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Humans and the way we use technology is constantly evolving. We’re a rapidly moving target that algorithms constantly move to catch up with, informed by our data feedback. Some of us are moving faster than others however, namely generation Z; the next emerging consumer group. <br><br>Speaking at BrightonSEO this year, my talk focused on meeting the user experience needs of this influential demographic, and how this will become increasingly crucial to SEO success.
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how user experience is driving change in search
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Millennial Gen Z Messaging Apps Social Networks 12 Seconds 8 Seconds ≈1975 ≈1996 Source: http://www.cmo.com/articles/2015/6/11/15-mind-blowing-stats-about-generation-z.html
Young adults spend between 11 and 25% less time on your content
Cool Product Cool Experience Millennial Gen Z 60% 77% 40% 23% Source: https://cassandra.co/
40% Of Consumers by 2020 Source: https://www.ketchum.com/engaging-gen-z
Faster All Device Direct to Object
GET THIS: http://www.slideshare.net/SearchMarketingExpo/how-google-works-a-ranking-engineers-perspective-by-paul-haahr
Three Core Metrics Time to Result Relevance Quality
GET THIS: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18zlAdKAxnc51y_kj-6sWLmnjl6TLnaru_WH0LJTjP-o/present?slide=id.p19
HTML5 LINK REL Attributes IS DOES preconnect browser hint to open the linked connection in advance prefetch suggestion to pre-fetch linked content before explicitly requested preload suggestion to download resource prerender suggestion to fetch AND render GET THIS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Link_types
“How I Sped Up My Site 68.35% With One Line of Code…” Mike King Source: http://ipullrank.com/how-i-sped-up-my-site-68-percent-with-one-line-of-code/
Faster All Device Direct to Object
Gen Z SmartPhone Activities 29% 21% 6.8% 6.6% 6.1% Surfing Shopping Social Games Photos GET THIS: http://www.fluentco.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Fluent_DevicesandDemos_2016_web.pdf
Shopping by Demographic 6.1% 5.7% 4.8% 4.1% 2.8% 45-54 55+ 18-24 25-34 35-44 GET THIS: http://www.fluentco.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Fluent_DevicesandDemos_2016_web.pdf
Mobile EXPERIENCE • ASYNCHRONOUS SCRIPTS • 3rd PARTY JAVASCRIPT OUT OF CRITICAL PATH • PRIORITIZE RESOUCE LOADING • SIZE RESOURCES STATICALLY Accelerated Mobile Pages Project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35889282 rel=amphtml link to AMP page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/35889282 rel=canonical link to non AMP page
WordPress WordPress AMP plugin to create AMPHTML pages. Use Yoast SEO Glue to “speak” to AMP plugin for metadata.
Mobile Search Spotlight Search Safari Suggest
App Indexing – DEEP LINKING ONE URL A
APP Indexing: Google Developers Testing Tool for Android (debug and deep link) Search Analytics in Search Console (register for Android) Needs App Indexing SDK for iOS9 Check implementation Get This: https://developers.google.com/app-indexing/introduction
Faster All Device Direct to Object
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“BuzzFeed draws more than 75 percent of content views from sources other than its website” Jonah Peretti: CEO Source: http://recode.net/2015/09/16/this-week-on-recode-decode-ceo-jonah-peretti-explains-how-buzzfeed-won-the-internet/
Be Fast - Be Mobile - Be Everywhere Source: https://www.ketchum.com/engaging-gen-z