PubCon Live: Cool Tools for Search Marketers & Social Signals In Search

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Barry Schwartz: 2:54:22 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 2:56:18 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 2:56:21 pm
Here we go..
Barry Schwartz: 2:57:30 pm
Christine is going to talk about search marketing tools
Barry Schwartz: 2:58:11 pm
Tools: saves you time and money, provides insights, identifies new opportunities, and it does a lot of the boring, repetitive work
Barry Schwartz: 2:59:43 pm
Types of Tools: keyword tools, ranking tools, site analysis, seo tools, link tools, competitive tools, etc.
Barry Schwartz: 3:00:17 pm
Free Keyword Tools:
- Google Keyword Tool
- Google Wenbmaster Tools
- Google Insights
- Google Trends
- Microsoft Add In For Excel
Barry Schwartz: 3:00:46 pm
Paid Keyword Tools:
- WordTracker
- Trellian
- Hitwise
- WordStream
- Nichebot
- SEOmoz Keyword Tool
Barry Schwartz: 3:03:37 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:05:23 pm
Ranking Tools:
- Web Position
- Advanced Web Ranking
- Mikes-Marketing-Tools.com
- GooglerRankings.com
- DigitalPoint
- SEObook.com
- etc
Barry Schwartz: 3:05:44 pm
Site Analysis Tools
- Code Validators like validator.w3.org, htmlhelp.com and netmechanic
Barry Schwartz: 3:06:39 pm
- Header Checkers such as Rex Swain;s HTTP Viewer
Barry Schwartz: 3:07:22 pm
- Spider Viewers such as Lynx
Barry Schwartz: 3:07:38 pm
-Broken Link Checkers such as Xenu Link Sleuth, validator.w3.org/checklink
Barry Schwartz: 3:09:31 pm
SEO Tools:
- BruceClay
- SEOMoz
- WebsiteGrader.com
- RavenSEO
Barry Schwartz: 3:09:52 pm
SEO Toolbars and Extensions
- SEOBook
- SEO Quake
- SEOMoz
- MajesticSEO
- RankQuest
- Alexa
- WebDevelopers
Barry Schwartz: 3:10:56 pm
Link Tools:
- Yahoo Site Explorer
- Majestic SEO
- SEOmoz LinkScape
- SEOmoz Open Site Explorer
- Advanced Link Manager
- OptiLink
- HubFinder
- SoloSEO
- Blekko
Barry Schwartz: 3:13:29 pm
She shows screen shots of these tools
Barry Schwartz: 3:15:19 pm
Competitive Analysis Tools:
- Hitwise
- comScore Marketer
- Trellian
- SEOmoz Keyword tool
- Spyfu
- Compete
- SEMRush
- KeyCompete
- KeywordSpy
- AdGooRoo
- Keyword Analyzer
Barry Schwartz: 3:18:12 pm
Social Media Tools
- Google Alerts
- Radian6
- TweetBeep
- Twhirl
- TweetDeck
- SocialMention.com
- Topsy
Barry Schwartz: 3:18:52 pm
Christine now raps up
Barry Schwartz: 3:19:17 pm
Next up: Social Signals In Search by Eric Enge
Barry Schwartz: 3:22:14 pm
They are doing a brief Q&A now
Barry Schwartz: 3:25:24 pm
Okay, now Eric
Barry Schwartz: 3:27:09 pm
Top Brands in social are coca cola, Disney, Starbucks, Oreo, Red Bull, etc - they kill it on Facebook
Barry Schwartz: 3:27:22 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:28:08 pm
Small brands can also build presence, one of his clients has 17,000 fans
Barry Schwartz: 3:28:53 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:29:04 pm
He is showing many examples...
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Barry Schwartz: 3:31:10 pm
They also share other people's stuff
Barry Schwartz: 3:31:24 pm
Participate in the community...
Barry Schwartz: 3:31:55 pm
Make sure to leverage influencers because they have larger audiences, they are more trusted and so on
Barry Schwartz: 3:33:18 pm
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Marissa Mayer is pretty authoritative
Barry Schwartz: 3:33:56 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:35:01 pm
Twitter authority
- Number of relevant followers
- Authority and relevance of people who click on your shared links
- Authority and relevanyce of people who retweet
- Ratio of followers to followed
- Your type according to Clout (celebs vs thought leader, etc)
- Age of your account
Barry Schwartz: 3:35:33 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:36:21 pm
Google's Matt Cutts said they can see Fan pages but cannot see Facebook Shares...
Barry Schwartz: 3:37:03 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:37:19 pm
Twitter is often more personal than other places
Barry Schwartz: 3:37:57 pm
People feel comfortable with the opinion of someone who is more approachable
Barry Schwartz: 3:38:33 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:39:35 pm
Google can now read Facebook comments, see http://www.seroundtable.com/google-ajax-indexing-14241.html
Barry Schwartz: 3:40:43 pm
EdgeRank determines what you see on Facebook's feeds:
- Formula : u * w & d
- u = match of viewing user to the poster
- w = weight for this edge type (create, comment, like, share, photo, likes)
- d = time decay factor
Barry Schwartz: 3:42:05 pm
It is about engagement, not about you. Create conversions! Don't be commercial!
Barry Schwartz: 3:42:33 pm
Google + is now out
Barry Schwartz: 3:43:04 pm
Google is highly committed to this, the bonuses of Googlers is tied very closely to the success of the Google + network
Barry Schwartz: 3:43:31 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:45:23 pm
He mentions this post http://www.stonetemple.com/new-clarity-on-reconsideration-requests-from-tiffany-oberoi/
Barry Schwartz: 3:45:36 pm
Matt Cutts tweeted it and it was awesome how much it had
Barry Schwartz: 3:45:53 pm
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Barry Schwartz: 3:46:40 pm
I am going to skip the last sessions, I am tired of live blogging... almost done wit this one
Barry Schwartz: 3:46:52 pm
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he is #4 and all via social media
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