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Home > Blog > Uncategorized > Event: SEO & Digital Marketing Tips for 2016

Event: SEO & Digital Marketing Tips for 2016

  • January 18, 2016
  • 5:17 pm
  • By: Mike Hodgdon
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This past Tuesday January 12th, the Colorado Small Business Development Center organized a SEO & Digital Marketing event in Monument, hosted by the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce. The promotional partners were the City of Colorado Springs, UCCS College of Business, the SBA. The event was sponsored by Ent. Bank, with Infront Webworks expert SEO team providing the training, and educational resources—a two-hour class on digital marketing for 2016.

Attendance was free. The 45 small business owners who attended were presented on the following:

  • Search engine optimization (SEO) tips for local & national businesses
  • How to get pin placement on Google Maps
  • How to utilize the free Google “My Business” applications
  • Internet marketing tips for 2016

Infront also hosted a Q&A session after the presentation as well as Google verification services.

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Did you miss the event? Here’s a recap:

Google’s Ranking Algorithm has changed, the takeaway – links are greater than content.

The last 3 years of Google advancements have erased decades of “Old School SEO” practices. They’re cracking down on manipulative links and content to create a greater search engine results pages (commonly known as “SERPs”) for users.

Search is now semantic. Google has figured out intent based on a typed search term, it’s no longer literal “Seattle beef” you’ll also get results for butchers, restaurants, and review sites. The point is to diversify results, and deliver the most relevant options.

Google now uses machine learning within the organic algorithm (although they denied and were against the idea until 2012 when they published a paper about it).

This machine learning is how we now have images recognition and classification within the search engine.

The scary part – we’ve now developed algorithms that build their own new algorithms without any human intervention.

SEO Elements

Clicks do not equal placement, but long clicks may have an impact (ie. Rand Fishkin Seeriouseats.com test).

On-Site Optimization for 2016 (searcher outputs)

  • Relative CTR
  • Short vs. Long-Click
  • Content Gap Fulfillment
  • Amplification & Loyalty
  • Task Completion Success

Elements of Modern On-Site SEO

  1. Driving up CTR through branding or branded searches may give an extra boost
  2. SEO Checklist
  3. Your content needs to fill all the gaps in searchers needs. The language needs to be natural, semantic, spiderable, and above all useful.
  4. Social is important. Pages that get a lot of social activity and engagement (even with few links) perform well. Though not an official factor the SERPs tell us it makes a difference.

New KPI’s

  • Shares + Links per 1,000 visits
  • Return visitor ratio overtime (total visitor sessions ÷ number of returning visitors) SEO Workshop

 

To keep up on all things Infront and to ensure you have a spot at our next event or meetup please visit our SEO Workshops Page, sign up for our newsletter, and follow us on social media. There’s sure to be a lot more changes to come in 2016, stay up-to-date and in the know.

 

 

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Michael Hodgdon Chief Operations Officer
Michael Hodgdon
Chief Operations Officer

Mike is the COO at Infront Webworks. An online entrepreneur since 1997, he has owned or run website design / SEO, online marketing and internet advertising companies for over 15 years. Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Colorado Springs Business Journal and with projects featured in N.Y. Times, L.A. Times, he has a solid track record of successful online undertakings. He has Digital Marketing and Marketing certifications from Cornell University, is a certified Yext Partner, Google Certified in Analytics, Tag Manager, AdWords, Online Display Advertising, Shopping and Video Advertising.

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