Search Engine Optimisation Training Course 2 Day

ONE-TO-ONE Training Workshop, relevant to you and your business. As an Internet marketing strategy, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) considers how search engines work and what people search for. In its simplest form SEO is the practice of modifying a website (text, titles, meta tags, alt tags, etc) so that it is considered to be search engine friendly. There is then an increased probability that the search engines will assign a good rank to the site for specific search terms.

SEO also incorporates website development and design. The term "search engine friendly" may be used to describe website designs, menus, images and other elements that have been optimised for the purpose of search engine exposure.

As 85 to 90 percent of visitor traffic is delivered to websites through search engines, SEO can be a powerful tool to help potential customers find your site. If you don’t do SEO, you probably won’t be found on Google, making it one of the most important aspects of internet marketing for small and medium sizes businesses. When done right, it provides the most cost-effective means of getting website visitors.

You may be looking for a solution to poor visibility within the search engines or have become frustrated relying on third party advice for your search engine rankings and wasting money. If so, our SEO workshop will be of benefit to your business. It will allow you to keep your website optimised and maintain your visibility, ultimately saving your company money.

SEO is not a science; it is not even that difficult, why waste time and money paying other companies for something that can be easily carried out in-house? This workshop will cover the onsite factors that influence search engine placement. Onsite optimisation is the first step in the SEO; you will learn all the onsite adjustments that your website needs in order to become search engine friendly.

Having a website is great, but without traffic and website visibility, it's not going to do a lot for your business. Even after your most prolific on-page optimisation (SEO) techniques are in place, there are still a host of other external (offsite) factors to be considered with regards to the promotion of your website.

The developers of Google realised that link popularity and link quality were a great way to determine the relevance of a page, especially once combined with the keywords on that page. Since all major search engines now follow this logic, proactive link-building has become a key activity for SEO. To achieve the best position on the SERPs, particularly within competitive sectors, requires proactive link-building to support quality on-page content.

A properly planned and executed website promotion campaign ensures that a website receives more and more traffic attracts targeted visitors and reaches the top of the search engine results page. Essentially, you aim to generate a buzz about your business online.

This workshop will demonstrate the techniques you can use ensure your website is visible to its target audience in he search engines. It will cover how to build links, drive traffic and improve a website's online presence.

Introduction
• What is Website Optimisation and Why is it Important
• What to expect from an SEO campaign

Website Design
• Search Engine Friendly Design
• Initial appeal
• Usability
• Interactivity
• Hindrances- Frames, Flash, JavaScript navigation systems
• The importance of Unique Content
• Call to action
• 404 pages and 301 redirects

Getting Started
• Understanding the Value of a Top Listing
• Knowing When To Target Keywords for Short and Long Tail
• Geo Targeting
• Competitor Analysis
• How to setup basic Google Analytics

Keyword Research
• Importance of Keyword Research in SEO & PPC Campaigns
• Customer analysis - how do buyers of your product/service search
• Competitor analysis - Extracting your competitors keyword list
• Suggestion and research tools
• Identifying broad, phrase and exact match
• Google and other tools
• How to pinpoint keywords to attract a particular geographic market or audience demographic
• Latent semantic indexing
• Implementing Your Keywords
• Additional E-Commerce implementation factors
• Keyword Research Software – FREE online access to our software

How To Optimise Your Website for the Search Engines
• URL Structure Why they are the Most Important Element
• Navigation Structure to Create Themes and Promote Important Pages
• Title Tags
• Header Tags H1 – H6
• Meta Tags Keywords and Description
• Images Alt Tags and Filenames
• Keywords Emphasis and Frequency
• Internal Linking and the Power of Internal Anchor Text
• Silo linking
• The importance of coding validation
• E-commerce requirements
• Website speed



Day 2

Getting Indexed
• Search engine submission
• Google and Bing webmaster tools
• Creating and submitting HTML/XML sitemaps
• Search Robots and Understanding the Robots.txt file

Website Promotion – The Basics
• What is popularity?
• Why linking is important
• Types of links
• Social Media and Online Communities

Offsite Optimisation Techniques
• Directory Linking
• Article Submissions
• Press Release Submissions
• Forums commenting
• Blogging
• Social Bookmarking
• Generation & Submission of RSS Feeds
• Video Marketing
• Profile pages
• Using Twitter & Facebook
• List Building

Monitoring Your Success
• Understanding if a link is worthwhile
• Do/No follow
• How to check a page is Google indexed
• Google Page Rank principles
• Analysis Tools

Things To Avoid
• What is spamming
• Spamming techniques
• Google Penalties
• The importance of link diversity

Tools, Tips & Tricks
• Do’s and don’ts of SEO – list of things to avoid and how to be successful
• Google's Matt Cutts' tips on SEO
• SEO Glossary
• Overcoming Google indexing problems
• 10 linkbait strategies to build links and drive traffic
• Optimising for new types of search, Local search, product search, maps
• How to increase conversions
• Getting People To Come Back & Repeat Custom
• Directories You Must Be Listed On
• Do blackhat techniques work?
• How many links?
• PPC Vs SEO
• SEO strategy for new websites
• Automated Software To Save Time
• Loads of free resources, tools and software

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Guide Price: 595.00

Delivery: Classroom
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  • Scotland
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  • North West England
  • The East Midlands
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  • South West England
  • South East England
  • London
  • Channel Islands
Category: SEO Training