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SEOsearch engine opt imizat ion

why seo mat tersSEO leads have a 14.6% close rate, while outbound leads (such as direct mail or print advertising) have

a 1.7% close rate.

51%of traffic is

driven by SEO

Over

70%of search traffic is

organic versus less than

30%as paid traffic

Over

90% of people do not go past the first page of

search results

-market share-

?????????what drives SEO?

keywordsOn the top 10 search results the average website

page has 2,000 keywords.

The keyword density and usage of each page greatly influences the keyword ranking of that page.

On Page SEO

The content and html markup of your website is critical to getting found on

the major search engines.

Page Titles (70 characters)

Meta Descriptions (155 characters)

H1 – H6 tags

Alt Tags (Used to tell search engines what an image is about)

P tags (body copy)

Site URLS & Site Architecture

Inbound Links Versus Outbound Links

Responsive Design (mobile friendly)

Number of Pages Indexed

Businesses with websites of 401-1000 pages get 6x more leads than those with 51-100 pages.

BLOG

Websites with blogs get 55%

more SEO traffic than websites that do not

Having accurate citations on the major local listing sites like Google Places, Yelp,

YP.com, Bing Places, and more help you rank higher locally.

LOCAL LISTINGS

SOCIAL MEDIASocial Shares of each page influence rankings

(See ranking factors by search metrics)

7 of the top 8 most correlated ranking factors are related to

social media according to the 2013 search metrics SEO study.

Backlinks# of total backlinks to your website influence SEO% of no follow backlinks vs do follow links matterRelevance of backlinks to your website matterWebsite value of backlink mattersWord count in anchor text% backlinks with keyword

-sources-http://www.searchmetrics.com/knowledge-base/

ranking-factors-us-2013/

http://searchengineland.com/study-organic-search-drives-51-traffic-social-5-202063

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/24-eye-popping-seo-statistics/42665/

http://www.hubspot.com/marketing-statistics

http://www.quicksprout.com/2012/12/20/the-science-behind-long-copy-how-more-content-incre

ases-rankings-and-conversions/

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12.7%

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yahoo

bing

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