Nichola Stott - Manchester SEO MiniConference
- 1. The Business of Search An Insider Perspective on the Search Engine Business and How This Shapes Our Approach
- 2. Disclaimer All figures shown with source credits are drawn from publicly available sources. All non-credited data is assumed, based on similar published sources and managed client data, and is purely for illustrative purposes only. @NicholaStott
- 3. Were Going To Cover... Why Me? Search Business Metrics Which Metrics Matter Most? Coverage CPC CTR The Page One Objective @NicholaStott
- 4. About Nichola Founded theMediaFlow 2009 Yahoo! UK head of search partners Insight to global search metrics Managed Guardian, ITV, Orange, EU domain, EU arbitrage etc Traffic Quality and Pricing Discounts rep @NicholaStott
- 5. The Business of Search Search Business Metrics
- 6. Search Business Metrics Searches Coverage CPC CTR @NicholaStott
- 8. Search Business Metrics S x Cov x CPC x CTR = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ @NicholaStott 1000 = RPM
- 9. Search Business Metrics 1M x 85% x 0.18 x 15% = 贈22,950 /RPM - 贈22.95 If this figure were exact... Google Sites Accounts for Two-Thirds of 131 Billion Searches Conducted Worldwide in December Comscore Global Search Market Growth Report 2009 @NicholaStott
- 10. Search Business Metrics UK December 2009 = 6,245,000,000* Google share = 90% /1000 = 5,620,500 x RPM (贈22.95) = 贈128,990,475 * Comscore Global Search Market Growth Report 2009 @NicholaStott
- 11. Search Business Metrics @NicholaStott GBP to USD 31 day average December 09 1.62388 www.oanda.com = $209,465,052.54 Google Q4 Earnings 2009
- 12. Search Business Metrics @NicholaStott October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 $281,267,473.73 $281,267,473.73 $209,465,052.54
- 13. Search Business Metrics @NicholaStott Which metrics matter most? Which do search engines want to grow?
- 14. The Business of Search Which Metrics Matter Most?
- 15. Coverage Coverage? Imagine a 6% increase... 1M x 90% x 0.18 x 15% = 贈24,300 RPM = 贈24.30 Would it happen like this?... @NicholaStott
- 17. Coverage @NicholaStott Additional 6% of covered terms @ 0.05p 1M x 90% x 0.1722 x 15% = 贈23,247 RPM = 贈23.24 Would it happen like this?...
- 18. Coverage @NicholaStott Additional 6% of covered terms @ 1% CTR 1M x 90% x 0.1722p x 14.01% = 贈21,712.70 RPM = 贈21.71 Worse than when we started at 贈22.95!
- 19. The Business of Search Which Metric Matter Most? CPC?
- 20. CPC CPC? Imagine a 6% increase... 1M x 85% x 0.1908 x 15% = 贈24,327 RPM = 贈24.33 Would it happen like this?... @NicholaStott
- 21. CPC CPC controlled by... Macro-economic factors Smart Pricing @NicholaStott
- 23. CPC CPC up 6%, CTR down 1% 1M x 85% x 0.1908 x 14% = 贈22,705.20 RPM = 贈22.70 Back to square one... @NicholaStott
- 24. The Business of Search Which Metrics Matter Most? CTR?
- 26. CTR How can we improve CTR without compromising UX/SX? Improve match technologies Reduce search abandonment rate Improve total result relevance Shift the distribution of all CTR activity to P1 @NicholaStott
- 27. The Business of Search The Page One Objective
- 28. The Page One Objective 1M x 85% x 0.225p x 15.5% = 贈29,643.75 RPM = 贈29.64 @NicholaStott
- 29. The Page One Objective @NicholaStott New SERP with greater universal content focus Mayday, Mayday! Yes it has effected the long tail, on poorer quality sites Yes it is a quality win Yes it passed all the tests (@54 secs) Google Instant - more impressions, more relevant, more 1st page action
- 30. The Business of Search Final Point Just for Fun...
- 31. Google Q4 UK Revenue 2010 UK Searches 6,245BN (35% YoY on 2008) Up 25% YoY = 7806BN Google 90% = 7025BN @RPM 贈29.64 = 贈208,221,000 GBP USD 30 day average (Sept) = 1.55576 $323,941,902.96 October, November up 25.5% on December ($406,547,088.21) = $1,137,036,079.38 @NicholaStott