Wednesday, November 20, 2013

SEO Newsletter Vol 119: The End of Year Edition

Bruce Clay, Inc. Newsletter
SEO Newsletter | Vol 119 | November 20, 2013 This Month's News
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Book First Look: 'Content Marketing Strategies for Pros' Rounds up Experts
Author: Kristi Kellogg
 

Get an exclusive first look at Bruce Clay and Murray Newlands' new book, "Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals: How to Use Content Marketing and SEO to Communicate with Impact, Generate Sales and Get Found by Search Engines." This critical guide:

  • Explores all aspects of content marketing, including objectives, topic selection, blogging, images, videos, curation, live events, social strategy and the integration of paid, earned and owned media.
  • Offers insights and anecdotes from industry experts including Lee Odden, Jonathon Colman, Lisa Buyer, Andy Crestodina and Michael Brito.
  • Examines content marketing channels in 10 chapters, with a chapter-by-chapter breakdown available in this article.

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  Back to Basics
Best of Conference Coverage: Four 2013 Takeaways That Will Carry into 2014
Author: Chelsea Adams
 

In our annual review of the best conference coverage of the year, we've identified trends that were hot topics on the search and social marketing conference circuit. More importantly, however, we've expanded on those trends with staying power, those which should be present in your 2014 online marketing strategy. Here you'll read:

  • How entity search is shifting the search landscape and what that means for your search strategy.
  • What it means that Google is becoming a resource that provides answers, not just links.
  • How Google Glass and other wearable tech will mean changes to the way users access the Internet, and the way SEOs optimize.

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  Facebook + SEO Workshop by SEJ
An Evening of Search + Social Marketing in San Francisco: Rare Opportunity to Learn from Bruce Clay and Facebook Director Matt Idema
 

Bay Area marketers and Internet savvy business owners — you think you know online marketing but you might be surprised after an evening with SEO Bruce Clay and Facebook Director Matt Idema.

On Dec. 3 from 1-5 p.m., attend a rare, limited engagement opportunity to get advice about advertising and audience outreach on Facebook, straight from a Facebook insider and thought-leader. Matt Idema, Facebook Director, Monetization Product Marketing, will show the audience how to leverage Facebook's advanced audience targeting and high performing retargeting network. Facebook's unique role in online users' lives makes it a highly effective direct response marketing channel ripe with opportunity for ecommerce.

Bruce Clay will also present a crash-course in driving targeted traffic to a business's online presence through organic, on-site optimizations. Bruce's SEO training is 5-star rated, with attendees of all experience levels regularly reporting immediately actionable takeaways.

Workshop attendance is limited to 50 to maximize face-time with the presenters and ask questions. At 6 p.m., join Clay and Idema at The Creamery for a meetup open to all. Search Engine Journal is your host for the day's events.

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Search + Social in San Francisco: One-time, limited seating workshop with Bruce Clay and Facebook's Matt Idema

Top Blog Posts

Matt Cutts at Pubcon Las Vegas 2013


Code Typo in Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reports Snippet


How to Leverage Google+ Posts in Google News

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

SEO Newsletter Vol 118: The Future Edition

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SEO Newsletter | Vol 118 | October 23, 2013 This Month's News
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5 Internal Resources to Mine for SEO Content
Author: Virginia Nussey
 

Following a heavy conference season, an overarching theme emerged, tying together all the tactics and big picture points-of-view. In short, strategizing in silos is out. Read why:

  • (Not Provided) is not the end of SEO. The effect of (not provided) is a focus on core tenants of SEO strategy, rooted in carefully designed architecture and data-driven content development.
  • Changing search technology is driving search behavior change. The effect of conversational search and wearable devices must be accounted for.
  • Google will have you beat with direct answers for queries with straight-forward answers. Shift away from thinking about drawing visitors to your site through search and toward building relationships.

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  Back To Basics
Why Siloing Is Important in a PageRank Toolbar-Free World
Author: Chelsea Adams
 

Matt Cutts released a Google Webmaster video this month discussing PageRank's decreasing usage. Cutts said that "over time, the PageRank indicator will probably start to go away a little bit." Even if PageRank goes away entirely, the concept and principles of PageRank will remain. This back-to-basics article discusses those principles and the importance of siloing as it relates to PageRank. Learn:

  • Why PageRank matters, even though the PageRank indicator is on its way out.
  • What constitutes "good architecture."
  • How to successfully set up a silo.

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Conference Training

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Penguin 2.1: What's New With Google's Angry Bird


What Is Google PageRank and How Is It Earned and Transferred?


4 Thank You Page Examples That Got It Right

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

SEO Newsletter Vol 117: The Back to School Edition

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SEO Newsletter | Vol 117 | September 17, 2013 This Month's News
  Feature
Engagement Objects Idea Generator for Content Marketing
Author: Virginia Nussey
 

Content needs something extra special to stand up to shrinking attention spans and high demands to be entertained — engaged, if you will. Engagement Objects are a class of content with a magnetic pull to keep a visitor on your site and interested in your brand messaging. The challenge can be developing them for your brand, so start here with:

  • Questions to point you to creative content that serves your specific conversion goals
  • Concrete ideas for content that captures your audience, such as unconventional videos, images and presentations
  • The exact tools to generate image macros, on-screen tutorial videos, live online events and interactive infographics and data visualizations, to name a few

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  Back To Basics
How to Set Up Google Webmaster Tools
Author: Paula Allen
 

Google Webmaster Tools is an indispensable resource for SEOs. Want to know why your pages can't be found through search? GWT is a great place to start looking for answers. It's also Google's hotline to communicate any issues or penalties with your site. For those who have never set up Google Webmaster Tools, use this article to discover:

  • How to set up GWT from start to finish, with step-by-step pictures
  • Which methods you can use to verify site ownership
  • All the free diagnostic tools and reports available to website owners through GWT

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Conference Training

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Download the 2013 SEO Factors & Trends Report Today


3 Tools that Get Your Content Shared: Easy As 1-2-Tweet


Why Yahoo!'s "30 Days of Change" Reminds Me of OJ Simpson, and 4 Ways They Could Have Done It Better

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