The curse of the Penguin

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DON’T BLINK – THE CURSE OF THE PENGUIN Andrew Bush, Social Media Analyst, Reach Further

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Andrew Bush, Social Media analyst at Reach Further talks about recent changes to Google and how to create Google-friendly content at the Don't Blink Social Media Briefing 26 June 2012

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DON’T BLINK – THE CURSE OF THE PENGUIN

Andrew Bush, Social Media Analyst, Reach Further

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Google’s Pet Penguin

The Penguin Hates:

• Unnatural Links

• Dodgy Directories

• Perfect Anchor Text

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Panda -> Penguin -> Praying Mantis?

• Don’t get obsessed with beating the latest algorithm change

• Do get obsessed with being natural

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Embrace Nature

Do what companies do:

• Do business

• Do research

• Do human stuff

… and then let people know

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But embracing nature can be difficult…

EXACTLY!

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Be smartcan you answer a boring question with an interesting answer?

How to create good content…

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Be vigilantkeep an eye out for opportunities and then react quickly

How to create good content…

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Be unusualcombine two things you don’t usually see together

How to create good content…

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Do researchroot around for hidden gems

How to create good content…

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Go bigbig data, wide themes, massive claims

How to create good content…

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Go smallpick something everyone else thinks is insignificant and make it significant

How to create good content…

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Exploit human weaknessif all else fails, put a baby animal on it

How to create good content…

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