TOP
SEO
BY GÜNTHER HASLBECK

OVENGA MEDIA
FACTORS
BEFORE 
WE START
CHECKYOURSITESTRUCTURE
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C h e c k Y o u r S t r u c t u r e
Most of the time Websites have structural Problems. Its not what you see, its what
you dont see: Deleted pages who are linked from everywhere but respond an Error
(404), orphaned pages, less internal links to important stuff
NORMAL

SITE
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CHECK"
LOGFILES"
(BACKLINK)TOOLS"
(MOZ.COM,SISTRIX,GOOGLEWEBMASTERTOOLS)
CLEAN FIRST !
IT MAYTAKE MONTHES!
TOMAKEITVERYCLEAR
D e p e n d s o n y o u r i m p o r t a n c y
Google and Co crawles parts of your site every day but as more waste you have
as longer it takes to hit an important page on your site. So keep it small and clean
to have fast changes in Search Engines.. But it may still take monthes...
FULLUPDATEOFGOOGLE
ONCEAMONTH(ENDOF)
(check mozcast.com for current „weather“
status, high temp =many changes)
TOO LONG FOR
TRIALAND ERROR
SO:„BELIEVE“
WE DONT KNOWTHE
RECEIPT BUTWE
CAN MEASURE
AS MUCHAS POSSIBLE
ONPAGEVSOFFPAGE
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M E A N S
ON PAGE: Things you can do on your page

OFF PAGE: Things others can do on their page (you need to ask)
YOUR 
SITE
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ON PAGE
THINGSYOU CAN DO
ON PAGE
1) CONTENT
QUALITY OF CONTENT
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Are pages well written and have substantial
quality content ?
RESEARCH THE CONTENT
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Have you researched the keywords people
may use to find your content?
WORDS
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do pages use words & phrases you hope
they'll be found for?
ENGAGE
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do visitors spend time reading or "bounce"
away quickly?
FRESHNESS
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Are pages fresh & about "hot" topics
THIN
-2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Is content "thin" or "shallow" & lacking
substance ?
VISIBILITY
-1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Is your content ad-heavy, especially "above"
the fold?
ON PAGE
2) <HTML>
TITLES
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do HTML title tags contain keywords
relevant to the page topics?
DESCRIPTION
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do meta description tags describe what
pages are about?
HEADERS
+1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do headlines & subheads use header tags
with relevant keywords?
STRUCTURE
+1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do pages use structured data to enhance
listings?
STUFFING
-1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do you excessively use words you want
pages to be found for?
HIDDEN TEXT
-1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do colors or design "hide" words you want
pages to be found for?
ON PAGE
3)ARCHITECTURE
CRAWL
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Can search engines easily "crawl" pages on
site?
DUPLICATE
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Does site manage duplicate content issues
well?
SPEED
+1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Does site load quickly (<0.4 Sec)?
URL
+1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Are URLs short and contain meaningful
keywords to page topics?
MOBILE
+1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Does your site work well for mobile visitors
on smartphones and tablets?
CLOAKING
-3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do you show search engines different pages
then humans?
OFF PAGE
THINGSYOU SHOULD DO
OFF PAGE
1) LINKS
QUALITY
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Are links from trusted, quality or respected
web sites?
TEXT
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do links pointing at pages use words you
hope they'll be found for?
NUMBER OF LINKS
+1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do many links point at your web pages?
PAID
-3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Have you purchased links in hopes of better
rankings?
PAID
-2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Have you created many links by spam-
mining blogs, forums or other places?
OFF PAGE
2)TRUST
AUTHORITY
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do links, shares & other factors make a site
a trusted authority?
HISTORY
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Has site or its domains been around a long
time, operating in same way?
IDENTITY
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Does site use means to verify its identity &
that of autors?
PIRACY
-1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Has site been flagged for hosting pirated
content?
OFF PAGE
3) SOCIAL
REPUTATION
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do those respected on social networks
share your content?
SHARES
+1
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Do many share your content on social
networks?
OFF PAGE
4) PERSONAL
COUNTRY
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
What country is someone located in?
LOCALITY
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
What city or local area is someone located
in?
HISTORY
+3
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Has someone regulary visited your site or
socially favored it?
SOCIAL
+2
RELEVANCY"
OFTOPIC
Have your friends socially favored the site?
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Top SEO Factors (2014/2015)