Seo 101 Chamber of Commerce February 2014

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SEO overview for business and non-profits.

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©2013 – Christopher VanOosterhout

SEO 101Christopher VanOosterhoutMuskegon Community College

Licentia LLCwww.vanoosterhout.com

Email: c@vanoosterhout.com

Twitter: @cvmuse

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BE CAREFUL

ContractorsTricksFadsEasy answers

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WHY SEARCH ENGINES ARE IMPORTANT

Millions of sites / pages– How do you find what you are looking for?– How do you find customers?– How do your customers find what they are looking for?

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Image: www.garmin.com

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© 2014 Christopher VanOosterhout www.vanoosterhout.com Source: ComScore – December 2013 Report – Published January 2014

67 %

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HOW SEARCH ENGINES OPERATE

Crawling– Reading Source Code

Indexing– Cataloging collected data

Providing Results

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WHAT CAN YOU IMPACT DIRECTLY

WHAT YOU CAN IMPACT INDIRECTLY

WHAT IS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL

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WEB PAGE CONTENT

TAGS Code Content – More about you

Content – Less about you Content – Know audience

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ZincZinckZink

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KEYWORD SELECTION

Search Demand – Is higher demand better for your organization?

High Competition vs Lower Competition

How close is the search to the conversion?

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TOOLS AND TACTICS

Focus your efforts Provide structured data

Submit your site Submit your pages Track your results

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TOOLS AND TACTICS

Focus your efforts Provide structured data

Submit your site Submit your pages Track your results

© 2014 Christopher VanOosterhout - www.vanoosterhout.com

©2012 – Christopher VanOosterhout

SEO 101Christopher VanOosterhoutc@vanoosterhout.com

@cvmuse

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