Create conversational content that answers common questions in 3 sentences or less. Optimize your site for speed, use HTTPS, and implement AMP, PWA, and schemas. Promote your actions and skills and measure their performance through analytics to further improve your voice search optimization.
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BENU AGGARWAL
Silicon Valley ● Chicago ● D.C. India | 2,000+ customers | 400+ Awards
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER, MILESTONE, INC
Digital Marketing Software and Services
CMS LOCAL SOCIAL REVIEWS INSIGHTS ANALYTICS DIGITALAGENCY
SEO,SEM,
CREATIVE
SERVICES
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WHEN DO PEOPLE USE VOICE SEARCH?
Driving
Doing another activity
WatchingTV
Working
Cooking
Exercising or walking
Showering or using the bathroom
With family or friends
Inbed
52.8%
21.3%
7.5%
7.4.8%
5.5%
2.6%
2.3%
0.4%
0.2%
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HOW DOES IT WORK? VOICE SEARCH
“What is the best hotel to stay at inChicago…”
“Where do I buy a chain saw?”
“Where is my nearestATM?”
“When does the NewYork MomaClose?”
Google Assistant Apple Siri Amazon Echo
Voice search implies
“singlerightanswer”
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SEARCH HAS CHANGED
TEXT
DRIVEN
2008 2019
VOICE
DRIVEN
KEYWORDS CONVERSATIONS
Noduplicate
content
Nospammy
contentorlinks
Prioritize great
content
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CONVERSATIONAL CONTENT AND MICRO-MOMENTS
DRIVEN BY VOICE SEARCH
Research Explore Learn Buy
I want to know I want to go I want to do I want to buy
“What banks offer
mortgage loans?”
“Where is the
nearest bank?”
“How do I apply for
a mortgage?”
“Where can I meet a
financial advisor?”
Which cars get the
best mileage?
Where can I test
drive cars near
me?
How do I get a car
loan?
Where can I buy a
car X?
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CREATE CONTENT FOR EVERY STAGE OF THE
JOURNEY
Transactional IntentNavigational IntentInformational Intent
Goal: Provide expertise
& a positive shopping
experience
Goal: Convince user to
make a purchase
Goal: Attract wider
users that are unfamiliar
with your brand
what, why, and how? “About business” “Buy, book, convert”
Informational Intent
80%
Navigational Intent 10%
Transactional Intent 10%
+ Local Intent
Guides
How-tos
Tools
FAQ
Store locations
Services
Press releases
Customer service info
Videos
Product information
Comparisons
Product stories
IWANTTO KNOW IWANTTO GO IWANTTO DO
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OPTIMIZE YOUR LANDING PAGE AND MOBILE CAMPAIGNS - “HOTEL
NEAR ME”
“NEARME
QUERIES”
“WHERE
QUERIES”
“NEAR
BUSINESS
NAME”
“THIS
WEEKEN
QUERIES”
“Hotels near me”
POSITION
6.7
POSITION
1.5
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HOW TO CREATE CONTENT FOR INFORMATIONAL?
Where is Playa
delCarmen5th
Avenueparking?
What arethebest
PlayadelCarmen5th
Avenue
restaurants?
?
Whatarethebest
PlayadelCarmen
5th Avenueclothing
stores?
Google Searches
MOZ Keyword Explorer
Ahrefs or Moz
keyword explorer
Insights
AnswerThePublic
UberSuggest
Keywordtool.io
Serpstat
Questions capture voice
and natural search queries
Answers are rich,
informative, and solve a
problem
Generates answer boxes
on SERP
KEYWORDTOOLS
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SEARCH ENGINE QUERY PROCESSING WHEN IT
COMES TO QUESTION ANSWER
STRUCTURED AND NONSTRUCTURED CONTENT
CONTENT WHICH CAN ANSWER SPEFICIF QUESTIONS
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FEATURED SNIPPET MUST HAVE
Extractstexttoanswersearcher’s
question
Contentanswersquickly&includes
relatedinfotosparkclickthrough
Authoritativeandexperiencedriven
contentyields higherCTR
Featuredsnippetneedsamixoffactors
togettothetopofGoogle
Google’ssweetspotis54to58words
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Home
Location Rooms
Overview
King Guest
Room
2 Double Bed
Guest Room
Services
Overview
Business
Traveler
Dining
Overview
Dining at
Seaport
In-Room
Dining
Area
Restaurants
Private
Dining
Meetings &
Events
Overview
Venues
Services
Planning
Things to Do
Overview
Shopping
Family Fun
Museums &
Culture
Sports
Business
Specials
Overview
E-Map Contact Events Photos
Business
Traveler
Reviews
CreateTopicalContent
on Home Page
PRIMARY
NAVIGATION
SECONDARY
NAVIGATION
KEY
LINK PAGE
CONTENT PAGE
SPECIALS
FORM PAGE
MAP PAGE
ROOM PAGE
BLOG PAGE
GALLERY PAGE
EVENTS PAGE
Each answer clicksinto
the related page to
buildout the complete
topicalintent
FAQ
FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ FAQ
SITE ARCHITECTURE & CONTENT - MOBILE AND
VOICE SEARCH
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TURNYOUR SITE INTOTHE RESOURCE. GAINTRUST. IMPROVE CONVERSION – DIGITALASSETS ALIGN WITHVOICE SEARCH
TRAVEL’S
INSIGHTS
STAFF
TIPS
MOBILE
EXPERIENCE
DIGITAL ASSESTS ALIGN WITH VOICE SEARCH -
OPTIMIZE FOR MOBILE AND VOICE
HOME
THINGSTO DO
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Date Range: Sept 1 – Sept 30 2018
PAID CONVERSION INCREASES FOR QUERIES
TARGETED FOR VOICE SEARCH
246
627
174
166
Interactions
Conversions
Interactions
Conversions
70.73% ConversionRate
$2.25 Cost/Conversion
26.48% ConversionRate
$4.31 Cost/Conversion
VOICE
SEARCH
CAMPAIGN
TRADITIONAL
CAMPAIGN
Higher conversion rate, lower cost/conversion
24X ROAS FOR VOICE SEARCH CAMPAIGNS. VOICE SEARCH CAMPAIGNS CONVERTED AS HIGH AS 80
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CP JACKSONVILLE
hotels near jacksonville cruise port
hotels near jacksonville cruise port with shuttle
hotels in jacksonville fl that offer shuttle to cruise airport
hotels in jacksonville fl with free cruise shuttle
jacksonville park and cruise hotel
jacksonville cruise port hotels
hotels near carnival cruise port jacksonville fl
park and cruise jacksonville hotels
hotels in jacksonville fl with cruise and park
hotels near cruise port in jacksonville florida
hotels close to jacksonville cruise port
jacksonville hotels with free curise shuttle
jacksonville hotels with shuttle to cruise port
hotels in jacksonville fl near carnival cruise port
hotels close to cruise terminal in jacksonville fl
hotels near cruise port in jacksonville fl
hotels near jacksonville port with free parking
VOICE SEARCH CAMPAIGN – CP JACKSONVILLE
User intent
Ad Landing page
experience
Campaign Type Interaction CTR Avg. CPC Conversions Conv. Rate Cost/Conv
Voice Search
Campaign
246 10.84% $1.59 174 70.73% $2.25
Normal branded
Campaign
627 11.04% $1.14 166 26.48% $4.31
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HOW TO IMPROVE PAGE SPEED
ENABLE
COMPRESSION
MINIFY
CODE
REDUCE
REDIRECTS
REMOVERENDER
BLOCKING CODE
LEVERAGE
BROWSERCACHING
IMPROVESERVER
RESPONSETIME
USE
ACDN
MOBILE
FIRST
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WHAT AND WHY CREATE ACTION AND SKILLS?
1. Separate index
2. Enable direct conversation between business and user
3. Target users by building actions
4. Enable categorical browsing in actions directory
5. Good for Brand presence
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ENTITY SEARCH - 17% IN LEAD ACTIVITY Q3 YOY FOR
MAJOR BANK BRANCH PAGES
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
Q1 - 2017 Q1 - 2018 Q2 - 2017 Q2 - 2018 Q3 - 2017 Q3 - 2018
Get Directions See Branch Details Email a Mortgage Loan Officer See All Hours See all holiday hours Thank a Banker
Deposit cut-off times Find a Mortgage Loan Officer Click to call Find an Advisor Make an Appointment View all banking professionals
17%
50% of all searches will be voice searches by 2020, per comScore. (Is it even a post about voice search if you don’t lead with this stat??)
2. About 30% of all searches will be done without a screen by 2020, per Gartner.
3. 12% of all households in the United States owned a smart speaker in 2017, per OC&C Strategy Consultants. That number is predicted to rise to 55% by 2022.
4. Voice search activity is exploding off the back of two key developments. Estimates put Amazon Echo sales north of 20m units, with Google Home sitting at around 7m, according to TechRadar.
Taking Slides from our examples
Especially important with Dillard’s partnership
This content can produce significant SEO benefits, increase user experience, and increase the brand reach if these content pieces are more visible, can easily be shared, and are connected to relevant areas on the website
Increasing visibility starts with the “The Jewelry information page”, which will be the content hub for How To & Tips, Guides, videos, and other services.
This hub provides a centralized location for content that is commonly searched for by users on JA’s site and on Google.
Objective:
Become go-to, authoritative resource on topics
Supplementary content hub
How To’s, Tips, Guides, and Informational Content
Content can be re-purposed across site
Content hub makes it easier for users to find content
Get Scarlet and see if I can get main questions
KW Tools:
MOZ Keyword Explorer
Insights
AnswerThePublic
UberSuggest
Keywordtool.io
Serpstat
CONVERSATIONAL CONTENT AND MICRO-MOMENTS DRIVEN BY VOICE SEARCH
In above both accounts, we are considering C2BE visits as Conversions (Unable to track revenue for CP Jacksonville because of Brand booking engine)
CTR= click-through rate
CPC= Cost per Click
Please add Mobile first
Be secure with https
Be Responsive
Be Quick –Site speed to capture micro moments
Be accessible/crawlability – XML sitemap must include all FAQ pages
Enable compression.
HTML, CSS, Javascript files over 150 bytes should use file compression (like gzip)
Minify Code
Remove the bloat (spaces, commas, unncessary code/characters)
Reduce Redirects
Each time a page redirects to another page, your visitor faces additional loading time thanks to http request reponse cycle
Remove render blocking code
Browsers have to build DOM trees before rendering the page, if a browser encounters a script during that process, it has to stop what it's doing and execute it before continuing.
Leverage browser caching
Browsers cache information – set an expiration date for your cache (usually a year unless your site changes frequently)
Use "cache-control" and "ETag" in the .htaccess file
"cache-control" sets how long an individual response can be cached by the browser
ETAG provides the revalidation token sent to the browser to see if the resource has changed since last time the browser visited
Improve server resonse time
MUST be under 200ms
Use a CDN
Mostly for international SEO and page speed
Set up multiple edge point servers
Set up
Invocations
Build Actions using Dialog Flow
Set up Intent and Training phrases
Test
Release
Analytics