Rand Fishkin discusses changes in search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine results pages (SERPs) in 2018. Google controls over half of all web searches but distributes traffic across different domains relatively evenly. Features like featured snippets and knowledge panels now make up a large portion of clicks. Marketers must adapt by optimizing for these features through content, links and other signals. Personalization also plays a bigger role, as Google tailors results based on location, device and user history. Overall, SEO requires a focus on providing helpful answers rather than just links.
What Startup Execs Need to Know About SEO in 2017Rand Fishkin
Rand's presentation to Foundry Group's portfolio of startup execs in August 2017, covering 5 important areas of knowledge around SEO at the executive level.
Garrett French and James Wirth - Building Links to Sales PagesSemrush
These slides were presented at the Semrush webinar "Building Links to Sales Pages". Video replay and transcript are available at https://www.semrush.com/webinars/building-links-to-sales-pages/
Care about how to leverage 'Surviving Google : SEO In 2016'. You will find this deck presented by the industry expert Karanam Srikanth, Head Digital Marketing. Spectraforce Technologies, during Webinar for Digital Vidya. Interested in attending similar Webinar Live? Register Now at http://www.digitalvidya.com/webinars/
This presentation examines how Google's ranking systems have prioritized searcher-task-accomplishment, and how SEOs must respond by optimizing for this process.
Rand Fishkin's presentation from Searchlove & CTAConf on the missing metric marketers need -- the measure of work inputs that affect their goals. Also includes 7 tactics to potentially add to your work items in SEO, social, and CRO.
Pitching for Digital Marketing ProjectsVijay Sankar
A ready to use template with a sample case study. This can be used as a starting point for an external pitch or an internal audit of digital marketing tactics
What Startup Execs Need to Know About SEO in 2017Rand Fishkin
Rand's presentation to Foundry Group's portfolio of startup execs in August 2017, covering 5 important areas of knowledge around SEO at the executive level.
Garrett French and James Wirth - Building Links to Sales PagesSemrush
These slides were presented at the Semrush webinar "Building Links to Sales Pages". Video replay and transcript are available at https://www.semrush.com/webinars/building-links-to-sales-pages/
Care about how to leverage 'Surviving Google : SEO In 2016'. You will find this deck presented by the industry expert Karanam Srikanth, Head Digital Marketing. Spectraforce Technologies, during Webinar for Digital Vidya. Interested in attending similar Webinar Live? Register Now at http://www.digitalvidya.com/webinars/
This presentation examines how Google's ranking systems have prioritized searcher-task-accomplishment, and how SEOs must respond by optimizing for this process.
Rand Fishkin's presentation from Searchlove & CTAConf on the missing metric marketers need -- the measure of work inputs that affect their goals. Also includes 7 tactics to potentially add to your work items in SEO, social, and CRO.
Pitching for Digital Marketing ProjectsVijay Sankar
A ready to use template with a sample case study. This can be used as a starting point for an external pitch or an internal audit of digital marketing tactics
The Best in Landing Page Optimization TipsMarketing Mojo
Did you miss Janet Driscoll Miller's presentation at Pubcon on the best in landing page optimization tips? Check out the presentation here and learn the basic tactics to use, as well as advanced landing page tactics including progressive profiling, conversion paths, and social integration.
How to develop a customer-centric SEO strategy in 2018 | StickyeyesLisa Wisniowski
Putting your customer at the heart of your SEO and content strategy has never made more sense. In this Slideshare (to accompany a recent SmartInsights/BrightTalk webinar which you can listen to on demand here - https://summits.brighttalk.com/webinar/how-to-develop-a-customer-centric-seo-strategy-in-2018/) we'll explain how you can leverage Google’s changing algorithm to deliver organic search gains by examining:
- How to use search data to map your strategy to intent
- User experience and shifting ranking signals
- Conversational search and the rise of voice
- The importance of data mark-up to enhance the search experience
We also take a look at the hot trends for 2018 and beyond and show you how to improve your strategy and implement best practice organic search practices through:
- Technical SEO
- Maximising opportunities from product and category content
- Competitor intelligence to benchmark and drive organic gains.
To get email updates of our latest video blogs, insights and intelligence, sign up to our email updates: http://www.stickyeyes.com/newsletter/ or visit https://www.stickyeyes.com/intelligence/
This presentation is from Performance Marketing Summit 2017 (March 14, 2017 in Austin, TX). Session description: For many, Google seems mysterious and complicated, and even corrupt. Join us as shed some light by sharing some surprising facts about Google and how to optimize for it in 2017.
Google's evolution into deep learning has created a whole new kind of algorithm; one that differs substantially from the type of ranking system SEOs & marketers have become used to over the past 17 years. In this presentation, Rand explores the changes Google's made, and how it impacts the actions necessary to be successful in 2016 and beyond.
Jimmy Newson — Create the Perfect Lead Magnet for Attracting Your Ideal ClientSemrush
These slides were presented at the Semrush webinar "Create the Perfect Lead Magnet for Attracting Your Ideal Client". Video replay and transcript are available at https://www.semrush.com/webinars/create-the-perfect-lead-magnet-for-attracting-your-ideal-client/
Looking to rank higher in Google, Bing and Yahoo? Want to drive more traffic to your website? Interested in more online visibility and sales? Use these SEO tips to do it all -- we even share the 3 keys to successful SEO in 2016.
How to use Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay-Per-Click (PPC) and Analytics to help pull business-to-business prospects through the sales funnel. Developed for Online Marketing Connect's Search Focus Week, May 2011. By Stacy Williams, President, Prominent Placement, Inc.
What are the top 19 things business owners need to know about search engine marketing in 2011? This presentation covers search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), social media, mobile & local search, and analytics.
As search evolves, so does optimization. Search results are less about phrases (combinations of words and letters) and more about topics (semantic meanings and entities). So a smart content marketer optimizes for “things, not strings.”
But what exactly does this mean for the writer? This presentation covers five specific actions we take as content marketers to make sure that your marketing is aligned with the future of SEO.
Learn how to:
Find clues into what topics are semantically linked to each other (Research)
Target topics, not just phrases, through writing (Semantic Search)
Incorporate natural language into your content (Voice Search)
Make visitors happy in ways that make Google happy (User Interaction Signals)
You're about to learn the step-by-step process for each of the specific actions that will future-proof your search engine rankings.
Rand Fishkin's presentation covering 7 of the biggest trends in SEO in 2016 from changes in Google's handling of keywords to CTR opportunities to machine learning and more.
Search Engine Marketing for PR Professionals: What You Need to Know for 2014Stacy Sutton Williams
The rules for both SEO (search engine optimization) and paid search advertising keep changing. But in some cases, what's old is new again - content is more critical than ever! That means PR professionals are uniquely suited to leverage search marketing strategies and squeeze more benefits out of PR tactics. Join PRSA Georgia and seminar leader Stacy Williams, founder and president of Atlanta-based Prominent Placement, to get caught up on the latest in SEM and get prepared to implement strategically sound and measurable SEM strategies in 2014.
You will:
- Learn how to determine what types of content and topics your audiences are looking for; then, create it and make it easy to be found online.
- Find out how social engagement benefits SEO, and how to effectively use keywords in hashtags.
- Hear what to do and what not to do regarding Google's new rules for links in online press releases and the best way to leverage bylined articles.
- Discover how to use paid search ads in a crisis, and what to do when negative mentions of your company show up in search engine results.
- Take away strategies for measuring the impact of SEM efforts.
Seminar speaker Stacy Williams established Prominent Placement, a full-service, award-winning and industry leading search marketing agency, in 2001. She has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and was named the 2012 Search Engine Marketer of the Year by Technology Association of Georgia. Stacy is also past president of SEMPO Atlanta, a local chapter of the global Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization.
Dana R Zezzo - VP of Sales for ProTowels Etc conducted a Social Media workshop for the promotional products online distributor Leaderpromos in Columbus, OH. The goal was to help account excutives understand the power that social media had in building customer relationships.
On Friday, August 24th, Rand Fishkin was a keynote at the 4th Annual Utah Digital Marketing Collective Conference:
Recap and video of this presentation will be located here, along with all of the other presenters. http://www.utahdmc.org/dmc-2018
Founder of Moz, founder, and CEO of Sparktoro, keynote speaker, SEO expert
Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro and was previously cofounder of Moz and Inbound.org. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through the Whiteboard Friday video series, his blog, and his book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. When Rand’s not working, he’s most likely to be in the company of his partner in marriage and (mostly petty) crime, author Geraldine DeRuiter. If you feed him great pasta or great whiskey, he’ll give you the cheat code to rank #1 on Google.
Session Description
What’s changed in how people search the web, and how search engines serve results (and what that means for marketing)
Rand's presentation from the Marketing Loves Sales conference in Portland, Oregon, covering the landscape of search, and tactical tips for B2B practitioners of SEO.
The Best in Landing Page Optimization TipsMarketing Mojo
Did you miss Janet Driscoll Miller's presentation at Pubcon on the best in landing page optimization tips? Check out the presentation here and learn the basic tactics to use, as well as advanced landing page tactics including progressive profiling, conversion paths, and social integration.
How to develop a customer-centric SEO strategy in 2018 | StickyeyesLisa Wisniowski
Putting your customer at the heart of your SEO and content strategy has never made more sense. In this Slideshare (to accompany a recent SmartInsights/BrightTalk webinar which you can listen to on demand here - https://summits.brighttalk.com/webinar/how-to-develop-a-customer-centric-seo-strategy-in-2018/) we'll explain how you can leverage Google’s changing algorithm to deliver organic search gains by examining:
- How to use search data to map your strategy to intent
- User experience and shifting ranking signals
- Conversational search and the rise of voice
- The importance of data mark-up to enhance the search experience
We also take a look at the hot trends for 2018 and beyond and show you how to improve your strategy and implement best practice organic search practices through:
- Technical SEO
- Maximising opportunities from product and category content
- Competitor intelligence to benchmark and drive organic gains.
To get email updates of our latest video blogs, insights and intelligence, sign up to our email updates: http://www.stickyeyes.com/newsletter/ or visit https://www.stickyeyes.com/intelligence/
This presentation is from Performance Marketing Summit 2017 (March 14, 2017 in Austin, TX). Session description: For many, Google seems mysterious and complicated, and even corrupt. Join us as shed some light by sharing some surprising facts about Google and how to optimize for it in 2017.
Google's evolution into deep learning has created a whole new kind of algorithm; one that differs substantially from the type of ranking system SEOs & marketers have become used to over the past 17 years. In this presentation, Rand explores the changes Google's made, and how it impacts the actions necessary to be successful in 2016 and beyond.
Jimmy Newson — Create the Perfect Lead Magnet for Attracting Your Ideal ClientSemrush
These slides were presented at the Semrush webinar "Create the Perfect Lead Magnet for Attracting Your Ideal Client". Video replay and transcript are available at https://www.semrush.com/webinars/create-the-perfect-lead-magnet-for-attracting-your-ideal-client/
Looking to rank higher in Google, Bing and Yahoo? Want to drive more traffic to your website? Interested in more online visibility and sales? Use these SEO tips to do it all -- we even share the 3 keys to successful SEO in 2016.
How to use Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay-Per-Click (PPC) and Analytics to help pull business-to-business prospects through the sales funnel. Developed for Online Marketing Connect's Search Focus Week, May 2011. By Stacy Williams, President, Prominent Placement, Inc.
What are the top 19 things business owners need to know about search engine marketing in 2011? This presentation covers search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), social media, mobile & local search, and analytics.
As search evolves, so does optimization. Search results are less about phrases (combinations of words and letters) and more about topics (semantic meanings and entities). So a smart content marketer optimizes for “things, not strings.”
But what exactly does this mean for the writer? This presentation covers five specific actions we take as content marketers to make sure that your marketing is aligned with the future of SEO.
Learn how to:
Find clues into what topics are semantically linked to each other (Research)
Target topics, not just phrases, through writing (Semantic Search)
Incorporate natural language into your content (Voice Search)
Make visitors happy in ways that make Google happy (User Interaction Signals)
You're about to learn the step-by-step process for each of the specific actions that will future-proof your search engine rankings.
Rand Fishkin's presentation covering 7 of the biggest trends in SEO in 2016 from changes in Google's handling of keywords to CTR opportunities to machine learning and more.
Search Engine Marketing for PR Professionals: What You Need to Know for 2014Stacy Sutton Williams
The rules for both SEO (search engine optimization) and paid search advertising keep changing. But in some cases, what's old is new again - content is more critical than ever! That means PR professionals are uniquely suited to leverage search marketing strategies and squeeze more benefits out of PR tactics. Join PRSA Georgia and seminar leader Stacy Williams, founder and president of Atlanta-based Prominent Placement, to get caught up on the latest in SEM and get prepared to implement strategically sound and measurable SEM strategies in 2014.
You will:
- Learn how to determine what types of content and topics your audiences are looking for; then, create it and make it easy to be found online.
- Find out how social engagement benefits SEO, and how to effectively use keywords in hashtags.
- Hear what to do and what not to do regarding Google's new rules for links in online press releases and the best way to leverage bylined articles.
- Discover how to use paid search ads in a crisis, and what to do when negative mentions of your company show up in search engine results.
- Take away strategies for measuring the impact of SEM efforts.
Seminar speaker Stacy Williams established Prominent Placement, a full-service, award-winning and industry leading search marketing agency, in 2001. She has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and was named the 2012 Search Engine Marketer of the Year by Technology Association of Georgia. Stacy is also past president of SEMPO Atlanta, a local chapter of the global Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization.
Dana R Zezzo - VP of Sales for ProTowels Etc conducted a Social Media workshop for the promotional products online distributor Leaderpromos in Columbus, OH. The goal was to help account excutives understand the power that social media had in building customer relationships.
On Friday, August 24th, Rand Fishkin was a keynote at the 4th Annual Utah Digital Marketing Collective Conference:
Recap and video of this presentation will be located here, along with all of the other presenters. http://www.utahdmc.org/dmc-2018
Founder of Moz, founder, and CEO of Sparktoro, keynote speaker, SEO expert
Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro and was previously cofounder of Moz and Inbound.org. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through the Whiteboard Friday video series, his blog, and his book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. When Rand’s not working, he’s most likely to be in the company of his partner in marriage and (mostly petty) crime, author Geraldine DeRuiter. If you feed him great pasta or great whiskey, he’ll give you the cheat code to rank #1 on Google.
Session Description
What’s changed in how people search the web, and how search engines serve results (and what that means for marketing)
Rand's presentation from the Marketing Loves Sales conference in Portland, Oregon, covering the landscape of search, and tactical tips for B2B practitioners of SEO.
SearchLove Boston 2015 | Rand Fishkin, 'Ranking Signals of the Future'Distilled
Every year in the web world, we experience dramatic changes and upheaval that impacts how web marketers need to do their job. 2015 is no different, and in this presentation, Rand will show off the major trends and shifts from search engines, social platforms, and consumer behavior alongside the strategies and tactics to stay ahead of the curve and earn valuable traffic.
Navneet Kaushal CEO PageTraffic has extensive experience in the search engine marketing industry and SEO. Navneet helps value-conscious businesses build site traffic, increase the user base, boost web sales and improve customer satisfaction. In this presentation at TFMA India, he talks about the five big trends that he anticipates in the year 2012, with regard to Search Engine Technology, Social Search, Analytics — and the impact of all this on SEO.
Rand Fishkin - The State of SEO & How to Survive Google’s Trojan Horsing of t...Turing Fest
Google is falling into a familiar pattern. First, they offer web publishers in a sector (flights, recipes, local, video, e-commerce) increased visibility and SERP display options. Next, they incent participation in specific formats and data structures. And, finally, they take that data for themselves, changing the SERPs to favor advertising, their own properties, and/or instant answers that can reduce publisher traffic. For web marketers, it’s a prisoner’s dilemma — do we give Google what they want now so a competitor doesn’t cave first, or do we hold back and miss out on traffic potential for fear of losing out long term? In this presentation, Rand will show data on how Google is being used today, and how it’s changing, then dive into strategic initiatives and specific examples of how savvy players can build a moat to protect against long-term risk. Included will be tactical wins every site can take advantage of to drive more traffic and improve their content and web marketing strategies. A collaborative process for marketing teams, designed to create high-performance digital experiences that solve real, observed customer pains.
SEO Tutorial for Beginners - Learn Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and various SEO tools and techniques in simple and easy steps starting from basic to advanced topics. The topics include basic search mechanism and algorithm, search ranking factors, Google Search Console, keyword generation, keyword research analysis, Google keyword planner, Google Trends, keyword value assessment, keyword competition analysis, keyword difficulty analysis, domain authority, page authority, keyword selection, on-page SEO, Yoast SEO, title tags, heading, SEO snippets, permalinks, slugs, outbound links, inbound links, internal linking, external linking, anchor text, do-follow & no-follow links, image SEO & optimization, content optimization, off-page SEO, backlink analysis, quality links,link building, directory submission, article submission, blog submission, press release submission, PDF submission, video submission, infographic submission, image submission, guest blogging, forum & discussion in SEO, social bookmarking, local SEO, Google Map, Google My Business, Google Street View and various SEO tools like Moz, SEM Rush, Ahrefs etc.
Keeping Up with Google's Insane Pace of ChangeRand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin's presentation on how marketers can scale with the updates and shifts Google makes on a regular basis, and how to be successful with SEO in 2013.
Presentation of Rand Fishkin CEO of moz and a reference for SEO and the world of google searches where they put in context that google is no longer an ally but became the competition of all SEO
shared by robert mendoza SEO
SEO stands for “search engine optimization.” It is the process of getting traffic from the “free,” “organic,” “editorial” or “natural” search results on search engines
First Things First, What Is SEO?
SEO is simply any work carried out to increase the number and more importantly the quality of visitors to your website by making sure the website ranks in the search engines (Google etc.) for words and phrases related to what you are selling. If you sell car insurance then you want to be on page 1 of Google, preferably number 1, when someone types in car insurance. Simple.
How Do You Start SEO?
You research what words and phrases people use to buy the products and services you are selling, this is known as keyword research. The purpose of this it to make sure your pages are optimised for relevant words and phrases. It's worth noting, just because lots of people use a particular phrase doesn't mean you should optimise for it, if the competition for the phrase is tough (lots of other established sites are chasing the phrase) then you might be better chasing other less competitive phrases.
OK, I Get That, What Next?
Next you optimise your pages using the words and phrases you found. There are certain elements of a web page (title, meta, headers) that search engines focus on and these need to be set-up correctly.
Is That It?
Sadly not, because anyone can carry out keyword research and optimise their pages there are loads of well optimised pages about any given subject so Google needs a way of deciding which ones are best. It does this by measuring the number and quality of the links to your pages from pages on other websites.
How Do I Do Link Building?
In summary there are two approaches to link building. You can buy them, which is against Google's guidelines or earn them, our preferred method.
What Do I Need to Watch For When Buying SEO?
Nobody can guarantee a ranking unless they are using techniques that could get you banned from the search engines, which isn't ideal.
And Finally...
SEO can get your head in a spin. Like many things in life there are lots of different opinions on what works and what doesn't. Although there may be some magical formulae kicking around - doubtful - one thing is for sure, if you get your basic site structure and on page tagging right you will be on track for search engine success.
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 on the SERPs - Brighton SEO Closing TalkRand Fishkin
Rand's presentation from Brighton SEO, Fall 2018 focusing on the shifts in Google's behavior toward the SERP and away from referring outlinking traffic.
For many people SEO is a set of hidden tricks, performed only from some “SEO gurus” who know the secrets of Google. A few years ago, SEO was easier, as it was enough to create a landing page, add some keywords and build links, in order to achieve high rankings.
Nowadays, SEO became more complex and difficult, as it is required to optimize several different aspects of the website. In the following guide we will examine the major steps of a successful SEO plan.
Get an early look at the marketing and customer research problems SparkToro exists to solve, beta product screenshots, use cases, and pricing/launch plans.
As web marketing undergoes its biggest shift in a decade, how we impact audiences needs to evolve. In this presentation, Rand shows how web marketers in content, search, social, and advertising (+ influencer marketing) can shift their strategic and tactical investments to align with what the big platforms offer, and how consumer behavior has changed, too.
Influencer marketing can be a powerful tactic, but the practice is far too narrow, and often focused on wrong metrics. In this presentation, Rand expands on what marketing through influence can do, and shows examples of a higher ROI form of marketing through channels of influence (not just Instagram & YouTube "influencers")
How to Kick Butt with Your Email OutreachRand Fishkin
Rand's presentation from Searchlove on how to get (almost) everything you've ever wanted with just an email. If you're trying to do email outreach to improve your content marketing, social media efforts, link building, public relations opportunities, networking, product feedback, and more, these slides are for you!
One of the biggest reasons startups fail is the inability to scalably attract customers at low cost. In this presentation, Rand covers 8 reasons startups miss out on marketing success, and tips for how to overcome these pitfalls.
The Invisible Giant that Mucks Up Our MarketingRand Fishkin
Rand's presentation on the biases of cultural conditioning in the marketing world, and how history and media nudges marketers to make bad choices (along with loads of tactical SEO, social media, and content marketing tips).
How to Survive Google's Trojan Horsing of the WebRand Fishkin
Rand's presentation from Mozcon 2017 on how Google enters and often crowds out competitors in vertical search spaces (and how marketers can fight back against this threat).
Thanks to a partnership with Jumpshot, Moz is presenting data about Google's search growth, click distribution, and more via a panel of millions of US web users.
Rand's presentation on how to select strategic, digital marketing investments for your brand. Advice: step back, stop doing what you're good at or what you've been hired/asked to do in order to figure out what channels and tactics might work even better.
When SEO and UX practices are combined, the results can be extraordinary. Rand walks through how the practices have evolved to have far more combined value than tensions and tradeoffs, and some ways for each to learn from the other.
Why do some pieces of "10X" content make the leap while others languish in obscurity? Rand examines the common elements that make for success vs. failure in this analysis of 99 unique pieces of extremely high quality content pieces.
Strategies to Drive Web Traffic in the Real Estate WorldRand Fishkin
Rand's presentation at Inman Connect 2017, on how SEO, social media, content, email, and advertising can work to successfully drive traffic to real estate websites.
Incorporating Clicks, Attention and Satisfaction into a SERP Evaluation ModelRand Fishkin
Slides by Aleksandr Chuklin and Maarten de Rijke, presented at the 2016 CIKM Conference. The authors propose a methodology for better evaluating searcher satisfaction and incorporating it into how search results are evaluated and ranked.
p.s. This document was originally published at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309416715_Slides_Incorporating_Clicks_Attention_and_Satisfaction_into_a_SERP_Evaluation_Model
The same shifts we've seen in machine learning, deep learning, and user behavior are coming to the link world. In this presentation, Rand explores what it means for SEOs, and how to combine long and short term strategy to win the SERPs
The Worst Lessons Marketing Ever Taught ContentRand Fishkin
Marketing can be a good thing, but it can also mislead content creators and promoters. In this presentation, delivered at Content Marketing World, Rand covers the advice often given (or interpreted) by content creators as "how to market" that should probably be ignored (or, at least, taken in context).
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
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.
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
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
Monthly Social Media News Update May 2024Andy Lambert
TL;DR. These are the three themes that stood out to us over the course of last month.
1️⃣ Social media is becoming increasingly significant for brand discovery. Marketers are now understanding the impact of social and budgets are shifting accordingly.
2️⃣ Instagram’s new algorithm and latest guidance will help us maintain organic growth. Instagram continues to evolve, but Reels remains the most crucial tool for growth.
3️⃣ Collaboration will help us unlock growth. Who we work with will define how fast we grow. Meta continues to evolve their Creator Marketplace and now TikTok are beginning to push ‘collabs’ more too.
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.
Top 3 Ways to Align Sales and Marketing Teams for Rapid GrowthDemandbase
In this session, Demandbase’s Stephanie Quinn, Sr. Director of Integrated and Digital Marketing, Devin Rosenberg, Director of Sales, and Kevin Rooney, Senior Director of Sales Development will share how sales and marketing shapes their day-to-day and what key areas are needed for true alignment.
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.
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• Uncover the power of a foundational marketing system that dynamically communicates with prospects and customers on autopilot.
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• Streamline your business with a content production plan that eliminates guesswork, wasted time, and money.
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.
Digital Marketing Trends - Experts Insights on How to Gain a Competitive Edge
The Search & SEO World in 2018
1. Rand Fishkin | Founder & CEO
The Search World in 2018
What’s changed in how people search the web, and
how search engines serve results (and what that means for marketing)
8. The data I trust most comes from clickstream
sources like Jumpshot:
It’s biased by the panel of browsers, but not by the websites
that install a given tracker
10. Via Rand’s Blog
Core Google
Search
61.6%
Google Images
22.6%
YouTube
4.3%
Yahoo, 2.4%
Amazon, 2.3%
Bing, 2.2%
Facebook, 1.4% Google Maps, 1.3%
Pinterest, 0.5%
Twitter
0.4%
Breakdown of Searches
on Major Web
Properties
(Feb 2018)
40. 16 Features Every SEO Should Consider:
Videounits
SERP Feature Type How to Get In
“PeopleAlsoAsk”
FeaturedSnippet
Maps Box
KnowledgePanel
Top Stories(News)
Images
Apps
Create & optimizeonYouTube(or, rarely,Vimeo)
Branding– get searchedfor with/afterthe query
Phrasing& positionof short answerin content
Claim GMB, get links,earn citations,be nearby
Earn brand association,use structuredmarkup
Get in GoogleNews,earn links,title w/ KWs
Relevant images,alt attributes,& directembeds
KWs in title/description, get popularin app stores
41. Books
RelatedSearches
Tweets
SearchSuggest
Sitelinks
SectionSitelinks
In-DepthArticles
Carousels/ListResults
Write a book,use KWs in the title,have an ISBN
Be searched+foundcommonlyw/ the KWs
Verifiedaccounts help,use KWs in tweets
As w/ relatedsearches,also geo-sensitive
Get links& visitsto severalpop pgs; use markup
Grow popularsubsectionsw/ popularsubpages
Authorlongerpiecesthat receiveattention/links
Be listedalongsidecommon sets on the web
16 Features Every SEO Should Consider:
SERP Feature Type How to Get In
57. Elements Google (Probably) Uses in
Predictive Intent:
Location & Prior Behavior of Users in That Location
DeviceAttributes: Type, O/S, Speed, InstalledApps, etc
Search,App, & Browser History
Gmail Behavior (& possibly all keyboard behavior)
Temporal Elements & Time-Based Patterns
69. If Google sees high rates of pogo-sticking or
other signals that your page/site isn’t solving
search queries, they’ll likely rank you lower
Query
Satisfaction
Via WB Friday
70. Using the searcher’s keywords intelligently on
your page still matters for rankings (and for CTR
in the results)
Keywords
Ring failed to rank
until they changed
their page title to
include “video
doorbell”
71. Domains accrue signals of quality & value.
Powerful domains may give the pages they host
a boost in ranking ability.
Quality of Host
Domain
Via OSE
72. Google wants to see sites provide an easy-to-
use, intuitive experience on every device, at
every speed, without impediment.
User
Experience
73. Speed & accessibility to crawlers still matters, and
Google still doesn’t handle non-text, or non-HTML-link
accessible pages well.
Technical &
Crawl
74. The geography, device, search history, and
timing of a searcher’s query can all change
Google’s results significantly.
Personalization