the changing serps and how to act on it - bas van den beld at a4u expo munich
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A4U Expo EuropeMünchen 2010
Bas van den Beld
The changing SERPS and what to do with them
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Who am I?
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One sheet about me• NetTraject
• Search & social strategy expert, blogger, trainer, speaker
• Radioshow
• Founder Searchcowboys
• Founder Stateofsearch.com
• International blogger
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The SERPS are changing
How do we handle these changes?
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What is a “SERP”?
Search Engine Results Page
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What are we going to talk about?
• Understanding search engines• A look at the changes• Strategies on how to handle the changes
Extra:• Some specific tips• Q&A
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To understand the changes…
You must understand how the search engines “think”
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If others say its good, they believe it
Search engines are like humans
Therefore links matter…
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How do search engines think?
Search Engines are trying to understand what the user really wants
User intent
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How do search engines think?
Hand out the information as fast as you can
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We live in a Google World
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Google dominates Europe
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More than Google?
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2nd largest search engine?
Another one…
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2nd largest search engine?
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Guess who owns YouTube…
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Guess who integrates YouTube…
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Focus on Google
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Let’s take a look at the SERPS
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1,8 + 1
How do users respond to this?
Users look at a page for max 1,8 second
Users only take 1 look
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How do users respond to this?
Top results are important
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Google is changing
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Google is looking at the user
Google is changing
User intent
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There was the design change
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Google is changing
And its not about the films
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Universal SearchSearch results pages now include• Video• Images• PR/News Releases• Maps/Local Search• Products• Books• Finance
… AND MORE
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Let’s take a good look at the changes
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NL
Research shows: images attract attention
Google is changing
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Google is changingImage search
Google is not always right…
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Video is becoming more important
Google is changing
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Google responses to location
Google is changing
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Local - Places
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Newsrelated articles can change in the top of the SERPS
The placement of the News results can change, based on relevance
Google is changing
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Users are tempted to use the suggestions
Suggestions are based on number of searches
Google is changing
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Results from your friends in your ‘social circle’
Google is changing
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All elements are shown within the SERPS
Google is changing
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Changes in responses
Other results are getting more attention
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More changes
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“Realtime” becoming more important
More changes
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Realtime going to specific places
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Personalized Search
More changes
Rankings might change from one person to another!
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Personalized search
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Personalized search
They are spending more time on the Google pages
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A little trick
Cd=1
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Google’s redesign
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Google’s extra sidebar
Time differences
Social or not
Different types
Already visited pages
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Google’s extra sidebar
Sizes
Types
In images other options
Colors
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What does that mean for response?
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What does that mean for response?
Source: http://www.explido-webmarketing.de
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What does that mean for response?
Source: http://www.explido-webmarketing.de
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Shopping results
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Music
Playing songs in the results
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Brands
Vince Update: Brands
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Not all is good for Brands
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Not all is good for Brands
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Not all is good for Brands
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Search in search
Local results
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Mobile
Mobile is not the future, its here already
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Mobile Universal
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Mobile Suggest
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Google Goggles
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We have to change with the SERPS
Changing the way you think is hard but important
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We have to change with the SERPS
Don’t change and you will be lonely…
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We have to change with the SERPS
Dare to look in different directions
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We have to change with the SERPS
Dare to step away from your site
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We have to change with the SERPS
Listen to your audience
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We have to change with the SERPS
Communicate with your potential visitor
Communicate at their place
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We have to change with the SERPSMake sure it fits both you and your target audience
Go where your visitors go, but only if it fits
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We have to change with the SERPS
Twitter is not sacred but handy
But Twitter is being indexed by the engines…
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We have to change with the SERPS
Use YouTube
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We have to change with the SERPS
Use images, both on and off your site
They will recognize you
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We have to change with the SERPS
Blogs are well indexed and found
Get in touch with 'influentials'
If they talk about you they will find you
Use bloggers
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The Sony example
New LCD TV launched, pre-informed bloggers
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The Sony example
Optimized video’s
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The Sony example
At the launch they dominated the SERPS
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But I’m an affiliate, not Sony!
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Can Affiliates do this?
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The affiliate way
Be creative
Think outside of the box
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Dominate the results
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Next Steps?
Be creative
Listen to your audience
Look outside your own siteLook what fits you
Dominate the SERPS!!
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TipCheck what Tom Critchlow said on Universal Search
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Questions?
www.stateofsearch.comwww.basvandenbeld.comwww.nettraject.nl
twitter.com/basvandenbeldlinkedin.com/basvandenbeld
Thanks to @jondmyers for some of the examples
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Image optimisation
• Ensure image has keyword relevant name or it is game over at the start
• Include Alt Attribute (alt=“keywords”) – bit dated but works!
• Use a title/headline by your image• If possible, place it on separate page • Inbound links are always a good option • Include relevant text to surround it• Use dashes rather than underscores in multiword
images names – seems to work! Source: @jondmyers
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Local optimisation• Can appear in first position pushing almost all results below fold• Submission to Google Local Business (Places) is a must
– Use unique phone number as identifier– If you have Multiple Locations use a bulk upload sheet or XML
Feed– Use Tracked URL on the Ad
• Don't forget SEO of content as well!– Think Local optimise keywords to include location including on
Tags image, Page and within URL– Get local links to local pages with related locality anchor text– Ensure high degree of relevancy in all submissions of content for
localSource: @jondmyers
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Shopping optimisation
• Utilise standard on page optimisation techniques• Construct feeds in XML (Google needs data feeds for Google
Products to work)– Inclusion within 24 hours– Listings only Live for 30 days– Resubmit maybe once per week in bulk
• Detail descriptions a big positive• Make sure the images are high quality• So how does Google Products work?
Source: @jondmyers
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News optimisation
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News Optimisation
• Craft using standard SEO techniques• Ensure newsworthy• Write for it to be posted and picked up by authority sites• Very powerful SEO for large content sites such as Newspaper
Groups– Sites Crawled every 5 mins for content – Pick and promote against buzz search from archives and
submit to Google News– In News index within 15 mins
• Leverage the tie 1 wires to be picked up by Reuters etc• And finally……submit to Google News! Source: @jondmyers
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Video developments
• Google has opened their APIs to also include specific sitemaps for videos
• It’s no longer just restricted to just YouTube and Google Videos in the SERPs
• Can get your video (that’s hosted on your site) included in SERPs
• Includes thumbnail of video • YouTube is creating a Video Site search to leverage being
Number 2 Search Engine• Can choose to display content against specific brand
channels and sites Source: @jondmyers