If you've done the research,
you should have a set of
Who, What, Where, When & Why

Those should make a large % of the existing consumers.

But few people go to the effort of:
1) Figuring an earlier "when", and the "where" that goes with it
2) Looking at sibling/cousin paths
Proper (and continuous!) research should yield insights into motivation/cause, and locations.
You should be able to utilise "personas" (or demo-/firmo- and psycho-graphics) to locate additional locations, probable channels/sources.

Failing that, use Search for questions!
Search for the same things your consumers do,
and you'll likely find where they go for info ... and where you should be!
(providing answers, running ads, providing sponsorships etc.)

Do searches for Product/Service -brand, and see what comes up. Or +Comp. brand!
If needs be - go fishing!
Okay, so it's not 100% "legitimate",
but creating a profile or two, joining a site/forum/community/channel - and asking for some help on an issue your product/service is meant to handle,
and see what comes back ... can pay dividends!
(And yes ... if you are up for it, you can switch bait and fish for info on competitors ... just remember not to lead/ask bias questions, cast dispersions etc.!!!)
It's also worth keeping a little spreadsheet or doc of common queries, and resulting Domains.
This allows you to expand your searches over time, and exclude more and more domains/sites, getting broader results.
It can be tedious - but can turn up some gems!

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12 Nov
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🚨::: Keywords, and Beyond! :::🚨

It’s a standard industry term.
Almost everyone that has heard of SEO knows of “keywords”.

The problem is, the general perception of keywords is out of date!

Worse - there’s no alternative, and few additional terms!

#SEO #DarthAutocrat Image : Heading : “Keywords, and Beyond!” Darth Vader in
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Originally, Keywords were THE thing.
Meta Keywords and string matching.

Other SEs came along, things evolved, Meta-Keywords basically died.

Yet the term remained.
Though how they are used has evolved,
the way they are used for research hasn’t really.
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As competition for “keywords” got harder,
new terms came to the fore:
* Head term
* Longtail
* And then Mid-tail joined in
As more businesses went online, and more sites, pages and content appeared - it became harder to rank for the shorter “keywords”.
Read 24 tweets
10 Nov
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8 things to think about - SEO for Startups.

Solid thinking and reasoning on SEO for new businesses.

More than worth a read!

#SEO #StartUps
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I'd also throw in:

+ Get TSL sorted and have the HTTPS on launch!

+ Get your Google Business listing sorted ASAP

+ When looking at TLDs for Domain Names, check for confusion points (same name, different TLD etc.)

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+ Sort the HTTP > HTTPS out, and pick either www or non-www - then get the 301s sorted out from day one.

+ Own your Name! Make sure you own a domain with your Brand, and you have social profiles for it (same for unique product names etc.).
Same for Directories.

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5 Nov
1/🧵
::: Google do NOT use CTR as a Ranking Factor! :::
:::But does that mean they don't use Clicks? :::

This is a long running subject,
and one that get's muddied by poor phrasing,
almost every time :(

🧵>>>

#SEO #CTR #DarthAutocrat
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Let's be clear here:

* GA BR (Google Analytics Bounce Rate)
* GA ToP (Google Analytics Time on Page)
* GA ToS (Google Analytics Time on Site)
* SERP CTR (Search Engine Result Page Click Through Rate)

are NOT (direct/indirect) ranking factors!

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For starters, only a % of sites use Google Analytics,
so there'd be a Huge data hole.

And each of them are ambiguous/noisy,
with various reasons for whatever value,
(a page with the weather - quick visit, leave - does not mean the page sucks or is irrelevant!)

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22 Oct
17/🧵
Part 2
🚨::: Internal Links - What, Why, When, Where and How ::: 🚨

(Part 1 = )

The second Thread covers the 2 bits you are likely more interested in:
* SEO
* Optimisation
of Internal links.

Please Retweet

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#SEO #InternalLinks
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:: SEO ::
Finally - the bits you’ve been waiting for!
SEO aspects of Internal Links:
* Crawling
* Indexing
* Ranking
* Hybrid

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Crawling :
SE’s (can/do/may) use links for URL discovery - they note the destination of the URL and add it to a crawl queue.

(They may also note “patterns”, and attempt to “guess” URLs, sometimes looking at JS etc. to do so.)

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22 Oct
1/🧵
Part 1
🚨::: Internal Links - What, Why, When, Where and How ::: 🚨

As Internal Links (ILs) are back in fashion (again),
I thought I'd do a thread (2 actually!)

I'll cover explanations here,
then SEO and Optimisations in Thread 2

Pls Retweet

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#SEO #InternalLinks
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Definition:
Internal links are links between your own pages,
within the same “site”,
(this may be the same subdomain, or across subdomains, depending on structure/organisation).

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:: Features ::
Links often consist of:
* Location
* Content
* Attributes

Location:
The location may be a URL (different page),
a Fragment (specific point in the current page, or specific text (Fragment Directive)),
or both URL+Fragment (a part/text on a different page).

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22 Oct
Heads up, Thread about Internal Links incoming,
(Which I'm grateful for the 3% lead, as I've half written it already :) (and my eldest tried to spike it towards Keywords, knowing I've not touched that topic yet- sod!))
24 tweets in ...
... maybe I should split it?

:D
Erm - apparently, I have to stop there!

Did you know ...
Twitter has a 24 tweets in series limit?
(Did anyone?)

I can add more tweets once I've posted the rest!

So I think I may split it into 2 threads,
(as reading through 20+ tweets has to be painful for most people)
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