Jason Barnard: Conversations with Google's Knowledge Graph
Dec 21, 2023
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Jason Barnard, SEO expert, discusses crafting content strategies and messaging architectures for better ranking. Topics include exploring Google's Knowledge Graph, understanding voice and tone in writing, leveraging feedback loops in digital marketing, and focusing on user and brand SERP stability.
Search engine optimization has evolved into a conversation, where content strategies and messaging architectures need to align with Google's Knowledge Graph.
Structured and consistent content is crucial for building Google's confidence in a brand's messaging and maintaining relevance to user needs.
Deep dives
Understanding the Evolution of Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization (SEO) has evolved from a guessing game to a conversation between brands, messaging and content teams, and Google's Knowledge Graph and Search Engine. This evolution has been driven by practitioners like Jason Barnard, founder and CEO of CaliCube, who have deep expertise in content strategies and messaging architectures. By understanding Google's knowledge graph and its reliance on curated databases like Wikipedia and IMDB, marketers can tailor their content to better communicate their intended brand messaging.
The Role of Google's Knowledge Graph in Content Strategy
The creation of Google's Knowledge Graph in 2013 has offered valuable insights for content strategists. By growing up alongside the Knowledge Graph and witnessing its evolution, experts like Jason Barnard have gained insights into the data sets and human-curated databases that inform Google's understanding of the world. However, challenges arise when Google's understanding is based on outdated or incomplete information, such as incorrect labeling of individuals as musicians or cartoon characters. Marketers must work to educate Google and present a consistent brand narrative that aligns with their content strategy.
The Feedback Loop between Google and Content Strategy
The relationship between Google's algorithms and content strategy involves a feedback loop. Content creators can educate Google about their brand by strategically placing their content where their target audience is looking. This educates Google on the brand's offerings, target audience, and solutions. As Google merges this information with its understanding of the world, it reflects in the search results for the brand's name. Through this iterative process, content creators refine their digital marketing strategies to align with Google's perception of their brand and better fulfill user needs.
The Importance of Structured and Consistent Content
Structured and consistent content plays a critical role in building Google's confidence and understanding of a brand's messaging. By structuring content and maintaining a consistent brand voice, marketers can reassure Google that their content is reliable and relevant to user needs. However, challenges arise in maintaining consistency across various channels and over time. Tracking Google's perception of a brand through the brand SERP and analyzing results from competitors can help identify gaps and inconsistencies in branding, allowing marketers to refine and optimize their content strategy.
Like many digital practices, search engine optimization is becoming more conversational.
Not long ago, SEOs had to make their best educated guesses about what was working to get their websites to rank better. Now, by focusing on both feeding information to and gleaning feedback from Google's knowledge graph, Jason Barnard helps companies craft content strategies and messaging architectures that keep their brand prominent in Google's search results.
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