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"Four of the most noted experts in the field of search engine optimization (SEO) provide you with proven guidelines and cutting-edge techniques for planning and executing a comprehensive SEO strategy. In this book, you will explore the underlying theory behind SEO and how search engines work, learn the steps you need to prepare for, execute, and evaluate SEO initiatives, examine a number of advanced strategies and tactics, understand the intricacies involved in managing complex SEO projects, learn what'snecessary to build a competent SEO team with defined roles and glimpse the future of search and what lies ahead for the SEO industry."--Publisher's description.

Four acknowledged experts in search engine optimization share guidelines and innovative techniques that will help you plan and execute a comprehensive SEO strategy. This third edition focuses on a number of tool updates and examines the changes brought about by Hummingbird, Google's context-aware algorithm.

The book is perfect for anyone interested in becoming an SEO practitioner, as well as people already working in the profession. For novices, it's a complete and thorough education on search engine optimization—SEO 101. For experienced SEO practitioners, this book serves as an extensive reference volume to support ongoing engagements.

  • Comprehend SEO’s many intricacies and complexities
  • Explore the underlying theory and inner workings of search engines
  • Understand the role of social media, user data, and links
  • Discover tools to track results and measure success
  • Recognize how changes to your site can confuse search engines
  • Learn to build a competent SEO team with defined roles
  • Glimpse the future of search and the SEO industry
Foreword xxxiii
Preface xxxv
1 Search: Reflecting Consciousness and Connecting Commerce 41(26)
The Mission of Search Engines
42(1)
The Market Share of Search Engines
43(1)
The Human Goals of Searching
43(2)
Who Searches and What Do They Search For?
44(1)
Determining Searcher Intent: A Challenge for Search Marketers and Search Engines
45(6)
Navigational Queries
46(1)
Informational Queries
46(1)
Transactional Queries
47(1)
Adaptive Search
48(1)
Searcher Intent
49(2)
How People Search
51(4)
How Search Engines Drive Ecommerce
55(1)
The Mobile Shift
56(1)
The History of Eye Tracking: How Users Scan Results Pages
56(6)
Click Tracking: How Users Click on Results (Organic Versus Paid)
62(4)
Distribution of Search Results and Traffic
63(3)
Conclusion
66(1)
2 Search Engine Basics 67(68)
Understanding Search Engine Results
68(10)
Understanding the Layout of Search Results Pages
68(4)
Understanding How Vertical Results Fit into the SERPs
72(5)
Google's Knowledge Graph
77(1)
Algorithm-Based Ranking Systems: Crawling, Indexing, and Ranking
78(14)
Crawling and Indexing
78(2)
Retrieval and Ranking
80(2)
Evaluating Content on a Web Page
82(1)
Understanding What Content Search Engines Can "See" on a Web Page
83(9)
Determining Searcher Intent and Delivering Relevant, Fresh Content
92(11)
Document Analysis and Semantic Connectivity
92(4)
Content Quality and User Engagement
96(2)
Link Analysis
98(2)
Evaluating Social Media Signals
100(1)
Problem Words, Disambiguation, and Diversity
101(2)
Why These Algorithms Sometimes Fail
103(1)
The Knowledge Graph
103(5)
Analyzing Ranking Factors
108(3)
Negative Ranking Factors
109(1)
Other Ranking Factors
110(1)
Using Advanced Search Techniques
111(11)
Advanced Google Search Operators
111(8)
Bing Advanced Search Operators
119(1)
More Advanced Search Operator Techniques
120(2)
Vertical Search Engines
122(10)
Vertical Search from the Major Search Engines
123(7)
Universal Search/Blended Search
130(2)
Country-Specific Search Engines
132(2)
Optimizing for Specific Countries
133(1)
Conclusion
134(1)
3 SEO Planning: Customizing Your Strategy 135(24)
Strategic Goals SEO Practitioners Can Fulfill
136(2)
Visibility (Branding)
136(1)
Website Traffic
137(1)
High Return on Investment
137(1)
Every SEO Strategy Should Be Customized
138(1)
Understanding Search Engine Traffic and Visitor Intent
139(1)
Developing an SEO Plan Prior to Site Development
140(1)
Business Factors That Impact Your SEO Strategy
140(1)
Understanding Your Audience and Finding Your Niche
141(5)
Mapping Your Products and Services
142(1)
Understanding That Content Is King
142(1)
Segmenting Your Site's Audience
143(3)
Understanding Context: Market Competitiveness
146(1)
SEO for Raw Traffic
146(1)
SEO for Ecommerce Sales
147(1)
SEO for Mindshare and Branding
148(1)
SEO for Lead Generation and Direct Marketing
149(1)
SEO for Reputation Management
150(1)
SEO for Ideological Influence
151(1)
Advanced Methods for Planning and Evaluation
152(4)
SWOT Analysis
152(1)
SWOT Guidelines
153(2)
SMART Objectives
155(1)
Conclusion
156(3)
4 SEO Implementation: First Stages 159(36)
The Importance of Planning
159(1)
Identifying the Site Development Process and Players
160(1)
Development Platform and Information Architecture
160(8)
Technology Decisions
161(2)
Structural Decisions
163(3)
Mobile Sites and Mobile Apps
166(1)
Single-Page Applications
166(2)
Auditing an Existing Site to Identify SEO Problems
168(11)
Elements of an Audit
168(5)
The Importance of Keyword Reviews
173(1)
Keyword Cannibalization
174(2)
Example: Fixing an Internal Linking Problem
176(2)
Server and Hosting Issues
178(1)
Identifying Current Server Statistics Software and Gaining Access
179(2)
Web Analytics
179(1)
Log file Tracking
180(1)
Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools
180(1)
Determining Top Competitors
181(4)
Identifying Spam
181(1)
Seeking the Best
182(1)
Uncovering Their Secrets
183(2)
Assessing Historical Progress
185(3)
Timeline of Site Changes
185(2)
Types of Site Changes That Can Affect SEO
187(1)
Previous SEO Work
188(1)
Benchmarking Current Indexing Status
188(2)
Benchmarking Organic Rankings
190(1)
Benchmarking Current Traffic Sources and Volume
191(1)
Leveraging Business Assets for SEO
192(1)
Other Domains You Own/Control
192(1)
Relationships On and Off the Web
192(1)
Content or Data You've Never Put Online
192(1)
Customers Who Have Had a Positive Experience
193(1)
Followers, Friends, and Fans
193(1)
Conclusion
193(2)
5 Keyword Research 195(68)
The Theory Behind Keyword Research
195(6)
Thinking Strategically
196(1)
Understanding the Long Tail of the Keyword Demand Curve
196(1)
Understanding the Impact of Google Hummingbird
197(3)
Understanding Keyword "Not Provided" and Co-Occurrence Analysis
200(1)
Traditional Approaches: Domain Expertise and Site Content Analysis
201(3)
Including Competitive Analysis
203(1)
Integrating Keyword Research, Co-Occurrence Analysis, and Knowledge of User Intent
203(1)
Keyword Research Options
204(48)
Keyword Research Data from Search Engines
205(5)
Keyword Research Data from Tools
210(37)
Keyword Research Data Analysis
247(3)
Ad Campaign Runs and Third-Party Search Data
250(1)
Landing Page Optimization
251(1)
Leveraging the Long Tail of Keyword Demand
252(6)
Extracting Terms from Relevant Web Pages
253(1)
Mining Keyword Research Tools
253(1)
Identifying Long-Tail Patterns
254(2)
Applying Editorial Content Strategies for Long-Tail Targeting
256(1)
Applying User-Generated Content Strategies for Long-Tail Targeting
257(1)
Trending, Seasonality, and Seasonal Fluctuations in Keyword Demand
258(3)
Conclusion
261(2)
6 Developing an SEO-Friendly Website 263(162)
Making Your Site Accessible to Search Engines
263(8)
Indexable Content
264(1)
Spiderable Link Structures
264(2)
XML Sitemaps
266(5)
Creating an Optimal Information Architecture
271(18)
The Importance of a Logical, Category-Based Flow
271(4)
Site Architecture Design Principles
275(3)
Flat Versus Deep Architecture
278(3)
Search-Friendly Site Navigation
281(8)
Root Domains, Subdomains, and Microsites
289(8)
When to Use a Subfolder
291(1)
When to Use a Subdomain
292(1)
When to Use a Separate Root Domain
292(1)
Microsites
293(2)
When to Use a TLD Other Than .com
295(2)
Optimization of Domain Names/URLs
297(1)
Optimizing Domains
297(5)
Picking the Right URLs
299(2)
Mobile Friendliness
301(1)
Keyword Targeting
302(1)
HTML <title> Tags
303(14)
Meta Description Tags
306(1)
Heading Tags
307(2)
Document Text
309(3)
Image Filenames and alt Attributes
312(1)
Boldface Text
313(1)
Keyword Cannibalization
313(1)
Keyword Targeting in Content Management Systems and Automatically Generated Content
314(1)
Effective Keyword Targeting by Content Creators
314(1)
Long-Tail Keyword Targeting
315(2)
Content Optimization
317(8)
Content Structure
317(2)
CSS and Semantic Markup
319(3)
Content Uniqueness and Depth
322(2)
Content Themes
324(1)
Duplicate Content Issues
325(10)
Consequences of Duplicate Content
326(2)
How Search Engines Identify Duplicate Content
328(3)
Copyright Infringement
331(2)
How to Avoid Duplicate Content on Your Own Site
333(2)
Controlling Content with Cookies and Session IDs
335(4)
What's a Cookie?
335(1)
What Are Session IDs?
336(1)
How Do Search Engines Interpret Cookies and Session IDs?
337(1)
Why Would You Want to Use Cookies or Session IDs to Control Search Engine Access?
338(1)
Content Delivery and Search Spider Control
339(19)
Cloaking and Segmenting Content Delivery
339(2)
Showing Different Content to Engines and Visitors
341(1)
Displaying Different Content to Search Engines Versus Visitors
342(16)
Redirects
358(9)
Why and When to Redirect
358(1)
Good and Bad Redirects
358(1)
Methods for URL Redirecting and Rewriting
359(6)
How to Redirect a Home Page Index File Without Looping
365(2)
Content Management System Issues
367(13)
CMS Selection
372(1)
Third-Party CMS Add-Ons
373(2)
Flash Coding Best Practices
375(5)
Best Practices for Multilanguage/Country Targeting
380(7)
How to Target a Specific Country
381(1)
Problems with Using Your Existing Domain
381(1)
The Two Major Approaches
382(1)
Multiple-Language Issues
382(4)
Semantic Search
386(1)
Google's Hummingbird
387(1)
Semantic Search and SEO
387(4)
Entities and Semantic Search
388(1)
Structured Data
389(2)
Schema.org
391(14)
Overview
393(2)
How to Use Schema.org
395(10)
Summary
405(1)
Google Authorship and Author Authority
405(10)
A Brief History of Google Authorship
406(1)
Why Did Google End Support for rel="author"?
407(1)
Is Author Authority Dead for Google?
408(1)
Google+ Authors in Personalized Search
409(1)
The Future of Author Authority at Google
409(1)
Author Authority
410(2)
Google's Publisher Tag
412(3)
Google's Knowledge Graph and the Knowledge Vault
415(8)
Overview of Changes in Search Complexity
415(4)
Fair Use?
419(1)
How the Knowledge Vault Works
420(3)
The Future of the Knowledge Vault
423(1)
Conclusion
423(2)
7 Content Marketing 425(120)
How Links Historically Influenced Search Engine Rankings
427(10)
The Original PageRank Algorithm
427(5)
Additional Factors That Influence Link Value
432(4)
How Search Engines Use Links
436(1)
Further Refining How Search Engines Judge Links
437(9)
Additional Link Evaluation Criteria
437(7)
How Search Engines Determine a Link's Value
444(2)
Creating Content That Attracts Links
446(1)
How Are Links Earned?
446(1)
How Can Sites Approach Getting Links?
446(1)
Introduction to Content Marketing
447(21)
Using Content to Attract Links
448(1)
Understanding Content Marketing Basics
449(1)
Customizing Your Content Types to Your Audience
450(1)
Implementing Content Marketing Strategies
451(1)
Developing Content That Works
452(1)
Brainstorming Content Ideas and Being Creative
452(3)
Speedstorming
455(1)
Getting Creative Help
455(1)
Repurposing Content
456(1)
Understanding What Makes Content High Quality
457(1)
Integrating Emotional Triggers, Titles, and Images
457(4)
Leveraging the Power of Memes
461(4)
Measuring Engagement in Content Marketing
465(3)
Choosing the Right Content Marketing Strategy
468(8)
Identifying Types of Sites That Might Link to a Site Like Yours
468(1)
Placing a Value on the Sites
468(4)
Segmenting Your Audience, Identifying Personas, and Targeting Content
472(2)
Putting It All Together
474(2)
Types of Content Marketing Campaigns
476(10)
Guest Posting
476(5)
Content Syndication
481(2)
Link-Worthy or Viral Content
483(2)
User-Generated Content
485(1)
Building an Audience
486(17)
Get to Know Other People's Audiences
486(6)
Leverage Influencers and Influencer Marketing
492(7)
Get Active in Social Media
499(3)
Build Offline Relationships
502(1)
Relationships and Outreach
503(16)
Building Relationships with Influencers
504(14)
Creating a Value Proposition for a Relationship
518(1)
Using Direct Email Pitches Effectively
518(1)
Other Ways to Earn Links
519(8)
Web Directories
519(1)
Manual Social Media Link Creation
520(1)
Gray Hat/Black Hat
521(5)
Awards and Badges
526(1)
Customer Discount/Incentives
526(1)
How Search Engines Fight Link Spam
527(4)
Google's Penguin Algorithm
527(1)
Other Algorithmic Approaches to Fighting Link Spam
527(2)
Negative Link Building
529(1)
Unnatural Links Messages
530(1)
Other Search Engine Courses of Action
530(1)
Social Networking for Links
531(12)
Blogging for Links
531(1)
Leveraging Major Social Media Platforms
532(1)
Using Social Media Networking Effectively: Dos and Don'ts
533(7)
Using YouTube Successfully for Content Marketing
540(2)
Implementing Guest Posting Successfully
542(1)
Putting It All Together
543(1)
Conclusion
543(2)
8 How Social Media and User Data Play a Role in Search Results and Rankings 545(56)
Correlation Between Social Signals and Google Rankings
546(1)
What Is the Value of Social Signals?
547(2)
Bing's Experiments with Social Signals
549(3)
Does Google Use Facebook as a Ranking Signal?
552(4)
Does Google Use Twitter as a Ranking Signal?
556(3)
Does Google Use Google+ as a Ranking Signal?
559(8)
Google+ Personalization
559(2)
Google+ Posts in the Search Results
561(1)
Google+ Brand Pages in the Search Results
562(1)
Google+ Impact on Nonpersonalized Rankings of Content
563(1)
Study on Google+ as a Ranking Factor
564(2)
How Might Google Use Google+ as a Ranking Factor?
566(1)
The Indirect Influence of Social Media Marketing
567(3)
Monitoring, Measuring, and Improving Social Media Marketing: Best Practices
570(20)
Claiming Key Profiles
571(1)
Deciding on a New Social Network
572(2)
Tracking Social Media
574(16)
User Engagement as a Measure of Search Quality
590(5)
How Google and Bing Collect Engagement Metrics
591(2)
Potential User Engagement Signals
593(1)
Voting Mechanisms
594(1)
Document Analysis
595(3)
Poor Editorial Quality
595(1)
Reading Level
595(2)
Keyword Stuffing/Lack of Synonyms
597(1)
Ad Density and Offensive Ads
597(1)
Sameness
597(1)
Page Speed
598(1)
Optimizing User Experience to Improve SEO
598(1)
Step 1: Build a Survey
599(1)
Step 2: Send It to Your Customers/Potential Customers
599(1)
Step 3: Record Responses and Leverage Them to Build What the People Want
599(1)
Additional Social Media Resources
599(1)
Conclusion
600(1)
9 Panda, Penguin, and Penalties 601(40)
Diagnosing the Cause of a Traffic Loss
602(1)
Summary of Major Google Algorithms
603(1)
Panda
604(12)
Target Areas of Panda
607(3)
Importance of Diversity in Rankings
610(2)
Role of Authority in Rankings
612(1)
Impact of Any Weak Content on Rankings
612(1)
Path to Recovery
613(3)
Penguin
616(2)
Target Areas of Penguin
617(1)
Path to Recovery
618(1)
Penalties
618(22)
Types of Manual Penalties
620(6)
Links Google Does Not Like
626(7)
Link Cleanup Process
633(1)
Sources of Data
634(1)
Using Tools
635(2)
The Link Removal Process
637(3)
Conclusion
640(1)
10 Mobile, Local, and Vertical SEO 641(74)
The Mobile Landscape
641(6)
SEO for Mobile
642(5)
App SEO: Deep Linking and Indexing for Mobile Search
647(2)
App Deep Linking
647(2)
App Indexing
649(1)
Optimizing for Vertical Search
649(5)
Universal Search = Blended Search
650(3)
The Opportunity Unleashed
653(1)
Optimizing for Local Search
654(15)
Local Listing Submissions
656(3)
Google My Business
659(2)
Google Knowledge Graph Carousel
661(4)
Bing Places for Business
665(1)
Yahoo! Local
665(1)
Business Website Optimization for Local Search
666(3)
Optimizing for Image Search
669(5)
Image Optimization Tips
670(4)
Optimizing for Google Shopping Search
674(5)
Submitting a Product Feed
675(1)
Optimizing a Product Feed
676(2)
Promoting Products in AdWords
678(1)
Reporting Results of Shopping Ads
679(1)
Optimizing for Blog Search
679(4)
Structural Blog Optimizations
680(1)
Optimizing Your Anchor Text
681(1)
Sticky Posts
681(1)
Author Profile Pages
681(1)
Links
682(1)
Optimizing for News Search: Google News
683(17)
Acceptance Criteria
685(1)
Application Process
685(1)
Paywalls and Subscription Sites
685(1)
Google News Publisher Center
686(2)
Technical Requirements
688(3)
Thumbnail Images in Google News
691(1)
Recrawling
692(1)
Google News Sitemaps
692(6)
Videos in Google News
698(1)
Editor's Picks
699(1)
Optimizing for Video/Multimedia Search
700(14)
Video SEO for YouTube
701(11)
Video SEO for Google
712(2)
Conclusion
714(1)
11 Tracking Results and Measuring Success 715(86)
Why Measuring Success Is Essential to the SEO Process
716(4)
The Tracking Cycle: Produce, Launch, Measure, Refine
717(2)
Establishing a Proper Baseline
719(1)
Using Analytics as a Business Case for SEO
720(1)
Measuring Search Traffic
720(15)
Basic Overview
721(1)
Selecting the Right Analytics Package
721(2)
Extracting Valuable SEO Data in Web Analytics
723(4)
Number of pages getting search traffic
727(1)
Segmenting Search Traffic
728(1)
Referring Sites
728(2)
Using Custom Analytics Dashboards
730(1)
Taking a Deeper Look at Action Tracking
731(3)
Separating the Analytics Wheat from the Chaff
734(1)
Tying SEO to Conversion and ROI
735(13)
Managing Attribution
738(1)
Setting Up Analytics Software to Track Conversions
739(3)
Segmenting Campaigns and SEO Efforts by Conversion Rate
742(1)
Increasing Conversion
743(3)
Determining Project ROI
746(2)
Competitive and Diagnostic Search Metrics
748(45)
Search Engine and Competitive Metrics
748(1)
Site Indexing Data
748(5)
Link-Based Tracking of Content Marketing
753(16)
Ranking
769(2)
Shelf space
771(1)
SEC) Platforms
772(1)
Crawl Errors
772(6)
Tracking the Blogosphere
778(1)
Tracking Your Blog(s)
779(2)
Search Engine Robot Traffic Analysis
781(2)
Web Traffic Comparison
783(6)
Temporal Link Growth Measurements
789(4)
Key Performance Indicators for Long-Tail SEO
793(2)
Duplicate Content
794(1)
Other Third-Party Tools
795(5)
MozBar
795(1)
SEO Quake
796(1)
SEO for Firefox
796(1)
SpyFu
796(2)
SEMrush
798(1)
Rio SEO Search Analytics
798(1)
Rio SEO Website Optimizer
799(1)
Searchmetrics Essentials
799(1)
Conclusion
800(1)
12 Domain Changes, Redesigns, and Troubleshooting 801(34)
The Basics of Moving Content
801(6)
Large-Scale Content Moves
802(1)
Mapping Content Moves
803(3)
Expectations for Content Moves
806(1)
Maintaining Search Engine Visibility During and After a Site Redesign
807(1)
Maintaining Search Engine Visibility During and After Domain Name Changes
808(3)
Unique Challenges of Domain Name Changes
808(1)
Pre-Move Preparations
809(2)
Changing Servers
811(1)
Monitoring After Your Server Move
812(1)
Hidden Content
812(6)
Identifying Content That Search Engines Don't See
812(1)
Identifying the Cause of Non-Spidering
813(4)
Identifying Hidden Content That May Be Viewed as Spam
817(1)
Spam Filtering and Penalties
818(9)
Low-Quality Domains and Spam Sites
822(2)
Spam Reports
824(1)
Duplicate Content
824(2)
Basic Rules for Spam-Free SEO
826(1)
Search Engine Penalties and Reconsideration Requests
827(1)
Content Theft
827(4)
Changing SEO Vendors or Staff Members
831(2)
Potential Problems with SEO Staff Changes
831(1)
SEO Documentation for Actions and Progress
832(1)
SEO Documentation for Rapid Training
832(1)
Cleanup and Auditing
833(1)
Conclusion
833(2)
13 SEO Education and Research 835(38)
SEO Research and Search Performance Analysis
835(9)
SEO Resources
835(2)
SEO Testing
837(4)
Analysis of Top-Ranking Sites and Pages
841(1)
Analysis of Algorithmic Differentiation Across Engines and Search Types
842(2)
The Importance of Experience
844(1)
Competitive Analysis
844(5)
Content Analysis
844(1)
Internal Link Structure and Site Architecture
845(1)
External Link Attraction Analysis
845(1)
What Is Their SEO Strategy?
846(1)
Competitive Analysis Summary
847(1)
Using Competitive Link Analysis Tools
847(2)
Competitive Analysis for Those with a Big Budget
849(1)
Using Search Engine-Supplied SEO Tools
849(16)
Search Engine Tools for Webmasters
849(16)
The SEO Industry on the Web
865(4)
Blogs
865(2)
SEO News Outlets, Communities, and Forums
867(1)
Communities in Social Networks
868(1)
Participation in Conferences and Organizations
869(2)
Conclusion
871(2)
14 SEO Support: In-House, External, or Both? 873(36)
The Business of SEO
873(6)
Understand Your Market Opportunity
874(1)
Get Buy-In Across the Organization
875(1)
Lay the Groundwork
875(1)
Motivate Resources That Don't Share Your Goals to Help You
876(1)
Progress Through the Stages of SEO Maturity
877(1)
Building an SEO team
878(1)
Using In-House SEO Talent Versus Outsourced Support: Dynamics and Challenges
879(1)
The Value of In-House SEO
879(1)
The Value of Outsourced SEO Support
880(1)
The Case for Working with an Outside Expert
880(4)
How to Best Leverage Outside Help
881(1)
How to Implement Your Expert's Recommendations
882(1)
How to Integrate SEO Knowledge in the Organization
883(1)
The Impact of Site Complexity on SEO Workload
884(2)
Solutions for Small Organizations
886(5)
Developing the In-House SEO Specialist
886(1)
Making the Most of Limited Resources or Budgets
887(4)
Solutions for Large Organizations
891(3)
Contracting for Specialist Knowledge and Experience
892(1)
Applying SEO Recommendations Intelligently
893(1)
Hiring SEO Talent
894(3)
Selecting the Right SEO Person
894(1)
Pitching the Person
895(2)
Making the Offer
897(1)
Selecting an SEO Firm/Consultant
897(9)
Getting the Process Started
897(1)
Preparing a Request for Proposal
898(5)
Communicating with Candidate SEO Firms
903(1)
Making the Decision
904(2)
Mixing In-House SEO with Outside SEO Help
906(1)
Building a Culture of SEO into Your Organization
907(1)
Conclusion
908(1)
15 An Evolving Art Form: The Future of SEO 909(30)
The Ongoing Evolution of Search
911(8)
The Growth of Search Complexity
911(5)
Google's Dominance
916(3)
More Searchable Content and Content Types
919(4)
Engines Will Make Crawling Improvements
920(1)
Engines Are Getting New Content Sources
920(2)
Multimedia Is Becoming Indexable
922(1)
More Personalized, Localized, and User-Influenced Search
923(3)
User Intent
924(1)
User Interactions
924(1)
New Search Patterns
925(1)
Growing Reliance on the Cloud
925(1)
Increasing Importance of Local, Mobile, and Voice Search
926(3)
Local Search
926(1)
Mobile Search
927(2)
Voice Recognition Search
929(1)
Increased Market Saturation and Competition
929(2)
SEO as an Enduring Art Form
931(1)
The Future of Semantic Search and the Knowledge Graph
932(4)
Conclusion
936(3)
Glossary 939(20)
Index 959
Eric Enge is the founder and CEO of SEO consulting firm, Stone Temple Consulting, and is widely recognized as an expert on the topic of SEO. Stephan Spencer is author of Google Power Search, founder of the SEO firm Netconcepts (acquired by Covario) and of the SEO training/coaching program ScienceofSEO.com, and inventor of the SEO technology platform GravityStream. Jessie Stricchiola is the founder of Alchemist Media, Inc., a San Francisco search engine marketing company.