How to drive thousands of visits from Google Discover using Google Web Stories and other techniques that you will learn only if you watch this talk. With proven case studies and validated results.

1. Google Discover Optimisation
with Google Web Stories
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4. Google Discover
Discover surfaces content
primarily based on what
Google’s AI/ML systems
believe to be a good
match with a user’s intent.
Source: Google Search Central
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5. HOW IS GOOGLE DISCOVER
CHANGING THE SEO GAME?
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6. By creating an even bigger intersection
between SEO and Content Marketing
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7. By forcing us SEOs to
incorporate the concept
of Personas once and
for all in our strategies.
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8. By making search intent
more important than ever.
Source: Hedgehog Digital Blog
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9. By generating a unique
type of engagement
between consumers
and brands.
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10. By becoming a substantial
source of organic traffic…
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11. HOW TO OPTIMISE FOR
GOOGLE DISCOVER?

12. Source: SEJ
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13. Source: SEJ
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14. Source: Google Search Central
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15. Results were far from great!
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18. Source: Web Stories on Google
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19. We had tested it previously …
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20. But we couldn’t
figure it out where
that traffic was
coming from!
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23. GOOGLE WEB STORIES
OPTIMISATION TIPS
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24. For WordPress websites
Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
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25. Other Platforms …
Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
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26. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
Design
Do not exceed 280
characters per page.
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27. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
Design
Don’t block text,
make sure to it
resizes to fit various
device sizes.
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28. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
Design
Keep text within
bounds and avoid
burned in text.
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29. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
Design
Use animations to bring
your stories to life.
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30. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
SEO
Good ol’ high-quality
content.
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31. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
SEO
Keep your titles short.
Less than 70 characters
is recommend.
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32. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
SEO
Make sure Google
Search can crawl and
index it.
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33. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
SEO
All Web Stories must be
canonical.
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34. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
SEO
Use metadata. Title,
Description, OGP and
Twitter Cards.
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35. Source: https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-stories/
SEO
Use Structured Data.
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36. DO GOOGLE WEB STORIES
APPEAR IN GOOGLE.CO.UK?
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Source: SEMrush

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Source: SEMrush

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Source: SEMrush

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Source: SEMrush

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Source: SEMrush

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Source: SEMrush

43. Source: Hedgehog Digital Blog
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44. THANK YOU!
Felipe Bazon
@SeoBazon
@seobazon
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