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SEO 2025
Future Proof Your Marketing
chris@97thfloor.com, @chrisbennett
Chris Bennett, Founder/CEO
In order to future proof your Digital Strategy
You will need to Change Your Mindset
From: Google is a business that has certain rules
To: Google is a collective neural network of the world
“Your phone is already an extension of you. You’re
already a cyborg, and most people don’t realize it.”
- Elon Musk
- Eric Schmidt, 2011
As of now Human Input is still at the foundation of all this AI
Core
You Thought Google Looked At You Like This
In Reality You Looked Like This
Because you built authority with links and social shares
and forgot real world credentials
Show em off
Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines
https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//insidesearch/howsearchworks/assets/searchqualityevaluatorguidelines.pdf
EXPERTISE
AUTHORATATIVENESS
TRUSTWORTHINESS
https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//insidesearch/howsearchworks/assets/searchqualityevaluatorguidelines.pdf
E-A-T
https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//insidesearch/howsearchworks/assets/searchqualityevaluatorguidelines.pdf
E-A-T
https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//insidesearch/howsearchworks/assets/searchqualityevaluatorguidelines.pdf
YMYL- Shopping of financial transaction pages
- Financial information pages
- Medical information pages
- Legal information pages
- News articles or public/official information pages
- Other such as child adoption, car safety information
*We have very high Page Quality rating standards for YMYL pages because low
quality YMYL pages could potentially negatively impact users’ happiness,
health, financial stability, or safety.
E-A-T
????
E-A-T
-List credentials in Author byline
-Link Author byline to robust “About Us” page
-Link Author “About Page” to LinkedIn and other 3rd party
validators of you.
-Internal link all that with Sites overall E-A-T proof
-Clearly show and link to resources, studies (external E-A-T)
-Articles with actual YMYL Advice add disclaimers or defer to
a “Professional”
Go to great lengths, in-fact be overly cautious to disclose
editorial policy and give the user significant reason to believe
that your content is credible and trustworthy.
https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/www.google.com/en//insidesearch/howsearchworks/assets/searchqualityevaluatorguidelines.pdf
Even if you don’t run a BitCoin investment site or Keto blog
-Degrees and certifications
-Industry awards or certificates
-Continued Education
-Recognition
-BBB and Industry Similars
-Memberships to industry affiliations
Because
As of now Human Input is still at the foundation of all this AI
Lets shift and talk about what is coming.
50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020,
- comScore
About 30% of all searches will be done without a screen by 2020
- Gartner
As of January 2018, there were an estimated one billion voice searches per month.
- Alpine.AI
So how do we get ready?
PageSpeed appears to play a major role in voice search SEO. The average voice
search result page loads in 4.6 seconds (52% faster than the average page)
Voice Search Study
HTTPS websites dominate Google’s voice search results. In fact, 70.4%
of Google Home result pages are secured with HTTPS.
Voice Search Study
The mean Ahrefs Domain Rating of a Google Home result is 76.8.
Voice Search Study
Content with high levels of social engagement tends to
perform well in voice search. In fact, the average voice
search result has 1,199 Facebook shares and 44 Tweets.
Voice Search Study
The average word count of a voice search result page is 2,312 words.Therefore,
Google tends to source voice search answers from long form content.
Voice Search Study
Appearing in a Featured Snippet may help you rank in voice
search. 40.7% of all voice search answers came from a Featured Snippet.
Voice Search Study
-Avg. Page Load 4.6 seconds
-70% HTTPS
-Avg. Ahrefs Domain Rating 76.8
-Avg. Social 1,199 FB, 44 Tweets
-Avg. 2,312 words long
-40.7% Have a Snippet
Voice Search Study
Featured Snippets are the analog precursor to Voice Search
OK Google, Does
Oatmeal have gluten?
What does a CRM do?
Use Google Actions to Develop
Your Business with Google
https://developers.google.com/actions/
chris@97thfloor.com
@chrisbennett
Chris Bennett, Founder/CEO

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