In September 2013, I gave a presentation about SEO, social and content trends related to entity search to the US Marines as part of their PR training! There's lots of intro info on Knowledge Graph and structured data, content that WOWs and evolving devices.
From Brand to Entity: Staying Ahead of the (Search Engine) Curve
1. From
Brand
To
En,ty
Staying Ahead of the (Search Engine) Curve
Presented by Monique Pouget | September 20, 2013
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2. FIRST
OFF
–
Who
am
I?
Monique Pouget
Director of Content Strategy
@moniquethegeek
linkd.in/mpouget
gplus.to/moniquepouget
thunderseo.com/blog
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8. NOT
TOO
LONG
AGO…
ADWORDS
ORGANIC
RANKINGS
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9. Authorship
markup
is
the
method
to
display
authorship
informa?on
in
search
results
for
the
content
you
create.
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14. The
Google
Knowledge
Graph
is
a
system
that
Google
launched
in
May
2012
that
understands
facts
about
people,
places
and
things
and
how
these
en,,es
are
all
connected.
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15. Knowledge
Graph
is
used
both
behind-‐the-‐scenes
to
help
Google
improve
its
search
relevancy
and
also
to
present
Knowledge
Graph
boxes
in
search
results
that
provide
direct
answers.
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20. OLD
VS.
NEW
VIA
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21. MORE
RESOURCES
101
Google
Answer
Boxes:
A
Journey
into
the
Knowledge
Graph
Introducing
the
Knowledge
Graph:
things,
not
strings
Google
Launches
Knowledge
Graph
To
Provide
Answers,
Not
Just
Links
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22. CONTENT
THAT
WOWs
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23. GOOGLE
ALGOS
–
Panda
and
Penguin
• Rolled out in 2011
• Panda targeted lowquality sites with thin
and duplicate content
• Penguin decreased
rankings for sites violating
Google Quality Guidelines
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualpanic/2192051338/“Bill Slawski: “Rather than just looking for brands, it’s more likely that Google is trying to understand when a query includes an entity – a specific person, place, or thing, and if it can identify an entity, that identification can influence the search results that you see.”
Results with authorship markup get higher CTRs, more visibility and more page views. It’s an opportunity to build trust and establish authority quickly.
Rod Powers is ranking for terms like “marines boot camp” “marines ranks” “marines mos” “marines reserve”. You should be owning these SERPs!