Seven Quick Wins to Increase Traffic in Google
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The document outlines essential small changes for improving SEO, emphasizing the importance of optimizing images, URL structures, and page content. Key strategies include using descriptive file names and alt tags for images, creating short and clear URLs, and ensuring each page is focused on a single topic. Additional recommendations include optimizing title tags, utilizing review snippets, implementing click-to-call features for mobile sites, and using breadcrumb links for better navigation and user experience.
Seven Quick Wins to Increase Traffic in Google
- 1. SEO 101 How to Get Big Results From Small Changes Prepared by Casey Meraz Follow me on Twitter @CaseyMeraz
- 2. SEO can be HARD
- 3. It’s hard to beat your competition….
- 4. You Need To Have The Mindset How Can I Be The Least Imperfect?
- 5. We need to make Google & your visitors HAPPY!
- 7. We don’t have time to cover all 200 today… Instead we will look at small changes we can make that will have a big impact
- 8. Let’s eat away at 7 factors
- 10. Are your image file names descriptive?
- 11. Do They Have ALT Tags?
- 12. #1: Image Optimization • Images should use descriptive file names separated by hyphens. • All images should have descriptive alt tags. (E.g. <img src=http://cnn.com/burrito.jpg><alt =“This is a picture of a burrito”>
- 13. #2: Optimized URL Structure
- 14. BAD URL Structures Use: • Underscores • Are very long • Are not descriptive • Have extra unneeded characters such as product124553333.html
- 15. Good URL Structures • Should use hyphens to separate • Should be descriptive • Should be as short as possible • Should not have over 5 hyphens if possible
- 16. #3: One Topic Per Page
- 18. Another bad example Main Website Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Lawyer Attorney Esquire
- 19. Guidelines • Each page should be dedicated to one keyword or topic. • This should be unique content of at least 400 words. • Having additional topics on one page can cause keyword cannibalization.
- 20. #4: Optimized Title Tags
- 21. Using the Yoast Plugin
- 22. #4: Optimized Title Tags Optimal Format Primary Keyword – Secondary Keyword | Brand Name Code: <head> <title>Example Title</title> </head>
- 23. More Info Google Typically only displays the first 50-60 characters, so keep them short! They should not be keyword stuffed like: Denver Attorney Lawyer Law Firm Colorado
- 24. #5: Review Snippets You can get these on organic results
- 25. What if I told you these increased click through rate?
- 26. All you have to do is add some HTML to your website Get the code you need to add to your website here: http://schema-creator.org/review.php **Note this will not work on your home page
- 27. All you have to do is add some HTML to your website Get the code you need to add to your website here: http://schema-creator.org/review.php **Note this will not work on your home page
- 28. #6: Click to Call If you have a mobile website
- 29. Click to Call Does Not Help Google Rankings But Who Cares!? Your conversion rate will rise and you will get more phone calls and conversions.
- 30. How to Add Click To Call Enter this code around your phone number <a href=“tel:+15555555555”>Click to Call</a>
- 31. #7: Breadcrumb Links This is not what I mean…
- 32. I mean these navigation links
- 33. Breadcrumbs don’t just help SEO…. • They provide a great user experience • They pass link juice • They establish the proper content hierarchy
- 34. Some Final Thoughts You should implement all of these items Image optimization is key Optimized URL Structure One piece of content tailored per page Heading tags help show the search engines what the page is about Click to call can increase calls and undo bounces Breadcrumbs can pass link juice and provide a great user experience.