SlideShare a Scribd company logo
1 of 33
SEO in a Nutshell
   btw, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization

NOAH BRIER
WWW.NOAHBRIER.COM
NB@NOAHBRIER.COM
first came yahoo
tried hierarchy
turned out to be a lot
              of work



1,000,000,000+ = A LOT
along came google
tried something a
      little different


<A HREF=”vote-of-confidence”>
but that’s too
                easily gamed
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
so google added
    a safeguard


influence begets influence
thus was born
     pagerank


   PageRank: 5/10
LESSON 1
links matter most
not just any
link text will do

         check out noah’s SEO presentation

                        VS.

   click here to check out noah’s SEO presentation
google associates the
link text with your site
LESSON 2
use smart anchor text
not pigeons, spiders!
crawl around the web,
  sucking up websites
algorithms weigh lots
  of factors to decide
           what’s first
how you see a website
how a spider sees it
you:

google’s spider:
LESSON 3
use descriptive alt tags
now back to our
  spider friends
<title>The Most Important Text on the Page</title>
<title>Model # - Product Line - Brand</title>
LESSON 4
put the most important words
 at the beginning of your title
<title>Really Good Title Goes Here</title>
I am a Headline
I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am
body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I
am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body
text. I am body text.
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>
 <h4>
 <h5>
<h1>Title of a page (even if
    it’s an image)</h1>

<h2>Next most important headline
  (can have more than one)</h2>
LESSON 5
use semantic markup
SEO BEST PRACTICES
1        links matter most
2      use smart anchor text
3     use descriptive alt tags
      put the most important
4    words at the beginning of
              your title
5      use semantic markup
THANKS
       NoahBrier.com
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
NB@NOAHBRIER.COM

More Related Content

More from Noah Brier

Thinking About Innovation
Thinking About InnovationThinking About Innovation
Thinking About InnovationNoah Brier
 
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the InternetHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the InternetNoah Brier
 
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the InternetHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the InternetNoah Brier
 
Making Stuff on the Internet
Making Stuff on the InternetMaking Stuff on the Internet
Making Stuff on the InternetNoah Brier
 
Brand Vs Utility
Brand Vs UtilityBrand Vs Utility
Brand Vs UtilityNoah Brier
 
The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?
The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?
The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?Noah Brier
 
Noah Brier on Social Media
Noah Brier on Social MediaNoah Brier on Social Media
Noah Brier on Social MediaNoah Brier
 

More from Noah Brier (8)

Thinking About Innovation
Thinking About InnovationThinking About Innovation
Thinking About Innovation
 
Brand Tags
Brand TagsBrand Tags
Brand Tags
 
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the InternetHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
 
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the InternetHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Internet
 
Making Stuff on the Internet
Making Stuff on the InternetMaking Stuff on the Internet
Making Stuff on the Internet
 
Brand Vs Utility
Brand Vs UtilityBrand Vs Utility
Brand Vs Utility
 
The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?
The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?
The Great Re-bundling Debate: Should Media and Creative Come Back Together?
 
Noah Brier on Social Media
Noah Brier on Social MediaNoah Brier on Social Media
Noah Brier on Social Media
 

Recently uploaded

DevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache Maven
DevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache MavenDevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache Maven
DevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache MavenHervé Boutemy
 
"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek SchlawackFwdays
 
My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024
My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024
My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024The Digital Insurer
 
Commit 2024 - Secret Management made easy
Commit 2024 - Secret Management made easyCommit 2024 - Secret Management made easy
Commit 2024 - Secret Management made easyAlfredo García Lavilla
 
SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024
SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024
SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024Lorenzo Miniero
 
Leverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage Cost
Leverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage CostLeverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage Cost
Leverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage CostZilliz
 
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024BookNet Canada
 
Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024
Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024
Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024Enterprise Knowledge
 
Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!
Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!
Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!Commit University
 
"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii Soldatenko
"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii Soldatenko"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii Soldatenko
"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii SoldatenkoFwdays
 
WordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your Brand
WordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your BrandWordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your Brand
WordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your Brandgvaughan
 
AI as an Interface for Commercial Buildings
AI as an Interface for Commercial BuildingsAI as an Interface for Commercial Buildings
AI as an Interface for Commercial BuildingsMemoori
 
"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr Lapshyn
"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr Lapshyn"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr Lapshyn
"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr LapshynFwdays
 
Dev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio Web
Dev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio WebDev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio Web
Dev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio WebUiPathCommunity
 
My Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 Presentation
My Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 PresentationMy Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 Presentation
My Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 PresentationRidwan Fadjar
 
Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!
Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!
Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!Manik S Magar
 
SAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptx
SAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptxSAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptx
SAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptxNavinnSomaal
 
Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmatics
Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmaticsKotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmatics
Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmaticscarlostorres15106
 
Story boards and shot lists for my a level piece
Story boards and shot lists for my a level pieceStory boards and shot lists for my a level piece
Story boards and shot lists for my a level piececharlottematthew16
 

Recently uploaded (20)

DevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache Maven
DevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache MavenDevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache Maven
DevoxxFR 2024 Reproducible Builds with Apache Maven
 
"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
"Subclassing and Composition – A Pythonic Tour of Trade-Offs", Hynek Schlawack
 
My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024
My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024
My INSURER PTE LTD - Insurtech Innovation Award 2024
 
Commit 2024 - Secret Management made easy
Commit 2024 - Secret Management made easyCommit 2024 - Secret Management made easy
Commit 2024 - Secret Management made easy
 
SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024
SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024
SIP trunking in Janus @ Kamailio World 2024
 
Leverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage Cost
Leverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage CostLeverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage Cost
Leverage Zilliz Serverless - Up to 50X Saving for Your Vector Storage Cost
 
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024
New from BookNet Canada for 2024: BNC CataList - Tech Forum 2024
 
Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024
Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024
Designing IA for AI - Information Architecture Conference 2024
 
Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!
Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!
Nell’iperspazio con Rocket: il Framework Web di Rust!
 
"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii Soldatenko
"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii Soldatenko"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii Soldatenko
"Debugging python applications inside k8s environment", Andrii Soldatenko
 
WordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your Brand
WordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your BrandWordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your Brand
WordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your Brand
 
AI as an Interface for Commercial Buildings
AI as an Interface for Commercial BuildingsAI as an Interface for Commercial Buildings
AI as an Interface for Commercial Buildings
 
"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr Lapshyn
"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr Lapshyn"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr Lapshyn
"Federated learning: out of reach no matter how close",Oleksandr Lapshyn
 
Dev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio Web
Dev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio WebDev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio Web
Dev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio Web
 
E-Vehicle_Hacking_by_Parul Sharma_null_owasp.pptx
E-Vehicle_Hacking_by_Parul Sharma_null_owasp.pptxE-Vehicle_Hacking_by_Parul Sharma_null_owasp.pptx
E-Vehicle_Hacking_by_Parul Sharma_null_owasp.pptx
 
My Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 Presentation
My Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 PresentationMy Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 Presentation
My Hashitalk Indonesia April 2024 Presentation
 
Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!
Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!
Anypoint Exchange: It’s Not Just a Repo!
 
SAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptx
SAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptxSAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptx
SAP Build Work Zone - Overview L2-L3.pptx
 
Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmatics
Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmaticsKotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmatics
Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmatics
 
Story boards and shot lists for my a level piece
Story boards and shot lists for my a level pieceStory boards and shot lists for my a level piece
Story boards and shot lists for my a level piece
 

SEO in a Nutshell

  • 1. SEO in a Nutshell btw, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization NOAH BRIER WWW.NOAHBRIER.COM NB@NOAHBRIER.COM
  • 4. turned out to be a lot of work 1,000,000,000+ = A LOT
  • 6. tried something a little different <A HREF=”vote-of-confidence”>
  • 7. but that’s too easily gamed oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome oah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome Noah is awesome
  • 8. so google added a safeguard influence begets influence
  • 9. thus was born pagerank PageRank: 5/10
  • 11. not just any link text will do check out noah’s SEO presentation VS. click here to check out noah’s SEO presentation
  • 12. google associates the link text with your site
  • 13. LESSON 2 use smart anchor text
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 17. crawl around the web, sucking up websites
  • 18. algorithms weigh lots of factors to decide what’s first
  • 19. how you see a website
  • 20. how a spider sees it
  • 23. now back to our spider friends
  • 24. <title>The Most Important Text on the Page</title>
  • 25. <title>Model # - Product Line - Brand</title>
  • 26. LESSON 4 put the most important words at the beginning of your title
  • 27. <title>Really Good Title Goes Here</title>
  • 28. I am a Headline I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text. I am body text.
  • 30. <h1>Title of a page (even if it’s an image)</h1> <h2>Next most important headline (can have more than one)</h2>
  • 32. SEO BEST PRACTICES 1 links matter most 2 use smart anchor text 3 use descriptive alt tags put the most important 4 words at the beginning of your title 5 use semantic markup
  • 33. THANKS NoahBrier.com QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NB@NOAHBRIER.COM