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Page 1: What Does Google REALLY Care About? · Schema)Markup:)Feed)the)Search)Engines) Authorship’ Video’thumbnails’ Breadcrumbs,’ rangs,’pricing’ Events’

What Does Google REALLY Care About?

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Understand  the  Search  Landscape  Search  engines  have  over  30  trillion  pages  to  si2  through.  

Why  should  your  website  ma2er?  

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Social  Signals  Ma4er…but  they  aren’t  #1  •  Just  having  a  G+  Share  bu9on  on  your  site  

can  cause  your  page  to  be  indexed,  in  absence  of  all  other  signals.  

•  Sharing  on  Google+  or  Facebook  will  cause  the  page  to  be  indexed;  4-­‐5  days  and  7-­‐8  days  respecIvely  (“Google+  indexes  like  a  bunny  rabbit!”)  

•  Sharing  on  Twi9er?  No  documented  indexing  effect.  

•  Floa)ng  share?  Increase  sharing  20-­‐30%!  

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Schema  Markup:  Feed  the  Search  Engines  Authorship  

Video  thumbnails  

Breadcrumbs,  raIngs,  pricing  

Events  

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1.  Can  DOUBLE  your  click-­‐through  rate!  2.  Figure  this  (and  Google+)  out  NOW  before  

“AUTHOR  RANK”  takes  effect  (someday…)  

3.  Your  Google+  personal  page  has  Page  Rank  4.  Use  bylines  in  PDF,  Word,  PowerPoint  

documents  –  search  engines  can  infer  authorship  

Please  Use  Author  Markup.  PLEASE.  

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“Using  video  is  like  throwing  gasoline  on  your  online  markeBng…  users  retain  50%  more  from  

video  than  from  wri2en  content.”  

This  is  the  most  I’ve  ever  heard  video  discussed  at  a  conference…  

1.  It  is  a  form  of  CONTENT  –  post  it  regularly  2.  Use  video  schema  to  improve  click  through  

3.  It  is  the  ‘long  tail  keyword  killer’  and  gets  clicks  

Are  you  doing  VIDEO  already?  

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1.   Be  a  visitor  to  your  own  site  –  is  it  clear  what  you  expect  people  to  do?  

2.   SEO  and  CRO  (conversion  rate  opWmizaWon)  3.   Consider  use  cases.    Ex:  if  you  were  in  a  car  

accident  and  suffered  a  broken  leg  and  a  head  injury,  do  you  know  where  to  go?  

4.   Read  your  content  –  is  it  a  brag  book  all  about  your  greatness,  or  does  it  provide  helpful  informaWon  for  a  visitor?  

Focus  on  User  Experience  

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Get                    creaIve  with  your  content…  1.  Find  a  topical  piece,  improve  on  it  for  your  site  2.  Create  controversy,  look  at  another  side  3.  Oheat  or  extreme  example  of  a  concept  4.  Create  a  how  to  guide  5.  Create  a  story  with  images  6.  Event  Imelines  7.  Comparison  arIcle  8.  VIDEO  

Content…  yawn,  excuse  me?  

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Take  another  look  at  headlines  and  page  Itles  –  “just  the  facts,  ma’am”  vs.  “whoa!  Check  this  out!”  

Content:  Stop  Being  BORING!  

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Content  CuraWon  Tools  Content  CuraIon  <>  Content  AggregaIon  

Give  content  context,  meaning,  added  value  

•  List.ly  (Curate  your  posts  from  other  sites,  allow  voBng,  can  embed  on  your  site)  

•  Scoop.it  (social  curaBon  network,  highly  educated  audience,  create  pages  about  specific  topics)  

•  Spundge  (pull  content  into  a  blog,  preserve  formaOng  from  original  posts)  

•  Storify  (curate  event  info  aPer  the  fact,  add  deper  context)  

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Link  Building    

Nothing  has  changed.  

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Link  Building  the  Wrong  Way  1.   NO  blog  link  networks  “link  to  my  blog  and  I’ll  

link  to  yours…  500  Bmes  with  the  same  spammy  anchor  text!”  

2.   NO  arWcle  directories  “should  I  not  have  100  arBcles  available  on  free  directories  that  any  skeevy  website  can  grab  and  link  back  to  me?”  

3.   NO  link  hoarding  “I  get  links  wherever  I  can,  no  ma2er  what…  or  I  pay  $100  month  for  hundreds  of  links!”  

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1.   Professional  profile  sites  (Avvo,  JusWa,  etc.)  2.   Comment  in  RELEVANT  professional  forums  3.   High-­‐quality,  local  citaWon  websites  4.   Community  websites  (BBB,  Chamber  of  

Commerce)  5.   HosWng  a  special  event,  talk  or  seminar?  Post  

your  event  to  social  calendars  like  Eventbrite,  Zvents  and  local  event  calendars  

6.   Guest  posts  on  RELEVANT  sites  in  your  area  

Link  Building  the  Right  Way  

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What  Does  a  Penguin  2.0  Drop  Look  Like?  

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Now,  Penguin  2.0  Recovery  

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1.  Clean  up  the  “bad”  (low  value)  links  •  Ask  webmasters  to  take  down  the  bad  links  •  Document  your  efforts  •  Disavow  links  you  can’t  get  rid  of  (last  resort!)  

2.  Get  new,  high-­‐value  links  3.  Add  great  content  (helps  get  links!)  

Penguin  Recovery:  How  Did  They  Do  That?  

“We  can  see  pa2erns  in  your  website’s  backlinks  –  good  and  bad.”  (Duane  Forrester,  Bing  Webmaster  Tools)  

“If  anybody  tells  you  the  search  engines  can’t  detect  something…  RUN!”  (Ma2  Cu2s,  Google)  

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1.  You’re  focused  on  today,  not  the  future  (i.e.  Google+  authorship  –  don’t  wait  for  author  rank  to  ma2er)  

2.  You  rely  too  much  on  tools  –  don’t  let  tools  make  decisions  for  you  –  THINK  and  ANALYZE  

3.  You  overlook  the  basics.    

4.  You  think  you  DESERVE  to  rank.  So  do  all  the  other  eleventy  billion  business  owners.  

5.  Content  isn’t  really  king…  you  can’t  just  put  up  content  and  call  it  a  day.  If  you  don’t  have  a  detailed  markeWng  plan  to  promote  your  content,  it  won’t  do  you  any  good.    

What  You  Are  Doing  WRONG  

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That  ONE  Piece  of  Advice…  Times  Six  1.  Always  check  your  backlinks,  remove  the  weakest  links.  2.  Use  Google  and  Bing  Webmaster  Tools.  3.  Don’t  get  so  caught  up  in  mobile  vs.  responsive  design  –  

consider  apps  to  break  your  dependence  on  search.  4.  Don’t  be  generic  in  what  you  SELL,  in  your  CONTENT,  in  

your  MARKETING.  Build  your  brand.  5.                                     Focus  on,  in  this  order:  CONTENT,  SOCIAL,  

USER  EXPERIENCE,  LINKS,  SEO.  6.                                             Make  something  compelling.  OpImize  your  

User  Experience.  Mobile  ma9ers.  

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1.  Google  does  not  discuss  all  updates  as  there  are  >500  per  year  

2.  Panda  updates  roll  out  10  days  each  month  3.  Penguin  2.0  on  May  22  was  large  enough  to  discuss  

(~3%  English  language  queries)  –  affected  links  to  internal  pages,  while  Penguin  1.0  only  targeted  home  page  links.  

4.  Algorithm  changes  target  types  of  spammy  behavior  (types  of  link  building  techniques)  –  more  to  come  

5.  New!  Hit  by  manual  webspam  penalty?  You’ll  get  some  sample  links  in  Google  Webmaster  Tools  

Straight  from  Google  (aka  Ma4  Cu4s)  

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6.  Mobile  is  happening  faster  than  anybody  anIcipated  –  you  be9er  be  ready.    •  Mobile  site  problems  could  affect  mobile  rankings  •  Mobile  redirects  are  a  common  problem  •  Mobile  load  Imes  will  ma9er  

8.  Check  your  page  load  Imes  –  desktop  and  mobile  –  “a  fast  site  won’t  help  you  rank  be2er,  but  a  slow  site  could  make  you  rank  lower”  (think  user  experience)  

9.  Looking  for  ways  to  determine  if  a  website  is  an  authority  in  a  certain  space.  If  you’re  determined  to  be  an  authority,  your  site  will  rank  be9er.  

Straight  from  Google  (aka  Ma4  Cu4)  

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Now  What?  

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Are  you  building  your  brand,  or…  

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QuesWons?