The document discusses technical SEO tips provided by Andrew Isidoro, a technical SEO expert. It begins with introductions and definitions of technical SEO as optimizations that users cannot see in source code. It then provides several tips for technical SEO including using XML sitemaps and image/video sitemaps to submit content to search engines, modeling site structures, optimizing page speed by reducing page weight, analyzing server logs to improve crawlability, using canonical tags and redirects properly, and implementing semantic markup with schemas.
Paid Traffic with WordPress PPC Hacks - by Peter Mead for BigDigital 2016Peter Mead
If you want Paid Traffic and you use WordPress, here's a buch of PPC Hacks - This talk was given by Peter Mead at the BigDigital Conference in Adelaide 2016
Lightning Talk: The History of SEO (in 3 Minutes) | Cardiff SEO MeetSteve Morgan
On 17th November 2016 I did a lightning talk to raise money for charity. The talk covered 20 historical milestones in the history of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), including various Google updates and products being launched. Every 9 seconds the slides would auto-rotate, making talking about each one all the more challenging...!
Dading ITC BVBA en Brussel over Offerfeest 2016Thierry Debels
Volgens de overeenkomst van dading gesloten op 29 november 2016 heeft de BVBA ITC erkend dat de falende uitvoering van de dienstenopdracht nr. MP/2016/01/offerfeest volledig aan haar kan worden toegeschreven.
Paid Traffic with WordPress PPC Hacks - by Peter Mead for BigDigital 2016Peter Mead
If you want Paid Traffic and you use WordPress, here's a buch of PPC Hacks - This talk was given by Peter Mead at the BigDigital Conference in Adelaide 2016
Lightning Talk: The History of SEO (in 3 Minutes) | Cardiff SEO MeetSteve Morgan
On 17th November 2016 I did a lightning talk to raise money for charity. The talk covered 20 historical milestones in the history of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), including various Google updates and products being launched. Every 9 seconds the slides would auto-rotate, making talking about each one all the more challenging...!
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Volgens de overeenkomst van dading gesloten op 29 november 2016 heeft de BVBA ITC erkend dat de falende uitvoering van de dienstenopdracht nr. MP/2016/01/offerfeest volledig aan haar kan worden toegeschreven.
Programmatic SEO: How to Dominate SEO Like TripAdvisor, Yelp and ZillowBernard Huang
Last updated 5/15/17. How do you use unique data to create SEO-driven landing pages? Programmatic SEO (large websites, 25k+ URLs) presentation for 500 Startups Distro Dojo Toronto by Mushi Labs.
Topics covered include:
* What is programmatic SEO?
* Elements of programmatic SEO
* SEO Research & discovery
* Commonly overlooked technical mistakes
* Does Google actually like your content?
* How to fix your SEO content woes
* Recommended SEO Tools
The State of Pagination & Infinite Scroll - BrightonSEO April 2019 - Adam GentDeepCrawl
The State of Pagination and Infinite Scroll on the Web by Adam Gent
A deep dive into the current implementations of pagination and infinite scroll across the web, and how sites can achieve technical excellence when creating a paginated series on mobile and desktop websites.
The State of the Web: Pagination and Infinite ScrollAdam Gent
Providing recommendations on how to optimize pagination (post rel=next and rel=prev) based on results of testing pagination and infinite scroll in the wild.
SEO 101: How to Get Started Winning Google Search TrafficBernard Huang
Last updated 3/27/17 - Learn how to start winning in SEO. Here's a talk I gave at the 500 Startups Marketing Hell Week for Batch #18, #19, #20:
Topics covered include:
* State of SEO in 2017
* Should you do SEO?
* How to set up your relevant SEO accounts
* How to do keyword research
* On-site content considerations
* Top on-site technical considerations
* Anddddd, off-site hacking (backlinks)
* Recommended SEO tools
Do you want to drive more traffic to your website using Search Engine Optimization - but don't know what to do? Join Wendy and June from bWyse to learn everything you ever wanted to know about Search Engine Optimization, but didn't know who to ask! Register to attend our FREE webinar and learn SEO techniques you can implement.
At the end of our edutainment workshop you will:
· understand your best keywords to use
· know the meta data for each website page
· understand all on-page elements to improve ranking
· be able to incorporate other important SEO techniques!
· And much, much more!
A perfect place for beginners – you will leave with the ability to make improvements to your website right away!
In the ever changing Google algorithms' world, you need to be up-to-dated to take the lead and outrace your competition. Find out what's the most important from the perspective of developers team when building a highly successful e-commerce businesses.
- Why to use SSL and how to be good for the Crawler
- Picking perfect link structure
- Mind the 'duplicated content' trap
- What should you know about meta tags
- Use canonical to promote your finest content
- The common mistake on uploading pictures
- How to use a tool almost nobody take advantage of
This is a part of Mirumee Talks — an engineering meetup that is free for everyone to come and enjoy. We love sharing what we know and what we are currently up to our in the techy trenches. Talk. Share. Learn.
Technical SEO for WordPress Developers, Designers and WebmastersHenry Visotski
Whether you build websites, manage them, or write web content, this presentation is full of actionable tips and standards. Includes an extensive WordPress section.
Good SEO takes experience, a keen interest and a sixth sense to get right. In this presentation we explore quick win tips for SEO that make a difference.
For more, take a look at the blog post: http://builtvisible.com/low-effort-big-return-marketing/
Stress-free Website Redesign for Search and Social - MozinarYo! Yo! SEO
Dana Lookadoo's Mozinar covers 5 Steps to Dot Calm that walk you through a process for little loss in rankings and traffic from a site redesign or migration. Highlights include:
* What to expect with a site redesign
* Goal setting & data collection
* Auditing the current site
* Personas & surveying your audience
* Keyword strategy, IA, content & design
* SEO-friendly CMS & WordPress plugins
* QA, testing & launch “gotchas”
* Looking good in social
* BONUS: Free Excel worksheets!
So get ready for 138 slides of redesign goodness!
PageRank Sculpting with Nofollow Revisited - Adam Audette, SMX East 2009Adam Audette
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Content Audit Webinar with Everett & URL ProfilerGoInflow
This deck was presented in a webinar by Everett Sizemore of Inflow with Q&A participation from Gareth Brown and Patrick Hathaway from URL Profiler. Learn more about content audits here: http://www.goinflow.com/digital-content-audits-seo-inbound-marketing/
Technical SEO for large eCommerce websitesSerenaPearson2
How do you approach auditing large websites where you just can’t crawl everything? This talk covers where to start, how to prioritise your efforts, and convince stakeholders to implement your recommendations so your emails don’t die in the spam folder.
In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Programmatic SEO: How to Dominate SEO Like TripAdvisor, Yelp and ZillowBernard Huang
Last updated 5/15/17. How do you use unique data to create SEO-driven landing pages? Programmatic SEO (large websites, 25k+ URLs) presentation for 500 Startups Distro Dojo Toronto by Mushi Labs.
Topics covered include:
* What is programmatic SEO?
* Elements of programmatic SEO
* SEO Research & discovery
* Commonly overlooked technical mistakes
* Does Google actually like your content?
* How to fix your SEO content woes
* Recommended SEO Tools
The State of Pagination & Infinite Scroll - BrightonSEO April 2019 - Adam GentDeepCrawl
The State of Pagination and Infinite Scroll on the Web by Adam Gent
A deep dive into the current implementations of pagination and infinite scroll across the web, and how sites can achieve technical excellence when creating a paginated series on mobile and desktop websites.
The State of the Web: Pagination and Infinite ScrollAdam Gent
Providing recommendations on how to optimize pagination (post rel=next and rel=prev) based on results of testing pagination and infinite scroll in the wild.
SEO 101: How to Get Started Winning Google Search TrafficBernard Huang
Last updated 3/27/17 - Learn how to start winning in SEO. Here's a talk I gave at the 500 Startups Marketing Hell Week for Batch #18, #19, #20:
Topics covered include:
* State of SEO in 2017
* Should you do SEO?
* How to set up your relevant SEO accounts
* How to do keyword research
* On-site content considerations
* Top on-site technical considerations
* Anddddd, off-site hacking (backlinks)
* Recommended SEO tools
Do you want to drive more traffic to your website using Search Engine Optimization - but don't know what to do? Join Wendy and June from bWyse to learn everything you ever wanted to know about Search Engine Optimization, but didn't know who to ask! Register to attend our FREE webinar and learn SEO techniques you can implement.
At the end of our edutainment workshop you will:
· understand your best keywords to use
· know the meta data for each website page
· understand all on-page elements to improve ranking
· be able to incorporate other important SEO techniques!
· And much, much more!
A perfect place for beginners – you will leave with the ability to make improvements to your website right away!
In the ever changing Google algorithms' world, you need to be up-to-dated to take the lead and outrace your competition. Find out what's the most important from the perspective of developers team when building a highly successful e-commerce businesses.
- Why to use SSL and how to be good for the Crawler
- Picking perfect link structure
- Mind the 'duplicated content' trap
- What should you know about meta tags
- Use canonical to promote your finest content
- The common mistake on uploading pictures
- How to use a tool almost nobody take advantage of
This is a part of Mirumee Talks — an engineering meetup that is free for everyone to come and enjoy. We love sharing what we know and what we are currently up to our in the techy trenches. Talk. Share. Learn.
Technical SEO for WordPress Developers, Designers and WebmastersHenry Visotski
Whether you build websites, manage them, or write web content, this presentation is full of actionable tips and standards. Includes an extensive WordPress section.
Good SEO takes experience, a keen interest and a sixth sense to get right. In this presentation we explore quick win tips for SEO that make a difference.
For more, take a look at the blog post: http://builtvisible.com/low-effort-big-return-marketing/
Stress-free Website Redesign for Search and Social - MozinarYo! Yo! SEO
Dana Lookadoo's Mozinar covers 5 Steps to Dot Calm that walk you through a process for little loss in rankings and traffic from a site redesign or migration. Highlights include:
* What to expect with a site redesign
* Goal setting & data collection
* Auditing the current site
* Personas & surveying your audience
* Keyword strategy, IA, content & design
* SEO-friendly CMS & WordPress plugins
* QA, testing & launch “gotchas”
* Looking good in social
* BONUS: Free Excel worksheets!
So get ready for 138 slides of redesign goodness!
PageRank Sculpting with Nofollow Revisited - Adam Audette, SMX East 2009Adam Audette
A presentation I did at SMX East in October of 2009, wherein I describe why PageRank sculpting with nofollow is a technique that I don't endorse. It's always sucked. Sort of like Nickelback.
Content Audit Webinar with Everett & URL ProfilerGoInflow
This deck was presented in a webinar by Everett Sizemore of Inflow with Q&A participation from Gareth Brown and Patrick Hathaway from URL Profiler. Learn more about content audits here: http://www.goinflow.com/digital-content-audits-seo-inbound-marketing/
Technical SEO for large eCommerce websitesSerenaPearson2
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In this presentation, Danny Leibrandt explains the impact of AI on SEO and what Google has been doing about it. Learn how to take your SEO game to the next level and win over Google with his new strategy anyone can use. Get actionable steps to rank your name, your business, and your clients on Google - the right way.
Key Takeaways:
1. Real content is king
2. Find ways to show EEAT
3. Repurpose across all platforms
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
When most people in the industry talk about online or digital reputation management, what they're really saying is Google search and PPC. And it's usually reactive, left dealing with the aftermath of negative information published somewhere online. That's outdated. It leaves executives, organizations and other high-profile individuals at a high risk of a digital reputation attack that spans channels and tactics. But the tools needed to safeguard against an attack are more cybersecurity-oriented than most marketing and communications professionals can manage. Business leaders Leaders grasp the importance; 83% of executives place reputation in their top five areas of risk, yet only 23% are confident in their ability to address it. To succeed in 2024 and beyond, you need to turn online reputation on its axis and think like an attacker.\
Key Takeaways:
- New framework for examining and safeguarding an online reputation
- Tools and techniques to keep you a step ahead
- Practical examples that demonstrate when to act, how to act and how to recover
AI-Powered Personalization: Principles, Use Cases, and Its Impact on CROVWO
In today’s era of AI, personalization is more than just a trend—it’s a fundamental strategy that unlocks numerous opportunities.
When done effectively, personalization builds trust, loyalty, and satisfaction among your users—key factors for business success. However, relying solely on AI capabilities isn’t enough. You need to anchor your approach in solid principles, understand your users’ context, and master the art of persuasion.
Join us as Sarjak Patel and Naitry Saggu from 3rd Eye Consulting unveil a transformative framework. This approach seamlessly integrates your unique context, consumer insights, and conversion goals, paving the way for unparalleled success in personalization.
Financial curveballs sent many American families reeling in 2023. Household budgets were squeezed by rising interest rates, surging prices on everyday goods, and a stagnating housing market. Consumers were feeling strapped. That sentiment, however, appears to be waning. The question is, to what extent?
To take the pulse of consumers’ feelings about their financial well-being ahead of a highly anticipated election, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey. The survey highlights consumers’ hopes and anxieties as we move into 2024. Let's unpack the key findings to gain insights about where we stand.
It's another new era of digital and marketers are faced with making big bets on their digital strategy. If you are looking at modernizing your tech stack to support your digital evolution, there are a few can't miss (often overlooked) areas that should be part of every conversation. We'll cover setting your vision, avoiding siloes, adding a democratized approach to data strategy, localization, creating critical governance requirements and more. Attendees will walk away with actions they can take into initiatives they are running today and consider for the future.
5 big bets to drive growth in 2024 without one additional marketing dollar AND how to adapt to the biggest shifting eCommerce trend- AI.
1) Romance Your Customers - Retention
2) ‘Alternative’ Lead Gen - Advocacy
3) The Beautiful Basics - Conversion Rate Optimization
4) Land that Bottom Line - Profitability
5) Roll the Dice - New Business Models
Digital Money Maker Club – von Gunnar Kessler digital.focsh890
Title One is a comprehensive examination of the impact of digital technologies on
modern society. In a world where technology continues to advance rapidly, this article delves into the nuances and complexities of the digital age, exploring Its implications across various sectors and aspects of life.
Most small businesses struggle to see marketing results. In this session, we will eliminate any confusion about what to do next, solving your marketing problems so your business can thrive. You’ll learn how to create a foundational marketing OS (operating system) based on neuroscience and backed by real-world results. You’ll be taught how to develop deep customer connections, and how to have your CRM dynamically segment and sell at any stage in the customer’s journey. By the end of the session, you’ll remove confusion and chaos and replace it with clarity and confidence for long-term marketing success.
Key Takeaways:
• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
• Harness neuroscience and Tribal Alignment to transform your communication strategies, turning potential clients into fans and those fans into loyal customers.
• Discover the art of automated segmentation, pinpointing your most lucrative customers and identifying the optimal moments for successful conversions.
• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
Search Engine Marketing - Competitor and Keyword researchETMARK ACADEMY
Over 2 Trillion searches are made per day in Google search, which means there are more than 2 Trillion visits happening across the websites of the world wide web.
People search various questions, phrases or words. But some words and phrases are searched
more often than others.
For example, the words, ‘running shoes’ are searched more often than ‘best road running
shoes for men’
These words or phrases which people use to search on Google are called Keywords.
Some keywords are searched more often than others. Number of times a keyword is searched
for in a month is called keyword volume.
Some keywords have more relevant results than others. For the phrase “running shoes” we
get more than 80M relevant results, whereas for “best road running shoes for men” we get
only 8.
The former keyword ‘running shoes’ has way more competition from popular websites to
new and small blogs, whereas the latter keyword doesn’t have that much competition. This
search competition for a keyword is called search difficulty of a keyword or keyword
difficulty.
In other words, if the keyword difficulty is ‘low’ or ‘easy’, there won’t be any competition
and if you target such keywords on your site, you can easily rank on the front page of Google.
Some keywords are searched for, just to know or to learn some information about something,
that’s their search intention. For example, “What shoe size should I choose?” or “How to pick
the right shoe size?”
These keywords which are searched just to know about stuff are called informational
keywords. Typically people who are searching this type of keywords are top of a Conversion
funnel.
Conversion funnel is the journey that search visitors go through on their way to an email
subscription or a premium subscription to the services you offer or a purchase of products
you sell or recommend using your referral link.
For some buyers, research is the most important part when they have to buy a product.
Depending on that, their journey either widens or narrows down. These types of buyers are
Researchers and they spend more time with informational keywords.
Conversion is the action you want from your search visitors. Number of conversions that you
get for every 100 search visitors is called Conversion rate.
People who are at different stages of a conversion funnel use different types of keywords.
For too many years marketing and sales have operated in silos...while in some forward thinking companies, the two organizations work together to drive new opportunity development and revenue. This session will explore the lessons learned in that beautiful dance that can occur when marketing and sales work together...to drive new opportunity development, account expansion and customer satisfaction.
No, this is not a conversation about MQLs and SQLs. Instead we will focus on a framework that allows the two organizations to drive company success together.
SMM Cheap - No. 1 SMM panel in the worldsmmpanel567
Boost your social media marketing with our SMM Panel services offering SMM Cheap services! Get cost-effective services for your business and increase followers, likes, and engagement across all social media platforms. Get affordable services perfect for businesses and influencers looking to increase their social proof. See how cheap SMM strategies can help improve your social media presence and be a pro at the social media game.
The session includes a brief history of the evolution of search before diving into the roles technology, content, and links play in developing a powerful SEO strategy in a world of Generative AI and social search. Discover how to optimize for TikTok searches, Google's Gemini, and Search Generative Experience while developing a powerful arsenal of tools and templates to help maximize the effectiveness of your SEO initiatives.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how search engines work
Be able to find out where your users search
Know what is required for each discipline of SEO
Feel confident creating an SEO Plan
Confidently measure SEO performance
Mastering Local SEO for Service Businesses in the AI Era is tailored specifically for local service providers like plumbers, dentists, and others seeking to dominate their local search landscape. This session delves into leveraging AI advancements to enhance your online visibility and search rankings through the Content Factory model, designed for creating high-impact, SEO-driven content. Discover the Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy, a cost-effective approach to boost your local SEO efforts and attract more customers with minimal investment. Gain practical insights on optimizing your online presence to meet the specific needs of local service seekers, ensuring your business not only appears but stands out in local searches. This concise, action-oriented workshop is your roadmap to navigating the complexities of digital marketing in the AI age, driving more leads, conversions, and ultimately, success for your local service business.
Key Takeaways:
Embrace AI for Local SEO: Learn to harness the power of AI technologies to optimize your website and content for local search. Understand the pivotal role AI plays in analyzing search trends and consumer behavior, enabling you to tailor your SEO strategies to meet the specific demands of your target local audience. Leverage the Content Factory Model: Discover the step-by-step process of creating SEO-optimized content at scale. This approach ensures a steady stream of high-quality content that engages local customers and boosts your search rankings. Get an action guide on implementing this model, complete with templates and scheduling strategies to maintain a consistent online presence. Maximize ROI with Dollar-a-Day Advertising: Dive into the cost-effective Dollar-a-Day advertising strategy that amplifies your visibility in local searches without breaking the bank. Learn how to strategically allocate your budget across platforms to target potential local customers effectively. The session includes an action guide on setting up, monitoring, and optimizing your ad campaigns to ensure maximum impact with minimal investment.
The digital marketing industry is changing faster than ever and those who don’t adapt with the times are losing market share. Where should marketers be focusing their efforts? What strategies are the experts seeing get the best results? Get up-to-speed with the latest industry insights, trends and predictions for the future in this panel discussion with some leading digital marketing experts.
4. What is SEO?
■ Title Tags
■ Meta descriptions
■ URLs
■ H1 headers
■ H2 headers
■ Alt tags for images
■ Digital PR
■ Anchor text
■ Do-follow link building
■ Citations/NAP
■ Link removal
■ Compelling content etc.
@Andrew_Isidoro
5. What is SEO?
■ Title Tags
■ Meta descriptions
■ URLs
■ H1 headers
■ H2 headers
■ Alt tags for images
■ Digital PR
■ Anchor text
■ Do-follow link building
■ Citations/NAP
■ Link removal
■ Compelling content etc.
NOPE!
@Andrew_Isidoro
6. What is technical SEO?
“Technical SEO involves the optimisation of webpage
elements that users can't necessarily see without
looking at the source code.”
@Andrew_Isidoro
10. Well, I think Google does…
Well optimised websites are:
■ Easy to index
■ Easy to crawl
■ Give more information
■ Have less code and image bloat
■ Easier to parse
■ Require less crawl budget
■ Make it easier to classify
■ Take up less data-center space
@Andrew_Isidoro
11. Well, I think Google does…
Well optimised websites are:
■ Easy to index
■ Easy to crawl
■ Give more information
■ Have less code and page bloat
■ Easier to parse
■ Require less crawl budget
■ Make it easier to classify
■ Take up less data-center space
@Andrew_Isidoro
12. …which means your boss does too.
Technical audit implementation for a client has led to a 48.25% increase in organic traffic and growing…
@Andrew_Isidoro
14. Sitemaps
■ Usually XML based
■ Sitemaps allow 50,000 URLs
■ Should be kept under 50MB
■ Up to 500 sitemaps per account
■ Submit to Google and Bing via webmaster tools dashboards.
■ Always submit something!
@Andrew_Isidoro
15. Media sitemaps
■ Don’t forget your images! Utilise image sitemaps.
■ Mobile URLs? Use a mobile sitemap.
■ Newsworthy? Use a news sitemap.
■ Got video? Get a video sitemap in.
More info at: https://searchenginewatch.com/sew/how-to/2048706/the-site-map-gateway-
optimization
@Andrew_Isidoro
16. Keep them clean!
■ Clear out duplicated URLs
■ Remove 404 /broken pages
■ Remove redirecting pages
■ Remove un-canonicalised/no-indexed pages
■ Remove irrelevant pages (e.g.. tag pages or search result pages)
Remember: less wastage = more efficient crawl = happy Google
@Andrew_Isidoro
17. Pro tip! – Divide and conquer
■ Split sitemaps into different site sections or products:
■ Better site indexation
■ Can help highlight site section hierarchy
■ More accurate indexation data at a glance!
More info at: https://moz.com/blog/multiple-xml-sitemaps-increased-indexation-and-traffic
@Andrew_Isidoro
19. Model a site structure
■ Make use of force directed diagrams
■ Create broad to narrow content silos
■ Stay topical
■ Keep the structure as flat as possible
■ Pro tip – Try using gephi.org to model out new
structures
More info: https://www.portent.com/blog/seo/seo-
force-directed-diagrams.htm
@Andrew_Isidoro
21. Page speed
■ Page speed is a ranking factor.
■ Larger pages take up more of your crawl budget
■ Slow loading pages may make users bounce back to the SERPS known as pogo-
sticking.
Don’t make Google waste crawl on “bulky” pages
@Andrew_Isidoro
22. Shed the (page) weight!
■ Install GZIP for server compression – around 70% savings
■ Compress HTML, CSS & JS –
■ Reduce redirects
■ Use a content distribution network
■ Optimize images
Beginner tip – Use GTMetrix to get a good overview of where you can optimise
Pro tip – Install sitespeed.io via NPM to run a page speed audit across multiple URLs
@Andrew_Isidoro
23. Using a common CMS?
You’re in luck!
■ WordPress
W3 total cache - https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
■ Drupal
Advagg - https://www.drupal.org/project/advagg
■ Joomla
jch-optimize - http://extensions.joomla.org/extension/jch-optimize
@Andrew_Isidoro
25. Log file analysis
■ Server logs are analytics on acid…
■ Dive into the logs!
■ Find spider traps
■ Where is Googlebot visiting most often?
■ Where is there a crawl deficiency?
■ More info: https://builtvisible.com/log-file-analysis/
@Andrew_Isidoro
26. Robots.txt
■ Don’t give them junk - Limit Googlebot/Bingbot’s diet
■ Block non-organic landing pages
■ Use noindex in robots.txt to remove blocked pages from the index -
http://ohgm.co.uk/de-index-pages-blocked-robots-txt/
■ Add your sitemap URL for indexing:
Sitemap: http://www.gocompare.com/sitemap.xml
@Andrew_Isidoro
27. Redirects
Redirects can be a major cause of wasted crawl
■ Know your redirects – 301 vs 302 vs 307
■ Use if absolutely necessary
■ Never link to an internal redirect – there’s no need!
@Andrew_Isidoro
28. Housekeeping
■ Eliminate links to 404 error pages - both internal and external
■ Limit links to non-ranking pages (about us, contact us etc.)
■ Eliminate excess pages
■ Manage URL parameters within GSC /Bing WMT
■ Don’t forget your HTML sitemap – Highlight your most important pages
@Andrew_Isidoro
30. What does that even mean?
■ Canonicalising URLs is just a fancy way of saying:
“Content should only ever be available at one URL”
@Andrew_Isidoro
31. Canonicalise!
■ Site run over www. and non-www versions? That’s a problem!
■ Site run over http and https versions? That’s a problem!
■ Site run over uppercase and lowercase URLs? That’s a problem!
■ Site run trailing slash URLs and non-trailing slash versions? That’s a problem!
■ Make sure all of these redirect to the canonical version!
■ Use rel-canonical to catch any stragglers.
@Andrew_Isidoro
33. Semantic mark-up
■ Think about implementing Schema.org
■ Google has great guidelines available at:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/guide
s/intro-structured-data
■ Google is in the process of adding JSON-LD support
for all major rich snippets
Pro tip – Implement Schema.org in bulk via JSON-LD through Google Tag manager. More info
at: https://moz.com/blog/using-google-tag-manager-to-dynamically-generate-schema-org-
json-ld-tags
@Andrew_Isidoro