1. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 SEO Tips & Tricks Debi Zylbermann Jerusalem Web Professionals SEO Expert Panel 8 th December 2008

2. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 2 Tips and Tricks 1.Off-site SEO (Link Building) 2.PPC as part of keyword research 3.Firefox add-ons 4.Focus site on customers 5.Google Trends

3. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 3 1. Off-Site Link Building (i) Relevance –Anchor text –Page credibility Context –Text (see next slide) Neighborhood –Colleagues –Blogs and Forums –Build your own

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5. 5 1. Off-Site Link Building (ii) Off site optimization must –address your audience –shape your message –organize the presentation of your message to the audience.

6. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 6 2. Using PPC as part of Keyword Research (i)

7. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 7 2. Using PPC as part of Keyword Research (ii) Optimizing a site is expensive You cant afford to optimize for the wrong keywords Use in addition to paid and free tools Adwords campaigns: –Give you data about keywords being searched (number of impressions) –Low positions (9-11) wont be clicked much, so very little payment to Google

8. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 8 3. Firefox SEO Add-ons Simplify finding the following data: –Inbound links (via Yahoo Site Explorer) –Title –Meta-tags –Keyword density –Actual text

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14. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 14 4. Focus Your Site on Your Customers Your site could be here! –Site focuses on your customers, not on your organization –Easy to find useful information –Easy to figure out what the site is about … there are less than you think

15. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 15 5. Google Trends As part of keyword research You can see: – What keywords are being searched for more (and less) –Which countries/regions are searching –How news affects the trends

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18. DebiZ Consulting Ltd. 2008 18 Google PageRank Algorithm* PR(A) = (1-d) + d(PR(t1)/C(t1) +... + PR(tn)/C(tn)) *an approximation