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Social Search (SEO)& Social SignalsWith expanded 3 action pointsto implement immediately#GplusbrandsLondon, 14 March 2012

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Evolving with Google The lines between Social and SEO are blurring– Backlinks to sites not necessarily required– Social Signals are the new backlinks

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IMAGINE not having to worry about anonymous blog spam because you know exactly who the person is that wrote the article or comment = GREATER accountability = a better web.

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Evolving with Google• SEO Social Search : really interesting because it’s one of the areas where you don’t have to necessarily optimise for search engines• It’s new, exciting change & future proofing

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Is SEO dead? NO - Evolving Move from an anonymous web to a web in which everybody has at least some idea of the reputation of an author

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Is SEO Dead? NO - EvolvingThe problem• Twitter & Facebook are private clubs• Google can only use signals it can see and can crawl

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The ripple effect All these ‘likes’ but who are the key influencers?• https://plus.google.com/ripples

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The ripple effect

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3 key G+1 actions toimplement immediately

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1. Put your keyword(s) in profile links

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• Show links page

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• Show links page

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• Not logged into Google• No backlinks• Ranking achieved using social signals and AuthorRank

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2. AuthorRank Claim your content using -rel="author”TIP: If you post content on G+ this is taken care of for you

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2. AuthorRank Claim your content• 3 step process for content: – Write quality content on your site and on third party sites that people want to share – Allow Google+ users to share and validate content on your site by adding the +1 button to your site – Use author markup (rel=”me” and rel=”author”) wherever you, to link your content and author page to your Google+ profile

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Setting up AuthorRank• Upload your photo – headshot• Verify the email address you’ll be associating with your content using Google’s process - http://digf.la/xxE4yT• Add any blogs for which you’ve written to the “Contributor To” section of your “About” page on G+

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Setting up AuthorRank• Then make sure each piece of content you write (no matter where) includes: – your name – a mailto link (“mailto: you@yourname.com”Google should then take care of the restNOTE: it may take some time to show in results

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Creates the rel=“me”

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Creates the link to ‘Aboutauthor’ on my site

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Verify what you’ve done• http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ric hsnippets

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Verify what you’ve done

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Finally…

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Increase the number of social signals linking back to your contentASK !!!

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Primary engagement only• Total +1s = 39,17,25 = 81• Total Comments = 145, 34, 33 = 212• Total shares = 34, 12, 31 = 78• These do not include secondary comments, +1s or reshares

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