Ektron London Conference: Myth Busting the Dark Art of SEO

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Rob Stoves, Solutions Consultant, Ektron, shines some light on the dark corners of search engine optimization.

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Rob Stoves

Solutions Consultant, Ektron

rob.stoves@Ektron.co.uk

Myth Busting the Dark Art of SEO

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Myth Busting the Dark Art of SEO

• Introduction to how search engines

work

• Some common SEO techniques used

over the last 10 years

• Black hat and white hat SEO

• Tips to improve rankings

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What SEO isn’t

• SEO shouldn’t be about getting to the top of

Google for particular phrases

• We shouldn’t be optimizing for search

engines

• We should be optimizing for people

• Although short term benefits can be gained

it will not last without continual investment

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How search engines work

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On page SEO

Search Engine Submission

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On page SEO

Page rank Search Engine Submission

Anchor text

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Copyright © 2013 Ektron, Inc.

On page SEO

Search Engine Submission

Domain authority

Page rank

Anchor text

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On page SEO Page rank

Search Engine Submission

Anchor text

Domain authority

Link context

User signals

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Negative SEO

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TIPS

• Latent Semantic Indexing

• Know your competition

• Your website is never finished

• Don’t risk search engine penalties

• Avoid keyword stuffing

• Interact with bloggers in your industry

• Get people to link to you

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Rob Stoves

Solutions Consultant, Ektron

rob.stoves@Ektron.co.uk

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