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&lt;p&gt;The latest version of our comprehensive SEO Best Practice Guide will help you understand search marketing like never before. It contains&#160;&lt;strong&gt;everything you need to know about search engine optimization&lt;/strong&gt;, whether you work for an in-house client team or for an agency.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The SEO Best Practice Guide is invaluable for anybody working in internet marketing, or looking to appoint an SEO agency, or simply trying to secure better Google rankings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;About this Guide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&#8217;ve compiled almost 300 pages of information to help you figure out the ins and outs of search. Make no mistake: this guide contains lots of&#160;&lt;strong&gt;actionable&lt;/strong&gt;,&#160;&lt;strong&gt;real world insight&lt;/strong&gt;. It will help you immediately start to improve your performance on the search engines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;Contents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download
the sample (free) to see the full list of contents and view depth of
this research. It covers SEO from a strategic, technical, and
thoroughly practical perspective. Here&#8217;s a taste of what you&#8217;ll find
within the report:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key topics to improve your results from SEO&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Techniques for advanced keyphrase analysis&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Developing an integrated search engine marketing strategy across paid and natural search&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Improve your page inclusion and reporting using Google Sitemaps&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Detailed coverage of on-page optimization factors including
document meta data, copywriting and code structure explaining the
factors which really matter&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- How to increase your click-through rate in the search engine results page&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 10 complementary SEO strategies for refining site architecture&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A whole chapter on building links&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 10 key factors to improve landing page effectiveness&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 19 ways to audit your current performance&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your search engine optimization toolkit&#160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Detailed instructions on how to apply 70 positive ranking factors rated for importance&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 60 key recommendations to assess your current practice&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 66 quick win tips to improve your position&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Links to the best free and paid SEO resources on the web&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- SEO glossary&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A guide for content owners showing how marketing staff can apply
simple rules to improve results from pages they create and maintain.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A detailed &#8216;Request for Proposals&#8217; template showing how to get the
most from a search marketing agency when tendering for a new vendor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New guidance in the 2009 report includes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- New ideas for gap analysis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- New research tools&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Interviews that provide insight on choosing the right agency&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Better ways of boosting index coverage, including Sitemaps, Vertical Search, Supplemental Pages, Sitelinks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A new section on international and multilingual SEO&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Ideas on how to optimise Flash sites for Google&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- New ideas for link building (and linkbaiting)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Guidance on PageRank sculpting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;Testimonials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What the industry pros have said about this guide&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"It
is a fantastic resource for marketers at any level. Some SEO firms will
not like seeing this kind of information available..."&#160;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lee Odden, President, TopRank Online Marketing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;It&#8217;s very good and comprehensive. I was impressed with the level of detail in this guide.&#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adrian Land, Online Marketing Manager, Holiday-rentals.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;"An excellent guide to search engine optimization - thorough and well balanced." &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees, LloydsTSB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;Once
again a superb piece of work from Econsultancy.com - clearly shedding
light on the &#8216;dark art&#8217; of SEO. As always, Econsultancy prove
themselves to be an invaluable resource for all things e-related&#8221; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alun Williams, Head of E-commerce, First Choice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;Econsultancy's
SEO Best Practice Guide avoids the page-filling fluff that often
surrounds Best Practice publications, focusing on those all-important
hot-topics in search. We'd recommend it to anyone planning a search
campaign.&#8221; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Steve Leach, CEO, Bigmouthmedia - The Full Search Agency&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;Econsultancy has put together one of the most comprehensive guides to SEO best practice we have seen yet.&#8221; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mario Muttenthaler, Online Marketing Manager, NET-A-PORTER.COM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;This
is by far the most detailed guide to SEO on the market. Anyone who
really wants to get to grips with best practice should read it&#8230;
thoroughly." &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edward Cowell, SEO Director, Guava&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;Not
only will this guide give you a comprehensive blueprint for developing
your SEO strategy but it will save you months of research. Highly
recommended.&#8221; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ken McGaffin, Chief Marketing Officer, Wordtracker.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;Econsultancy
has produced a comprehensive, educational and incredibly valuable
report into the highly debated arena of organic search. It is a must
read for anyone involved in today&#8217;s online environment.&#8221; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Caroline McGuckian, Global Media Director, LBi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#8220;Whether
client or agency side, the Econsultancy SEO best practice guide is a
must read. You will be hard pressed to find a more in-depth guide that
will help steer you through the minefield of SEO. Each year the guide
provides comprehensive advice which every practitioner worth his salt
should read.&#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neil Stickells, Head of Search &amp;amp; Media, Steak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;Who this Guide is For&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you work in any one of these positions then this SEO guide will add various feathers to your search marketing cap&#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- All SEM-related roles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- CEO / CTO / COO&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Marketing director / manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Internet entrepreneur&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- E-commerce director&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Internet marketing manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Strategists&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Web developer / designer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Production manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Account manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Copywriter&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The latest version of our comprehensive SEO Best Practice Guide will help you understand search marketing like never before. It contains&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;everything you need to know about search engine optimization&lt;/span&gt;, whether you work for an in-house client team or for an agency.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The SEO Best Practice Guide is invaluable for anybody working in internet marketing, or looking to appoint an SEO agency, or simply trying to secure better Google rankings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;About this Guide&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We&amp;rsquo;ve compiled almost 300 pages of information to help you figure out the ins and outs of search. Make no mistake: this guide contains lots of&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;actionable&lt;/span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;real world insight&lt;/span&gt;. It will help you immediately start to improve your performance on the search engines.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;Contents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download
the sample (free) to see the full list of contents and view depth of
this research. It covers SEO from a strategic, technical, and
thoroughly practical perspective. Here&amp;rsquo;s a taste of what you&amp;rsquo;ll find
within the report:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Key topics to improve your results from SEO&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Techniques for advanced keyphrase analysis&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Developing an integrated search engine marketing strategy across paid and natural search&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Improve your page inclusion and reporting using Google Sitemaps&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Detailed coverage of on-page optimization factors including
document meta data, copywriting and code structure explaining the
factors which really matter&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- How to increase your click-through rate in the search engine results page&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 10 complementary SEO strategies for refining site architecture&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A whole chapter on building links&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 10 key factors to improve landing page effectiveness&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 19 ways to audit your current performance&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Your search engine optimization toolkit&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Detailed instructions on how to apply 70 positive ranking factors rated for importance&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 60 key recommendations to assess your current practice&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- 66 quick win tips to improve your position&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Links to the best free and paid SEO resources on the web&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- SEO glossary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A guide for content owners showing how marketing staff can apply
simple rules to improve results from pages they create and maintain.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A detailed &amp;lsquo;Request for Proposals&amp;rsquo; template showing how to get the
most from a search marketing agency when tendering for a new vendor.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New guidance in the 2009 report includes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- New ideas for gap analysis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- New research tools&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Interviews that provide insight on choosing the right agency&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Better ways of boosting index coverage, including Sitemaps, Vertical Search, Supplemental Pages, Sitelinks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- A new section on international and multilingual SEO&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Ideas on how to optimise Flash sites for Google&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- New ideas for link building (and linkbaiting)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Guidance on PageRank sculpting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;Testimonials&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What the industry pros have said about this guide&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"It
is a fantastic resource for marketers at any level. Some SEO firms will
not like seeing this kind of information available..."&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lee Odden, President, TopRank Online Marketing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s very good and comprehensive. I was impressed with the level of detail in this guide.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Adrian Land, Online Marketing Manager, Holiday-rentals.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"An excellent guide to search engine optimization - thorough and well balanced." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Anna-Louise Marsh-Rees, LloydsTSB&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Once
again a superb piece of work from Econsultancy.com - clearly shedding
light on the &amp;lsquo;dark art&amp;rsquo; of SEO. As always, Econsultancy prove
themselves to be an invaluable resource for all things e-related&amp;rdquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Alun Williams, Head of E-commerce, First Choice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Econsultancy's
SEO Best Practice Guide avoids the page-filling fluff that often
surrounds Best Practice publications, focusing on those all-important
hot-topics in search. We'd recommend it to anyone planning a search
campaign.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Steve Leach, CEO, Bigmouthmedia - The Full Search Agency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Econsultancy has put together one of the most comprehensive guides to SEO best practice we have seen yet.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mario Muttenthaler, Online Marketing Manager, NET-A-PORTER.COM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;This
is by far the most detailed guide to SEO on the market. Anyone who
really wants to get to grips with best practice should read it&amp;hellip;
thoroughly." &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Edward Cowell, SEO Director, Guava&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Not
only will this guide give you a comprehensive blueprint for developing
your SEO strategy but it will save you months of research. Highly
recommended.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ken McGaffin, Chief Marketing Officer, Wordtracker.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Econsultancy
has produced a comprehensive, educational and incredibly valuable
report into the highly debated arena of organic search. It is a must
read for anyone involved in today&amp;rsquo;s online environment.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Caroline McGuckian, Global Media Director, LBi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Whether
client or agency side, the Econsultancy SEO best practice guide is a
must read. You will be hard pressed to find a more in-depth guide that
will help steer you through the minefield of SEO. Each year the guide
provides comprehensive advice which every practitioner worth his salt
should read.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Neil Stickells, Head of Search &amp;amp; Media, Steak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style="font-size: 1.5em;"&gt;Who this Guide is For&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you work in any one of these positions then this SEO guide will add various feathers to your search marketing cap&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- All SEM-related roles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- CEO / CTO / COO&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Marketing director / manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Internet entrepreneur&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- E-commerce director&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Internet marketing manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Strategists&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Web developer / designer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Production manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Account manager&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Copywriter&lt;/p&gt;
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