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Andrea Streff & Matthew Edgar
Elementive Marketing Solutions
Technical SEO for the Non-Techie
1. OVERVIEW
Today we will review…
• Technical SEO Background and Process
• The Top 5 Technical SEO Areas
1. Speed
2. Uptime
3. Errors
4. XML Sitemap
5. HTML tags
What is Technical
SEO?
Technical SEO: Audiences
Technical SEO
Process
Three Questions to Ask
1. What makes the content on your website
findable?
– Communicating about the pages on your site to Google,
Bing, elsewhere
– Links to your content throughout the web
– Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one)
– Generating feeds to share your content
– Posting items on social media with all additional content
– like Open Graph and cards
Three Questions to Ask
1. What makes the content on your
website findable?
– Communicating about the pages on your site to
search engines
– Links to your content throughout the web
– Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one)
– Generating feeds to share your content
– Posting items on social media
Three Questions to Ask
1. What makes the content on your
website findable?
– Communicating about the pages on your site to
search engines
– Links to your content throughout the web
– Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one)
– Generating feeds to share your content
– Posting items on social media
Three Questions to Ask
1. What makes the content on your
website findable?
– Communicating about the pages on your site to
search engines
– Links to your content throughout the web
– Create XML sitemaps Generating feeds to share
your content
– Posting items on social media
Three Questions to Ask
1. What makes the content on your
website findable?
– Communicating about the pages on your site to
search engines
– Links to your content throughout the web
– Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one)
– Generating feeds to share your content
– Posting items on social media
Three Questions to Ask
1. What makes the content on your
website findable?
– Communicating about the pages on your site to
search engines
– Links to your content throughout the web
– Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one)
– Generating feeds to share your content
– Posting items on social media
Three Questions to Ask
2. What makes your website crawlable?
– Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and
easier for people to read
– Provide alternatives for non-text content, like
adding text descriptions for your images or
transcripts for videos.
Three Questions to Ask
2. What makes your website crawlable?
– Links can be followed, pages can be indexed
– Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and
easier for people to read
– Provide alternatives for non-text content, like
adding text descriptions for your images or
transcripts for videos.
Three Questions to Ask
2. What makes your website crawlable?
– Links can be followed, pages can be indexed
– Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and
easier for people to read
– Provide alternatives for non-text content, like
adding text descriptions for your images or
transcripts for videos.
Three Questions to Ask
2. What makes your website crawlable?
– Links can be followed, pages can be indexed
– Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and
easier for people to read
– Provide alternatives for non-text content, like
adding text descriptions for your images or
transcripts for videos.
Three Questions to Ask
2. What makes your website crawlable?
– Links can be followed, pages can be indexed
– Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and
easier for people to read
– Provide alternatives for non-text content, like
adding text descriptions for your images or
transcripts for videos.
– Keep your website error free.
Three Questions to Ask
2. What makes your website crawlable?
– Don't block robots from accessing your website. Easy way to test this - If it
returns the content of your page without issue, it is safe to assume Google
and Bing can access your site:
Technical SEO for the Non-Techie: Overview
Technical SEO for the Non-Techie: Overview
Technical SEO for the Non-Techie: Overview
Technical SEO for the Non-Techie: Overview
Three Questions to Ask
3. What do you do to make it
understandable?
– Keep your website error free
– Use relevant words and phrases
– Put your content in text format to make it easier
for audiences to read
Three Questions to Ask
3. What do you do to make it
understandable?
– Use accurate tags to identify content
– Use relevant words and phrases
– Put your content in text format to make it easier
for audiences to read
Three Questions to Ask
3. What do you do to make it
understandable?
– Use accurate tags to identify content
– Use relevant words and phrases
– Put your content in text format to make it easier
for audiences to read
Three Questions to Ask
3. What do you do to make it
understandable?
– Use accurate tags to identify content
– Use relevant words and phrases
– Avoid duplication
Join us for the next video:
Website Speed Testing
and Monitoring

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Technical SEO for the Non-Techie: Overview

  • 1. Andrea Streff & Matthew Edgar Elementive Marketing Solutions Technical SEO for the Non-Techie 1. OVERVIEW
  • 2. Today we will review… • Technical SEO Background and Process • The Top 5 Technical SEO Areas 1. Speed 2. Uptime 3. Errors 4. XML Sitemap 5. HTML tags
  • 6. Three Questions to Ask 1. What makes the content on your website findable? – Communicating about the pages on your site to Google, Bing, elsewhere – Links to your content throughout the web – Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one) – Generating feeds to share your content – Posting items on social media with all additional content – like Open Graph and cards
  • 7. Three Questions to Ask 1. What makes the content on your website findable? – Communicating about the pages on your site to search engines – Links to your content throughout the web – Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one) – Generating feeds to share your content – Posting items on social media
  • 8. Three Questions to Ask 1. What makes the content on your website findable? – Communicating about the pages on your site to search engines – Links to your content throughout the web – Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one) – Generating feeds to share your content – Posting items on social media
  • 9. Three Questions to Ask 1. What makes the content on your website findable? – Communicating about the pages on your site to search engines – Links to your content throughout the web – Create XML sitemaps Generating feeds to share your content – Posting items on social media
  • 10. Three Questions to Ask 1. What makes the content on your website findable? – Communicating about the pages on your site to search engines – Links to your content throughout the web – Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one) – Generating feeds to share your content – Posting items on social media
  • 11. Three Questions to Ask 1. What makes the content on your website findable? – Communicating about the pages on your site to search engines – Links to your content throughout the web – Create XML sitemaps (we'll talk about that one) – Generating feeds to share your content – Posting items on social media
  • 12. Three Questions to Ask 2. What makes your website crawlable? – Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and easier for people to read – Provide alternatives for non-text content, like adding text descriptions for your images or transcripts for videos.
  • 13. Three Questions to Ask 2. What makes your website crawlable? – Links can be followed, pages can be indexed – Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and easier for people to read – Provide alternatives for non-text content, like adding text descriptions for your images or transcripts for videos.
  • 14. Three Questions to Ask 2. What makes your website crawlable? – Links can be followed, pages can be indexed – Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and easier for people to read – Provide alternatives for non-text content, like adding text descriptions for your images or transcripts for videos.
  • 15. Three Questions to Ask 2. What makes your website crawlable? – Links can be followed, pages can be indexed – Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and easier for people to read – Provide alternatives for non-text content, like adding text descriptions for your images or transcripts for videos.
  • 16. Three Questions to Ask 2. What makes your website crawlable? – Links can be followed, pages can be indexed – Lots of text– this is easier for Google to crawl and easier for people to read – Provide alternatives for non-text content, like adding text descriptions for your images or transcripts for videos. – Keep your website error free.
  • 17. Three Questions to Ask 2. What makes your website crawlable? – Don't block robots from accessing your website. Easy way to test this - If it returns the content of your page without issue, it is safe to assume Google and Bing can access your site:
  • 22. Three Questions to Ask 3. What do you do to make it understandable? – Keep your website error free – Use relevant words and phrases – Put your content in text format to make it easier for audiences to read
  • 23. Three Questions to Ask 3. What do you do to make it understandable? – Use accurate tags to identify content – Use relevant words and phrases – Put your content in text format to make it easier for audiences to read
  • 24. Three Questions to Ask 3. What do you do to make it understandable? – Use accurate tags to identify content – Use relevant words and phrases – Put your content in text format to make it easier for audiences to read
  • 25. Three Questions to Ask 3. What do you do to make it understandable? – Use accurate tags to identify content – Use relevant words and phrases – Avoid duplication
  • 26. Join us for the next video: Website Speed Testing and Monitoring