Lee Smallwood, Search, Google+ for businesses and brands

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Social Search (SEO) & Social Signals #Gplusbrands

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Social Search (SEO)& Social Signals

#Gplusbrands

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• Imagine if Google disappeared tomorrow…it would be annoying BUT would you find ways to fill in the gap… ?

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Overview

• Evolving with Google• Is SEO dead?• The ripple effect?• 3 key G+1 actions to implement immediately

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The lines between Social and SEO are blurring.

Evolving with Google

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Evolving with GoogleThe problem• Twitter &

Facebook are private clubs

• Google can only use signals it can see and can crawl– Nofollow– Dofollow

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IMAGINE not having to worry about anonymous blog spam because you know exactly who the person is that wrote the article or comment

= GREATER accountability and a better web.

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Evolving with Google

• Social Search (SEO): really interesting because it’s one of the areas where you don’t have to necessarily optimise for search engines

• It’s new, interesting & future proofing

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Move from an anonymous web to a web in which everybody has at least some idea of the reputation of an author

Is SEO dead?

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Is SEO dead?Some believe that Apple will displace Google as the search engine of choice with its new Siri technology

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The ripple effect

• https://plus.google.com/ripples

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The ripple effect

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3 key G+1 actions to implement immediately

1. Put your keyword(s) in profile links

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• Not logged into Google

• No backlinks • Ranking achieved

using social media only

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3 key G+1 actions to implement immediately

2. Claim your content using - rel="author

Rich Snippits<a href=”[profile_url]?rel=author”>Google+</a>

The + at the end of the ‘anchor text’ is important!

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Finally…

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Increase the number of social signals linking back to your content

ASK !!!

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Social Search (SEO)& Social Signals#Gplusbrands

QUESTIONS