SEO in a Silo for Silicon Beach

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Moving SEO Out of the SiloJames Carson, Head of Digital Marketing, Bauer Media

james.carson@bauermedia.co.uk@mrjamescarson

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Bauer and I

Do you really know what your SEO team does?

Have you seen any positive results?

If not, do you really know why not?

But we rank number one for {low volume keyword}

Beware these Statements…

But there was an algorithm update

That’s not what the data says

We can’t improve without {insert here}

SEO is Not Magic…

There are no:WizardsGurusWarlocksNinjas

Major Developments

2011

Google Panda

February 2011

Google+June 2011

AuthorshipAugust 2011

2012

Google Penguin

April 2012

Panda

www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia/googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/more-guidance-on-building-high-quality.html

www.pandalized.com

Google+

www.google.com/insidesearch/features/plus/

Penguin

SPAM

Like it or not, SEO has changed and its future relies upon a complex relationship with content marketing, social media, and collaborative technology.searchenginewatch.com/article/2144350/Future-of-SEO-Change-Convergence-Collaboration

@andybetts1searchenginewatch.com/author/1750/andy-betts

Inbound Marketing

Content Marketing Model

Content

Outreach

DesignDevelopment

Analytics

www.jamescarson.co.uk/socialsearch/2012/03/01/inbound-model/

Example…

Content

Outreach

DesignDevelopment

Analytics

www.jamescarson.co.uk/socialsearch/2012/03/01/inbound-model/

• Keyword Analysis• Competitor

Analysis• Brand Analysis• Market Research• Website Analysis

Analytics

Google Analytics (or otherwise)

SEOmoz API

Hyperion / Sales Email / CRM

Social Media APIs

www.jamescarson.co.uk/socialsearch/2011/11/08/data-driving-integrated-marketing-departments

Unifying Data

• Information Architecture

• User Experience• URL Structure• HTML5 / CSS3• Content

Management System

• Responsive Design

Design/Development

www.closeronline.co.ukwww.closerdiets.com

www.fhm.comwww.fhmdates.com

Classic Problem

Consolidate where possible

• News Articles• Stock Guides• Product Pages• Infographics• Video

Content

http://editd.com/reports/ss-13/london-fashion-week/

Editd

• Email• Social Media• Link

Building• PR• Advertising

Outreach

Brewdog

Tactical Nuclear Penguin 2009 – 32%

The End of History2010 – 55% Never Mind the Anabolics

2012 - 6 Banned Substances!

Who Does What?

Design/Development

Analytics Content

Outreach

Stakeholder Management

journalists, writers, video editors, designers, marketers (or just anyone!)

sales, marketers, PR, brand managers

developers, designers

analysts, marketing research

Questions?james.carson@bauermedia.co.uk

@mrjamescarson

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