get found raise your visibility through organic search (part 2)
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Get Found: Raise Your Visibility through Organic Search
The Ultimate Series on WordPress SEO - Part 2
September 30th, 2015
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Two seasoned SEOs covering 6 great topics!
David VogelpohlVP Web Strategy, WP Engine
❖ Speed
❖ Security
❖ SSL
Michael DavidAuthor, “WordPress SearchEngine Optimization”(Packt Publishing)
❖ HTACCESS Hacks
❖ Reducing your Google Index
❖ Rank Checking Software
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What you’ll learn from David V’s segment
How speed, security, and SSL affect SEO and what you can do about it
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Speed is super important
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How speed affects SEO
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Directly affects algo
Indirectly affects algo
Higher bounce rate
Less page depth
Less links & shares
What you can do to improve site speed
Things anyone can do
Use managed hosting
W3 Total cacheReduce pluginsInstall a CDN
wpeng.in/makewpfast
What your developer can do
Quick wins for devs
Review your waterfall
Reduce elementsOptimize databaseClean up functions.phpMove JS to footer
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Why security is important to SEO
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Google wantsGood content
Good experience
No malware
What you can do to improve security
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Build walls, close doors, &
update everything!
What you need to know about SSL & SEO
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Lightweight signal that Google may strengthen over
time
How to implement SSL
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Implement site wide
Create wildcard 301 redirect
WPE customers use portal
Other hosts, check support
Test, test, test,
*WPE customers: SSL settings in portal automatically do this part!
htaccess*
What you’ll learn from MD’s segment
● .htaccess and server hacks● Keeping your Google index neat● Tracking ranking position in SERPs
Michael David @tastyplacement#wpeseo
.htaccess hacks
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.htaccess: Considerations-it's a server configuration file-can do almost anything with inbound web requests-filter by: --IP--bot name--browser/user agent
.htaccess hacks
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.htaccess: Block Bad Bots
-Bad bots use your bandwidth and steal content-This is ONE example of what you can do with .htaccess-$10 on Odesk/Upwork
.htaccess hacks
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1: make a 403 page2. Put this code in .htaccess
ErrorDocument 403 /403.htmlRewriteEngine OnRewriteBase /RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(black.?hole|blackwidow|discoverybot) [NC,OR]RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(alexibot|backweb|bandit) [NC]# ISSUE 403 / SERVE ERRORDOCUMENTRewriteRule . - [F,L]
1. Apache's drop-in code: http://goo.gl/I79WSo
2. Set it up once and rinse/repeat
Keep Your Google Index Neat and Tidy
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A Tidy Index: Considerations
-site:yoursite.com in Google search-Good content goes index-Fluffy/Duplicate content stays out
Keep Your Google Index Neat and Tidy
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A Tidy Index: Mapping Content
Financial ConsultingTax Consulting501(3)(c) Consulting
Duplicate/Fluff content competes with Money Pages
Keep Your Google Index Neat and Tidy
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Question from Attendee: Single Page WebsitesFinancial ConsultingTax Consulting501(3)(c) Consulting
If you are a bot: -I see a mix of words on page-I see a mix of words in links-What is the context?-What is the topic?
Google's great achievement is determining category/topic
Advanced SEOs know how to send consistent, simple signals
Keep Your Google Index Neat and Tidy
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A Tidy Index: How to Do It1. Use Yoast (from last session)2. Google Search Console
Tracking Rankings
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Tracking Your Rankings: Considerations
-Track a range of keywords to monitor your progress and tweak/test
Tracking Rankings
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Tracking Your Rankings: Considerations
-Does Google want you hammering their search results with Automated Queries? -Heavy use costs money-Heavy use risks offending search engines-Heavy use requires proxies-Accuracy is problematic because of mobile and hyper-local search
Tracking Rankings
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Tracking Your Rankings: Going Light
-Rank Tank for up to 15 keywords-It's a Google Docs spreadsheet that uses scripts to check rankings
Tracking Rankings
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Tracking Your Rankings: Medium Power
-SEOmoz/Moz for up to 300 keywords with their 99 a month plan
Tracking Rankings
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Tracking Your Rankings: High Power
Rank Tracker
Tracking Rankings
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Tracking Your Rankings: High Power
-Rank Tracker software from LinkAssistant-Totally professional, check 1000s of terms-Check image search, local maps-schedule reports-Uses proxies safely from your home or office
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