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Winning With Old School SEO
in 2016 (& Beyond)
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2016  2017
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“SEO IS DEAD”
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Search Engines & SEOs
(the internet’s original symbiotic relationship)
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Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
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https://moz.com/blog/can-you-guess-which-page-ranks-better
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CTR & user behavior as ranking
signals make Google better
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http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
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ON-SITE OPTIMIZATION
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Internal links
Page titles
H1s
Written content
Good code
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Search engines need context
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Search engines need context
(hint: so do people)
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Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
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What does it look like
above the fold?
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Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
LINK BUILDING
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Be empathic.
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Be empathic.
Be awesome.
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Be empathic.
Be awesome.
Help others achieve their goals.
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https://moz.com/blog/putting-guest-post-outreach-theories-to-the-test-with-some-real-world-data
@JamesAgate
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@JamesAgate
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https://moz.com/blog/putting-guest-post-outreach-theories-to-the-test-with-some-real-world-data
@JamesAgate
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Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
Winning With Old School SEO in 2016 (& Beyond)
#1 – March 25th
#2 – September 20th
#1 w/ featured snippet – October 3rd
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Results don’t always reveal themselves on the timeline we’d expect.
… or in the way we’d expect.
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Just do you.
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https://www.utahhumane.org/
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https://www.utahhumane.org/
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https://www.utahhumane.org/
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https://www.utahhumane.org/
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https://www.utahhumane.org/
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https://www.utahhumane.org/
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“The Humane Society of Utah (HSU)
had a record-breaking year, adopting
out 11,318 animals in 2015 and
achieved a no-kill status as the largest
open admissions shelter in the state.”
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B2B Link Building
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Appreciate that things are changing.
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Appreciate that things are changing.
Know the principles are static.
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Appreciate that things are changing.
Know the principles are static.
Play to your strengths & others’ needs.
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Thank you!
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