Jason Barnard
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1. Answer engine landscape
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1. Answer engine landscape
2. Machine Learning
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1. Answer engine landscape
2. Machine Learning
3. Position0
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1. Answer engine landscape
2. Machine Learning
3. Position0
4. Strategy
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Answer Engine Optimisation
The Landscape
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Voice assistants
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Amit Singhal:
“The destiny of [Google’s search engine] is to
become that Star Trek computer, and that’s
what we are building.”
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Answer Engine Optimisation
2 sides to the equation
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1) Front end:
understanding the user
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2) Back end:
Providing the Answer
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Understanding the query Providing the answer
Q
A
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Understanding the query
Q
A
Providing the answer
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Answer Engine Optimisation
Macine Learning
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Retrievers vs Machine Learners
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Machine Learning
1. Supervised
2. Unsupervised
3. Semi-supervised
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Answer Engine Optimisation
ML on both sides of
theequation
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Understand the Question
(User Intent)
Query Patterns, USE...
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Provide the Answer
(understanding available options)
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Answer Engine Optimisation
Position0 - The answer
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Top Spot Rules
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The Answer
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Answer Engine Optimisation
Position0 Real Estate
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The Answer
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The Answer
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Related
Answers
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The Answer
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The Answer
X
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Related
Answers
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Related
Answers
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Related
Answers
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Shopping actions
The Answer
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Answer Engine Optimisation
Future of Position0
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#0 more searches
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#0 more flavours
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#0 more devices
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Answer Engine Optimisation
The Strategy
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Supervised / semi-supervised
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Answer Engine Optimisation
1 - Communicate
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Communicate to Google
who you are and
what you do
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Corroboration
My Company Ltd https://mysite.com
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Context of links and mentions
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LEARNING
to
learn
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Answer Engine Optimisation
2 - Convince
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Convince Google
you are the most
credible solution
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Bounce
Click
Dwell
Search
Scroll
Watch
Pogo
User
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Links, Mentions, Buzz
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Inherited Credibility
You
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LEARNING
to
judge
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Answer Engine Optimisation
The Takeaway
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Jason Barnard

A Universal Strategy for Answer Engine Optimisation (beyond position 0)