KATHERINE WATIER, VP, SOCIAL MEDIA, KETCHUM PR
JANET DRISCOLL MILLER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, SEARCH MOJO
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2011
DIGITAL CAPITAL WEEK
SEARCH & SOCIAL
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TOPICS FOR TODAY!
▪ Overview of SEO & PPC
▪ Search + Social – They are combining!
▪ Facebook like button
▪ Online Reputation Management
▪ Rel = Author
▪ Mobile Search
▪ Analytics of this stuff
▪ Future of Search & Social
▪ Key takeaway – What should I do today?
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OVERVIEW
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ORGANIC VS. PAID RESULTS
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THE 4 STEP PROGRAM FOR SEO
1. Choose the keyword phrases your audience uses
2. Label site content to match those words
3. Gain inbound links (like votes)
▪ Other people link to your content from blogs, social media profiles,
other websites
▪ Each piece of online content needs its own links
4. Socialize!
▪ Social media tactics for inbound links and brand search domination
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SOCIAL CIRCLE
http://www.google.com/s2/search/social
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THE ?? AFFECTS OF SEARCH/SOCIAL INTEGRATION
▪ Brand search results
▪ Universal search and strategy to claim your page
▪ “Socialized” and personalized search results
▪ Strategies to get the social “links” that really matter
▪ Trending Topics search results
▪ How to coordinate outreach efforts to ride the Google trends
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& how to use Universal Search to claim the front page
BRAND SEARCH RESULTS
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DOMINATE BRAND RESULTS
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UNIVERSAL SEARCH
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STRATEGY TO CLAIM THE FIRST PAGE
▪ Your website
▪ Wikipedia
▪ Social Media profiles & updates
▪ News
▪ Video
▪ Books
▪ Q & A sites
▪ Images
▪ Event listings
▪ Shopping
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How to get those social links
“SOCIALIZED” & PERSONALIZED
SEARCH RESULTS
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GOOGLE PERSONALIZED RESULTS
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BING PERSONALIZED RESULTS
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TRENDING TOPICS AND SEARCH/SOCIAL
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QUERY DESERVES FRESHNESS (QDF)
▪ Around since 2007
▪ Unique to Google
▪ Part of the algorithm
▪ Determines which topics are hot
▪ Examines news, blog stories, social content
▪ Examines queries in Google
▪ NYTimes article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/business/yourmoney/03google.h
tm?_r=1
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QUERY DESERVES FRESHNESS (QDF)
▪ With QDF, blog
posts and social
content can
outrank
traditional
websites when
content is fresh
regarding “hot”
topics
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QUERY DESERVES FRESHNESS (QDF)
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COORDINATING SEARCH & SOCIAL
We knew the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space was around the corner,
and we wrote a blog post1 and uploaded a Scribd document2.
On the anniversary date, Google created a custom logo.
1 90 pageviews to the blog post
2 3,158 reads in one month
11,416 total reads!
The Russian Space Program Scribd doc had
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EVEN FASTER QDF
▪ Launching now
▪ Designed to produce more timely results
▪ Perfect for blogs
▪ QDF on the next level
▪ http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2011/11/giving-you-fresher-more-
recent-search.html
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REL=AUTHOR
▪ Markup article to designate the author
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IMPLEMENTING REL=AUTHOR
Step 1: From author name on blog post, link to author page of blog.
Add rel=“author” to link.
Example:
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IMPLEMENTING REL=AUTHOR
Example: Google+
Step 2: On author page, create a link to your Google+ profile.
Tag the link with rel=“me”.
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IMPLEMENTING REL=AUTHOR
Step 3: On your Google Profile, create a link to your author page of
your blog. Tag the link with rel=“me” by checking “This page is
specifically about me.”.
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BUTTONS AND NETWORKS
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GOOGLE+ AND +1
+1 Button
▪ +1 is Google’s version of Facebook’s “like” button
▪ Will be used soon (some believe already) as a factor in organic
rankings
▪ Will likely also be integrated into ad quality score in the future
▪ Measure +1s in Google Webmaster Tools
▪ http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/
Google+
▪ Google’s new social network
▪ Look to it to replace most of the social circle we just reviewed
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FACEBOOK LIKE BUTTONS REALLY DO INCREASE TRAFFIC
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THE FUTURE OF SEARCH + SOCIAL
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FUTURE OF SEARCH & SOCIAL
▪ Hyper-personalized
▪ Metrics and connections are going to matter
▪ You need to be authentic and product quality content that is 100%
targeted to your audience
▪ You need to engage to be found
▪ Mobile will be the new desktop – are you ready?
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MOBILE
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MOBILE SEARCH
▪ Today, nearly 40% of U.S. subscribers regularly browse the web on
their mobile phones.
▪ By 2013, Google predicts mobile web traffic will surpass
PC web traffic.
▪ Results: Your mobile website will attract more daily visitors and
generate more sales than your desktop site.
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4X INCREASE IN MOBILE SEARCHES
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INCREASE IN MOBILE AD SPENDING
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MOBILE QUERIES BY INDUSTRY
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CREATE A MOBILE LANDING PAGE
▪ Google is defaulting to showing mobile pages in mobile search.
▪ http://www.howtogomo.com
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“Hot” results above come from
Google Maps/Places
Order a
pizza
CONSUMERS: SEEKING SEEK LOCAL INFO ONLINE
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MORE PERSONALIZATION
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ADS PERSONALIZED TO YOU
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences
https://www.google.com/dashboard
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MEASURING THE IMPACT OF SEARCH + SOCIAL
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ONLINE CAMPAIGNS NEED GOALS
Are the goals of your campaign:
▪ Increase impressions across the web?
▪ Increase impressions to particular
sites/properties?
▪ Generate actions on a website or
social media property?
▪ Change the online discussion?
▪ Change online behavior?
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HOW DO YOU MEASURE THOSE GOALS?
Behavior How to Measure?
Increase impressions across the
web?
Tracking search rankings over time
for client’s assets (SEOMoz)
Increase impressions to particular
sites/properties?
# of impressions – measured in
Google Analytics or social media
profile
Generate actions on a website or
social media property?
Goals in Google Analytics, social
media actions (Google Analytics
campaign tagging)
Change the online discussion? Social media monitoring
Change in online behavior? Google search trends/ change in
keyword usage
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REVIEW YOUR SOCIAL SHARING DATA
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AddThis:
Social Sharing in Google Analytics:
Scribd.com:
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MEASURING +1’S
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MEASURING +1’S
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FINAL THOUGHTS…
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
▪ Get your social profiles! (especially Scribd)
▪ If you don’t have a blog, GET ONE.
▪ Expand your social reach and network
▪ Put a Facebook Like button (and Google +1 button) on your pages
▪ Set up a free mobile landing page
▪ If possible, implement schema.org
(especially if you’re planning a redesign)
▪ Sign up for Google Maps
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LEARN MORE
▪ Google Webmaster Central
http://www.google.com/webmasters
▪ Google Webmaster Tools
▪ Bing Webmaster Tools
www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster
▪ Google’s Analytics “Guru”
http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/
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QUESTIONS/ DISCUSSION
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CONTACT
Katherine Watier
VP, Social Media
Ketchum
202-729-8355
Katherine.watier@ketchum.com
@kwatier
Janet Driscoll Miller
President and CEO
Search Mojo
jmiller@search-mojo.com
434.975.6656 x101
@janetdmiller
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