It’s increasingly important to place an astute technical eye on key seo performance indicators in order to understand just how well an SEO campaign is doing now and how well it will do in the future.
The importance of local seo on the future of your business can’t be understated. Google, Yahoo, Bing and now Facebook have all placed an emphasis on being able to find, review and recommend local businesses.
Today, SEO rules are in a continuous state of evolution. The Internet’s 600-pound gorilla of search engines, Google, is intent on improving the quality of the material that comes up in search results by changing their algorithms. But rather than lament the end of free-wheeling, dubious SEO methods, site owners should see this as a valuable tool in business reputation management.
Search engine optimization — SEO — may seem like alchemy to the uninitiated. But there is a science to it. Search engines reward pages with the right combination of ranking factors, or “signals.” SEO is about ensuring your content generates the right type of signals.
Social signals, such as Google +1s, Facebook shares, and backlinks are the most highly correlated factors with high-ranking Google search results, according to a study from Searchmetrics.
Many up-and-coming Web pros don’t realize that hyperlinks, when paired with the right anchor text, can actually play a significant role in improving their SEO efforts.
What specific steps have your fellow digital professionals taken to be more social-SEO minded? What were the results and what software solutions or third parties have helped in these efforts? Eight new media professionals weigh in…