5. KEVIN INDIG
“[…] three fundamental shifts in how we think about
Search:
The shift from answers to journeys […]
The shift from queries to providing a queryless way to
get to information […]
And the shift from text to a more visual way of finding
information […]”
(Ben Gomes, 2018, Google Blog)
9. KEVIN INDIG
Ad-revenue wächst deutlich langsamer (22% -> 15%) und
Youtube wird wichtiger
63.0% 62.3% 60.6%
7.3% 8.1% 9.3%
29.7% 29.6% 30.0%
2017 2018 2019
Google revenue: Search vs. Youtube
Search Youtube Other
11. KEVIN INDIG
Die zweit-größte Suchmaschine ist nicht Bing, sondern Baidu
3,414
48 35
365
google.com bing.com duckduckgo.com baidu.com
Visitorsinmillions
Search engines desktop traffic 2019
2019
12. KEVIN INDIG
"We are moving from a
company that helps
you find answers to a
company that helps
you get things done.”
(Sundar Pichai, Google I/O 2019)
16. KEVIN INDIG
… und wer kann es ihnen verübeln?
Wirklich, ein Local
Pack für “SEO”???
17. KEVIN INDIG
“Tab clicks are strong
signals for universal
search integrations”
Gary Illyes at BAS Q&A
https://www.kevin-indig.com/my-notes-from-the-gary-illes-qa-bay-area-search/
19. KEVIN INDIG
… ABER: Mobile Local Packs schrumpfen, außer in Deutschland
0%
5%
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40%
1/1/19 2/1/19 3/1/19 4/1/19 5/1/19 6/1/19 7/1/19 8/1/19 9/1/19 10/1/19 11/1/19 12/1/19
% of SERPs on mobile with a local pack comparing US, UK, DE (2019)
US Local Pack % UK Local Pack % DE Local Pack %
20. KEVIN INDIG
Local Packs DE: -33% Desktop, +225% Mobile
0%
5%
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15%
20%
25%
30%
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45%
50%
US mobile US desktop UK mobile UK desktop DE mobile DE desktop
Local Packs January vs. November 2019
Locak Packs January Locak Packs November
22. KEVIN INDIG
Featured Snippets Wachstum USA: +38% mobile, +45% desktop
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
1/1/19 2/1/19 3/1/19 4/1/19 5/1/19 6/1/19 7/1/19 8/1/19 9/1/19 10/1/19 11/1/19 12/1/19
SERPS with Featured Snippets in the US comparing mobile and desktop (2019)
US Desktop US Mobile
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Featured Snippets Wachstum DE: +86% mobile, +37% desktop
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
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12%
1/1/19 2/1/19 3/1/19 4/1/19 5/1/19 6/1/19 7/1/19 8/1/19 9/1/19 10/1/19 11/1/19 12/1/19
SERPS with Featured Snippets in DE comparing mobile and desktop (2019)
DE Desktop DE Mobile
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Featured Snippets Wachstum UK: +11% mobile, -14% desktop
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1/1/19 2/1/19 3/1/19 4/1/19 5/1/19 6/1/19 7/1/19 8/1/19 9/1/19 10/1/19 11/1/19 12/1/19
SERPS with Featured Snippets in the UK comparing mobile and desktop (2019)
UK Desktop UK Mobile
26. KEVIN INDIG
1/24: wenig Veränderungen, durchschn. CTR immer noch 43%
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CTRafter1/24
CTR before 1/24
Desktop CTR before and after 1/24 for
queries with unchanged ranking positions
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CTRafter1/24
CTR before 1/24
Mobile CTR before and after 1/24 for queries
with unchanged ranking positions
https://www.kevin-indig.com/a-case-study-of-2000-featured-snippets-about-deduplicating/
28. KEVIN INDIG https://www.kevin-indig.com/a-new-google-from-search-to-discovery-engine/
“Since then, we’ve been working to include
more imagery and videos in Search, whether
it’s illustrated weather reports, live sports
clips, or our visual recipe experience. […] We
model hundreds of millions of fine-grained
concepts for every image and video that we
have in our index. […]
[…] We’re bringing more visual content to
Search and completely redesigning Google
Images to help you find information more
easily.”
https://www.blog.google/products/search/improving-search-next-20-years/
BEN GOMES, SVP,
Search, News and Assistant at
Google
29. KEVIN INDIG
Image Thumbnails sind am 7. März global explodiert
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
1/1/19 2/1/19 3/1/19 4/1/19 5/1/19 6/1/19 7/1/19 8/1/19 9/1/19 10/1/19 11/1/19 12/1/19
% of mobile SERPs with an image thumbnail comparing US, UK, DE (2019)
US Image thumbnail % UK Image Thumbnail % DE Image Thumbnail %
30. KEVIN INDIG
Image Boxes: wachsen Mitte April, schrumpfen im September
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1/1/19 2/1/19 3/1/19 4/1/19 5/1/19 6/1/19 7/1/19 8/1/19 9/1/19 10/1/19 11/1/19 12/1/19
% of SERPs on mobile with an image box comparing US, UK, DE (2019)
US Image Box % UK Image Box % DE Image Box %
31. KEVIN INDIG
Nur in den USA: Desktop Image Boxes spalten sich von Mobile
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1/1/19 2/1/19 3/1/19 4/1/19 5/1/19 6/1/19 7/1/19 8/1/19 9/1/19 10/1/19 11/1/19 12/1/19
SERPS with Image Boxes in the US comparing mobile and desktop (2019)
US Mobile US Desktop
34. KEVIN INDIG
SERP Feature Korrelationen zeigen Intent noch deutlicher
US
Mobile
US
Desktop
UK
Mobile
UK
Desktop
DE
Mobile
DE
Desktop
FS/image thumbnail 0.64 0.62 0.75 -0.26 0.37 0.63
FS/local pack -0.35 -0.10 0.68 -0.06 0.74 0.64
FS/image box 0.54 0.02 0.73 0.11 -0.01 0.30
Image
thumbnail/local pack 0.19 0.51 0.73 0.28 0.73 0.29
Image
thumbnail/image box 0.58 0.68 0.59 0.35 0.59 -0.08
Image box/local pack 0.02 0.38 0.37 0.14 0.37 -0.21
35. KEVIN INDIG
Featured Snippets + Image thumbnails = Learn Intent
-
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
100,000
- 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
ImageThumbnails
Featured Snippets
Strong positive correlation (.64) between
Featured Snippets and Image thumbnails in
the US (2019)
36. KEVIN INDIG
SERP Features / User Intent unterscheidet sich je nach Land
US
Mobile
US
Desktop
UK
Mobile
UK
Desktop
DE
Mobile
DE
Desktop
FS/image thumbnail 0.64 0.62 0.75 -0.26 0.37 0.63
FS/local pack -0.35 -0.10 0.68 -0.06 0.74 0.64
FS/image box 0.54 0.02 0.73 0.11 -0.01 0.30
Image
thumbnail/local pack 0.19 0.51 0.73 0.28 0.73 0.29
Image
thumbnail/image box 0.58 0.68 0.59 0.35 0.59 -0.08
Image box/local pack 0.02 0.38 0.37 0.14 0.37 -0.21
37. KEVIN INDIG
2019 RankRanger SERP Feature Analyse für Deutschland
1. Local Packs = wachsen
2. Featured Snippets = wachsen
3. Die Suche wird visueller
4. SERP Features/Intent variieren nach Land
38. KEVIN INDIG
1,200 domains | Mobile +
Desktop | 2018 –2019
SEMrush Traffic Analytics tool
1,200 domains | Mobile +
Desktop | 2018 –2019
SEMrush Traffic Analytics tool
43. KEVIN INDIG
Desktop Traffic ist in den letzten 2 Jahren um 9% geschrumpft
-
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
2018-01-012018-02-012018-03-012018-04-012018-05-012018-06-012018-07-012018-08-012018-09-012018-10-012018-11-012018-12-012019-01-012019-02-012019-03-012019-04-012019-05-012019-06-012019-07-012019-08-012019-09-012019-10-012019-11-01
Billions
Desktop traffic of the largest industries from 01/2018 to 12/2019
Arts and Entertainment Business and Consumer Services Community and Society
Computers Electronics and Technology E commerce and Shopping Finance
Food and Drink Gambling Games
Health Heavy Industry and Engineering Hobbies and Leisure
Home and Garden Jobs and Career Law and Government
Lifestyle News and Media Pets and Animals
Reference Materials Science and Education Sports
Travel and Tourism Vehicles Adult
44. KEVIN INDIG
Mobile Traffic ist ~2x so groß wie Desktop
68% 66%
71% 72% 71% 73%
67% 64%
32% 34%
29% 28% 29% 27%
33% 36%
0%
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2019-04-01 2019-05-01 2019-06-01 2019-07-01 2019-08-01 2019-09-01 2019-10-01 2019-11-01
Relative destop vs. mobile traffic 04/19-11/19
Mobile traffic Desktop traffic
45. KEVIN INDIG
Mobile ist weitaus wichtiger als Desktop für Suchmaschinen
3,377
336
133 185
2,331
34 26
261
google.com bing.com duckduckgo.com baidu.com
Visitorsinmillions
Search Engine Desktop vs. Mobile traffic (apr-nov 2019)
Mobile Desktop
50. KEVIN INDIG
Am meisten Traffic bekommt: Streaming! (Nicht was du dachtest 😉)
Desktop traffic per industry 2018 + 2019
TV Movies and Streaming
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Social Networks and Online Communities
No sub name
Search Engines
Marketplace
Video Games Consoles and Accessories
Programming and Developer Software
Education
Email
Health
Classifieds
Arts and Entertainment
Computers Electronics and Technology
Sports
Games
Music
51. KEVIN INDIG
Bildung + Entertainment = ⬆ , Technologie = ⬇
Arts and
Entertainment
26%
Computers
Electronics and
Technology
26%
Reference
Materials
14%
Science and
Education
3%
Traffic 2018
Arts and Entertainment
Business and Consumer Services
Community and Society
Computers Electronics and Technology
E commerce and Shopping
Finance
Food and Drink
Gambling
Games
Health
Heavy Industry and Engineering
Hobbies and Leisure
Home and Garden
Jobs and Career
Law and Government
Lifestyle
News and Media
Arts and
Entertainment
29%
Computers
Electronics and
Technology
22%
Reference
Materials
13%
Science and
Education
5%
Traffic 2019
Arts and Entertainment
Business and Consumer Services
Community and Society
Computers Electronics and Technology
E commerce and Shopping
Finance
Food and Drink
Gambling
Games
Health
Heavy Industry and Engineering
Hobbies and Leisure
Home and Garden
Jobs and Career
Law and Government
Lifestyle
News and Media
67. KEVIN INDIG
What seems increasingly troubling for Wall Street
analysts is Google. […] analysts said: “In our view,
the most concerning trend is the reduced efficiency
of SEO (search engine optimization) marketing as
Google pushes ‘free’ links’ further down the page.
In particular, Google is favoring its own ‘Hotel
Finder’ platform, along with other paid links, all of
which are capturing more real estate on page one
of the search results.
68. KEVIN INDIG
TripAdvisor is facing
aggressive competition
from Google. CEO Steve
Kaufer said the search
giant's pushing its own
hotel products in search
results has become
TripAdvisor's "most
significant challenge,"
siphoning off quality
traffic.
93. KEVIN INDIG
Spiel das Spiel, bau eine Brand, opt out
Online travel giant Booking Holdings spent
upwards of $1 billion on Google ads in the
past quarter […]
[…] it represents a declining percentage of
revenue — 31% down from 32.3%.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/05/travel-giant-booking-spent-1-billion-on-google-ads-in-the-quarter.html
Spending on brand
marketing, which includes
TV ads, online video and
online display ads as well
as sponsorships and trade
shows, surged 41% in the
second quarter to $175
million, climbing to 4.5% of
revenue from 3.5% a year
ago.
100. KEVIN INDIG
Conde Nast: Discover bringt mehr Traffic als org. Suche
“Google Discover drove more traffic to Vogue’s
international editions than Google Search did”
(Sarah Marshall, VP digital Conde Nast)
“Up to 20% of U.S. sites’ Google traffic come from
Discover over the past few months”
(John Shehata, head of search Conde Nast)
https://digiday.com/media/publishers-see-mobile-traffic-spikes-google-discover/
102. KEVIN INDIG
Discover: durchschn. CTR +13%, (+8% mehr als
normale org. Suche)
News-Seiten: 31% Marktanteil, 99% Clicks
Quelle: Merkle Studie von 6,500 URLs, 58 Domains
103. KEVIN INDIG
Discover: durchschn. CTR +13%, (+8% mehr als
normale org. Suche)
News-Seiten: 31% Marktanteil, 99% Clicks
Haltbarkeit: 3-5 Tage
Quelle: Merkle Studie von 6,500 URLs, 58 Domains
104. KEVIN INDIG
Discover: durchschn. CTR +13%, (+8% mehr als
normale org. Suche)
News-Seiten: 31% Marktanteil, 99% Clicks
Haltbarkeit: 3-5 Tage
Braucht frischen Content, große & qualitative Bilder
Quelle: Merkle Studie von 6,500 URLs, 58 Domains
105. KEVIN INDIG
Discover: durchschn. CTR +13%, (+8% mehr als
normale org. Suche)
News-Seiten: 31% Marktanteil, 99% Clicks
Haltbarkeit: 3-5 Tage
Braucht frischen Content, große & qualitative Bilder
Keine Korrelationen mit Backlinks oder Social
Shares
Quelle: Merkle Studie von 6,500 URLs, 58 Domains
113. KEVIN INDIG
Benutze die “Pyramid Tactic” für Featured Snippets
Answer
Context
Background
https://moz.com/blog/writing-content-for-featured-snippets
126. KEVIN INDIG
Das Web wächst zu rasant um es effizient zu crawlen
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128. KEVIN INDIG
Die Zukunft gehört Indexing APIs
https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/quickstart
https://www.bing.com/webmaste
r/help/submit-urls-to-bing-
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