SEO 101

Ross and John continue to breakdown subjects discussed during the SMX Advanced You and A session with Google engineer Matt Cutts which include Page Sculpting, Rich Snippets and Google supposed favoritism of YouTube.

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Rand shared SEOmoz's latest correlation study on Google and Bing and how they differ in terms of obtaining rankings. Learn how these search engines are similar and how Bing is changing the game.

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Ross and John talk about all things Bing including pros and cons, capability with social networking, and how similar it is, or isn't, to Google.

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Ross and John discuss Googles Mayday and Toolbar PageRank Update, and the impact that Mayday has had with longtail search terms. Finally, they discuss what you do when you're stuck trying optimize a major brand.

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Local Search is one of the fastest growing portions of search. Ross and John discuss the basics of getting going with local search, including getting your information on platforms like Yelp and FourSquare.

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Ross and John continue into their discussion on Keyword Research, including High Profile Terms vs. Longtail Tools such as Google Adwords Keyword Tool, KeywordSpy, WordTracker, Microsoft Advertising Intelligence Plugin.

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Ross and John discuss Keyword Research, why is it important, do you really need to do it? They also look into High Profile Terms vs. Longtail Tools such as Google Adwords Keyword Tool, KeywordSpy, WordTracker, Microsoft Advertising Intelligence Plugin. They also look into the processing and evaluation process.

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Ross and John continue their analysis of the recent interview between Eric Enge and Google Senior Engineer Matt Cutts, plus they discuss the need for page speed due the changes in the ranking factors in the Google Algorithm, plus they look ahead to the eminent Google Caffeine Update.

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Ross and John look over the recent Eric Enge interview where Google Senior Engineer Matt Cutts was asked about regarding PageRank, crawling, and indexing. Ross and John focus on Session Ids, Affiliate Links, Faceted Navigation and PR.

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Ross continues his discussion with John about domains requiring planning, URL parameter handling, Google Tasks, Page Feed, and other information he learned while attending SMX West 2010.

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