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Advanced SEOfor Web DevelopersNathan BuggiaLead Program ManagerMicrosoft Corporationhttp://webmaster.live.com
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Who is this guy
Webmaster Center
• Troubleshooting Tools
• Content Management
• Business Intelligence
• Feedback & Support
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Who is this guy
Robot stolen from http://SEOMoz.org, go check them out to really learn about SEO.
And they need it by when?!?
…and they need more tools, and data and technical info, and 302s…
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Agenda
Why you should care about SEO
How a search engine works (the highlights)
SEO Best Practices
Site Review
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Why should you care about SEO?
Search 43%
Direct 22%
Referring Sites 35%
Where page views come from
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SEO = Organic results
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Organic
Paid
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SEO == Good design
Online Resources: www.aslistapart.org www.seomoz.org www.sitepoint.com
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How A Search Engine Works
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Crawling
Live Search Thinks….
• What does the REP say?
• Can I download this page?
• Can I process this page?
• What is this page about?
• What are all the links?
• How does this compare to past versions?
• How does this compare to related URLs?
• Does anything look abnormal? (title, h1, text, links)
• Maybe I’ll save a copy of all pieces of the page
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Ranking
Page Rank Is….
• Base value of every page in our index
• Primarily based on quality and relevancy of inbound links
• AND quality of content on your page
• Computed for each URL
• Computed for each FQDN
• Computed periodically
High quality link
Low quality link
Link with penalty
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Searching
Let me think….
• Is it spelled right?
• Do they want a navigational link, a
question answered, a video, some websites or
maybe an advertisement?
• What content can best fulfill their need?
• How should I order those results?
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1. Building Pages
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Use HTML semantically
<h1>My Article Title</h1>
<p>Scientists reported Wednesday…</p>
<span class=“heading1”>My Article Title</span>
<p>Scientists reported Wednesday…</p>
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Proper use of common tags<a>
Anchor text really import, try to use something descriptive of the destination, not “more info” or “click here”
<h1>
Did you know there is only 1 per page? This signifies the most important topic on the page.
<title>
You must include a descriptive title. Use relevant keywords in front, and brand names on the end. (e.g. “My product name – Company Name”)
<meta>
Description tag is a must; make it short & sweet and unique to the page. You don’t need a keyword tag.
<frame>
If you use them other webdevs will mock you… are you prepared for that type of ridicule?
<table>
Generally used for displaying tabular data, should not formatting
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JavaScript & CSS
Don’t lock navigation behind JavaScript
The old advicePut JavaScript at the bottom of the page or in *.js file, so it doesn’t block real content.Use CSS, and host externally (*.css)
The new adviceStill best practices for usability, but not required for search
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Rich internet applications (RIAs)
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Classification Example SEO Capabilities Best Used for
MonolithicApplication has 1 URL for the world to see, and is a black box beyond that. Like hosting a rich application online.
Entry point indexed
• Email• Configuration/ Admin Tools
LinkableApplication is a black box, but there are multiple URL entry-points for collaboration.
Full site indexed • Metrics/ reporting• Document Editors
CrawlableApplication is a small black box meant to spice up a content rich page.
Full site indexed and well ranked
• E-commerce• Content Sites• Gadget/ Widget
RIA strategy guide
http://mail.live.com
http://finance.yahoo.com
http://giffy.com
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Tips & tricks
Watch out for ASP.Net post-backs, engines cannot crawl those URLs
XHTML compliance in ASP.NetWhitepaper
XHTML Compatibility Pack
How to optimize Silverlight for search
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Questions?
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Site review….
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Query term: mix08Desired URL: http://visitmix.com/2008
Are there any problems?
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Summary of Issues
Google Yahoo Live Search
Ranking Good Bad Bad
Title Okay Okay Okay
Description Bad Bad Bad
URL Good Bad Bad
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One more clue…
Was #1 result on all engines a couple months ago.
Ranking on all engines has improved considerable in past 2 weeks.
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2. URLs and Linking
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http://store3.com/product.aspx?id=MB147L&SessionId=2344&RegionCode=en-US&format=rich&cat=3
http://store2.com/Microsoft_Zune_80_G2_Black/dp/B000J01IPI
http://store1.com/Microsoft-Zune-80-G2-Black/dp/B000JO1IPI/
Classing up your URLs
• store1.com• microsoft• 80• zune
• G2• dp• b00j01ipi
• store2.com• Microsoft_Zune_80_G2_Black• dp• b00j01ipi
• store3.com• product.aspx• id=MB147L• SessionId=2344
• RegionCode=en-US• format=rich• cat=3
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HTTP Status Codes
200 OK
W3 standard for HTTP Status Codes
301 Moved Permanently
302 Moved Temporarily
304 Not Modified
404 Gone
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Canonicalization What’s the difference?
www.visitmix.com
visitmix.com
visitmix.com/default.aspx
Detailed article on the issue from Matt Cutts
Recommendation
Choose one option and stick with it
301 to your preferred option
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Canonicalization in Action
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Tips & tricks
URL Rewriting in ASP.Net
Implementation whitepaperWork around for 404 error pages
Implementing Redirects in ASP.Net
Implementing Redirects in IIS
ASP.Net URL session state management
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301 Redirects in ASP.Net
<script>
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently" ; Response.AddHeader("Location", "http://mysite.com/new-URL"); }
</script>
Include in any *.aspx file… (you don’t need a code behind file)
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Canonicalization in ASP.Net
protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString().ToLower().Contains( "http://www.mysite.com")) { HttpContext.Current.Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently"; HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Location", Request.Url.ToString().ToLower().Replace( "http://www.mysite.com", "http://mysite.com")); }
}
Create in your Global.asax file….
More information and examples: http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=301+redirect+asp.net
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301 Redirects in IIS
Click here for a whitepaper
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Questions?
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3. Advanced Topics
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Unique Titles & Descriptions
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Use the language of your customers (in addition to your own branding)
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Generate content landing pages
amazon.com/books-used-books-textbooks/b/ref=sd_al
amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_5269162_50/105-46793
amazon.com/Streetwise-Paris-Michael-Brown/dp/0935039252
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Geographically Relevant Sites
Recommendations:• Use regional domains when possible (.co.uk, .jp. .cn …)• Use a sub-domain, domain, or folder solution if possible (don’t use params or cookies)• Proper encoding of languages on a page• Host the server in the geography of the region you’re targeting
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Generate sitemaps & ping on updates
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Link baiting can work well
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Questions?
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Tools of the TradeOn-page Optimization
Internet Explorer and…FiddlerDeveloper Toolbar
Firefox and…Firebug, YSlowLive HTTP HeadersSearch StatusDeveloper Toolbar and Flashblock
Web-based HTTP ViewerWebmaster Tools (Rank, Penalties, HTTP Compression)
LinksYahoo Site Explorer
Keyword ResearchadCenter Excel Add-in
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Webmaster Center
demo
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