SEO: What Stops you from Growing - Stephan Reis, Rocket Internet
- 1. What Stops You From Growing
It’s not Google, it’s you.
How bad data interpretation, lack of ownership
and missing workflows are blocking your SEO success
Stephan Reiss, VP Marketing Rocket Internet SE
- 4. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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Market & Competitor Research Using Similarweb
- 5. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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Using SEO tools to understand visibility
- 6. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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Using SEO tools to understand visibility
- 7. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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Using SEO tools to understand visibility
- 10. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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Google Trends
Sources: http://tom.alby.de/5-gruende-warum-du-google-trends-falsch-verstehst/
https://medium.com/@dannypage/stop-using-google-trends-a5014dd32588#.kygpnq7gu
- 11. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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Build and archive your own data
- 12. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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Still judging channel performance via last click attribution
- 14. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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SEO performance has to justify its „last
click“ results while many touchpoints
exist
- 15. 1. Wrong Data Interpretation
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SEO performance has to justify its „last
click“ results while many touchpoints
exist
And many goals/micro conversions can be
utilized to understand value/function of
channel/traffic
- 21. 2. Ownership & Workflow
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Who influences the SEO Performance?
• You
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Who influences the SEO Performance?
• You
• Users
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Who influences the SEO Performance?
• You
• Users
• Competitors (well, the whole internet)
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Who influences the SEO Performance?
• You
• Users
• Competitors (well, the whole internet)
• Search Engines
- 25. 2. Ownership & Workflow
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Who influences the SEO Performance?
• You
• Users
• Competitors (well, the whole internet)
• Search Engines
• Data Provider => Influence How You Perceive Your SEO Performance
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Sources
https://www.seoreseller.com/blog/organic-traffic-increased-300-percent-in-6-months
https://medium.com/analytics-for-humans/a-beginners-guide-to-cohort-analysis-the-most-actionable-and-underrated-report-on-
google-c0797d826bf4
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
- User behavior: Check year over year, direct, and adwords traffic
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
- User behavior: Check year over year, direct, and adwords traffic
- Identify loss by separating offer types (SEO Landing Pages)
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
- User behavior: Check year over year, direct, and adwords traffic
- Identify loss by separating offer types (SEO Landing Pages)
=> Create Automated Dashboards + Alerts for all Channels<=
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
- User behavior: Check year over year, direct, and adwords traffic
- Identify loss by separating offer types (SEO Landing Pages)
=> Create Automated Dashboards + Alerts for all Channels<=
- Onpage Check=> automate this, too (www.testomato.com)
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
- User behavior: Check year over year, direct, and adwords traffic
- Identify loss by separating offer types (SEO Landing Pages)
=> Create Automated Dashboards + Alerts for all Channels<=
- Onpage Check=> automate this, too (www.testomato.com)
- Check SERPS
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
- User behavior: Check year over year, direct, and adwords traffic
- Identify loss by separating offer types (SEO Landing Pages)
=> Create Automated Dashboards + Alerts for all Channels<=
- Onpage Check=> automate this, too (www.testomato.com)
- Check SERPS
- Check SEO Tools
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- Own tracking: Communicated and provide context (Google Analytics Annotations)
- User behavior: Check year over year, direct, and adwords traffic
- Identify loss by separating offer types (SEO Landing Pages)
=> Create Automated Dashboards + Alerts for all Channels<=
- Onpage Check=> automate this, too (www.testomato.com)
- Check SERPS
- Check SEO Tools
99.99% of the time it is not a Google update so
know when to stop reading these articles.
- 40. 3. Summary
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- Rely on your own data: Build your own data. Archive the knowledge and make it
available to all relevant parties.
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- Rely on your own data: Build your own data. Archive the knowledge and make it
available to all relevant parties.
- (Don’t follow new SEO KPIs of the Industry)
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- Rely on your own data: Build your own data. Archive the knowledge and make it
available to all relevant parties.
- (Don’t follow new SEO KPIs of the Industry)
- Inform departments about success they contributed to
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- Rely on your own data: Build your own data. Archive the knowledge and make it
available to all relevant parties.
- (Don’t follow new SEO KPIs of the Industry)
- Inform departments about success they contributed to
- Automate: Create automated checks and alerts to be able to move forward
- 44. 3. Summary
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- Rely on your own data: Build your own data. Archive the knowledge and make it
available to all relevant parties.
- (Don’t follow new SEO KPIs of the Industry)
- Inform departments about success they contributed to
- Automate: Create automated checks and alerts to be able to move forward
- Execute: Build reliable structures and find dedicated owners