
Targeting sites
If you want to rank well for a specific keyword, especially a competitive keyword, you can go about it the
old-fashioned way and try to get links from anyone you can and slowly move up the rankings ladder. Or,
you can use these high-powered techniques to quickly gain authority in the eyes of Google.
Research your competitors, and get a link from the top 100 sites that link to them.
Search Google for your keywords, and do your best to secure links from those sites in the top
100 for your keywords.
Get links from your competitors!
Copy your competitors
When you do a search for your rival's website, competitor.com, you'll find out the most authoritative
sites that mention your competitor. Visit these sites and decide if it would be possible for you to get a
link from those sites. If it's a review site, it may be as easy as sending a free product for review to the
owner. If it's a forum or wiki, it may be just as easy as adding your link.
12. Don't do this all at once! Make a note of all the sites you would like to get a link from, and slowly acquire
links over an extended amount of time. There is no set time period, but try to spread it over at least a 6
month period.
Searching for SEO
Often, the best way of finding a solid place to get links from is as simple as going over to Google and
typing in your exact keyword. You may think this is crazy and that there's no way you'd be able to get a
link from someone who is ranking well for your desired keyword, but you'd be surprised just how many
website owners care nothing for SEO and will be more than happy to link to your site (as long as your
site is valuable to their visitors).
Obviously, the higher a site ranks for the keyword, the better it is to get a link from them. And if you can
somehow pull it off, getting a link from their page, the one that's ranking well on Google for that
keyword would be priceless.
Get a link from competitors
Gets a link from a competitor using your nicest greeting and biggest smile! Many competitors will be up
for a link exchange, but if you have some unique pieces of content that your competitors don't, you may
be able to get one of those precious one-way links!
SEO–SiteHealth
Diagnosing a site's health
While any link is a good link, not all links are created equal. Here are a few of the key factors that go into
deciding how healthy a site is, and in turn, how powerful a link from them will be for your SEO needs.
What is the page rank?
What's the Page Rank of the page that is linking to you? What are the Page Ranks of some of its
subpages that link to other sites? Install the Google Toolbar to find out. While some websites may have
very high Page Ranks for their homepage, the other pages on their site may have a much lower Page
Rank. Pay attention to the specific page that will be linking to you when considering how good a site's
Page Rank actually is.
Cache status
Does the site have an up-to-date entry inside of Google's cache? You can check by searching Google
with the command "cache: example.com". A site that doesn't have an up-to-date cache is often a red
flag that there is something wrong with a search engine's ability to crawl that site.
Link popularity
How many entries does the site have? What is its link popularity? Use Marketleap's Link Popularity
Checker to get some quick and dirty facts about a site's web presence.
Number of outbound links
Does their links page already have a ton of links on it? The more links they have, the less link love your
site will receive. Also, are there a lot of sponsored links to unrelated sites like sites about gambling,
pharmacies, or adult content? These can also devalue a site's ability to pass on link value.
13. Age of site
How long has a site been registered for? Usually, it's best to get links from sites that have been around
for more than two years, as search engines tend to be a little less trusting of brand new domains. You
can check how long a website has been around by going to the WaybackMachine and seeing when the
earliest entry for the domain was.
SEO-LinkBuilding
Link building
The most important part of any SEO campaign is getting more links to point to your site. Links really are
the measure of power on the internet, as a site with bad content but a lot of links will outrank a
beautiful, relevant, site with great content but no links...everytime.
So, you know you want links, but what's the best way to go about getting them?
Get links from sites in your industry
Have links point to deep URLs on your site
Don't do it all at once; do it over time
Consider paid links and organic links
Get links from related sites
When building your site's authority on the web, you should always be striving to get links from sites that
are in the same industry as you. Google tends to give more weight to links that are in the same industry,
especially when the link is from a site that Google views as an authority (a Pagerank over 6).
Don't worry about only getting links from sites that are in your vertical, but if you have a choice between
a link from a general blog and a blog that specializes in your industry, always go with the industry related
site first!
Get deep links
When acquiring links from other sites, don't just have the link point to your homepage
(http://www.example.com). Instead have them point to the content pages that you would like to have
rank better in the search engines. By getting a link that point directly to a content page, you are showing
the engines:
This site contains useful content
This exact content page is seen as important by someone else on the internet
The more links you get pointing to a specific content page, the more the search engines are going to
believe that the content page is something special and should be ranked at the top of the results.
Pace yourself!
Although any link is a good link, getting 10,000 links in a week is not as beneficial as getting 10,000 links
over the span of 6 months. When a site suddenly gets a ton of links, this throws up a red flag at the
search engines that the site may be trying to cheat its way to the top. There are exceptions, but it is best
to take a long-term approach when acquiring links for your site, especially if your site is less than two
years old (another red flag).
14. Have a plan of how many links you want to get and then work on that plan a few hours a week for
several months. This way you can show the search engines that your site is gradually growing in
popularity and is regularly receiving new back links (the best indicator of a good site!).
Consider paid links
Getting someone to link to you for free can sometimes be hard, especially if you're in a competitive
industry where people have so many other choices of sites to link to. If this is the case, you may consider
buying a certain amount of links every month. To read more on this, check out our paid links lesson to
see the latest ways to go about this.
SEO-PaidLinks
SEO - paid links
Debating about whether purchasing links, reviews, considerations, etc. is ethical or not is something
we'll leave up the individual. Search engines would prefer that all links are natural, but the fact of the
matter is that a substantial number of the links on the internet have been paid for in one way or
another. Be sure to check out Google's official policy on paid links.
That aside, let’s talks about the different kinds of paid links you have access to and some strategies for
getting the best bang for your buck.
Permanent vs. temporary links
The most temporary a link can be is a paid placement on a search engine. When you sign up with
Microsoft, Yahoo, or Google to pay for an advertisement spot for a given keyword, you are not buying a
link; you are buying a paid listing in the search results that is not guaranteed to even show up. Search
engines do not index these links, and they are completely ignored when they are determining how much
of an authority your site is. This is a common misconception among newbies, and you should be glad
that you won't be wasting any money on your SEO efforts purchasing paid placements on the big search
engines.
Moving away from search engines, however, most websites allow you to purchase a monthly text link or
banner placement in a designated "sponsor" section. While this type of temporary link might give you
some good click through traffic, the benefit in terms of SEO is limited. Search engines can take months
before they credit your site with the new link, so if you only purchase a one month placement, you'll
probably not see a change in your rankings. For SEO purposes, try to keep a link for at least three
months before deciding if it's worth keeping.
On the flip side, a permanent link might be a placement in a website's link section, a review on a blog, or
even a new topic posted on a forum. These links are typically forever, unless a site is taken offline
(happens more than you'll like) or the site is sold and redone. These nearly-permanent links are the best
for SEO and are key to building up your site's authority with the search engines in the long-term.
Where to buy links
There are several places to buy links. Some types of purchasable links have been around for years, and
others are quite new. Expect to see this list change in the future, as it's one of the more volatile parts of
SEO there is.
15. Directories
Forum Signatures
Text Link Ads
Blog Reviews
Directly Contacting a Webmaster
Directories
There are literally millions of directories that you can submit your website to. Not only that, but there
are services out there that will automatically submit your site to hundreds of directories, for a fee. These
directories and services are, for the most part, worthless. The search engines caught on long ago to the
people mass-submitting to directories, and now, only a select few directories pass on the link love they
used to.
It should be noted that directories which are easy to get into are most likely going to contain a great
deal of poor-quality sites. When the search engines figure out that a directory is not filtering
submissions, the value of the link will be worth next to nothing. This is why we recommend that you
focus on the three directories listed below (or niche directories for your industry). Avoid low quality
general directories!
Dmoz
Viewed as the golden child of Google, the Dmoz directory has often been the source of much anger and
frustration from webmasters trying to get their site listed in this king of directories. Although the value
of a link has decreased over the years, a link from dmoz.org can still significantly affect your search
rankings. To be listed on Dmoz all, you need to do is navigate to a category related to your site and
submit a free submission.
However, don't expect an immediate response. Dmoz is notorious for being slow to add links (and
sometimes never) for a variety of reasons they probably won't tell you. Also, if you resubmit your site to
a category you are often placed at the end of the queue, so don't submit more than once a year and
hope for the best!
Best of the web
One of the oldest sites on the net, Best of the Web has been around since 1994 and is pretty strict about
who they let into their directory. To be considered for a listing you must pay a fee. They also have two
different types of payment plans: annual or lifetime. If you're serious about your site being successful on
the search engines, pay the lifetime fee, as it will pay for itself soon enough.
Yahoo
Yahoo's directory is similar to Best of the Web, but the quality is a little less. However, all search engines
still consider this a valuable directory and a listing here will definitely boost your rankings.
Forum signatures
Forums are a great source of traffic and link love for sites that are just starting out. First you need to find
a forum that supports links in the signature, and then you simply have to post on the forums to get links.
Another option is to sponsor a member of that forum in exchange for them including a link to your
website. However, it should be noted that some forums do not allow this, and you should research this
issue before investing any money.
16. Important note: Some forums have a system where links are automatically marked with the attribute
"no follow", which means that they are marking the links as untrusted. Read up on our no follow lesson
to see how this will affect the link love you receive from that site.
Text link ads
Although this isn't exactly a permanent form of advertising, these types of links tend to be a bit more
below the radar than a typical site sponsorship deal. There are several text link ad brokers that have a
network of sites that are willing to put text links on their website in return for a monthly fee. At some of
these sites you can even get placed on a single page on the site, rather than on every page (this is good
because then your link doesn't look like a normal sponsored link!).
Blog reviews
With the rise of blogging popularity, it was obvious that something was going to come along to allow the
massive amount of bloggers to make an extra buck. Well, there is a new option for bloggers to make
money using ReviewMe, Sponsored Review, PayPerPost, and V7NContextual. All of these sites have a
network of bloggers that are waiting to make a post for your company if you're willing to pay a fee.
These posts can range from a full review of your product to a simple mention of your website in a post
that's about the industry you work in.
These links are forever, but make sure you don't purchase links from blogs that have too many paid
posts. The search engines are getting better at sniffing these sites out and will often penalize these
blogs, preventing them from giving out link love if all they do is post sponsored reviews.
Directly contacting a webmaster
Often, the best way to get a nice link on a website is to talk to the owner of the website directly. By
doing this, you can select sites that do not have a great deal of paid links already, and you can get a
whole bunch of value at a reasonable price. The downside to this approach is that it takes more time
and effort than it does going through another company that has streamlined the process for you.
SEOTools
SEO tools
There are a lot of repetitive tasks to be done when optimizing your site for the search engines. To make
your life easier, we've compiled a list of the most popular SEO Tools (nearly all 100% free) and
categorized them into the following:
Keyword Discovery - Find popular keywords that your site should be targeting.
Keyword Volume - Estimate how much search traffic a specific keyword receives each month.
Keyword Density - Analyze how well a specific webpage is targeting a keyword.
Back link Trackers - Keep track of how many sites are linking to you.
Site Popularity - Determine how popular your site is on the internet.
Keyword Rankings - Track of your site's rankings for a keyword in the search engines.
Firefox Add-ons - Install these Add-ons to turn your browser into an SEO research powerhouse.
17. Keyword discovery
Before you can begin to optimize your site for search engines, you must first know which keywords you
are going after. Use these tools to find which things people are searching for in your industry!
Google Ad words - Google's tool is probably the easiest to use and maybe the best if you think
about the fact that Google is the most used search engine in the world (meaning they have
access to the most data).
Ad Center Keyword Group Detection - Microsoft's unique tool that will analyze a word or phrase
that you give it and determine related phrases.
Term Extractor - This tool will take a URL that you give it and return the relevant keywords from
that page. It might be smart to insert an article about your industry and see what keywords
they're using.
Key Compete - This program finds out what terms a site is advertising on with their Pay Per Click
campaigns. Let them continue to pay for those keywords while you work on ranking #1 in the
search engines and getting all your traffic for free!
Popular Searches - If you have no idea what you want to have your site be about, consider using
this tool which keeps track of the most popular search terms overall.
Keyword volume
Almost as important as knowing what people are searching for is determining how many people are
searching for it. Use these tools to get a rough estimate of the number of people searching for a
keyword or phrase.
Google Adwords External Tool - This has become a lot more helpful, as it now displays the actual
volume of searches in a month.
SEO Book Keyword Suggestion Tool - This tool uses word tracker's API to get the estimated
number of searches a keyword receives on each search engine (Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo).
Keyword density
Term Target - This tool takes a URL and the keyword you're attempting to target and returns a
letter score (A-F) on how well you have done. Fun, but it's hard to determine exactly how
accurate it is as the search engines have not released their formulas for dterming how relevant
pages are for a given keyword.
Back link tracker
Site Explorer - Yahoo's extensive back link tracker tool. It has become the first choice of many
who like to keep an eye on who's linking to them and how many links they have.
Keyword Ranking - Digital point’s keyword tracking tool also has an option for you to look at
how many back links your site has. It's a little hard to find, but it's there.
Google "link:" query prepend - By typing "link:" followed by a domain name like espn.com, you
can see a sample of back links that Google knows link to that site. It should be noted that this is
only a sample, not a complete list.
Domain Stats - Looks at the top three search engines to see how many back links to your site are
showing up in for each.
Back link Analyzer - Currently in beta, this is something that you have to install on your
computer. It is a computer application that does not run through a website and you can feel
safer that no one is spying on your data.
18. Site popularity
Alexa - Using toolbars installed on people's browsers, Alexa measures how popular your site is
compared to every other site on the web. It tends to be accurate only for sites in the top
100,000.
Trifecta - Determines how strong your page is based on several factors, such as: age of domain,
page rank, back links and a few more metrics.
Keyword rankings
Rank Checker - Keeps track of your ranks in the search engines without sharing it with anyone
but yourself. However, you do have to download it and install it to your computer.
Keyword Rankings - One of the first popular keyword trackers out there. It will tell you your
daily, weekly, and monthly changes for each term that you enter. It also has a nice graph feature
so you can see your progress graphically!
Rank Checker - A very unique name and it does what it says.
Firefox Add-ons
SEO for FireFox - An extension for your browser that changes your Google search results into
MIT dissertation. Well maybe not that awesome, but it really does give you a lot of information
relevant to why certain sites are showing up in the top 10 results of Google and what kind of
competition you'd experience trying to get into those ranks. Also nice ways to find sites that are
using the nofollow attribute.
Grease monkey - Used by more advanced users who would like to create their own scripts or
use other Grease monkey scripts for SEO purposes.
Other
Google Analytics - Although this isn't really related to SEO, Google Analytics has a section that
displays all the search terms that your visitors used to get to your site.
Advanced Google Searches - A bunch of advanced Google searches that are done automatically
with this nifty little tool.
Crawl Test - Looks at a given URL to check for any common problems that might prevent your
site being crawled properly by a search engine.
Google Webmaster Tools - A decent collection of tools from Google that also will notify you if
your website is being penalized (if you verify yourself as the site owner).
SEO Toolbox - A bunch of random tools from SEOmoz.