how to increase your organic traffic with markup

@petecampbell pete@kaizensearch.co.uk

How to Increase Your Earned Traffic with Markup

THE FUTURE OF GOOGLE SEARCH

THE STAR TREK COMPUTER

“The destiny of [Google search] is to become the Star Trek computer, and that’s what we are building” Amit Singhal – Google SVP Search, 2013

“You could ask it a question and it would tell you exactly the right answer, and sometimes it would tell you things you needed to know in advance, before you could ask it.” Amit Singhal – Google SVP Search, 2013

WE’RE GETTING THERE ALREADY!

OK GOOGLE SEARCH WITHOUT THE KEYBOARD

KNOWLEDGE GRAPH TELLS YOU EXACTLY THE RIGHT ANSWER

GOOGLE NOW TELLS YOU THINGS IN ADVANCE

HOW FAR WE’VE COME GOOGLE’S ‘MIND-READER’ APRIL FOOLS PRANK

THE SHIFT TO MOBILE

“More Google searches

take place on mobile

devices than on

computers in 10

countries including the

US and Japan.” ”

Jerry Dischler, Google VP, May 2015

BUT MOBILE USERS PREFER APPS OVER BROWSERS

“Discover has been driving millions of pageviews per day for its partners”

SNAPCHAT DISCOVER CAUSES A REVOLUTION 50% GROWTH IN MOBILE DATA USAGE

FACEBOOK INSTANT DITCHES THE BROWSER IN-APP ARTICLES

“Instant Articles load 10x faster than the mobile web”

THE CHALLENGE FOR SEO

1 IN 4 SEARCHES FEATURE THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH

PPC & ANSWER BOXES 0% ORGANIC SERP’S

HOTEL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH

ORGANIC SERP CLICKS ARE FALLING

2006 2010 2014

POSITION 1 CLICKTHROUGH RATE %

GOOGLE SEARCHES ARE ALSO FALLING

Source: Google Official History, Comscore, Statistic Brain Research Institute

2013 2014

ANNUAL GOOGLE SEARCHES

MicroData Markup (JSON-LD & HTML)

Push & Resyndicate Content via APIs Open Graph Tags

Google Now Card Markup

Create App Version of Mobile Site

5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO EMBRACE THE CHANGE

How to Increase Your Earned Traffic with Markup

PETE CAMPBELL / KAIZEN •  Founder / Managing Director

•  Kaizen is a team Content Marketing & Technical SEO specialists

•  “Rising Star of the Year” (Travolution Awards)

•  6+ Years in Agency & In-House Roles

•  Built first website at 11

•  Ran several high-traffic video gaming sites

•  Proud owner of a Game Boy Colour

WHO WE’VE WORKED WITH

HOW WE CAN HELP YOU

WARNING – CODE INCOMING

MOST OF THE INTERNET LOOKS LIKE THIS TO GOOGLE

MICRODATA CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

“A form of HTML mark-up

primarily used to help search

engines better understand a

web-pages content such as

company details, product

reviews and video”

BEFORE

DEPARTMENT STORE WEBSITE

CLOTHING CLEANING

BEDROOM

JUST PLAIN OLD CRAP

STORAGE

DEPARTMENT STORE WEBSITE

66% OF THE TOP 100K WEBSITES HAVE NO

MICRODATA https://www.similartech.com/categories/document-standard

WHY USE MICRO-DATA?

•  Increase CTR by 30%+

•  Gain SERPs for Semantic KW’s

•  Lower Bounce Rate by 10%+

THE MOST USED MICRODATA TYPES

OPEN GRAPH

33.7% SCHEMA

<12% * At least one tag https://www.similartech.com/categories/document-standard

SCHEMA

WHAT IS SCHEMA.ORG? I’LL LET THE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH TAKE THAT ONE

TWO WAYS TO IMPLEMENT SCHEMA.ORG

HTML JSON-LD * At least one tag https://www.similartech.com/categories/document-standard

BUT WHICH IS BETTER?

NERD FIGHT

JSON-LD

•  Lightweight & Efficient Code

•  Easiest to Implement: Copy & Paste

•  No HTML Knowledge Needed

•  Google Hinting at JSON-LD Preferred

•  Risk of Repeated Content within Code

•  Newer, Some Markup Still Being Defined

HTML MICRODATA

•  Better Supported

•  More Suitable for Longer-Form Content

Such as Reviews, Articles

•  Makes ‘Ugly-Looking’ Code

•  Requires HTML Knowledge

CONCLUSION

USE BOTH

Knowledge Graph (Organization)

Interactive Breadcrumbs

Sitelinks Search Box (SearchAction)

Blogs & Articles Star Ratings (AggregrateRating)

SCHEMA MARKUPS EVERY BRAND SHOULD BE USING

LOGO, PHONE NUMBER & SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS ‘ORGANIZATION’ SCHEMA

REQUIREMENTS

•  150px x 150px Logo •  Customer Service Number •  Social Media URLs

SUPPORTED SOCIAL PROFILES

•  Facebook •  Twitter •  Google+ •  Instagram •  YouTube •  LinkedIn •  Myspace •  Pinterest •  SoundCloud •  Tumblr

TEST YOUR MARKUP

https://developers.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/

DISPLAY AN INTERACTIVE BREADCRUMB TRAIL ‘BREADCRUMB’ DATA VOCABULARY

REQUIREMENTS

•  Display a Visual Breadcrumb Trail to Users

On-Site Breadcrumb

ECOMMERCE? USE SITELINKS SEARCH BOX MARKUP ‘SEARCHACTION’ SCHEMA

REQUIREMENTS

•  An Internal Search Engine On Your Site •  Try Google Custom Search Engine if Needed

GIVE CONTEXT TO YOUR ARTICLES, BLOGS & GUIDES ‘ARTICLE’ SCHEMA

PUBLISHER NAME Dedicated SERPs Box

REQUIREMENTS

•  A Blog, duh!

USE CUSTOMER REVIEW DATA TO GAIN STAR RATINGS ‘PRODUCT/AGGREGATE RATING’ SCHEMA

REQUIREMENTS

•  Real-Customer Review Data •  No Data? Run an Incentive-Based Survey •  Testimonial Page

OPEN GRAPH TAGS

Max 80 Characters 66% Engagement Increase

1200 x 628 Pixels

USE A CTA BUTTON

Open Graph Tags

25 Characters Max

The Perfect

Facebook Open

Graph Box

Facebook Guidelines: http://on.fb.me/1JmMDTH Jeff Bullas: http://bit.ly/19VD8E9

TYPES •  Promoted Cards (No HTML Required)

•  Lead Gen - Capture Email •  Website - Drive Clicks to Content

•  Set Headline •  Social Image •  CTA Button

•  App Cards

•  Organic Cards •  Get Approved - http://bit.ly/1jjwSw5 •  Card Types

•  Summary + Summary Image •  Product •  Photo / Video •  Apps

USING TWITTER CARDS TO INCREASE TWEET CTR META TAGS

TRY TWITTER CARD ANALYTICS

https://analytics.twitter.com/

GOOGLE NOW CARDS

GOOGLE NOW RELIES ON STRUCTURED DATA IN EMAILS

REQUIREMENTS

•  JSON-LD / SCHEMA markup within emails •  You’ll also see markup within Gmail directly

h"ps://developers.google.com/schemas/tutorials/embedding-schemas-in-emails

HTML CODE https://developers.google.com/schemas/reference/hotel-reservation

USES / VARIANTS

•  Basic Reservation Details •  Update/Cancel Reservation •  Business Details •  Customer Details

HOTEL BOOKINGS ‘LODGINGRESERVATION/BUSINESS’ SCHEMA

HTML CODE https://developers.google.com/schemas/reference/event-reservation

USES / VARIANTS

•  Basic Event Details •  Event Reminders •  Ticket / No Ticket Variants for Music & Sport •  Multiple Tickets •  Update/Cancel Event

EVENT TICKETS ‘EVENTRESERVATION’ SCHEMA

HTML CODE https://developers.google.com/schemas/reference/restaurant-reservation

USES / VARIANTS

•  Basic Restaurant Reservation •  Update/Cancel Reservation

RESTAURANT RESERVATIONS ‘FOODESTABLISHMENTRESERVATION’ SCHEMA

FLIGHT BOOKINGS & BOARDING PASSES ‘FLIGHTRESERVATION’ SCHEMA

HTML CODE https://developers.google.com/schemas/reference/flight-reservation

USES / VARIANTS

•  Flight Confirmation •  Boarding Pass •  Check-In •  Update / Cancel Flight •  Multi-Leg Flights •  Multiple Passenger Flights

GOOGLE AMP

WHAT IS GOOGLE AMP?

HOW TO IMPLEMENT

https://www.ampproject.org/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/amp/

PUSH & RESYNDICATION VIA API’S

NOTIFY VISITORS WHEN YOU PUBLISH A NEW BLOG POST CHROME & SAFARI PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

Desktop Notification

Mobile Notification

https://goroost.com/

HOW TO GET ON APPLE NEWS

SIGNUP FOR NEWS PUBLISHER

https://www.icloud.com/newspublisher/

MOBILE APP WRAPPER

SPOT THE DIFFERENCE?

BROWSER VS APP

TURN YOUR RESPONSIVE WEBSITE INTO AN APP USE PHONEGAP OR CORDOVA

http://phonegap.com/about/ http://cordova.apache.org/

GET READY

MicroData Markup (JSON-LD & HTML)

Push & Resyndicate Content via APIs Open Graph Tags

Google Now Card Markup

Create App Version of Mobile Site

IMPLEMENT ALL OF THIS

GET DISCOVERED BY THE STAR TREK COMPUTER

& EARN 1 MILLION VISITS!!

BACK UP PLAN?

Get in Touch: @petecampbell contact@kaizensearch.co.uk https://www.kaizensearch.co.uk/

NEXT WEBINAR ‘THE FUTURE OF TECHNICAL SEO ISN’T

YOUR WEBSITE’ May 12th @ 2PM

Thank You!

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