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Inbound Certification Brought to you by HubSpot Academy
Optimizing Your Website for Search Engines Professor: Dee Dee de Kenessey
CLASS 02
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1 WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION?
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WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO)? SEO is the process of improving your website so that it attracts more visitors from search engines.
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How would someone figure out how to install a 3-prong electrical outlet?
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Search engines need to find the most
relevant, useful, trustworthy answers.
They send “spiders” to crawl through the web searching for that content.
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From that data, they create a list of results. They rank the results in order of the popularity and authority of the websites.
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YOUR GOAL IS TO BE IN THE TOP ORGANIC RESULTS.
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2 SEO STRATEGY AND BEST PRACTICES.
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Do keyword research.
Promote your content.
Earn links to your content.
SEO STRATEGY
Optimize content around a primary keyword.
Create content around your keywords.
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Do keyword research.
Promote your content.
Earn links to your content.
SEO STRATEGY
Optimize content around a primary keyword.
Create content around your keywords.
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Keywords are the words typed into search engines.
They’re the topics that searchers are trying to learn more about.
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1. Make a list of keywords your buyer personas would search for.
HOW TO DO KEYWORD RESEARCH
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Let’s say your business makes smart
phone accessories. One of your buyer personas is a
teenager, Lanky Luke.
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What are the common industry questions Luke might have? “Drying out a smart phone”
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What questions might Luke have that your company provides solutions to? “Waterproof smart phone cases”
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What questions might Luke have when deciding to buy your waterproof case? “Smart Phone Preserver case reviews”
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THE BUYER’S JOURNEY Categorize keywords by the stages of the buyer’s journey.
Problem-based keywords
Solution keywords
Branded keywords
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MIMIC THE LANGUAGE THAT YOUR BUYER PERSONAS USE.
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WHICH LANGUAGE WOULD LUKE BE MOST LIKELY TO USE IN A SEARCH? A. “Where is the iPhone liquid exposure device indicator”
B. “Is there an iPhone water damage indicator”
C. “How to tell if iPhone has water damage”
D. “How to detect iPhone water damage”
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WHICH LANGUAGE WOULD LUKE BE MOST LIKELY TO USE IN A SEARCH? A. “Where is the iPhone liquid exposure device indicator”
B. “Is there an iPhone water damage indicator”
C. “How to tell if iPhone has water damage”
D. “How to detect iPhone water damage”
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Looking for more? Get the full class experience and more
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1. Make a list of keywords your buyer personas would search for.
2. Expand that list by searching the web for alternatives.
HOW TO DO KEYWORD RESEARCH
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Expand your keyword list by searching the web for alternatives.
Type one of your keywords into a search engine and see what the results are.
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1. Make a list of keywords your buyer personas would search for.
HOW TO DO KEYWORD RESEARCH
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1. Make a list of keywords your buyer personas would search for.
2. Expand that list by searching the web for alternatives.
HOW TO DO KEYWORD RESEARCH
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1. Make a list of keywords your buyer personas would search for.
2. Expand that list by searching the web for alternatives.
3. Determine which keywords people are using to find your site.
HOW TO DO KEYWORD RESEARCH
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1. Make a list of keywords your buyer personas would search for.
2. Expand that list by searching the web for alternatives.
3. Determine which keywords people are using to find your site.
4. Decide which keywords you have the best opportunity to rank for.
HOW TO DO KEYWORD RESEARCH
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“Shoes” is a short or broad keyword.
It’s harder to rank for because there’s a lot of competition around it
– and it’s very general.
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“Best women’s running shoes for flat feet” is a long-tail keyword. It’s easier to rank for because it’s more specific and targeted.
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Drill down into your keyword analytics. Look at your current rank for the keyword, how many monthly searches it gets,
and what the competition or difficulty level is.
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Do keyword research.
Promote your content.
Earn links to your content.
SEO STRATEGY
Optimize content around a primary keyword.
Create content around your keywords.
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Search engines are getting smarter and smarter. They don’t just understand keywords – they try to understand a searcher’s intent.
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Do keyword research.
Promote your content.
Earn links to your content.
SEO STRATEGY
Optimize content around a primary keyword.
Create content around your keywords.
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Optimize the page around a primary keyword.
Promote a good user experience.
Optimize your website for mobile.
HOW TO OPTIMIZE A PAGE
Include relevant links with the content.
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Is it in the page title?
Add the keyword to the page title and URL.
Is it in the URL?
If a website page, use a pipe: Primary Keyword | Company Name
(mybusiness.com/long-tail-keyword)
If editing a live page, set up a 301 Redirect that will direct the old URL to the new one, sending people seamlessly to the right page.
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Is it in the image alt-text?
Is it used naturally in the body?
Add the keyword to the body, headers and image alt-text.
Is it in the headers?
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Place the primary keyword in the
meta description. Each page should have a unique meta
description, no more than 140 characters.
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Optimize the page around a primary keyword.
Promote a good user experience.
Optimize your website for mobile.
HOW TO OPTIMIZE A PAGE
Include relevant links with the content.
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Include relevant internal and external links within the content. Hyperlink text with keywords that you’d like to rank for.
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Optimize the page around a primary keyword.
Promote a good user experience.
Optimize your website for mobile.
HOW TO OPTIMIZE A PAGE
Include relevant links with the content.
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Promote a good user experience. Make sure your website is intuitive and easy to browse.
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Optimize the page around a primary keyword.
Promote a good user experience.
Optimize your website for mobile.
HOW TO OPTIMIZE A PAGE
Include relevant links with the content.
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80% SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q3 2014
of internet users own a smartphone.
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Optimize your website for mobile. Make sure your website pages can be easily viewed on any screen size.
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Do keyword research.
Promote your content.
Earn links to your content.
SEO STRATEGY
Optimize content around a primary keyword.
Create content around your keywords.
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Do keyword research.
Promote your content.
Earn links to your content.
SEO STRATEGY
Optimize content around a primary keyword.
Create content around your keywords.
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Search engines follow links between pages to see how they’re related to each other. Links coming into your website are called “inbound links”. They help search engines analyze how authoritative your website is.
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NOT ALL LINKS ARE CREATED EQUAL.
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Build relationships. Make connections with authoritative sites and industry thought leaders.
FLICKR USER FLAZINGO PHOTOS
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Create content with input from industry
thought leaders. They’ll share the content, giving you
new visitors and a new link.
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• Create a “best-of” or resources list.
• Interview an industry thought leader.
• Write crowdsourced content.
• Ask an industry thought leader to write the forward or give a quote for an eBook.
CREATE CONTENT WITH INPUT FROM INDUSTRY THOUGHT LEADERS
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Set up a page on the top online directories. Directories are websites like Yelp, YP (Yellow Pages), and local chambers of commerce.
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If location-specific, create a Google+ Local Listing Page. This will tie your business to a specific location, which Google will use in its search results.
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Ready for more? Get the full class experience and more
with the free Inbound Certification.
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WHAT DOES A SUCCESSFULLY OPTIMIZED WEBSITE PAGE LOOK LIKE? 3
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60% Increase in monthly leads in the first two months.
SOURCE: HUBSPOT CASE STUDY
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55% Increase in social media traffic in the first two months.
SOURCE: HUBSPOT CASE STUDY
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10% Increase in website traffic in the first two months.
SOURCE: HUBSPOT CASE STUDY
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Mimicking the language of their buyer persona
Addressing a topic their buyer
persona wants to learn about
Did they pick the right keyword?
Using natural language and
variations of the keyword
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URL Page title
Have they optimized the page around the keyword?
Image alt-text
Body
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External links to outside resources Internal link to
another page
Are they linking to other sources?
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Clear next steps Clear navigation
Are they offering a good user experience?
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Mimicking the language of their buyer persona Addressing a common
topic their buyer persona might want to learn about
Did they pick the right keyword?
Focusing on a long-tail keyword
Using natural language and variations of the keyword
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URL Page title
Have they optimized the page around the keyword?
Image alt-text
Body
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External link to an outside resource
Internal link to another blog post
Are they linking to other sources?
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Social following buttons
Are they promoting their content?
Social sharing buttons
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Are they earning inbound links?
They have other websites linking to them – looks like it!
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