{"id":38781,"date":"2015-11-03T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/blog\/?p=38781"},"modified":"2015-11-03T09:27:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:27:52","slug":"mobile-best-takeaways-for-marketers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/blog\/mobile-best-takeaways-for-marketers\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest on Mobile: Essential Takeaways for Marketers from SMX East & Pubcon"},"content":{"rendered":"
It’s becoming clear that mobile friendliness is more<\/em> than a responsive website that gets a passing grade on the Mobile-Friendly Test.<\/p>\n The concept of mobile friendliness covers increasingly advanced digital media territory:<\/p>\n At the two biggest search-industry conferences this fall, SMX East in New York and Pubcon Las Vegas, search engine reps and renowned speakers covered the full range of Internet marketing topics, especially mobile issues \u2014 everything from Google’s mobile-focused features to app indexing to mobile ads. We published 46 sessions and keynotes<\/a> from these conferences on the BCI blog. Here I’ve distilled most important news and advice that was shared related to mobile.<\/p>\n App usage is growing, and Google is serving app content in search results. In the SMX session \u201cBeyond the Web: Why App Deep Linking Is the Next Big Thing<\/a>,\u201d Webmaster Trends Analyst Mariya Moeva explained that Google currently supports deep app links for signed in and<\/em> signed out users on Android. In other words, when people do a search on an Android smartphone or iPhone, they can see an install button for an app in the results.\u00a0Read the developer documentation for Android app deep link indexing<\/a> and the just-released developer details for indexing iOS app deep links<\/a>.<\/p>\n Developers should implement app deep linking and get their apps indexed<\/strong> so they\u2019ll show up in Google-powered searches. Session co-speaker Emily Grossman called app deep linking \u201cthe next big thing\u201d and gave a list of in-depth recommendations and resource links to help people go from an app store model to a search engine model. See the liveblog<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n Some tips for implementing app deep linking:<\/p>\n Note for SEOs: In a recent Google Office-Hours Hangout<\/a> focused on app indexing, Google reps Mariya Moeva and John Mueller clarified that there\u2019s no concern over duplicate content<\/strong> if you have an app or a mobile site delivering similar content as your website; the search engine can tell the difference.<\/p>\n Advertisers need a mobile strategy. In \u201cSocial and Mobile PR Secrets<\/a>\u201d at Pubcon, Lisa Buyer said that social advertising is predicted to grow to $35.98 billion by 2017. While the audience is there, you’re not alone if you’re finding conversions are much lower from mobile traffic. If that’s the case, the problem is likely you<\/em>, not the users.<\/p>\n Mobile visitors have their own unique needs and motivations. To capture their attention, it\u2019s crucial to understand the mobile audience and do mobile persona research.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n Mobile customers fall into four basic categories, according to Aaron Levy in the SMX session \u201cWinning at Mobile PPC<\/a>\u201d:<\/p>\n For each type of audience, Levy recommended ways to tailor mobile ads. Also in this session, co-presenter Amy Bishop explained how to effectively target local searchers by their location, and John Busby showed how to use Google\u2019s PPC ad formats that support phone calls, enhanced campaigns and call-only campaigns.<\/p>\n Along with Google\u2019s mobile-friendly advertising options described above, some paid search-focused sessions looked at the unique challenges of mobile advertising, including the trouble with social media referrer data.<\/p>\n In the Pubcon session \u201cSocial Media in a Mobile World<\/a>,\u201d social media managers Cynthia Johnson and Kendall Bird presented many tips for social media marketers. Though ROI from social media is difficult to assess, social media efforts can be tracked using a combination of Google Analytics (such as the Social report under Acquisition) and the data that each network natively provides. Build a dashboard that monitors whatever KPIs are important to your business, which differ between social media platforms, and you\u2019ll have a way to showcase economic value to stakeholders.<\/p>\n Be aware, however, of dark social media<\/em>, which refers to the sizable chunk of direct traffic that you can\u2019t track in analytics (for example, users clicking a link from Instagram). Speakers Johnson and Bird recommended URL building as the best way to recapture those hidden (dark) metrics.<\/p>\n Google AdSense<\/strong> came into the spotlight when two Googlers (Richard Zippel and John Brown) hosted a Q&A style Pubcon keynote<\/a>. Takeaways for advertisers were:<\/p>\n If you do nothing else, forget about mobile being a subset of the Internet. With mobile searches exceeding desktop searches, Google now focuses exclusively on mobile<\/strong> \u2014 that\u2019s what Google Webmaster Trends Analyst Gary Illyes reported in the \u201cGetting Mobile Friendly to Survive the Next Mobilegeddon<\/a>\u201d session at SMX East.<\/p>\n Here are three ways Illyes advised webmasters to stay mobile-friendly (watch video<\/a>):<\/p>\n SEOs and webmasters should follow suit by making mobile their primary framework for thinking of online visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s becoming clear that mobile friendliness is more than a responsive website that gets a passing grade on the Mobile-Friendly Test.<\/p>\n The concept of mobile friendliness covers increasingly advanced digital media territory:<\/p>\n At the two biggest search-industry conferences this fall, SMX East in New York and Pubcon Las Vegas, search engine reps and renowned speakers covered the full range of Internet marketing topics, especially mobile issues \u2014 everything from Google’s mobile-focused features to app indexing to mobile ads. We published 46 sessions and keynotes from these conferences on the BCI blog. Here we distill the most important news and advice related to mobile<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":38813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1207,104,1235,1230],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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