Paradigm Shifts:
Can SEO Survive Google?
Dr. Pete Meyers • Marketing Scientist • Moz
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Patented Sharkano Scale*
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Attack of The Ads
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Local Pack ads are
live on mobile and
appear to be in
testing on desktop.
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Risk Factor: 2 Sharkanoes
It Just Got Personal
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Google Assistant
may open up new
avenues for
personalization.
For example, search
history appears to
be more persistent.
Google Now uses
personalization to
do away with
queries entirely.
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Risk Factor: 2 Sharkanoes
Rise of The Machines
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“What are ranking factors?”
?
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“What are ranking factors?”
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“What are ranking factors?”
(+) Contains search phrase
(+) Links from trusted sites
(-) Abuses/stuffs keywords
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“What are ranking factors?”
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Risk Factor: 2 Sharkanoes
The Voice of Doom
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OK, Google:
Can fish live in
volcanoes?
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On the website
Gizmodo.com,
they say...
Last week,
scientists spotted
sharks living in a
volcano.
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OK, Google:
Where did my
links go?
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Sorry, I’m not
sure how to help
with that.
Interestingly,
Google Home does
send a link to your
mobile app.
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When voice makes
more sense, you can
send data back to
Google Home.
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When I saw the
fin emerge from
the magma, I
finally knew the
sharkano…
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OK, Google:
Who is this?
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That voice is Dr.
Martin Brody,
host of TLC’s
Sharkano: It Was
Probably Aliens
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OK, Google:
Is that series
available
online?
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Yes, that series
is currently on
Netflix. I’ve
saved it for you
as SHARKS-1.
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OK, Google:
Play saved
series SHARK-1
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Martin Brody is
a former police
chief, shark
hostage & author
of 73 books…
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OK, Google:
Find books by
Martin Brody
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I’ve sent the
results of your
search to your
smartphone.
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OK, Google:
Sort results by
publication
date.
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OK, Google:
Buy “Abduction:
My Drunken
Tale of Shark-
Alien Survival”
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I’ve ordered that
title and am
downloading it
to your tablet.
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OK, Google:
Read my book.
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Risk Factor: 3 Sharkanoes
Content Wars: Cached
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AMP results are
your entire web
page hosted on
Google’s servers.
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Risk Factor: 3 Sharkanoes
Content Wars: Curated
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Data feeds alone
can be used to drive
immersive content
experiences.
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Risk Factor: 3 Sharkanoes
Content Wars: Created
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Content features are
built for mobile and
dominate mobile
screen real estate.
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Google recently
launched tabbed
content for movies
and books.
This goes beyond
curation to create a
self-contained
content experience.
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OK, Google:
I need a recipe
for chili.
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Ok, I’ve got a
recipe called
“Award Winning
Chili Con Carne”
from All Recipes.
Does that sound
good?
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Risk Factor: 4 Sharkanoes
The ‘Shrooms, Man!
Is Google trying to
poison us? I’ll leave
it to you to decide.
(h/t @danmozgai)
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“The Fly Agaric, Amanita
muscaria, is a hallucinogen and
must be considered poisonous.”
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Risk Factor: 5 Sharkanoes
Are You Prepared?
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Keep your eyes open.
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Features occupy
even more space on
mobile and can be
totally different.
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OK, Google:
How to do
search engine
optimization?
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Sorry, I’m not
sure how to help
with that yet.
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Pick your battles.
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Give your data away?
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When you give your
data away, think
beyond the short-
term benefits.
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Maybe don’t eat these.
Paradigm Shifts: Can SEO Survive Google?

Paradigm Shifts: Can SEO Survive Google?