homeaway summit seo
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Kate Morris's presentation at the HomeAway Summit 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Easy and Effective Search Engine Optimization
Increase Traffic to Your Site
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WarningThe websites used as examples in this presentation are chosen completely at random. I am not trying to hurt anyone’s feelings.
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What is SEO?
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Answer A: Manipulating site code, content, and linking structures to rank a site for a specific keyword or keywords.
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Answer B: Assisting searchers find the information they seek online by optimizing website structure and content.
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A or B?
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B
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Assisting searchers find the information they seek online by optimizing website structure and content.
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DEFINE YOUR GOALS
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Bad Goals
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Rank #1 for vacation homes
Homeaway has this in the bag. You’ve got better fish to fry.
This is unpersonalized search. Set to national results. All national results.
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With personalized search it adds in locations and local results, but still very national as Google doesn’t know where the user wants a vacation home.
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Rank #1 for business name
You’ve already done this if you have a unique name and website.
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Rank #1 for [location] hotel
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Rank #1 for [location] hotel
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Good Goals
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Increase bookings by 20%
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Increase bookings by 20%
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Sell out Summer 2012
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Helps to have numbers though. Goals are better with numbers.
Increase Profit!
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AssetRound Up
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HomeAway Property Page
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HomeAway Profile Page
Link to YOUR site
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Website
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Tips for a More
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1. Hire a GREAT Photographer
All Homes in the “lower” range.
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Alt Text: Key West Vacation Home Exterior
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SEO Tip: Alt TagsDescribe this image!• Blind Users• Search Engines• Image Search
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Other Use: Pinterest
Pinterest drives traffic not sales.
It’s the images that make people want to go there!
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Other Use: Pinterest
The person pinned this page rather than the location page because there is no data on the location page.
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2. Great Customer Service
1. Be exceptional.2. Answer questions,
address issues.3. Don’t get mad!.
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How does this help SEO?
Reviews influence how your company and brand is perceived. The better
you are, the more people talk about, share, and
link to you.
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Stats on Reviews
3XOn average, a restaurant with more than 20 reviews and a 4 star rating on Yelp has three times more page view traffic than a restaurant with more than 20 reviews and a 5 star rating.
Properties with just 3 reviews receive on average 23% more enquiries than those with no reviews.
95% of travelers said that reviews would be extremely helpful in selecting a vacation rental home
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“What do I do when someone just emails me a review?”
VacationRentalOwner
AnyDay 12:00 AM
Psst … Put it on your website!
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Use the copy on the location page!• Testimonials page isn’t
great for multi-property sites.
• Adding testimonials to the property page adds new content to the page.
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3. Add Tracking Tools
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Google Analytics
Good Guide: http://goo.gl/XGryG
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Google Webmaster Tools
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Bing Webmaster Center
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4. Write Different Content
1. One Description of the home for your site.
2. One Description for each vacation home rental site (VRBO, Homeaway, TripAdvisor)
TIP: Get a friend, family member, or past customer to describe it for you.
The idea is to ensure that people searching for your property gets to your property no matter how they get there. The copy can be similar, not the same.
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The Number of Keywords on a Page Doesn’t Matter
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5. Leave the Ads Alone
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Google is going after sites with too many ads.
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6. Focus on Your Call to Action
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Track those Calls to Action
1. Have a thank you page for each action and know the URL.a) Contact Usb) Completed Reservation
2. Use that URL as a goal in Google Analytics.
a) http://goo.gl/nc89Z
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7. Keep Them coming back
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Be the Expert – Blog!
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Place Resources on Your Site
Give them the information they need to make their stay the best ever!
1. Rules for Stay2. Instructions on Arrival3. Instruction on Departure4. Internet Access Details5. Where to Shop, Eat, Visit6. How to Review You after their Stay
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Make Friends and Market!
You: Vacation Rental in South CarolinaNext to You: Vacation Rental in Texas
• Would your clients like to go to Texas? • How about theirs? Is their next
vacation in South Carolina?• What if you worked together?
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8. Link Building
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Directories are a waste of time.If it’s easy and fast, it’s almost
worthless.
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Use Relationships for Links
You: Vacation Rental in South CarolinaNext to You: Vacation Rental in Texas
• Would your clients like to go to Texas?
• How about theirs? Is their next vacation in South Carolina?
• What if you worked together?
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Best Links
• Guest Posts• Area Blogs• Travel Sites• Other Home Sites
• Charity/Donation (don’t do it for the link)• News Stories (get to know your local journalists!)
Use who you know, what you know, and get people talking about you!
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9. Google Places
1. Claim your business www.google.com/places/
2. Fill in all information• Name - Give it a name, not
“Location Vacation Home” – Stand Out
• Address of Business• Phone number• Website Address (can use
Homeaway or VRBO listing if you want)
• Pictures and Video!3. Get clients to review you!
It’s easy but it HAS to be done by YOU. Google verifies your business, and it’s best if you do it and control it.
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Thank You!
Questions?
@katemorris
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