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Search
engine
optimisation
...and the effect of social in search
A whirlwind
history of
SEO
the 1990s
Search
algorithms
were very
basic
link metrics
= determine
value of links
keyword-heavy
webpages = top
of search
results
Florida 2003
anti-keyword
stuffing
nofollow
update
jan 2005
blog spam
2003 >
2010, various
algorithm
updates that
affected link
metrics
significant
changes in
2010 and 2011
June 2010
real-time
indexing
Freshness.
PANDA
Feb
2011
Panda
affected
12% of all
searches
harmed
„weak‟ or
„thin‟
content
so how is
good
content
defined?
What gets
me to the
top of
Google?
The periodic table of SEO
The periodic table of SEO
The periodic table of SEO
the social
side of SEO
1sharing
2platforms
1sharing
sharing.
predominantly content
which is tweeted or liked
this directly relates to
search rank
Over
2,000
likes and
nearly
1,500
tweets
Google use
these but
are quiet
about value.
Binghave
implied
social has
more weight
Facebook and
Twitter are
the best
shares to get
Google+.
Google+
so what‟s the point?
doesn‟t directly relate
to search rank
Hotwire
jumps to 3rd
place once I
am signed
in. Because
a contact
has +1ed
the content
Therefore, th
e larger your
Google+
network, and
the more +1s
your content
gets, the
higher you
will rank.
here‟s a
hypothetical:
if you had 1,000 in your
Google+ circles,
and you +1 an article,
that article is much more
likely to rank on page 1 for
those 1000 people.
Google+
170m users
100m active
Other
sharing?
Pinterest.
in February, Pinterest drove
more traffic than Twitter Source: Shareaholic
th nk about
the sort of
content you
create
infographics,
photos, videos
, visual data.
1sharing2platforms
2platforms
what do I
mean by
platforms?
other social
networks which
show up in
search
Slideshare
YouTube
these sites
already have
high search
rank
creating
content for
them helps your
search position
for
example, with
content for
Hotwire on
mobile
optimisation
our corresponding
blogpost for that
keyphrase is
nowhere to be seen
this is because
Slideshare
already has a
high search rank
another example,
this time for
YouTube: a search
for “financial
technology pr”...
Our website page for
financial technology
PR ranks on page
2, but the YouTube
link ranks on page 1.
again, it‟s
because of
YouTube‟s
already high
presence online
think about content
that naturally lends
itself to existing
social platforms
five things
to take
away
1 fresh
content is the
best content
2 Twitter and
shares affect
search rank
3 big Google+
network and
+1s = high
visibility
4 Pinterest
drives more
traffic than
5 think about
content for
existing social
platforms
SEO is changing
and social has
an increasing
effect on search.
don‟t
miss
out
Google algorithm
changes
infographic
http://bit.ly/googleinfographic
The periodic
table of SEO
ranking factors
http://bit.ly/SEOperiodictable