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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Cision

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. Google frequently changes its algorithms, and several minor updates are rolled out each year, which make their presence felt without any prior announcement. Google Fred Update. Image Source: [link].

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Huffington Goes Viral with Data Science – You can Too

Flack's Revenge

Their efforts have propelled merely popular stories into through-the-roof viral successes. Geetu Ambwani, Principal Data Scientist at Huffington Post, recalled the days when their editors monitored searches trending on Google to inform content creation and curation. Project Fortune Teller: Data Predict Viral Success.

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How Digital PR Pros Can Cope with Recent Google Search Updates

Beyond PR

The 2016 Edelman Trust Barometer states that out of all the people they surveyed, over 60% trust Google rather than news outlets. Google frequently changes its algorithms, and several minor updates are rolled out each year, which make their presence felt without any prior announcement. Google Fred Update. Image Source: [link].

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Why Social Shares Are Key to Pitching Media

Cision

When I write about something related to visibility, free publicity, or social media, it’s because I’ve done it. Check out Google Trends and see what people are talking about online. If you have expertise on a hot topic, pitch that story to the media and mention how it is trending on Google.

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Tips for Working with Millennial Media Outlets

Business Wire

Business Insider ’s Tanza Loudenback said that modern media outlets are less structured which gives reporters more flexibility for writing stories that readers want. If we don’t want to write it, no one’s going to want to read it,” Loudenback said. Organic shares are really what make a story go viral.

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Ahead of the Academy Awards, Marketing Wisdom From the ‘Barbie’ Blockbuster

PRSay

Highlights for future campaign ideation include: Tech publications covered strategic partnerships with Roku and Google and the brand’s data strategies. This was accomplished with intentional and intangible shareable content — like taglines and movie posters — that went viral and became popular memes: The tagline, “She’s everything.

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Why it’s Important to Monitor Trending Topics

Critical Mention

Two great ways to know what’s trending is through Google and social media trends. Each platform has its own trending section: Google Trends. Once you identify a trend that is going viral, you want to ensure you consider the following before you create your marketing strategy: 1) Why is the topic going viral?

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