SES New York 2011 Roundup
The SES New York 2011 conference wrapped up last week on the heels of one of the largest Google updates in recent years.
And although there was sufficient Panda talk to make a passerby reckon we might all be zookeepers, there were other themes running through the conference as well including content, paid strategies and tools, tools, tools.
Here’s a quick recap:
Panda: The Aftermath, as it was called essentially recapped what TopRank and other content advocates have been saying along.
Make unique, quality content that is written first for the butt consultation and second for the search engines. It’s those who have been living dangerously – or maybe just naively – making what’s now referred to as shallow content who likely got hit the worst.
Here are a couple items to check if your site is seeing less results than it was pre-panda:
1. Check your content and outline a content plot to make more.
Also, remember that the navigations, call-outs etc that live on each page are considered part of the content. If you don’t have sufficient unique content on each page to ‘out-weigh’ the navigation, you might run into distress.
2. Google is now paying more attention to spelling and grammar. If your site is lacking in vital writing skills, fix it up.
3. Check your internal link structure. If you have links pointing to each page on the site, Google will have distress seminal which pages are truly vital.
Next, the paid strategy called retargeting also seemed to have people buzzing. Retargeting is the process of delivering ads to people on the web who have either entered a shopping cart and abandoned, or visited your site – but not entered the shopping cart process.
To get started with retargeting, reckon about the user action and your next action.
For example, if a visitor abandoned the home page you likely will want them to see a promotional offer featuring the brand.
If a visitor abandoned the shopping cart, you can send them a reminder to complete the buy or a reminder with a coupon. Reckon through when and how often you offer the coupon, but, because it doesn’t take long to train a visitor to abandon the shopping cart because they know a coupon is coming. 
Overall, if your site is experiencing a high number of exits in the shopping cart process, then retargeting might be a excellent option for you.
As always lists and tools are well loved at a marketing conference and came together as a list of tools! Check out some of the not compulsory tools:
1. Idiotic Egg – helps determine where people are clicking on your web pages, visually
2. Clicktale – use this tool for user session info, advanced link and form analytics
3. Cross Browser Testing – allows you to test uncommon OS, browser, application settings
4. MockFlow – an online wireframe tool for helping when developing a website
5. AttentionWizard.com – a tool for predicting where visual attention exits on a site
6. Clicktale – use for form analytics
7. 4Q, Kample – survey tool to illicit from web visitors why they are on their website and if they are carrying out their intended tasks
8. Mongoose Metrics, ifbyphone – for call tracking
9. WebsiteOptimization.com – if your site is known to load slow, this is a tool to help you check the speed
10. Smush.it, Dynamicdrive – a tool for smushing metaphors
If you attended SES New York 2011, feel free to comment below adding what you thought people were buzzing about this year.
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