Understanding seo

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Understanding Search Engine Optimization.

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SEO 101

SEO is Constantly Changing

ChangingLandscape

Is SEO worth it?

How do users spend their time

How Search Works

How Search Works

Crawling the Web

Crawling the Web

Indexing the Web

Indexing the Web

Providing Results

Search Engine Results Layout

Adwords (pay per click ads)

Organic

Organic

Local/Organic

Maps

7 Key Factors for Effective SEO

7 Key Factors for Effective SEO

On-Page SEO Factors

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On-Page SEO Factors

Title TagURL Structure

Headings (H1/H2)

Alt Tag

Body Text

<head><title>Sentinel | A Downtown Portland Hotel</title><meta name="description" content="Sentinel is a Portland luxury hotel is situated in two of Portland’s most historic buildings and houses Jake’s Grill and Jackknife Bar."></head>

Title Tag & Meta DescriptionTitle TagGoogle displays around 50-

60 characters

Meta Description

Optimal length for search engines is roughly 150-155

characters

No Meta Keywords.

What?

Wordpress SEO Plugin

URL Structure

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/ID72/33007352/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CSports+and+leisure%7C33006346/c_2/2%7Ccat_33006346%7CSports+and+leisure+product+care%7C33007352.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/sports-leisure

Meta Robots Tag

<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">

Quality Content

Quality Content

Endorsements (links, citations, press, reviews, mentions, etc. )

Endorsements (links, citations, press, reviews, mentions, etc. )

Citations

Design & User Experience

Design & User Experience

User Experience

Designed for Mobile

Optimized for Social

Sharing

Optimized for Social Sharing

WP Social SEO Booster Plugin

Measure (Google Analytics)

Measure

12 Takeaways for SEO

Don’t Panic

Why? Because Everything is Awesome Everything is Awesome!