Trends In Search Marketing Danny
Sullivan Editor-In-Chief Search Engine Land http://searchengineland.com

I’ll Be Covering… <ul><li>Google’s strength
</li></ul><ul><li>Search listings getting “rich” & “fancy” </li></ul><ul><li>Search getting more vertical </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Including social & mobile </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Search is more than Google, more than a search box </li></ul>

The World According To Google

The Google World comScore: US
Share Of Search My view: Google stable; Bing robbing Yahoo…

Bing > Yahoo Says Nielsen;
comScore disagrees, “Explicit Core Search” & Google Instant key to watch http://searchengineland.com/yahoo-bing-stat-fight-nielsen-says-oh-yes-they-did-comscore-responds-oh-no-they-didnt-50975 http://searchengineland.com/comscores-new-core-search-figures-48762

By Volume, Even Bigger comScore:
Billions Of US Searches Google volume nearly doubled, 6 to 10B! http://searchengineland.com/when-losers-are-winners-how-google-can-lose-search-share-still-stomp-yahoo-41779

The Decline Of Yahoo <ul><li>Believes
can win by having a better search interface (search as “chip”) </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Just rolled out new “accordion” view </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Didn’t work for Lycos, AOL, others – not likely to work for Yahoo </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Expect Bing to continue building as Google alt & robbing Yahoo share </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Yahoo “gaming” with slideshows not long-term solution </li></ul></ul>http://searchengineland.com/time-to-end-the-bullshit-search-engine-share-figures-44100

Bada Bing <ul><li>Growth still minor;
will it continue when the TV ads stop? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Will it gain past combined Yahoo+Bing share? </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Does have Google reacting! </li></ul><ul><li>With Yahoo out, expect it to be #2 in mindshare & eventually in marketshare </li></ul>

Growth Of Vertical Search

No longer just pages &
ads Each “vertical” is new path into top results News, Shopping, Video, Books… Getting Blended

Everyone’s still figuring it out,
but there’s business in tweetbooking & searching it! Getting Real Time / Social http://searchengineland.com/the-twitter-search-revolution-popular-promoted-tweets-mature-the-service-41095

Yeah, Yeah: Brand Monitoring Easy
to do, effective, well-known but equal to ranking for your own brand:

The Anyone Know Search http://searchengineland.com/anyone-know-search-twitter-brand-monitoring-41818

Facebook & Search <ul><li>It’s not
a search engine other than people search </li></ul><ul><li>Social graph used to be thought of by some as way to reshape results but… </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Do you have to filter “true” friends? </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Issues with “sharing” a search </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Can aggregate “Like” data be used? </li></ul>

Social Search Reality <ul><li>Potential, yes;
Killer, not likely </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Google gets “Like” data for all pages in other ways </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Google says it’ll get Facebook “Like” data in other ways </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Still, interesting – way to put “trust” into search, something people want </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Questions asked on Twitter & Facebook are “trust searches” </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>We need more than relying on links! </li></ul></ul>http://searchengineland.com/search-40-putting-humans-back-in-search-14086

Google Social Search http://searchengineland.com/google-social-search-now-with-google-buzz-45358 Trust
applied to content producers, but not everyone produces

Everyone’s results personalized based on
location & past 180 days of searches. Signed in? Web history may also be used. Getting Personal!

Google analyst call: March 16,
2010 Getting Mobile

Getting Mobile? “ Search hasn’t
happened on mobile devices … people are not searching on a mobile device like they do on the desktop” “ We discovered something — people are going into apps. They’re not just going onto to websites....This is an entirely new thing — they aren’t using search, they’re using apps like Yelp. – Steve Jobs http://searchengineland.com/apps-search-by-another-name-43685

Getting Mobile <ul><li>Search HAS happened
as Google says </li></ul><ul><li>Search HAS happened as Jobs says </li></ul><ul><ul><li>27% of Yelp searches from iPhone app </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Simple: apps are search, too </li></ul>http://searchengineland.com/apps-search-by-another-name-43685

Urbanspoon Never wonder where to
eat again iPhone app knows where you are, randomly selects a restaurant… Behind the scenes – or on the web, huge database of reviews from newspapers and users Yes, shaking is search

Eventful What’s going on, from
music to community events and more App knows where you are, suggests events in your area, as does web site:

Foursquare Checking in is search!
Tips, advice, business offers … things you won’t find or find as easily in Google

How About Google Instant? <ul><li>World
has not ended! </li></ul><ul><li>SEO not dead; SEO seems little impacted </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Pay more attention to suggested searches </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Below the fold doing BETTER than expected! </li></ul></ul>http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/022988.html http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/guest-post-how-google-instant-can-help-and-hurt-seo/

How About Google Instant? <ul><li>PPC
may have more impacts </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Travel ocity brings up ads for Travelocity </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Overall, watch & see mode </li></ul>http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/022994.html

The Big Takeaway Search is
more than keywords in a search box, more than Google. Search is anywhere & anyway people seek answers. And those many ways are all diverse opportunities for marketers.

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