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My Mozcon 2013 presentation on ecommerce SEO.
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#MozCon
by @audette
The State of Ecommerce SEO
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First a little history
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The first SEO
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The first SEOSEO: optimizing for search engines and cashin’ checks
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The first SEO
SEO holdover mindsetRANK #1!BUILD LINKS!
TotallyKEYWORDS ALL DAY!
FullyOBSESS ON ALGOS!
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SEO is full of crapCRAP
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It worked. It was profitable.
BRANDS FOUND SEO
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The Internet hates SEO
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The Internet hates CRAP SEO
Which site should I torch next…
I will kill your business model
17SUSTAINABILITY
THEN:
CHASE ALGOS
NOW:
CHASE PEOPLE
THEN:
KEYWORDS W/ MOST TRAFFIC
NOW:
KEYWORDS w/ MOST RELEVANCE
THEN:
OBSESS ON LINKS
NOW:
CREATING EXPERIENCES WORTH SHARING
NOW:
OBSESS ON CREATING EXPERIENCES WORTH SHARING
THEN:
MORE LINKS MORE PAGESMORE EVERYTHING
NOW:
LESS IS MORE
THEN:
FOCUS ON RANKINGS
NOW:
FOCUS ON BOTTOM LINE METRICS
(for example)
NON-BRAND REVENUECONVERSION RATENEW CUSTOMERS
(and)
STAND BEHIND YOUR WORK
This change will create $164,160 in newmonthly revenue.
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Is pleased32
RECS NOT IMPLEMENTEDARE WORTHLESS
PART 2CONTENT STRATEGY
PART 2CONTENT STRATEGY
KEYWORDS GET YOU HALFWAY
TIP #1KNOW CONTENT STRATEGY
PART 2SEO CONTENT STRATEGY
SEARCH RANK & DISPLAY
PAGE CONTENT
(AUDIENCE NEED)
CONVERSION
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PART 3STAY TECHNICAL
TECHNICAL SEO IS MOREIMPORTANT, NOT LESS
Impact vs. reliability
Technical SEO is Dependable
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Off-page
Content
On-page
High Impact, Lower Dependability
High Dependability, Lower Impact
PART 3MOBILE 25% OF ORGANIC
MOBILE TRENDS
1. Tablets used more than smartphones to visit ecommerce sites.
MOBILE TRENDS
MOBILE TRENDS
2. Tablet users look at more pages.
TIP #3MOBILE TRENDS
MOBILE TRENDS
MOBILE TRENDS
Adobe:http://plotin.us/12QMH7dResponsive: http://plotin.us/18GrTn2
MOBILE TRENDS
The Vary header fix
MOBILE TRENDS
MOBILE TRENDS
This breaks Akamai caching
MOBILE TRENDS
1. Configure Akamai to ignore Vary: User-Agent
MOBILE TRENDS
2. Configure Akamai to cache with “is mobile” flag
Vary: User-Agent Solution
Explanation:http://plotin.us/18GtXLEFix:http://plotin.us/16YgXx9
TECHNICAL SEO IS MOREIMPORTANT, NOT LESS
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Every site has finite crawl resources
TIP #2GET TECHNICAL
PART 4CRAWLING TIPS FOR ECOMM
Fix server errors (when large)
PART 4CRAWLING TIPS FOR ECOMM
Speed truly rules
Read these
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Web performance optimizationhttp://plotin.us/183sKv2
SEO site speedhttp://plotin.us/12gKxOy
PART 4CRAWLING TIPS FOR ECOMM
Parameter handling is good
PART 4CRAWLING TIPS FOR ECOMM
Monitor indexation with XML feeds
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PART 4CRAWLING TIPS FOR ECOMM
Use 304 not modified
PART 4CRAWLING TIPS FOR ECOMM
Use log files
TIP #2GET TECHNICAL
TIP #2GET TECHNICAL
PART 5LIGHTNING ROUND!
Top technical gotchas
PART 5LIGHTNING ROUND!
1: Inconsistent Signals
http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/51909?page=double-l-chinos-natural-
fit-hidden-comfort-plain-front
Canonical tags not part of the internal link profile
http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/32865?page=double-l-jeans-natural-
fit&catalogId=18
Self-referencing canonical tag points to non-canonical
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Canonical crawl path
Home Category Sub-cat Product
Navigation & internal links, external backlinks, canonical tags, XML files all point to the same definitive URLs.
PART 5LIGHTNING ROUND!
2: Pagination (always)
Self-referencing canonical tags
pp. 2-N
Annotations:
• Pages 2-N annotated with rel prev, next
• pages 2-N self-referencing rel canonical
No self-referencing canonical with rel prev/next
pp. 2-N
~/pg3?src=nav1&sessID=9
Actual canonical: ~/pg3
PART 5LIGHTNING ROUND!
4: Product Variations
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PART 5LIGHTNING ROUND!
5: Faceted Navigation
http://www.jpcycles.com/motorcycle-parts/brembo/brake-calipers-and-kits
http://www.jpcycles.com/motorcycle-parts/brembo/brake-calipers-and-kits?
N=36371+28004518
PART 5LIGHTNING ROUND!
6: Product Inventory
@rimmkaufman #techseo92
@rimmkaufman #techseo93
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Handling Expiring Products
Generate a “product not here” message
Recommend related products
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Handling Expiring Products
301 to a related product or up a level
OR just 404 the page (it’s OK)
PART 6KEY CHALLENGES
PART 6Hidden SEO Data: iOS6
PART 6Hidden SEO Data: iOS6
PART 6Hidden SEO Data: iOS6
PART 6Hidden SEO Data: (not provided)
TIP #4PLAs Taking Clickshare
PART 6PLAs Taking Clickshare
PART 6PLAs: 33% of Non-branded PPC
PART 6Image Search for Ecommerce
PART 6Image Search for Ecommerce
PART 6Image Search for Ecommerce
PART 6Challenges
1. ~13% of all Google organic traffic is hidden.
2. (Not provided) is ~35%
3. PLAs are taking organic CTR
4. Image search traffic loss
PART 6Challenges
1. Know realities, set expectations
2. Craft titles for max CTR
3. Use schema & authorship
4. Estimate lost data
PART 6Challenges
Estimating hidden iOS6 traffichttp://plotin.us/12ViOjo
PART 7Social for Ecommerce
PART 7Social for Ecommerce
PART 7Social for Ecommerce
TIP #5Social for Ecommerce
Google+ Followers
• June: 200• July: 120,000• Sep.: 280,000• Nov.: 300,000
Being here is good
PART 7Social for Ecommerce
PART 7Social for Ecommerce
Authorship: great for product reviews and guesting
PART 7Social for Ecommerce
Google’s weighting of results can negate benefits
PART 7Social for Ecommerce
Content ownership can be complicated
3 Takeaways
3 Takeaways
Understand your target audience
3 Takeaways
Stay in front of technical problems
3 Takeaways
Understand data trends
Thank you!
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