Reviewing what Google's April 23, 2015 mobile friendly algorithm update really means to marketers. How should marketers prepare to ensure web presences are mobile friendly and usable as well as benchmark visibility in order to understand the impact of the update.
Mobilegeddon - How to Get Ready for Google Mobile SEO
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Data-Driven Insights, Monitoring
& Reporting
for SEO + Social + Content
How to Get Ready
For Google Mobile SEO
Jeff Riddall
Director Product
Strategy
gShift
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1. MOBILEGEDDON or NOT?
2. Industry Trends
3. Mobile SEO Survey Results
4. Preparing Your Presence
• Diagnosing Mobile Friendliness
• Fixing Usability Issues
• Mobile Content Marketing
• Benchmarking Your Keywords for Mobile SEO
5. Q & A
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MOBILEGEDDON or NOT?
“Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of
mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change
will affect mobile searches in all languages
worldwide and will have a significant impact in our
search results. Consequently, users will find it
easier to get relevant, high quality search results
that are optimized for their devices.”
- Google
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What Does This Mean for SEO?
What do we know?
• Mobile SEO is Best Practice
• Differences in Discoverability by
Device
• Mobile Usability
• Mobile Content Marketing
• Competitive Opportunity
• Will take at least 2-3 months to
roll out
• Lots of other Non-Mobile Ranking
Factors
• Bing is NEXT!
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What is SEO again?
“It’s about the long-term process of
enhancing both the brand's web presence
asset and the opportunity for
discoverability in search and social
throughout the prospect's buying cycle and
across any device.”
Krista LaRiviere
Founder and CEO
gShift
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Mobile SEO Survey Results
293 Digital Marketers
March 25th to April 2nd
Retail, Travel, Automotive, B2B and B2C
65% of Participants were Senior-Level Decision
Makers
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Is your website mobile-
friendly? i.e., how does it
render on a mobile device like
a phone or tablet?
Does your content load
quickly?
What is your visitor’s mobile
experience like?
Even more important for local
businesses where mobile
search is more prevalent.
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Mobile Usability
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Google WMT Warnings and Mobile Test
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https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
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• CMS? Use a mobile friendly
theme.
• Make sure your site fits in
mobile viewports.
• Make sure font is legible
• Make sure buttons are
clickable.
• Minimize HTML & CSS.
• Avoid JavaScript.
• Avoid heavy images.
• Use browser caching.
• If you go “mobile-only” you
need to re-optimize content.
Fixing Usability Issues
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Mobile Optimized Content Marketing
Mobile website visitors have a
9.56% higher bounce rate on
average compared to a desktop
visitor.
• Usability
• Content type: consider video,
podcasts
• Content style: short form, bite-
sized content
• Short headlines
• Set up mobile conversions in
Google Analytics
• Test and Optimize!
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• Anecdotally, mobile rank
was already different
than desktop rank
• Remember: Page 1 may
only include Top 5-7
positions depending on
the device
• Benchmark your
presence now!
Mobile Rank Data
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Mobile Data
• Google Mobile Rank
Data
• Comparative and
Competitive Reporting
• Important to get a
Benchmark Now!
• Mobile Analytics –
Mobile vs. Desktop vs.
Tablet
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Benchmark your
Keywords & Content for
Mobile SEO
Mobile SEO Resources
www.gshiftlabs.com/resources
/mobile-seo
Q & A Time!
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Competitor Backlink Data
No one really knows.
What does this mobile stuff mean for your SEO strategy?
It means that everyone is carrying around, instant access to your brand. Anytime, anywhere. As a 2014 digital marketer there is an opportunity to think differently than your competitors about…
106 years ago…
We know that
It is important to realize that mobile’s relevance has actually increased, even if the excitement around it has dipped.
According to the most recent estimates of global mobile devices penetration from GSM Association and to global population growth forecast, we estimate that the number of mobile devices in the world oficially exceeded the global population of 7.2 bliion people during the first week of October 2014. The number of mobile devices is now trending toward 10 billion by 2018.
SEO is not dead… not by any stretch of the imagination… bu the way we do it has change
eConsultancy… SEMPO State of Search
54% of search marketers are integrating their rmobile marking with their seo
According to the most recent estimates of global mobile devices penetration from GSM Association and to global population growth forecast, we estimate that the number of mobile devices in the world oficially exceeded the global population of 7.2 bliion people during the first week of October 2014. The number of mobile devices is now trending toward 10 billion by 2018.
To gauge marketer sentiment and gather opinions on this significant change, gShift conducted a survey of more than 275 digital marketers across a variety of industries including retail, travel and automotive. We ran this survey between March 25 – April 2 and more than 65 percent of participants were senior level decisions makers with titles ranging from director to CMO.
70% think their site is mobile friendly. Well that’s good! And so we checked, and some who answered yes, were wrong. Not all, but some. And so the key message here is… please test! And it’s not
There’s a difference between mobile friendly or responsive compared to mobile ready.
Google webmaster tools…
It may pass Google’s mobile friendliness algorithm change but the conversion rate may suck. Check out this site. It’s mine, it’s ours… now this is what it looks like on a bb….
11 to 50% of traffic is coming from mobile.
About 10% said very little – less than 10% comes from mobile
About 35% said between 11 and 25% come from mobile and the same said between 26 and 50% comes from mobile
5% were uncertain. This was actually encouraging.
Now things to think about. This number will grow. And when you consider mobile are you considering hand helds and tablets or just handhelds?
65% are factoring mobile strategies for SEO and content marketing.
Don’t wait and see.
According to a google and nielson study.
28% of online consumers watch video on their mobile devices at least once per day (Neilson). Making it the most used channel!