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Why Now, More Than Ever, SEO Is Not Just About Google



SEO is not just about Google! Yes, that’s right, I genuinely mean this and I’m going to stick to my word.

It’s common practice for SEOs to invest all their time and energies into just one search engine, but this is a limited approach. The truth is that SEOs need to investigate other strategies for generating traffic which don’t rely purely on Google. And to underline this point, I’m going to take a quick look at the current landscape and prove why this is an essential step for SEOs to take.

In mid-February, after a few months of in-depth testing, Google finally released details on the 4 paid ads on top. And there’s one particularly keen insight that SEO has uncovered that you need to pay attention to.





With 4 paid ads on top, Google is setting itself up in the enviable position of being able to control 80% of the results above the fold. This scenario raises many questions, but the most intriguing one concerns the effect it will have on the organic results CTR.







The growth marketing opportunity
It should be becoming clear to you now that your SEO needs to concentrate on more than just Google’s complex algorithms. SEO needs to take time to delve into the exciting world of guerrilla marketing and help to drive the growth marketing tactics of your client/company.

One of the most sweeping changes to SEO in recent years has been the scorched earth policy of social media traffic. What exactly do Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have in common? That’s right, they’re driving huge amounts of traffic that’s out of Google’s reach.

The top 5 biggest social networks by outgoing traffic:






I’m not being speculative when I say Facebook is the leading social media network for outgoing traffic. It’s a cold, hard fact. As you can see, according to SimilarWeb  traffic stats, in January 2016 Facebook sent more than 3.5 billion desktop visits to other websites. That’s just over 1.5 billion more desktop visits than Twitter.

However, it would be a little foolish to simply renounce Google and put all your eggs in the social media basket. There are still plenty of other websites you should be looking to portion your SEO efforts out on.

Twitch.tv is the number one referral site in the world and manages to deliver 385 million outgoing desktop visits. Even the fifth most popular, BuzzFeed, still generates a mammoth 50 million outgoing visits, and HackerNews closes the list with almost 20 miillion outgoing visits in January 2016.
Final thoughts

I’ve shown how times are changing in SEO, and all the clues point towards social media becoming the new Google. This, of course, could easily be misconstrued as repeating the SEO/Google mistake of neglecting diversification. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Instead, it underlines the need to choose your tactics carefully on the SEO battleground and attack a number of different traffic sources.If you’ve got any questions, or want to discuss how you’re tackling the evolution of SEO, then I’d love to hear about it in the comments below...



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