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SEMANTIC SEARCH
WHY FINDING THE BEST PIZZA IN TOWN IS EASYRichard Hussey
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The £10 Note
People you know will happily exchange a £10 note for two fivers. But can’t tell you whose
picture is on the back. Why?
Trust underpins our transactions in real life and we need to replicate this online.
Trust is also a central component of the ‘new’ SEO.
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Thanks to the semantic search I can type:‘Where’s the best pizza in town’, and get the
result on the following slide.
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Or I can type: ‘Marketing Agencies in Exeter’and get the result on the next slide.
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Marketing Agencies Exeter Search
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Google is anticipating what I might want to know. And it can understand the context of my
search.
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SEO Used to be Easy(ish)
• Identify your highest volume keywords• Use them often (and exactly)• Get links (ideally with keywords in anchor text)• Refresh your content regularly• EVEN SO – PAGE 1 RANKINGS WERE HARD TO
GET without paying money to somebody
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The Temptation to Cheat was Overwhelming
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We used to want more links – now we need better links.
Instead of crude keyword matching we need semantically rich content.
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OLD Style SEO was Inwardly Focused
• Talk about yourself and pack in the keywords• Obsessed with structuring your site for spiders
rather than humans• Led to over-segmentation of content and
complex navigation
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‘New’ SEO is Different
TRUSTREPUTATIONAUTHORITY
THESE CANNOT BE FAKED
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Face the Facts
You may never get on page 1 for popular search terms without paying
There are fewer places up for grabs and large brands dominate
But don’t panic – the ‘concept’ of page 1 is becoming less meaningful
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What Google Wants
To deliver the most RELEVANT, TRUSTED, and USEFUL answers to QUESTIONS created in
NATURAL LANGUAGE
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Synonyms, Context and Meaning
• ‘Apple’ could mean a number of things.• The rest of my content tells Google what sort it is.• Google treats SEO ‘Specialist’, ‘Expert’ and
‘Consultant’ equally• ‘Trademark’ and ‘trade mark’ are treated the
same in SERPs• We don’t have to be obsessed with exactly how
the most popular search terms are written• THINGS NOT STRINGS
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The Knowledge Graph
• Plots links between data ‘entities’• Delivers answers implied by the search.• Pulls multiple sources of information, location
data, reviews and displays them in search results.
• It’s how you find great pizza and Leonardo’s birthday.
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Google Search is Personalised
LocationSearch HistoryConnections
Social NetworksLikes
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One result on the following SERP is based entirely on my social media connections. Can
you spot which one?
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RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKS MATTER MORE THAN EVER!
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Another example of personalised search. What happens when I type ‘business’ into the search box?
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Google tries to predict what I’m searching for.I may never get to type the keyword I might have used.
The next slide shows what happens when I’m logged out.
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‘Incognito’ Results
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Back to that TRUST Word
• Is your brand trusted?• Are you recognised as a topical authority?• Did you EARN your links the hard way?
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When Reputation was Everything
• We used to find the best people by asking.
• No reputation meant no business.
• Google is now attempting to do this on a massive scale.
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How Does Google Measure Trust?
• Click through rate and pogo-sticking (bouncing straight back to the search results from your site)
• Earned links, in-content citations, shares• Content depth, richness and quality• Topical authority and consistency• Relationships
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Google ‘Rewards’ Rich Content (Real Example)
• Client’s rankings were trashed by a penguin update.
• Within 6 months main keywords outperformed pre-penalty levels.
• Now ranks on page 1 for multiple terms including ones where they were outside top 100.
• Content was not keyword focused!
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Good Content Always Has Value
• Lead nurturing• Converting traffic into enquiries and sales• Pre qualification of leads• Differentiation – if you create the content that
only you could have created.
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Things to carry on doing
• Research high value keywords (not necessarily highest volume)
• Use keywords, site structure and internal links to help Google
• Earn backlinks• Use intelligent keyword variations• Understand and answer the questions your
customers are asking• Google Business page and reviews
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Things to stop doing
• Over using keywords• Focusing on Google at the expense of user
needs and experience• ‘Acquiring’ low value links from dodgy sources• Publishing mediocre or thin content (web
pages, blogs, ebooks etc)• Talking about yourself
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The FRIEND Process
• FIX your online presence• REACH OUT to prospects, advocates, influencers• INVESTIGATE the questions ‘customers’ are really
asking• EDUCATE, entertain and inspire• NEXT – plot the pathway to becoming a customer• DEVELOP and refine
GOOD content is not enough
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Want to know more?
• Read Google Semantic Search by David Amerland
• Follow accounts: Moz, Rand Fishkin, Eric Enge, Stone Temple Consulting, Brian Dean, David Kutcher, David Amerland.
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A Final Thought
People don’t visit your website to read about what you do!
Richard Hussey@RichardHussey1