Gaming Sites Getting Mobile Friendly in a Post Mobilegeddon World -- EiG Berlin 2015
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SEO in Gaming
After
Mobilegeddon:New Mobile SEO Strategies
for Sites & Apps
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@suzzicksOMG - What is Going On?
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Surveying the
Mobile
Landscape
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What is the Threat?
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Google’s Goal
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Types of Mobile Sites
mDot Responsive Design
Selective Serving Single Page App
Rel=“Alternate”
Rel=“Canonical”
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Desktop Is the Default Canonical
Responsive/Dynamic Serving App Deep LinkingmDot Site
CANONICAL TO DESKTOP
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Honor the Integrity of the Canonical
Internal Links
Self-Referencing Canonicals
XML Sitemap301 Redirects
Server Rules
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Settings that Impact Mobile Search
Chrome vs.Google Now
Location& Privacy
Androidvs. iOS
LoggedIn or Out
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Fundamental 4/21 Changes
Desktop Crawl is for Content &
Desktop Rendering is Canonical
• For mDot Sites
• For Responsive Design &
Selective Serving
• In App Indexing & Deep
Linking
Mobile Crawl focuses on
Rendering Rather Than Content
• Need CSS & JS to
Render
• Rendering is about
UX
• Hidden Text & Links
are Devalued
Why CSS & JavaScript?
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Why CSS & JavaScript?
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Why CSS & JavaScript?
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Why CSS & JavaScript?
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Oh…And Also No App Interstitials!
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But Don’t Get Rid of the Interstitials Entirely!
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Testing for “Mobile-Friendly”ness
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Mobile-Friendly Test
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Webmaster Console Fetch & Render
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Webmaster Console Mobile-Friendliness
GET IMAGE
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Mobile UX Signals
Font Size & Tap
Target Size
View Port Flash & Errors
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Improving Page Speed with Images
Sprites File Size Responsive
Images.org
Image Server
Quality: 85%
Width: 300px
Quality: 70%
Width: 150px
Quality: 326 PPI
Width: 200px
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ResponsiveImages.org
• HTML5 for:
• Crop
• Scale
• Art Director
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Other Recent Changes to the SERPFe
atu
red Answers
Aggregations
Interactions
Ea
sy t
o S
ee Packs
Cards
Carousels
Expansion Information
Se
ma
nti
c Natural Language
Compound Search
Entity Understanding
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Have a Deeper
Understanding of
‘Intent’
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IntentDesktop Intent
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IntentMobile Intent
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Device – Intent Matters!
It’s a Ranking Factor.
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What Might Indicate Mobile Intent?
1. Voice Search/Natural Language
2. Searches for Apps
3. Local/Map Search
4. News Search
5. Shopping Search
6. Video Search
7. Image Search
8. Find Phone Numbers
9. Music Download Search
10.Media Download Search
11.Fact Search
12.Function Search
13.Search Device
14.Social Interaction
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Answers aka Featured Rich Snippets
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Answers aka Featured Rich Snippits
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Answer Doubles
• Often the top answer is from
the top ranking website, but
not always
• Answer Boxes tend to drive a
20% increase in traffic for the
impacted Keywords
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Variable Description Length(Page Scrape - Not Meta Description)
112
297
310
296
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More Interaction from the SERP
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More Interaction from the SERP
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Compound Search Queries
Same QueryQuery + ClickQuery
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Implied Keywords
“How tall
is it?”
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Schema.org on Mobile
TV ShowInfo Location
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Crumb Trail Url
FormattingBellagio > casino_li
Bellagio >
id=www.bellagio.com
Bellagio > casino_6
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Making Apps Your
Ally
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5 Types of App Results
App Pack App Single App Carousel Deep LinksIcon Deep Links
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Android&
iOS Intent
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Understanding App Packs
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Android Deep Linking User Experience
Google’s Deep Linking case studies: https://developers.google.com/app-indexing/case-studies
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Google Require Website Parity to Rank Deep Links
“Google will be
considering
"high quality"
apps to be a
positive ranking
factor in mobile
search.”
-Mariya Moeva (Google
Webmaster Trends Analyst,
SMX West 2015)
WebApp
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Google Require Website Parity to Rank Deep Links
“Apps that use the App Indexing API will be given an additional
rankings bonus above and beyond the ranking bonus that is given
for having deep links in place.”
-Mariya Moeva (Google Webmaster Trends Analyst, SMX East 2015)
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Deep Links Without Website Parity
Social Media Spotlight Search API Email & Paid Ads
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Maintaining Top
Mobile
Rankings
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Leveraging Google+ for Local
- Name
- Address
- Phone
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Marking Up Email & Contacts
“Mobile email opens have
grown by 180% in 3 years.”
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PPC Results Taking Up More Room on Mobile
• Click-to-Call
• Star Ratings
• App Icons
• Links for Directions
• Ad Extensions
• These could be more of a threat to
SEO moving forward
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Sponsored App Results
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Shopping Sponsored Results
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Predictive Search – Google Now
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Predictive Search – Google Now
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Predictive Search – Google Now
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The End
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Thanks!
Cindy Krum
Call: 720-231-7277
Twitter: @Suzzicks
