Google's "Panda" Ranking Algorithm Update: What It Means to You 2012 01-10
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Google's "Panda" Ranking Algorithm Update: What It Means to You 2012 01-10
- 1. Mike Moran Google’s “Panda” Ranking Algorithm Update: What It Means to You Mike Moran Chief Strategist, Converseon www.mikemoran.com © 2012 Mike Moran Group LLC
- 2. Mike Moran So what’s Google Panda? A new release of the Google search ranking algorithm It was born almost a year ago But it just keeps growing in importance Every few months, it changes 2 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 3. Mike Moran The search ranking algorithm decides who’s first Panda does not affect paid search results It helps decide the #1 organic result Some will do anything 89% of clicks on page 1 3 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 4. Mike Moran Black Hat SEO experts fool everybody They fool Google They fool searchers They are extremely smart and hardworking If it works for you, good luck 4 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 5. Mike Moran It’s not just about spamming Most of you don’t practice real You black hat SEO But you don’t win by examining the terms of service like a legal document You see what works for all three parties Google Searchers 5 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 6. Mike Moran Some people reverse engineer the algorithm Google wants the keywords on the page Google wants the keywords in the title Google wants links to the site What Google really wants is high quality search results for the searchers 6 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 7. Mike Moran Panda adds a new factor to the ranking algorithm Human beings rate a small subset of search results: Nice design? Speedy response? Quality content? Would you return? Sites that people like get bumped higher in ranking The sites they don’t like are shoved down 7 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 8. Mike Moran Machine learning scales the human ratings Even Google can’t afford human ratings for every page for every search So, it looks for patterns—common features If your site looks like the low-rated sites, your site gets ranked lower 8 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 9. Mike Moran What does it mean to “look like” low quality? Machine learning detects patterns in what pages look like based on “features” What could the features be? The length of the title tag The ratio of words to pictures The commonality of runs of words 9 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 10. Mike Moran What is the practical effect of Panda? Sites that ranked highly with the old algorithm have been affected If your site was great for search engines, but not for actual people, time to up your game Who seemed to get hit? “Content farms” and screen-scrapers Older content Sites loaded with ads Vertical search sites—but not Google sites! 10 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 11. Mike Moran That wasn’t just bad luck Tactics that help You everyone get rewarded Tactics that help only you don’t Maybe you should stick to what will work long-term Google Searchers 11 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 12. Mike Moran Should you only be looking at rankings? Many sites that lamented their loss of traffic actually didn’t lose any sales Google might be improving its ability to send qualified leads to your site 12 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 13. Mike Moran Is Panda over? The world has now stabilized? Google will continue to roll out algorithm changes based on: Panda feature changes and human rating changes Google +1 button ratings Other content quality assessments, including social media activity If Panda is working (and Google seems to be committed to it), expect Microsoft and other engines to follow 13 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 14. Mike Moran Don’t be a good scout. Be good at business. You’re not trying out for You sainthood Do it because it works It’s less risky, easier to do, and has fewer ups and downs Focus on a quality searcher experience, and success Google Searchers will follow 14 © 2011 Mike Moran
- 15. Mike Moran Thank you! www.mikemoran.com www.converseon.com 15 © 2011 Mike Moran