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Traffic from Search Engines

       David Malmborg
       @davidmalmborg
About SEO.com

- #1 Ranked Company by Website Magazine

-The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum selected SEO.com as one
of the Top 25 Fastest Growing companies in Utah
What is SEO?

         Stands for
Search Engine Optimization
Left
         Top 3




                                                                              •     Top rankings get the clicks!

                                                                              •     Searches tend to:
                                                                                      – View only first page
                                                                                      – Click one of top 3 results1
                                                                                      – See leftmost content


1   Visual heat map legend: red areas = most looked at; purple  = click-throughs; different screen size folds represented by solid red lines
18.2 billion
         searches
  (last December alone)
  - Comscore (http://goo.gl/CTjcK)
63%
     of people use mobile search before
purchasing offline in a store or from a catalog
     - Lisa Barone, Outspoken Media (http://goo.gl/Lyq1n)
SEO Ranking Factors
•   Title tags
•   Headings
•   Website structure
•   Content
    – Is keyword included?
• Links from other websites
• Don’t go overboard!
How Much Traffic Does a Search
       Engine Bring to a Blog?
• 66% of the traffic to the SEO.com blog comes
  from Search Engines.

• My wife’s blog gets 46% from SEs, 37% from
  Referrals
If you always do what you have done,
    you’ll always get what you got.
Hard Work
Case Study
500 Visits

2 Months Later…

20,000 Visits (4,000% Increase)

6 Months Later…

60,000 Visits
What they didn’t do
• No they don’t talk about Sports, Tech Gadgets,
  Celebs, Love, Music or Movies (AKA Pop
  Culture)
• No they didn’t jimmy rig themselves to the top
  of Digg, Reddit, Yahoo Front Page, or a major
  news site.
Who was it?
• Company: Lendio
• Business Lending (Boring Topic)
• This is traffic to their blog
What they did do
•   Created Useful Content
•   Posted Consistently (4-5 times a week)
•   Interview Industry Celebrities
•   Ride the News (Pop Culture)
•   Invite Guest Bloggers
•   Start a Weekly Newsletter
Create Useful Content
Post Consistently
• At least 3 times a week.
• Try to make a schedule
  – Monday: Podcast
  – Wednesday: Something Awesome
  – Friday: Weekly List of Links
• Monthly: Infographic, Interview, News
  releases, Announcements.
Interview Industry Celebrities
• Let people with a following promote
  themselves through your blog.
• Let them talk about themselves.
• Let them promote it.
• Their names drive traffic. That’s why they’re
  celebrities
Ride the News (Pop Culture)
•   Tim Tebow
•   Super Bowl
•   Valentines
•   Holidays
•   2012
•   End of the World
•   Presidential Bid
•   Movies
•   Music
Invite Guest Bloggers
• Let someone else create your content.
• Let them promote it.
• Benefit from their genius.
Start a Weekly Newsletter
•   Reaches an audience that is not on Social Media
•   Reviews the best blog posts
•   Continues the conversation with your audience
•   Keeps them familiar with your brand
•   Lendio is adding 5,000-10,000 subscribers every
    month
    – 5,000 visits a month from the Newsletter
• Designed with Mobile in mind. (50% of Lendio’s
  customers look at the newsletter on the phone)
“The Content Loop”
     Brand
 Introduction

                         Great Content




                          Newsletter/
                            Social


Lead/Conversion
SEO Training/Resources
• www.seo.com

• www.seomoz.com

• www.seobook.com/blog

• www.mattcutts.com/blog

• www.searchengineland.com

• www.searchenginejournal.com

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Seo and Blogs - UVU Guest Lecture

  • 1. Traffic from Search Engines David Malmborg @davidmalmborg
  • 2. About SEO.com - #1 Ranked Company by Website Magazine -The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum selected SEO.com as one of the Top 25 Fastest Growing companies in Utah
  • 3. What is SEO? Stands for Search Engine Optimization
  • 4. Left Top 3 • Top rankings get the clicks! • Searches tend to: – View only first page – Click one of top 3 results1 – See leftmost content 1 Visual heat map legend: red areas = most looked at; purple  = click-throughs; different screen size folds represented by solid red lines
  • 5. 18.2 billion searches (last December alone) - Comscore (http://goo.gl/CTjcK)
  • 6. 63% of people use mobile search before purchasing offline in a store or from a catalog - Lisa Barone, Outspoken Media (http://goo.gl/Lyq1n)
  • 7.
  • 8. SEO Ranking Factors • Title tags • Headings • Website structure • Content – Is keyword included? • Links from other websites • Don’t go overboard!
  • 9. How Much Traffic Does a Search Engine Bring to a Blog? • 66% of the traffic to the SEO.com blog comes from Search Engines. • My wife’s blog gets 46% from SEs, 37% from Referrals
  • 10. If you always do what you have done, you’ll always get what you got.
  • 12. Case Study 500 Visits 2 Months Later… 20,000 Visits (4,000% Increase) 6 Months Later… 60,000 Visits
  • 13. What they didn’t do • No they don’t talk about Sports, Tech Gadgets, Celebs, Love, Music or Movies (AKA Pop Culture) • No they didn’t jimmy rig themselves to the top of Digg, Reddit, Yahoo Front Page, or a major news site.
  • 14. Who was it? • Company: Lendio • Business Lending (Boring Topic) • This is traffic to their blog
  • 15. What they did do • Created Useful Content • Posted Consistently (4-5 times a week) • Interview Industry Celebrities • Ride the News (Pop Culture) • Invite Guest Bloggers • Start a Weekly Newsletter
  • 17. Post Consistently • At least 3 times a week. • Try to make a schedule – Monday: Podcast – Wednesday: Something Awesome – Friday: Weekly List of Links • Monthly: Infographic, Interview, News releases, Announcements.
  • 18. Interview Industry Celebrities • Let people with a following promote themselves through your blog. • Let them talk about themselves. • Let them promote it. • Their names drive traffic. That’s why they’re celebrities
  • 19. Ride the News (Pop Culture) • Tim Tebow • Super Bowl • Valentines • Holidays • 2012 • End of the World • Presidential Bid • Movies • Music
  • 20. Invite Guest Bloggers • Let someone else create your content. • Let them promote it. • Benefit from their genius.
  • 21. Start a Weekly Newsletter • Reaches an audience that is not on Social Media • Reviews the best blog posts • Continues the conversation with your audience • Keeps them familiar with your brand • Lendio is adding 5,000-10,000 subscribers every month – 5,000 visits a month from the Newsletter • Designed with Mobile in mind. (50% of Lendio’s customers look at the newsletter on the phone)
  • 22. “The Content Loop” Brand Introduction Great Content Newsletter/ Social Lead/Conversion
  • 23. SEO Training/Resources • www.seo.com • www.seomoz.com • www.seobook.com/blog • www.mattcutts.com/blog • www.searchengineland.com • www.searchenginejournal.com

Notas del editor

  1. Give away, Contests,
  2. The death of Osama Bin Laden and the effects of the Economy, Soon, that post ranked No. 1 for search terms around related to Osama and the economy, and those keywords sent us more than 1,000 visits from Google in the first couple days. The post is still driving traffic through the search engines, and is still ranked No. 1, above established media outlets on the same subject.