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FOUNDATIONAL SEOSearch Engine Optimization

Adam [email protected]

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Technical SEO

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Content SEO

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Amplification SEODon’t forget… UGC

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SEM Search Engine Marketing

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How does it work ?What is the primary function

of search…

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PageRank

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Authority

Integrity

Quality Control

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4 Stages of Search

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How Google WorksCrawl

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CrawlingPage #0012 Page #0137

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How Google WorksCrawl

Index

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IndexingWords FoundPage #2054

Student

Health

and

Counseling

Services

1

2

3

4

5

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How Google WorksCrawl

Index

Analyze

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Freshness

1000’s of Signals

Diversity

Site QualityPage Quality Site Authority

Social Signals

Domain Age

Keyword Location Keyword Proximity Keyword Density

Backlinks

Content Length

Page Authority

Content Quality

SpellingSyndication

Reading LevelAuthor Reputation Strong Text

Document Structure

Responsive Design

Bookmarks

Government/Education

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How Google WorksCrawl

Index

Analyze

Results

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Page #2054

Health

Page #3076

Page #4051

Student

Page #2054

Page #4051

Page #54

Student Health

1

2

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W# W#

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How Google WorksCrawl

Index

Analyze

Results

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Popularity

Optimal Content

Quality

BacklinksInternal LinksSocial Shares

Quality ContentCode Quality

SpeedUptime

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Negative Impact to Rankings

Duplicate Content

Broken Links

HTML Errors

URL Length

Spam Links

Downtime

Keyword Stuffing

Slow Pageloads

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What do you think is themost common SEO mistake?

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404

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I was hired

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Be Carefulwith Hidden Content

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Intro to Web Spam FlagsSpam

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External links in your <nav>

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Large site

too few links

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Too many external

Links

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Other Flags

Site link diversity low

Thin content

Heavy anchor text

No contact info

Domain name length

Domain name with numerals OR -

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10On Page SEO TipsTOP

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Keywords1 A word thatis important

Importance & Front Loading

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Front LoadTop Three Paragraphs

watch for first <p>

Use Frequently & Use Early

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TF-IDFTerm Frequency

Inverse Document Frequency

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Headlines2Headings <H1>, <H2>

URLTitle <title>

Breadcrumbs

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Keywords in URL

https://shcs.ucdavis.edu

https://shcs.edu

https://ucdavis.edu/shcs/

https://ucdavis.edu/shcs.html

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Description Tags3 Include keywords

Be strategic

150 characters

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Description Tags

<meta name="description" content="Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and

fulfilling life. ...a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.">

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Twitter CardOpen Graph (OG)

Social Platform Meta Tags

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Subheads4 1 - 3 - 5 Paragraphs

Use Keywords

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Length5 600 - 975 word count

2000+ expert content

< 300 be careful

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Links6 Use keywords

No “click here”(same<p>)

Avoid universals

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Example

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Bullets7 Helps the reader

Include keywords

Ordered list is best

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Bold & Italic8 Use Keywords in<strong> <em>

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Example of using bullets and bold

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Media9 5+ ImagesAlt Text < 125 chars

Use keywords(File Name & alt)

Use Video (with captions)

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Synonyms10 Add diversity below halfway point

If longer, at a third

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Head Term

Long TailVS.

Wellness Ways I can improve my emotional wellness?

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Head Term

Long TailWays I can improve my emotional wellness?

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contextual search head term

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modifier/limiter

head term modifier/limitercontextual search

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Tools

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answerthepublic.com

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Reddit Quora

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Free Tools

SEO CentroMeta Tag Analyzer

MozBarChrome plugin

SEO PowerSuite

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Other Tools

ahrefs SEMrush

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Wordpress Plugins

Yoast (drupal)

Redirection

Secondary Title

YARPP

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Getting Started

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Pick 3-5Keywords

Plan forSubheads, lists, bold…

PrepareImages & Video(s)

Coordinatewith Partners

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Don’t wasteFirst <p>

headings: <h*>

Avoid404’s, web spam flags

hidden content

Developgood infrastructure

Be intentionalabout creating new sites

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