Technology is fundamentally changing the way SEO is practiced. Download Conductor’s webinar with Nathan Safran, Senior Research Analyst, to learn:
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-What are marketers' attitudes towards SEO in terms of budget, metrics and keyword management?
-What are the key stumbling blocks that keep the SEO from scaling their keywords and achieving success in natural search?
-How is technology enabling the SEO to focus on high-impact revenue producing activities?
3. About Conductor
Founded in 2005
Searchlight - Most Widely Used Enterprise SEO platform
Optimizing Over $3 Billion Worth of SEO revenue
Powering SEO for Over 100 Leading Brands
Largest SEO Technology Company in the World
“Travelocity has noticed significant growth in SEO traffic and bookings since
engaging with Conductor.” - Jeff Glueck, Travelocity
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4. Conductor Research
Provider of ‘SEO Effectiveness Score’ to
Internet Retailer 500
Nathan Safran
Senior Research Analyst
Former Forrester Research Analyst in
Consumer Product Strategy Group
Recent Study on ‘Panda’ Volatility
Study on Google Instant Impact on User
Syndicated on Business Insider
Behavior Widely Covered
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5. Agenda
Marketers’ Attitudes Toward SEO:
Budget, Metrics, & Keyword Management
Key Challenges Facing the SEO Professional
Solutions: Technology - Primary and Ancillary Impact on the Practice
of SEO
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6. Marketers’ Attitudes Toward SEO:
Budget, Metrics, and Keyword Management
Key Challenges Facing the SEO
Solutions: Technology - Primary and Ancillary Impact on the Practice
of SEO
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8. Internet Retailer 500 Companies with In-house SEO Jumped
24% in Seven Months
Conductor Study, March 2011
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9. Marketers Increase Commitment to SEO in the Next Year
Source: Econsultancy: SEO Trends, Issues and Opportunities, March 2011
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10. More Than Half of Budget is Allocated to Headcount and
Content
Source: Econsultancy: SEO Trends, Issues and Opportunities, March 2011
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11. Nearly 8 out of 10 SEOs say Natural Search Metrics More
Important as an Input to Business Strategy
78% of
Marketers say
natural search
metrics more
important than
a year ago
Source: Econsultancy: SEO Trends, Issues and Opportunities, March 2011
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12. 62% of Marketers Have Increased Keyword Coverage in the
Last 12 Months
62% of Marketers have increased keyword coverage
in the last year
Source: Econsultancy: SEO Trends, Issues and Opportunities, March 2011
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13. No. of Non-Paid Keywords Driving Traffic Grew by 20% YOY
•Holiday Season 2010 vs. 2009
•18 million+ visits
•5 High Traffic Ecommerce Websites
Source: Conductor 2010 Holiday Study, February 2011
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14. Traffic Increase Follows Similar Curve as Keyword Coverage
Source: Conductor 2010 Holiday Study, February 2011
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15. Marketers’ Attitudes Toward SEO: Budget, Metrics, and Keyword
Management
Key Challenges Facing the SEO Professional
Solutions: Technology - Primary and Ancillary Impact on the Practice
of SEO
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16. Wide Spectrum of Challenges Facing the SEO
Professional Today
Ambiguity
The „Where
Opportunity
do I Start?‟
Identification
Problem
Results Vary by
Natural Competitive
Landscape/Vert
ical/Domain
Search Landscape
Visibility
Visibility
Long Term Task-Time
Endeavor Conflict
Changing
Complexity of
SERPs
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17. Today We Will Discuss a Subset Addressable by
Technology
Ambiguity
The „Where
Opportunity
do I Start?‟
Identification
Problem
Results Vary by
Natural Competitive
Landscape/Vert
ical/Domain
Search Landscape
Visibility
Visibility
Long Term Task-Time
Endeavor Conflict
Changing
Complexity of
SERPs
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19. SEO Task-Time Conflict
The Tension Between the Time Consuming, Low-Impact Tasks that Drive SEO, and High-
Impact Tasks that Have a Material Impact on Search Rankings,Traffic and Revenue
Source: Conductor Blog, How to Save Time With SEO: Using Technology to Resolve the Task-Time Conflict, June 2, 2011
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20. SEO Professionals are Hampered by Time Consuming, Low-
Impact Tasks…
Conductor , Inc. The Unoptimized SEO, How Manual Tasks Sabotage the Potential of Search Marketers, March, 2011
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21. …While Preferring to Spend Time on High-Impact Activities
Conductor , Inc. The Unoptimized SEO, How Manual Tasks Sabotage the Potential of Search Marketers, March, 2011
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22. Task-Time Conflict Becomes Even More Apparent When Actual vs.
Desired Tasks Viewed Side by Side
Conductor , Inc. The Unoptimized SEO, How Manual Tasks Sabotage the Potential of Search Marketers, March, 2011
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24. SERP for ‘iPhone’ – 2007 to Today
2007 2011
News
Images
Video
Shopping
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25. SERPs Have Become a Hodgepodge of
Blended Results
4,227 of the Most Expensive Paid keywords
81% with universal search results of some kind
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26. “I know where *I* am in the SERPs, but what neighborhood am I in?”
EFFECTIVELY ANALYZING
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
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29. …But What is Around Me?
Competitor
Competitor
Competitor
Competitor
News
Forget it
(Wikipedia)
Publisher
Competitor
Publisher
Publisher
Publisher
Shopping
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30. Marketers’ Attitudes Toward SEO: Budget, Metrics, and Keyword
Management
Key Challenges Facing the SEO Professional
Solutions: Technology - Primary and Ancillary Impact on the Practice
of SEO
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33. Technology Enables Up to 339x Efficiency Gains in Rank
Tracking Activities
Conductor , Inc. The Unoptimized SEO, How Manual Tasks Sabotage the Potential of Search Marketers, March, 2011
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34. Efficiencies on Low-Impact Tasks Enable Focus on High-
Impact Activities
Conductor , Inc. The Unoptimized SEO, How Manual Tasks Sabotage the Potential of Search Marketers, March, 2011
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