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Data Mining + SEO. Timothy D’Auria BostonDecision.com March 29 th , 2012.
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Data Mining + SEO Timothy D’Auria BostonDecision.com March 29th, 2012 Disclaimer: Boston Decision believes the information contained herein to be accurate. However, Boston Decision, LLC makes no guarantees and no warranties, written, oral or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness, or accuracy. Recipient assumes all responsibility for use of the information contained herein.
Boston Decision • MINE – PREDICT – AUTOMATE • “Get into the minds of customers” • Provide the skills, resources, expertise
Zero-Hour Insight™ Capability • No time to warehouse stale data
Predictive Modeling in Boston • Rank #1 in Google • Rank #1 in Yahoo
Last Time • Data Mining = pattern detection from data • Identify direct mail targets • Screen leads / automatic salesperson
How we left off… • “For the next demonstration, we need a volunteer from our last meetup. • We're looking for a small company, perhaps a start-up, in any industry.”
Subplot • Data Mining with No Data
What is SEO? • Search engine optimization is the process of improving web site visibility through unpaid search.
SEO Today • Domain Authority • On-page SEO • Link Context • Anchor Text • PageRank • User Signals***
Domain Authority • Age • Popularity • Size • Registration duration
On Page SEO • Meta tags • Title • Keywords • Description • Size (character count), relevance • Relationship between meta tags and content • Keyword density
Link Context • Do links indicate that the linker has legitimate interest in linkee content? • One-way links • On-topic • Link adjoined by appropriate content
Anchor Text • Relevance of first anchor text to content of target page
Page Rank • Importance of page / site to the web
Sharing • Importance of person sharing • Number of times “re-shared” • Relationships between sharer and sharee • Send link to friend • Send link to stranger
Who is Queen? DATA! - Steve Hopkins, nerejtech.com
2 Questions • Who is the target market? • What does the target market want?
The Data • Bureau of Labor Statistics • Consumer Expenditure Survey (http://www.bls.gov/cex/) • Bureau of Economic Analysis • Personal Consumption Expenditures (http://www.bea.gov/) • American FactFinder (US Census) • http://factfinder2.census.gov
The Technology • R Language – Open Source & Free • tm • gdata • plyr • twitteR • ggplot2 • maps • wordcloud
Univariate Model Limitations • 1 attribute at a time (Age, Income, etc..) • Not comprehensive (can’t look at age, income together) • Ignores relationships
Multivariate Model = A Next Step • Control for Age while looking at income • Take many more factors into account
A Naïve Geographic Scoring Algorithm • Age 25 – 34, $80K+, Associates or Bachelors • Created a scoring algorithm that ranks MA counties in these 3 areas.
Jewelry Blogosphere Chatter in Middlesex? What does the target want?