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February 21, 2013

Transcript of Google+

February 21, 2013

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Stephen Waddington@wadds

Google+ and Author Rank#CIPRsm

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“To organize the world’s information and make it universally accessibly and useful.”

Google’s Vision#CIPRsm

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• Google has a near monopoly on search. More than 80% of Internet searches start with a Google query.

• SEO market in UK worth $3bn (2011); and $16.6bn (2010) – source: econsultancy.

• Social signals have an increasingly higher weighting on search results.

• Mobile search rising making location content a growing source of traffic.

A Second Chance for PR#CIPRsm

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• Google wants to deliver relevant search results based on human trust and authority.

• History: links to determine trust and authority in the past was only a proxy for the real thing and was easily manipulated.

• Product updates in the last 18-month seek to mimic human behaviour and stop abuse

• social signals = trust

• authority = real people

Google‘s Purpose#CIPRsm

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• February 2011 – Panda tackles content farms

• September 2011 – Google+

• April 2012 – Penguin hits low quality and spam links

• September 2012 – Google Author Rank

Google Product History#CIPRsm

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Google+#CIPRsm

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Google+#CIPRsm

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Google+#CIPRsm

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Google+ for Brands#CIPRsm

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The New York Times#CIPRsm

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H&M#CIPRsm

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• Google Author Rank is an online identity system that sits at the heart of the recent changes to Google‘s Search Algorithm

Google Author Rank#CIPRsm

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Linking content to Google+

Author tag

Link

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Linking content to Google+#CIPRsm

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• Drive owned and social content up natural search results

• Brand pages: start building relationships with audiences via Google+

• Implement author tags and +1 buttons on web sites

• Engagement via Communities and Hangouts

Opportunity for Brands#CIPRsm

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• Facebook debate is a distraction: Google+ connects with topics; and Facebook with people.

• Google+ Community’s are disruptive to forums and blogs for search.

Other Google+ FeaturesCommunities #CIPRsm

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• Video chat up with up to nine people face-to-face.

• Share content publicly via YouTube to keep the conversation going.

Other Google+ FeaturesGoogle Hangout #CIPRsm

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Stephen Waddington@wadds

Google+ and Author Rank#CIPRsm

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Contact

Stephen WaddingtonEuropean Director

Ketchum35-41 Folgate StreetLondonE1 6BXTelephone-No. +44 (0) 20 7611 3645Mobile-No. +44 (0) 7771 [email protected]

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