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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Scope and methodology ........................................................................................................... 2SEO platforms market overview ............................................................................................ 3

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Enterprise SEO platform capabilities .................................................................................... 8.............................................. 10

Choosing an enterprise SEO platform ................................................................................. 12 ............................................................... 12

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

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“The process of generating traffic from the “free,” “organic,” “editorial,” or “natural” listings on search engines.

January 2015Consulting Editors:

Research/Writer:Editors: Third Door Media

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Forrester Research’s U.S. Digital Marketing Forecast, 2014-2019

At the same time, SEO has become an increasingly complex marketing discipline, led by the near-constant algorithm changes implemented by Google.

Source: Forrester Research

Table 1: Projected U.S. SEO spend, 2014-2019 (in US$ millions)

$2,743$2,975

$3,224$3,490

$3,775$4,080

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$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

$3,500

$4,000

$4,500

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Marketers and agencies face an array of choices in an SEO tools market that is fairly mature yet still highly fragmented.

2014 Marketing Technology Adoption Survey

Maturing market includes enterprise platforms, point solutions

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Source: Third Door Media

Table 2: Selected SEO point solutions

Site monitoringLog file analysis

Up-time monitoring

Site engagement and user intelligence

Site crawler/broken link checker

SERP analytics

Proxy server

Keyword research

Page optimization

Competitive intelligence

Link analysis and acquisition/removal

SEO task

AdGooroo

Tool URL

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Trend #1: Integration between SEO and content marketing impacts SEO tools and the enterprises using them

The State of Search Marketing 2014

2015 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends – North America

The lines separating SEO, social media marketing, and content marketing continue to blur, creating an enterprise imperative to integrate all three disciplines to achieve business goals.

54%

65%

69%

73%

75%

Social media

Blogs

Meta tags

Content creation

SEO landing pages

Table 3: Top five tactics used in organic search marketing

Source: State of Search Marketing 2014, Regalix Research

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Trend #2: SEO strategies adapt to search engine changes; focus on hyper-local optimization increases.

Trend #3: SEO reaches across the enterprise to engage both marketing and technical professionals.

SEO has become more complex as the number of ranking factors and the frequency of search engine algorithm updates increase.

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Enterprise-level platforms may also provide more extensive link and site analytics that include predictive scoring systems to identify the potential opportunities to improve page performance or link authority.

Table 4: SEO stakeholders reach across the enterprise

SEO

MarketingIncorporate high-ranking keywords,

phrases and images in webpage copy,

landing pages, email, social media

ITInstall SEO tools,

integrate with analytics, PPC, BI

and CRM solutions

EditorialAlign copywriting

with best performing

keywords and phrases

WebdevelopmentIdentify and fix

page errors, broken links, etc.

Dataanalysis

Customize reports, interpret results for

diverse stakeholders

Source: Third Door Media

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Keyword research/rank analysis

Link analysis and acquisition

International search tracking

Site crawls/audits

Social signal tracking and integration

Keyword research – knowing what terms people used to find your website and using those terms in your copy – has been a pillar of effective SEO.

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Table 5: Selected enterprise SEO platform capabilities

Conductor

Web CEO

Linkdex

RankAbove

Rio SEO

Searchmetrics

seoClarity

gShift

Analytics SEO

GinzaMetrics

BrightEdge

SEOlytics

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4 4

4 4

TW4

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4

TW4

TW4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4

4 4 4

4 4 4

4 4 4

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4 4

8 4

Vendor International search tracking

Social signals tracked

Content marketing module or

tool

Custom site

crawls

ROI forecasting

APIfor 3rd

party dataintegration

Annual contract required

Link analysis & acquisition

Keyword research/rank analysis

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Content marketing or management

ROI forecasting/predictive analytics

APIs and third-party data integration

Pricing/annual contracts

Data sharing, particularly in terms of identifying the relationship between keyword and link performance, social media, site traffic, and conversion, is critical to SEO success.

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Understanding your current marketing processes, knowing how to measure success, and being able to identify where you are looking for improvements, are all critical pieces of the SEO platform decision-making process.

The benefits of using enterprise SEO platforms

Many tools, one interface.

More efficient management of global operations.

Stay current with the search engines.

Automated reporting to provide data in near real time.

Recommended steps to making an informed purchase

Step One: Do you need an enterprise SEO platform?

1. Do we have the right human resources in place with the bandwidth to use the tools and study the data?

2. Do we have C-level buy-in?

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3. Do we have the right technical resources?

Who will own SEO?

5. Can we invest in staff training?

6. Have we established KPIs and put a system in place for tracking, measuring, and reporting results?

7. Have we decided how we will measure success?

8. Do we have realistic expectations?

Step Two: Identify and contact appropriate vendorsOnce you have determined that enterprise SEO software makes sense for your business, spend time researching individual vendors and their capabilities.

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Step Three: Scheduling the demo

1. How do you calculate your search volumes?

2. Can this system track millions of searches, visits, site pages, etc?

3. Do you support international search?

How do you track and report universal search results?

5. How robust and flexible are your reporting options?

6. Where are the actionable reports?

When written properly, an RFP will facilitate the sales process and ensure that everyone involved on both sides come to a shared understanding of the purpose, requirements, scope, and structure of the intended purchase.

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7. What other meta information does your system collect that may be made available to me via API?

8. Is there a workflow built in that allows me to coordinate the work of my marketing, content, web development, social media, and PR teams across the organization?

What kind of ongoing support and client engagement will your account team provide? How will you gauge our use or non-use of the platform’s features?

10. What new features are you considering? What’s the long-term roadmap and launch dates?

Step Four: Check references, negotiate a contractBefore deciding on a particular vendor, take the time to speak with one or two customer references, preferably someone in a business similar to yours.

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Is your C-suite on board with the investment? Do you have the right staffing in place to manage SEO? And, have you put KPIs in place to measure the return on your investment?

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Marketers and agencies face an array of choices in an SEO tools market that is fairly mature yet still highly fragmented.

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Vendor Profiles

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Target customer

Key customers

Company overview

Key executives

Product overview

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Vendor Profiles

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

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Vendor Profiles

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BrightEdge

Target customer

Key customers

Adobe

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

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Vendor Profiles

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

BrightEdge

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Target customer

Key executives

Key customers

Company overview

Product overview

Conductor

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Vendor Profiles

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

Conductor

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Vendor Profiles

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GinzaMetrics

Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

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Vendor Profiles

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Social signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

GinzaMetrics

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Vendor Profiles

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Pricing and service

GinzaMetrics

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Vendor Profiles

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Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

Not Provided

gMobileContent Marketing Performance

gShift

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Vendor Profiles

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Reporting

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

gShift

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Vendor Profiles

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Linkdex

Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

Entity Search

Entity Search

Visibility

Content 360

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Vendor Profiles

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Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Content 360

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

Linkdex

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Vendor Profiles

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RankAbove

Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

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Vendor Profiles

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Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

RankAbove

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Vendor Profiles

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Rio SEO

Target customer

Key customers

ADTIBM

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

Local Search Optimizer

Location Finder

Mobile Location Finder

Local Map Optimizer

Local Listing Manager

IYP Link Optimizer

Facebook Places Optimizer

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Vendor Profiles

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Product Details

Local Review Checker

Local Citation Tracker

Local Search Rank Checker

Local Neighborhood Optimizer

Social signals integration

Social Analyze

Reporting and analysis

Enterprise Roll-Up Reporting Software

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

Rio SEO

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Vendor Profiles

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Searchmetrics

Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

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Vendor Profiles

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Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Social Engagement

Reporting and analytics

Traffic Insight

Third-party partnerships and integration

Searchmetrics

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Product DetailsPricing and service

Searchmetrics

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seoClarity

Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

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Vendor Profiles

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

seoClarity

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Vendor Profiles

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SEOlytics

Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

Rank Tracker

SEO Research

Keyword Research

Backlink Analyses

Link Building

Paid Search

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Vendor Profiles

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

SEOlytics

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Web CEO Limited

Target customer

Key customers

Key executives

Company overview

Product overview

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Enterprise SEO Platforms 2015: A Marketer’s Guide

Product DetailsSocial signals integration

Reporting and analytics

Third-party partnerships and integration

Pricing and service

Web CEO Limited

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