Milestone provides strategies and services to help businesses succeed with voice search optimization. They recommend focusing on conversational content, technical capabilities like speed and schemas, promotion through actions and skills, and measuring performance to maximize visibility and interactions through voice assistants and searches. The presentation outlined best practices across content, design, technology, promotion and analytics.
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ALLABOUTMOBILEANDVOICE SEARCH
50%
of search is expected
to be voice-based by
2020
(ComScore, 2017)
30%
of web browsing will
be screen-less by
2020
(Gartner 2019)
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/just-say-it-future-search-voice-personal-digital-assistants/1392459
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-mobile-searches-now-65-of-all-searches-28003.html
https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/gartner-predicts-a-virtual-world-of-exponential-change/
65%
of all Google
searches are
mobile
(Google 2019)
https://www.dbswebsite.com/blog/trends-in-
voice-search/
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WHENDOPEOPLE USEVOICE SEARCH?
Driving
Doing another activity
Watching TV
Working
Cooking
Exercising or walking
Showering or using the bathroom
With family or friends
In bed
52.8%
21.3%
7.5%
7.4.8%
5.5%
2.6%
2.3%
0.4%
0.2%
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VOICE SEARCHISALLABOUT-SINGLE RIGHTANSWER
“What is the best hotel to stay at in Chicago…”
“Where do I buy a chain saw?”
“Where is my nearest ATM?”
“When does the New York Moma Close?”
Google Assistant Apple Siri Amazon Echo
Voice search implies
“single right answer”
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BERT–WHAT, WHY&IMPACT –VOICE SEARCHREADYSearch Engines becoming smarter by understanding how humans interpret language.
According to google – “Bert helps better understand the nuances and context of
words in searches and better match those queries with more relevant results”
GETTINGVOICEREADY CONVERSATIONAL IMPACTEDSEARCHES
Google estimates that this
update will impact around
1 of 10 searches
Designed for
conversational and natural
language queries
Relevant results, better
user experience, less
clicks
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CONSUMER GOOGLE
ALEXA
SIRI
CORTANA
HOWVOICE SEARCHWORKS? –MUSTHAVESHOULD BETHERE
* Assumes mobile responsive website and optimized for schemas and speed
CONTENT FROM
VARIOUS DIGITAL
ASSESTS TRIGGERED
THROUGH VOICE
ACTIONS
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MICRO-MOMENTS DRIVEN BYVOICE SEARCH
Research Explore Learn Buy
I want to know I want to go I want to do I want to buy
“What banks offer
mortgage loans?”
“Where is the
nearest bank?”
“How do I apply
for a mortgage?”
“Where can I meet
a financial
advisor?”
Which cars get
the best mileage?
Where can I test
drive cars near
me?
How do I get a
car loan?
Where can I buy
a car X?
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CREATECONVERSATIONALCONTENTFOR EACHMICROMOMENT
Transactional IntentNavigational IntentInformational Intent
Goal: Provide
expertise & a positive
shopping experience
Goal: Convince user
to make a purchase
Goal: Attract wider
users that are
unfamiliar with your
brand
what, why, and how? “About business” “Buy, book, convert”
Informational Intent
80%
Navigational Intent 10%
Transactional Intent 10%
+ Local Intent
Guides
How-tos
Tools
FAQ
Store locations
Services
Press releases
Customer service
info
Videos
Product information
Comparisons
Product stories
I WANT TO KNOW I WANT TO GO I WANT TO DO
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HOWTOCREATECONTENTFOR INFORMATIONALQUERIES ?
Where is Playa
del Carmen 5th
Avenue
parking?
What are the best
Playa del Carmen
5th Avenue
restaurants?
?
What are the
best Playa del
Carmen 5th
Avenue clothing
stores?
SEM Rush
Google Searches
MOZ Keyword Explorer
Ahrefs or Moz
keyword explorer
Insights
AnswerThePublic
UberSuggest
Keywordtool.io
Serpstat
Questions capture voice
and natural search
queries
Answers are rich,
informative, and solve a
problem
Generates answer
boxes on SERP
KEYWORD TOOLS
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FEATURED SNIPPET MUSTHAVE
Extracts text to answer searcher’s question
Content answers quickly & includes related info to
spark click through
Authoritative and experience driven content yields
higher CTR
Featured snippet needs a mix of factors to get to the
top of Google
Google’s sweet spot is 54 to 58 words
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Home
Location Rooms
Overview
King Guest
Room
2 Double Bed
Guest Room
Services
Overview
Business
Traveler
Dining
Overview
Dining at
Seaport
In-Room
Dining
Area
Restaurants
Private Dining
Meetings &
Events
Overview
Venues
Services
Planning
Things to Do
Overview
Shopping
Family Fun
Museums &
Culture
Sports
Business
Specials
Overview
E-Map Contact Events Photos
Business
Traveler
Reviews
Create Topical
Content on Home
Page
PRIMARY
NAVIGATION
SECONDARY
NAVIGATION
KEY
LINK PAGE
CONTENT PAGE
SPECIALS
FORM PAGE
MAP PAGE
ROOM PAGE
BLOG PAGE
GALLERY PAGE
EVENTS PAGE
Each answer clicks
into the related page
to build out the
complete topical
intent
FAQ
FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ
SITEARCHITECTURE&CONTENT -MOBILEANDVOICE SEARCH
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TURN YOUR SITE INTO THE RESOURCE. GAIN TRUST. IMPROVE CONVERSION – DIGITAL ASSETS ALIGN WITH VOICE
SEARCH
TRAVEL’S
INSIGHTS
STAFF
TIPS
MOBILE
EXPERIENCE
DIGITALASSESTSALIGN WITH VOICE SEARCH -OPTIMIZE FOR
MOBILEANDVOICE
HOME
THINGS TO DO
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CONVERSATIONALCONTENTANDDESIGN –LEADSTOSERPS
1."Quality conversational content
” than “keyword-rich content”
2.Add FAQs, conversational &
long tail content and entities as
part of your content strategy
3. Speed and Mobile
Founded 1997. 20 year old company – focus on driving leads and traffic from digital
Unique: Digital platform combined with award winning agency services (2018 Search Engine Land winner of their SMX SEO/SEM award). Full accountability of performance.
What sets us apart is our deep understanding of the digital space, and this understanding helps position our software to meet our customers requirements
50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020, per comScore. (Is it even a post about voice search if you don’t lead with this stat??)
2. About 30% of all searches will be done without a screen by 2020, per Gartner.
3. 12% of all households in the United States owned a smart speaker in 2017, per OC&C Strategy Consultants. That number is predicted to rise to 55% by 2022.
4. Voice search activity is exploding off the back of two key developments. Estimates put Amazon Echo sales north of 20m units, with Google Home sitting at around 7m, according to TechRadar.
Taking Slides from our examples
https://moz.com/google-algorithm-change
https://eibsglobal.com/googles-major-algorithm-updates/
Need to add few more animals – and what these updates are
Pigeon – Relevant Local results
Mobile – Mobile friendliness
RankBrain – SERP Quality - Query & Best Matching Sites
Possum – Local Results Proxi of searcher
Fred – Thin content, affiliate
Bert helps better understand the nuances and context of words in searches and better match those queries with more relevant results
Google Product is not the search results but information and sites they serve to users in those results –
Especially important with Dillard’s partnership
This content can produce significant SEO benefits, increase user experience, and increase the brand reach if these content pieces are more visible, can easily be shared, and are connected to relevant areas on the website
Increasing visibility starts with the “The Jewelry information page”, which will be the content hub for How To & Tips, Guides, videos, and other services.
This hub provides a centralized location for content that is commonly searched for by users on JA’s site and on Google.
Objective:
Become go-to, authoritative resource on topics
Supplementary content hub
How To’s, Tips, Guides, and Informational Content
Content can be re-purposed across site
Content hub makes it easier for users to find content
Get Scarlet and see if I can get main questions
KW Tools:
MOZ Keyword Explorer
Insights
AnswerThePublic
UberSuggest
Keywordtool.io
Serpstat
Long tail queries will continue to drive more and more impressions
More SERP opportunities will come up..
Google wants to maximize everything on the first few lines as much as possible
As the transition in to voice search is happening, (slower than predicted by several experts), google wants the best site to answer the query
So focusing on quality conversational content, FAQs, conversational and long tail
Having a clear way to make contact with the website owners.
Associating the website with a physical location, i.e. your office or store address.
Having a term of business or T&Cs page, which is easily accessible to users (usually from the footer).
Making sure your website’s domain is secure. Correctly implementing HTTPS is very important to Google and helps to ensure any data your users’ input won’t be intercepted by a nefarious 3rd party entity.
Well expedia did not follow best practice for Bert platform content
Thin content on the site, not optimized for mobile
For Nytimes, several content behind paid wall
This has nothing to do with BERT or any other updates
Booking.com grew by +10%
More focus on their mobile apps and dropping mobile first index is the big reason
186 EAT
86 – YMYL
Set up
Invocations
Build Actions using Dialog Flow
Set up Intent and Training phrases
Test
Release
Analytics
Separate index
Voice search enable direct conversation between business and user
Target users by building actions
Enable categorical browsing in actions directory
Good for Brand presence