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#SMX #11D @ChrisChurchill Copyright 2016 KeyRelevance
How to Get Your Content Found Online
Keyword Research & SEO
Copywriting BootCamp
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#SMX #11D @ChrisChurchill Copyright 2016 KeyRelevance
• President&CEOofKeyRelevance,LLC
• MemberofFoundingBoardofDirectorsofSearchEngineMarketingProfessionalOrganization(SEMPO)
• MemberoftheFoundingBoardofDirectorsoftheDallas/FortWorthSearchEngineMarketingOrganization(DFWSEM)
• AuthoratSearchEngineLand&WebMarketingToday
• LongtimeSpeaker&InstructoratSearchMarketingExpo(SMX),SearchEngineStrategies,PubCon,andotherconferences
• Mastersdegreeandover17yearsonlinemarketingexperience
Speaker: Christine Churchill
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§ KeywordResearch–Whatisit?Whydoit?§ HowtodoKWResearchin2016
§ DevelopmentsThatChangedKeywordResearch(KnowledgeGraph,HummingbirdAlgorithm,Rankbrain)
§ KeywordTools§ HowtouseKeywordstoOptimizeContent
§ OnlineCopywritingTips
What We’ll Cover
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Keyword Research Fundamentalsteptoallonlinemarketing
KeywordResearchistheprocessofresearchingtoidentifythekeywordtermscustomersusetofindyourproductsandservices
KeywordResearchgivescontentmarketingagoodstart
KeywordResearchhelpsyougetinsidethemindofcustomers
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PeopleusesearchenginestofindyouonthewebEnginesusetexttocategorizepages
Researchunveilstermspeopleactuallyuse
KWResearchimprovesperformanceofonlinemarketing
Why Do Keyword Research?
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How to Do Keyword Research
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Keyword Research is an Iterative Process
Brainstorming
& Discovery
Keyword Expansion
Keyword Evaluation
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Keyword Brainstorming and Discovery Phase
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Create Keyword List Using Diverse Sources
Brainstormingsession–nojudgingwordsatthisstage.Goalistocastyournetwidelyandgeneratebroadlist.
Keywordlistsfromwithincompany
§ Reviewcompanywebsiteandprintcollateral
§ PressReleases§ Oftentoomuchinsiderjargon
§ Mayormaynotbecustomer’slingo
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Learn the Lingo of the Customer
§ Customerinterviews,surveysandfocusgroups
§ Company&ProductReviews§ Talktosupportorsalespersonnelwhotalkdirectlytocustomers
§ Reviewdiscussionforums,usergeneratedcontent,blogs,socialmedia
Thebestkeywordscomestraightfromthecustomer’smouth.
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Speak the Language of Customer
Increaseconversionbyspeakingthecustomer’slanguage
CorrectbadkeywordchoicesMissingtrafficMissingsales
Discovernewkeywordopportunities-Findoverlookedornewkeywords
-Takeadvantageoflongertailphrases
“DuplicateaCD”vs“BurnaCD”
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The Long Tail Finding New Opportunities Basedonfrequencygraph§ Popular“head”phrasesonleft–highlycompetitiveandexpensive.Lesspopular“tail”phrasesonright–lowervolume
ChrisAndersonwrotebookaboutit§ Describesitasneweconomicmodel
§ Unlimitedselection–Amazonbooks,iTunes
§ Ideaisthatnon-hitscanmakemoneybasedonsheervolume
“20to25%ofthequeriesthatGoogleseestodayhaveneverbeenseenbefore.”–UdiManber,GoogleVPofEngineering
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Review Competitors
§ Notwiththeintenttocopy,buttogaininsight
§ LookatwordstheyarebuyinginPPC&targetinginSEO
§ Reviewtheirwebsiteandcollateralforkeywords&relatedterms
§ Getcompetitiveinsightsandideasonoverlookedtermsandwheretheyareputtingemphasis
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Use Site Search Data
SiteSearchBox
• Revealskeywordsandexpressionsthatvisitorsareactuallyusing/wanting
• Actsasadirectfeedfromthevisitorsbrain
• Makesureyoucollectsitesearchdata–cantieittoyouranalyticsforeasyviewing
Downsideisdataislimitedandsitesearchisusuallyafallbackwhenuserscan’tfindwhattheyarelookingforonyoursite.
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Developments That Changed Keyword Research
GoogleKnowledgeGraph
HummingbirdAlgorithm
RankBrain
NotProvidedKeywords
OtherRecentAlgorithmChanges
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KnowledgeGraph
“TheKnowledgeGraphenablesyoutosearchforthings,peopleorplacesthatGoogleknowsabout—landmarks,celebrities,cities,sportsteams,buildings,geographicalfeatures,movies,celestialobjects,worksofartandmore—andinstantlygetinformationthat’srelevanttoyourquery.“ Source:http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/introducing-knowledge-graph-things-not.html
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How the Knowledge Graph Changed Search Criticalfirststeptowardsbuildingthenext
generationofsearch
• Tapsintothecollectiveintelligenceofthewebandunderstandstheworldabitmorelikepeopledo
• Asteptowardartificialintelligence
Googlenowhasadatabaseonentitiesandunderstandsrelationshipsbetweendifferententities
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What is Hummingbird Algorithm?
AccordingtoGooglethealgorithm(announcedSept2013)deliversbetterresultsthatare"preciseandfast"-likeahummingbird.It’sGoogletryingtofigureoutuserintentandimproveconversationalsearch.Googlewantstomatchthemeaning,ratherthanpagesmatchingjustafewwords.
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Do We Still Need to Worry About Keywords?
HummingbirdisanoverhaulofGoogle’salgorithm,butmanyoftheoldpartsarestillused.
Google’ssemanticanalysisconsidersthelanguageinyourcontent
-soyoustillneedtousekeywordsandrelatedphrasesonthepagetocommunicatetousersandGooglewhatthepageisabout
-meanson-pageoptimizationisstillbeneficial
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What is RankBrain & Why Do You Care? RankBrain=Google’snameforamachine-learningartificialintelligencesystemthat’susedtohelpprocessitssearchresults
Machinelearning=whereacomputerteachesitselfhowtodosomething,ratherthanbeingtaughtbyhumansorfollowingdetailedprogramming.
Thirdmostimportantrankingfactorafterlinks&content
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Tips on Surviving Post Recent Changes
CreatehighqualitylongercontentthatestablishesyoursiteastheplacetogoforanswersDevelopwaystoincreasetheauthorityofthesiteBecomealeaderinyourvertical
Showleadershipthrusocialmedia,links,usermetrics,onlinerelationships
Googlehasmadeitharderfor“fake”authoritytowin.Goingforwardyouhavetoearnyourposition.
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The New Approach To Keyword Research Focusontheuserintentbehindthesearchterm
-Trytodevelopcontentthatdeliversanswerstowhatthesearcherwants
Stopfocusingonexactmatchphrases
-Lookmoretolongtailandrelatedphrases-Buildavocabularyoftermsthatarerelatedtothephrase
WhendoingKWresearchnow,researchcorephrasesplusrelated,synonyms,andwordsthatfrequentlyoccurwithyourmainterms(co-occurrence)Google’smovetowardLatentSemanticIndexing(LSI)andrecentGooglePatentsdealingwithre-rankingofresultssuggestthatusingsynonymsandco-occurrencetermshasbenefits
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Keyword Research Tools
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Benefits of Keyword Tools
• Savesmoneyandtime• Providesinsightoutsideofyoursite• Identifieskeywordopportunitiesyoumightmiss• Offerspopularitynumbersyoucan’tgetfromyourownanalytics• Movesyoubeyondkeywordassumptions• Allowsyoutocomparephrases
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Free• GoogleKeywordPlannerTool• GoogleWebmasterTools
• GoogleTrends
• GoogleDisplayPlanner
• GoogleInstant
• GoogleRelatedSearches
• BingKeywordTool
• BingIntelligenceTool
• BingWebmasterTools
• AnswerThePublic
• AmazonSuggests
• MetaGlossary
Keyword Research Tools FeeBased
• MOZKeywordExplorer
• WordTracker
• Searchmetrics
• Hitwise
• WordStream
• SEMRush
• ComScore
• SpyFu
• LongTailPro
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Google Keyword Planner
OrientedforPaidSearchMustbeLoggedIntoAdWordstoUseProvideskeywordideas&monthlysearchvolumes
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Google Trends GoogleTrendsprovidestrendsfrom
websearches,images,news,shoppingandYouTubeShowsseasonalityofphrasesCancomparepopularityofphrases
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Google Search Console (aka Webmaster Tools) showsactualsearchqueries
Showsupto2000topqueriesforthelast90daysNotaffectedbytheNotProvided–thisislimitedbutactualkeyworddataProvidesImpression,Clicks,andCTR,butnoconversiondata
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Google Display Planner
FreeAdwordstool
Builtfordisplayadvertisinginpaidsearchbutcangiveinsightsonkeywords
Suggestsrelatedkeywords
Givesdemographicinformationonkeywords
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Adwords Search Term Report Greatforkeyworddiscovery,buthavetoberunningPPC
QueryPeopleActuallyTyped
Showsyouhowcustomersarefindingyourad.WiththeSearchtermsreport,youcanseetheactualsearchespeopleenteredonGoogleSearchandotherSearchNetworksitesthattriggeredyouradandledtoaclick.Identifiesnewsearchtermswithhighpotentialsoyoucanaddthemtoyourkeywordlist.Allowsyoutolookforsearchtermsthataren'tasrelevanttoyourbusiness,soyoucanaddthemasnegativekeywords.
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Google Related Searches
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Bing Keyword Tool
-Showsactualqueriesnumbers(notrounded)- Has6monthsofdata- DrilldownbyCountry
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WordTracker.com
DatapulledfrommetasearchenginesEliminatesmostskewingissuescausedbyrobotsDifferentiatesbetweensingular&pluralOfferFreeToolfortrial
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Wordstream http://www.wordstream.com/keywords
UsefulfordevelopingyourvocabularyofrelatedtermsforHummingbird
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Moz Keyword Explorer
NewToolfromMoz-2016KeywordsuggestionscomefromKeywordPlannerdata,GoogleSuggest,RelatedSearches,otherkeywordsthattherankingpagesalsorankedfor,topic-modelingideas,andkeywordsfoundfromclickstreamdata
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Inside Moz’s Keyword Explorer
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Google Instant Showssuggestionsasyoutype
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Google Instant – Shopping Search DifferentsetofkeywordsonShoppingsearchfromregularwebsearch
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Soovle.com Givessuggestionsfromdifferentperspectives
ProvidessuggestionsfromGoogleWikipediaAnswersYouTubeBingYahooAmazonPlusoptionfor15othersites
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Ubersuggest http://ubersuggest.org/
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YouTube Keyword Auto Suggestions Showspopularvideosearchqueries
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Amazon Suggests
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MetaGlossary
Providesadefinitionandrelatedterms
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AnswerThePublic.com FunkeywordtoolthatgivesyoulistsofquestionsandphrasesExcellentforgivingcontentideasorthoughtstofleshoutanarticle
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Tag Clouds helpsidentifyrelatedterms
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Keyword Dominator for Amazon Search Keywords
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A couple of things to remember…
NoonetoolhasalltheanswersDon’tjustextractkeywordsfromatoolandrunwiththem…reviewthemforrelevancyYouneedseveraltoolsinyourtoolboxCombiningthetoolssynergisticallyworkswell.Sometoolsarebetterforcertainfunctions.Forinstance,GoogleInstantisusedfordiscoveringnewkeywordphrasesandGoogleTrendsisgoodforcomparingoridentifyingcycles
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Keyword Expansion Phase
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Target Variations of Your Keywords
Comparison(best,compare,reviews)Price(cheap,discount)
ProductDescription(green,plussize,unique)
Intendeduse(giftformother,baptismgown)
Product(giftbasket,mortgage,flight)
LocationAction(apply,book,find,buy)
Season(holiday,Christmas,Halloween)
Abbreviations
Brand/vendor/manufacturer
Modifiersaregreatathelpingyouexpandyourkeywordlist,butremembertokeep“userintent”inmindwhenyoucombinethemodifiertothecoreterm!
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Keyword Permutations
Mixandmatchtermstocreatenewkeywordphrases
Manytoolsthatdothisforyou
CanuseconcatenatefunctioninExcelorspecifictool
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Using Excel to Expand KW List
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Grouprelatedkeywordsintolistsofrelatedterms
Remembertoidentifytermsthatfrequentlyoccurwithyourmainterms
Developakeywordmatrix
Doaseriesofkeywordresearchprojectsonasite,notjustone
Keyword “Buckets”
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Evaluating Keywords
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KW Selection Considerations
• RelevancytoSite• KeywordPopularity• UserIntent• Competition• Performance
Alwaystestyourkeywords.Keywordscansoundslikeagoodidea,butupontesting,theycanfailmiserably.
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Relevancy Considerations
RelevancymeanschoosingthekeywordsthatbestdescribeswhatthesiteoffersTrafficaloneisn’tthegoal,youwanttargetedtrafficthatissearchingforwhatyou
sell
Bestbet:Findwordsthatresonatewithyourtargetaudienceandaredescriptiveofyoursite
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Popularity Considerations Popularitygivesinsightontraffic
potentialPopularphrases
LessrelevantMorecompetitiveBeingpopularIsoverrated
LessPopularMoreFocusedLessTraffic
Considerseasonalityandcyclicalpopularityofphrases
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Consider User Intent Gettinginsidethesearcher’shead
Understandthe“why”behindthemotivationforthesearchandyoucanbettertargethowtorespond§ ResearchvsPurchase
§ Stageinbuyingprocess
§ AudienceDemographic
Buying vs Browsing “car reviews” “fast auto financing”
“80%ofallsearchesontheWebarenon-commercial”-JimLanzoneofAsk.com
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Evaluating by the Stage in Buying Process
KeywordsindicatewhereconsumerisintheBuyingProcess
Matchyourcontenttosatisfytheuser’sintentwhenusingthekeyword
ProblemRecognition
InformationSearch
EvaluationofAlternatives
PurchaseDecision
AdaptedFrom:MarketingManagementbyPhilipKotler
SelectAlternatives
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Searcher Behavior
Threetypesofsearches:
• Navigational
-Ijustwanttobeatyourwebsite.
• Informational
- Dohybridcarsrequirespecialmaintenance?
• Transactional-Interactive,purchase,subscribe,download
-Iwantfinancingtobuyahybridcar.
AdaptedFrom:ATaxonomyofWebSearchbyAndreiBroder
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Results Pages Give Insight into What Google Thinks the Searcher Wants
TypetheproposedqueryintoaSearchEngineLookatthekindsofsitesandfilesreturned
- PDFs,whitepapers,in-deptharticles–likelyinformationalquery
- Ecommercesites–transactional
- Brandsite–navigational- AreKnowledgeGraphAnswerboxesreturned?- Arelocalresultsorshoppingadsreturned?LookingattheresultscanhelpyouinterpretwhatGooglethinkstheuserwants
Dothisonbothdesktopandmobile
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25%ofsearchesinBingareVoice
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Evaluating KW By Competition WhoAreYourCompetitors?
Who is ranking for your main keyword terms?
Who has PPC ads? How well optimized are
competitors sites? Are they active on social media
and review sites? What is their link profile?
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Competitive Intelligence Tools
SEMRushSimilarWeb
HitwiseComScore
MarketerQuantcastMoatMozTools
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SpyFuSearchMetricsKeyCompeteCompeteKeywordSpyAdGooRooKeywordAnalyzerScreamingFrogDeepCrawl
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SEMRush
Provides:• TopKeywords• Rankings• PPCTerms• PPCBids• TrafficTrends
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Searchmetrics CanIdentifyCo-OccurrenceTerms,CompetitorsTerms,etc
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MOZ Keyword Difficulty
Providesquantitativescoreofkwdpluslinkagedataforrankingsites
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SPYFu
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SimilarWeb
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DeepCrawl
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ScreamingFrog
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Test KW Performance UsePPCtotestcandidateKWs
Dokeywordsbringtheamountoftrafficyouwant?
Doesthetrafficconvert?
PPCgivesquickquantitativefeedbackontheKWperformancewhilecontrollingcosts.IfworkswellinPPC,expandkwuseinSEO,socialandcontentmarketing
Downside:TermsthatworkwellinPPCareoftentransactional.Youmayhavetoexpandyourlisttoincludeinformationalterms
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Content Optimization
PuttingthePiecesTogether
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Everything Is Better with Chocolate Keywords • Websites• Paidsearch• Articles• WhitePapers• FAQpages• ProductFeeds• News• BlogPosts• PressReleases• Images• Videos• Podcasts• Schema• SocialMedia• ContentMarketing
Optimizealldigitalassets
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Good Online Copywriting Is a Balancing Act
Youhavetowritetoengagethehumanreader
Youhavetowritesosearchenginesunderstandrelevancyofcontent
ItisthistalentfordoingboththatseparateshighqualitySEOcontentfromspam
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On-Page SEO Guidelines
HastobeNATURALElegantlyworkkeywordsintovisiblecontentonwebpages-Don’tstuffkeywords-Dothe“ReadAloud”testtogaugenaturaltone
SEOhelpsgoodcontentgetfound
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On-Page SEO Guidelines (cont)
ThinkkeywordphraseNOTsinglekeyword
Createamatrixcharttoassigndifferentmainphrasestodifferentpages
Usesynonymsandrelatedwordsonpagetoreinforcemaintopic
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WheretoUseKeywordsOnSite
TitleTagsMetaDescription
HTags
Visibletextonthepage
AltAttribute
LinksandanchortextFilenames
URL
Schemacode
Bold,strong,emphasizedtagsBreadcrumbNavigation
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Title Tags <title>InterestingRelevantKeywordRichBlurb</title>
TitlecontentsappearsinfirstlineoflistingonSERPsospendextratimetocreatecompellingtitlesthatgrabattention
Includekeywordphraseearlyintitle
Shouldbeunique…don’tusesametitleonmultiplepages
Titleshouldbeaccurateandreflectcontentofpage
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TitleTagismostimportant“on-page”criteria
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Example of Wordpress Title Tag Using Yoast Plugin
26%OfAllSitesuseWordpressin2016.Eachday50,000newWordpresssitesarelaunched.
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Meta Description Tag <metaname="Description"content=“Compellingmarketingmessagethatreadswellandcontainstargetedkeywords">
Shouldprovideasummaryofthepageandshouldbeuniquetothepage
Frequentlyusedassnippetonresultspage
Shouldcontainkeywordsrelevanttothepage.Includesynonymsandrelatedwords–don’tjustrepeatcoreterms
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Feed the Knowledge Graph Explicitmethod
-Schema
-Tables
Implicitmethod
-On-pageText
AddsconfidenceindataforGoogle
Schemaishelpfulasatemplatetobuildoutqualitycontent
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Golden Rules for Writing Copy Talkaboutbenefits,notfeatures
-Tellthemwhytheyshouldcare
Appealtoemotionsandsenses
-mostbuyingdecisionsareemotionallybased
Solveproblemsandanswerquestionsinyourcontent
Don’tforgettoincludea“CalltoAction”
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Develop Shareable Content Startwithrelevantinterestingcontent
Placesharingsocialshareiconsinsusceptiblemoments–Makeiteasytoshare
TheTitlecanmakeorbreakyourcontentsotakeextratimetocreateacompellingheadline
Useasubheadingtofurtherenticereader
Includesocialmediasharingandkeywordsineditorialcalendarplanning
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Editorial Calendars Take Content to Next Level
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• Allowsyoutothinkstrategically• Proactiveplanningandfasterreaction• Pre-publishcontent• Coordinationacrossmediaoutlets,blog,PPC,articles,SEO,graphics,videos,socialmedia
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Good User Experience IncreasesShare-ability
Includevisuallystimulatinggraphics
-Goodgraphicdrawsreaderin
-Faces&brightcolorsattracttheeyes
“Chunkup”thecontentlayouttobemorescanfriendly
-Useheaders,subheadings&bulletliststoaddhierarchy
-Whitespaceisyourfriend
-Keepparagraphsshort
Avoid“noise”anddistractingitemsonpage
Don’tforgetGoogletracksuserbehavior
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Use Social Media to Share Content
65%ofUSadultsusesocialnetworkingsites(Pew,2015)
36%ofUS18-to29-year-oldsgoonlinealmostconstantly(Pew,2015)
Consideryourtargetaudiencedemographicandmatchitwithsocialmediasitetheyuse
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Source:SocialMediaExaminer.com2016SocialMediaMarketingIndustryReport
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Getting Your Great Content Found Online Mixinsynonyms,longtailtermsandvariations
Replaceduplicatecontentwithoriginalwritingandusecanonicals
Cleanupthesite-Removelowqualitypages,writelongerdeepercontent
Linktorelatedusefulcontent
Beprofessional-runlinkcheckers,spellcheckersandavoidfoulwords
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Points to Take Home
1. KeywordresearchIsn’tdead–helpsidentifyuserintent2. Exactmatchkeywordtargetingisdead
3. Usekeywordphrases,synonymsandrelatedtermsonthepage,inschemacodeandinalldigitalassets
4. Usetoolstoincreaseproductivity&provideinsights
5. Testkeywordsfortrueworth.Viewpopularityastrafficpotentialandconsiderseasonalityandtrends
6. Writetoenhancetheuserexperience-Composequalitycontentthatsatisfiesuserintentandanswersquestions
7. Developaneditorialcalendaranduseittomaximizecontent’spotential8. Makecontenteasytoread&share
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Thank You! Christine Churchill www.keyrelevance.com info@keyrelevance.com
@KeyRelevance @ChrisChurchill
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