Google Instant

The latest update from Google attempting to literally read your mind! Wow!

On Sept 8, 2010, Google introduced Google Instant, a change to make search fast and interactive by showing you results instantly as you type.

This of course presented a challenge to Google developers and poses many new questions to professional SEO companies. Previously, results were returned after you selected the “search” button. Now, as long as your connection speed is sufficient, Google Instant will refresh the results panes AS YOU TYPE and before you complete each term.

Click this link for the full article on Google Instant.

We have not seen any significant changes in our overall client rankings due to this and we do not expect to based on the key word targeting that we do for you. However what we are looking out for is whether users will stop typing before they reach your originally intended search term phrase.

Our current opinion is that the final results will largely depend on the user. If a user is a proficient typist then they are already typing faster than (or as fast as) the results pane is likely to refresh. If however, the user is a pick and peck two-finger typist (of the slow variety), then they may very likely see results they like before typing out their full search phrase.  We’ll see how this goes and whether it will make any significant difference in our approach to keeping you ranked highly in the search results.

Google Instant Features:

• Dynamic Results – Google dynamically displays relevant search results as you type so you can quickly interact and click through to the web content you need.
• Predictions – One of the key technologies in Google Instant is that we predict the rest of your query (in light gray text) before you finish typing. See what you need? Stop typing, look down and find what you’re looking for.
• Scroll to search – Scroll through predictions and see results instantly for each as you arrow down.

Thanks for reading and we hope you enjoy our updates.

Google Instant… a whole new world of search.

- Johnny Vargas

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Google Caffeine Announced

In a recent announcement Google made public its new search index, Google Caffeine. Click the image below for the full story.  As a professional marketer, my interest is in keeping up with changes like this in order to ensure that activity on my client accounts is kept up to date. 

In my personal opinion Google Caffeine is a welcomed update.

So, bottom line what does this mean? As a quick summary it means that with Google Caffeine, users will receive the freshest, most relevant content available on the web. One of my techniques for keeping client sites well ranked is to keep their content fresh. So, from my perspective this change is a great change and keeps my clients ahead of the competition.  As each day passes, Google is making it clear that new, fresh, relevant, dynamic sites are what will rank well in their overall search results and Google Caffeine is a bold confirmation of that idea. One prime example of dynamic sites are social media sites where content is updated literally on a second by second basis.

Google Caffeine

If you are not maintaining a dynamic website with changing content, user updates, posted feedback and comments, etc… well you might want to start packing your office up because your competitors that keep up with changes in the search engines like those in Google Caffeine will quickly outrank you even if you’ve enjoyed riding page 1 now for sometime. 

Google Caffeine is changing the site ranking game.

Read the full Google Caffeine article by clicking the image above, it’s pretty fascinating to hear these updates as they are released!

To your online success!
- Johnny Vargas

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SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and as the name suggests, it is the process of improving a web site’s standing in search engines by “optimizing” the website. However, traditional SEO methods are quickly dying and unless you understand why, your business may suffer in 2010 and beyond.

The Death of Traditional SEO

The idea of course is that the more optimized a site is, the higher it ranks in search engines and therefore receives more traffic. Optimizing a site includes modifying the site’s content as well as its design so that it not only maintains its keyword relevance, but also is able to be indexed easily by the various search engines.

Search engines use many different methods and algorithms in an attempt to ensure that search results are relevant. This of course is done to filter out unrelated listings and return desired search results to end users. However, this creates major problems for the search engines and creates a steady stream of work and constant changes in the algorithms used. The internet is constantly evolving and therefore what is considered “relevant” also changes as end-user habits change.

In December 2009, Google published several posts on its official blog which describe major changes with how Google will now display search results. These stories included “Personalized Search for everyone” (12/04/09) and “Relevance meets the real-time web” (12/07/09).

In “Personalized Search…” Google highlights the fact that when you search using Google, they will attempt to provide you relevant results based on you as an individual and your search history “based upon 180 days of search activity linked to an anonymous cookie in your browser.”  This is different than in the past when personalized search was limited to users logged into their Google account.

In “Relevance…” Google highlights that they will begin using “a dynamic stream of real-time content from across the web.”  The idea is that Google will search live updates from popular sites across the web.  If the search finds relevant information, those sites will be ranked highly in your search results. In other words, what users make popular, Google will consider relevant.

Why is this a problem for traditional SEO consultants? Because SEO consultants typically spend a considerable amount of time attempting to improve a site’s SEO score by “optimizing” the individual website. They’ve proven themselves in the past based on this type of work and they’ve gained the trust of many clients along the way. These clients have been trained to accept that this work takes months or even years to complete. Sadly, this approach alone will not work in 2010 and beyond in order to maintain high relevance within Google and other search engines.

As people flock toward social media sites, the search engines also recognize that the fresh content people talk about online has relevance and may very well be what others are hoping to find in their search results. Traditional SEO practices do not consider this shift in how search engines function.

If you want to expand your internet marketing and improve your search engine ranking, it is important that you understand what search engines consider and how you can maximize your marketing investment.  If you have content that is relevant to the keywords being used by end-users, it may be more important for you to place your content into these social media streams than to solely work on website optimization. Doing so will increase your chances that the search engines are able to make the connection between what end-users want and those sites that offer related and relevant content.

To your success!

Johnny Vargas

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At BrightVision.US , we are an internet marketing firm making waves and helping individuals and businesses rank highly in popular search engines such as Google.

Helping our clients attain and maintain Search Engine Dominance is our mission.

SEO Meets Web 2.0

Internet entrepreneur, Johnny Vargas is now marketing his SEO and Web 2.0 marketing expertise world-wide via BrightVision.US.  A Texas native, he has been using SEO and Web 2.0 marketing strategies for many years while promoting his own products and services as well as those of others as an affiliate marketer.

A unique blend of traditional SEO strategies with a modern use of Web 2.0 technologies, Mr. Vargas has created a unique and interesting offering which unlike traditional SEO firms, focuses not only on the client’s web site itself, but also on the internet buzz around the products and services being promoted.

Of course everyone in this industry starts with the saying, “We’re different because…”    So, here’s mine: We truly are unique in the fact that our mission is not solely focused on improving the client’s web site SEO score, but more specifically on helping our clients gain the necessary “popularity buzz” which is essential for getting noticed, gaining more traffic, and selling more products and services online.         - J. Vargas

Contact us today and initiate a no-obligation, no-commitment Request For Proposal. We’ll evaluate your information, send you a proposal, and invite you to accept our offer.  Our process is straight forward and our commitment is clear: We guarantee visibility on Page 1 of Google search results for your specific keywords and phrases.

Thank you for considering our services and welcome to a new generation in online marketing. Our success is tied to your success and we are here to serve you!

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