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#C3NY

USING SOCIAL SIGNALS TO BOOST YOUR SEARCH RANKINGS

Francis Skipper, EVP Digital Marketing, 451 Marketing

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#C3NY

FRANCIS SKIPPER

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EVP of Digital Marketing

@fskip // @451marketing

451marketing.com

Facebook.com/451Marketing

[email protected]

451 Marketing

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STATE OF SOCIAL & SEARCH

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DECEMBER 2010…

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“We do use Twitter and Facebook

links in ranking as we always have

in our web search rankings”

- Matt Cutts

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MARKETERS WERE ALL LIKE:

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LAST MONTH…

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“Sike! Suckers…”

- Matt Cutts

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IT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME…

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WE WERE ALL LIKE:

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BUT, WE’VE SEEN THE CORRELATION

BETWEEN SOCIAL ACTIVITY AND HIGHER

RANKINGS

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SO HAS MOZ…

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“Now in 2013, there's strong reason to suspect…that the relationship between

posting to Google+ and higher rankings goes beyond correlation into the territory of

actual causation.”

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AND SEARCHMETRICS

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“Social signals continue to correlate

very well with better rankings”

Social signals

Traditional ranking factors

SEO Ranking Factors – Rank Correlation 2013 for Google USA

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SO, WITH THIS IN MIND…

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“MUAHAHHAHAHA!!”

- Matt Cutts

SUCKERS!

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LET’S TALK ABOUT SOCIAL AND SEARCH

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EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL AND SEARCH

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Likes,

Shares,

Follows

Social

Media

Search

Traffic

Queries

Indirect

Social

Media

Search

Results

SEO

Direct

Social

Media

Page

Ranking

Social Signals

Pre-2010

2010

Today

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TRADITIONAL RANKING FACTORS “OL’ SKOOL”

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Technical

Content

Links

The 3 C’s

Code

Content

Connections

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NEW RANKING FACTORS

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Content Diversity, Depth &

Type

Keyword Research

& User Intent

Link

Building

Social

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SOCIAL RANKING FACTORS

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• How many social followers/fans you have

• How many re-tweets, likes, shares, +1s, YouTube embeds

• Who is sharing your content, their authority, their reputation

• Popularity and quality of content

• Timeliness and “trust” of content

• Patterns

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BUT SOCIAL ISN’T A SILVER BULLET

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“LOW-HANGING FRUIT” – RESULTS FROM SOCIAL SIGNALS

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Page R

ankin

g

Level of Effort

“LOW-HANGING FRUIT”

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WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

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of searchers never scroll past the first page

of search results*

*Search Engine Journal

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PAGE ONE HAS REAL BIZ VALUE$$

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SO HOW DO WE LOOK FOR LOW HANGING

FRUIT?

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YOU CAN GO DEEPER TO LOOK AT EFFORT LEVEL

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*Optional – tag keywords as LHF and watch growth

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IDENTIFY “LOW-HANGING FRUIT”

Send these to

social!!

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ENCOURAGE USE OF SOCIAL KEYWORDS

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POSTS AND LIKES AREN’T END OF STORY

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FEEL FREE TO REWARDSOCIAL SHARING

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• Informational Queries

• Answers

• How to’s

• Top 5’s

PORTABLE CONTENT

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PORTABLE CONTENT

“Ride the News” –

Trending Topics

But be careful…

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Links to social properties on website

Share buttons with content

MAKING SHARING SILLY SIMPLE

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MINI CASE STUDIES

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RUCKUS SPORTS

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RUCKUS SPORTS - PITTSBURGH RACE

• Pittsburgh Race (new 2013)

• No rankings In May

• New Content on Brand website

• Encouraged social sharing around

Pittsburgh Ruckus Race

• Posted social content using

Pittsburgh + Keyword

• Rankings for “Pittsburgh” terms

increased leading up to and after

race day

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PINE CONE HILL

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PINECONE HILL – MATELASSÉ QUILTS

• Pine Cone Hill featured “matelassé” “quilts” in content throughout early summer across multiple social platforms

• Kwd -specific posts were promoted through mid-August and resulted in social shares

• September 1st –keywords see an increase in rankings

• Incremental Sales Increase during this period

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IN CLOSING…SOCIAL SIGNALS:

• We’ve all seen strong correlation

• Social keyword strategy should be a part of your overall SEO

content strategy

• Not a silver bullet

• Look at the data, not the hype

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QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

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EVP of Digital Marketing

@fskip // @451marketing

451marketing.com

Facebook.com/451Marketing

[email protected]

451 Marketing

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USING SOCIAL SIGNALS TO BOOST YOUR SEARCH RANKINGS

Francis Skipper, EVP Digital Marketing, 451 Marketing