The document outlines best practices for Drupal search engine optimization and driving site conversions. It discusses implementing SEO through modules like the SEO Checklist module. It also discusses optimizing on-site search with Acquia Search and optimizing landing pages for conversions. The presentation encourages optimizing Drupal sites for both traffic and conversions.
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Best Practices for Drupal Search Engine Optimization and Driving Site Conversions
1. Best Practices for Drupal Search Engine Optimization and Driving Site Conversions Ben Finklea CEO Volacci Search Engine Marketing @BenFinklea Bryan House Sr. Director, Marketing Acquia @bryanhouse
2. Agenda SEO in Drupal SEO Checklist module Better On-Site Search with Acquia Search Optimizing Landing Pages for Conversions Wrap-up + Q&A
4. Best Practices for Drupal SEO & Driving Site Conversions Making Drupal work for your bottom line questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
5. What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? SEO is communicating clearly to Google and site visitors what you are about and that you are important. questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
6. What is a Conversion? A Conversion is when a website visitor does something that you want them to do. questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
7. Why SEO? SEO Magnet SEO magnetically attracts buyers who are highly motivated to do business with you now. questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
8. Why Drupal? Drupal enables fantastically gorgeous websites that convert visitors into paying customers. questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
10. Then shouldn’t we do SEO & Conversions on every Drupal website we touch? questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
11. Why Drupal? Configurable Easy to Use Clean Code Easy Integration with 3rd Party Tools Fights Spam Landing Pages Breadcrumbs Community Thriving ecosystem Ready for the semantic web questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
12. “Anyone Can Cook.” -Chef Gusteau “Anyone Can Drupal SEO.” -Ben questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
13. The Modules http://drupal.org/project/seo_checklist Global Redirect Google Analytics HTML Purifier Mollom MetaTags (aka Nodewords) Page Title PathAuto Path Redirect Scheduler Search 404 Drupal SEO Checklist New XML Sitemap Sitemap (Pla in Text) questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
15. More Modules I Like Validation Taxonomy Title Menu Attributes Apache Solr Open Calais More Like This Google Website Optimizer questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
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17. Drupal is the best platform on the planet for SEO! questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
18. Conversions Remember: A Conversion is when someone visiting your site does something that you want them to do. 3 Major Types of Visitors = 3 Different Conversion Goals 2 Free Chapters + Bonus: Volacci.com/webinar
19. Conversions Visitors want to know: Is this what I expect to see? Does this look credible? What does this company do? Do they offer what I want? What should I do now? How do I contact the company? questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
27. Landing PagesPutting Content to Work for SEO Targeted Is this what I expect to see? Multimedia Is it engaging? Actionable What should I do now?
28. Landing PagesContent Recommendations Will Drive Click-Thru’s Credible Is there more content here to explore? Valuable Should I invest more time?
29. Landing PagesUsing On-Site Search to Drive Conversions Seamless Static and dynamic results tied to SEO action Actionable Focus visitor on specific call to action …/search/apachesolr_search/mountain
31. Landing PagesPutting Search to Work to Drive Conversions Predetermined content to focus visitor on specific conversion activity …/search/apachesolr_search/mountain
32. Landing PagesPutting Search to Work to Drive Conversions Query results help visitor assess content value across site …/search/apachesolr_search/mountain
33. Landing PagesPutting Search to Work to Drive Conversions Dynamic query filters focus visitor quickly on content that’s valuable to them …/search/apachesolr_search/mountain
34. Landing PagesUsing On-Site Search to Drive Conversions Tie block region to search query terms Using content top region …/search/apachesolr_search/mountain
35. Landing PagesUsing On-Site Search to Drive Conversions Turn search result pages into keyword driven landing pages Use your top keywords to increase conversions …/search/apachesolr_search/mountain
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38. 300 millisecond page load speedQuery result time: 1.5 - 7.7 seconds Query result time: < 500 milliseconds Performance gain with Acquia Search 3x - 16x faster
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40. Google website Optimizer A B 1000 Visitors 2.3% 97.7% 2% 98% 2 Free Chapters + Bonus: Volacci.com/webinar
42. New SEO Stuff You Need to Know About Site structure just got very important Site speed is a ranking factor. Video is the New Text Bahoo/YaBing/Yahoo gives up questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
43. What is a Conversion? Breadcrumbs just got really important Site speed is a ranking factor. Pagerank Sculpting is dead Video is the New Text Bahoo/YaBing/Yahoo gives up questions/feedback: @benfinklea / ben@volacci.com
44. “What if I do all that and the site is still not making money Online?”
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46. Drupal is the best platform on the planet for SEO! 2 Free Chapters + Bonus: Volacci.com/webinar
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