Presentation about how things are changing on the web. Old line traffic drivers like E-Mail, PPC and Social Media are losing their effectiveness because of the growing trend towards personalization which creates a "filter bubble".
3. Phil Buckley @1918www.curagami.com
Lots of stuff happened
between then and now.
Google Toolbar — December 2000
1st Documented Update — September 2002
Boston — February 2003
Cassandra — April 2003
Dominic — May 2003
Fritz — July 2003
Supplemental Index — September 2003
Florida — November 2003
Austin — January 2004
Brandy — February 2004
Nofollow — January 2005
Allegra — February 2005
Bourbon — May 2005
XML Sitemaps — June 2005
Personalized Search — June 2005
Gilligan — September 2005
Google Local/Maps — October 2005
Jagger — October 2005
Big Daddy — December 2005
Supplemental Update — November 2006
Universal Search — May 2007
Buffy — June 2007
Dewey — April 2008
Google Suggest — August 2008
Vince — February 2009
Rel-canonical Tag — February 2009
Caffeine (Preview) — August 2009
Real-time Search — December 2009
Google Places — April 2010
May Day — May 2010
Caffeine (Rollout) — June 2010 Brand Update — August 2010
Google Instant — September 2010
Instant Previews — November 2010
Negative Reviews — December 2010
Social Signals — December 2010
Overstock.com Penalty — January 2011
Attribution Update — January 28, 2011
Panda/Farmer — February 23, 2011
The +1 Button — March 30, 2011
Schema.org — June 2, 2011
Google+ — June 28, 2011
Expanded Sitelinks — August 16, 2011
Pagination Elements — September 15, 2011
Query Encryption — October 18, 2011
Freshness Update — November 3, 2011
Search + Your World — January 10, 2012
Ads Above The Fold — January 19, 2012
Venice — February 27, 2012
Knowledge Graph — May 16, 2012
Link Warnings — July 19, 2012
DMCA Penalty — August 10, 2012
7-Result SERPs — August 14, 2012
Exact-Match Domain (EMD) Update —
September 27, 2012
Domain Crowding — May 21, 2013
"Payday Loan" Update — June 11, 2013
Knowledge Graph Expansion — July 19, 2013
In-depth Articles — August 6, 2013
Hummingbird — August 20, 2013
Authorship Shake-up — December 19, 2013
8. Phil Buckley @1918www.curagami.com
Make pages primarily for users, not for
search engines.
Avoid tricks intended to improve search
engine rankings. A good rule of thumb is
to ask, "Does this help my users? Would
I do this if search engines didn't
exist?"
Think about what makes your website
unique, valuable, or engaging. Make your
website stand out from others in your
field.
"Does this help my users? Would
I do this if search engines didn't
exist?"
11. Phil Buckley @1918www.curagami.com
Kathleen Kelly: [in an email to Joe
Fox] The odd thing about this
form of communication is that
you're more likely to talk about
nothing than something.
37. Phil Buckley @1918www.curagami.com
I don't want the most-
linked-to site in my
niche; I want to be the
site that's synonymous
with my niche.
Rand Fishkin 2009