The impending release of Windows 10 is surrounded by rumors and, for Microsoft supporters, high hopes. More will be learned about the new OS at an event on January 21, but for now, it’s thought that Windows 10 will cater as much to enterprise PC customers as it will to personal users.
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You’ve probably run into it dozens of times: you click on an interesting article headline only to be taken to content that doesn’t exactly fulfill the headline’s promise. Sites that have been labeled as click-bait farms, such as BuzzFeed and Upworthy, are often accused of this.
Even if you’re not familiar with the term “knowledge graph,” you’ve probably had experience with Google’s Knowledge Graph technology. Whenever detailed information about your search pops up directly on the search engine results page, that’s the Knowledge Graph at work. For example, a Google search for “Benjamin Franklin” returns birth and death dates, works written, images and much more in a box placed prominently on Google’s results page.
If your business considers 13- to 17-year-olds its target audience, chances are good that you’re already using social media in your marketing campaigns. Facebook is undoubtedly the king right now, but several reports have shown its teen demographic slipping. For example, a Piper Jaffray report from this October showed that Facebook popularity among teens has absolutely plummeted this year.
Year-end lists of the top searches provide a snapshot of what people look for on the internet and how they use search engines. Such lists also provide an overview of the topics, events, issues and people that were most culturally relevant that year. For marketers, the top searches don’t necessarily represent keywords to be focused on; instead, they help keep SEOs informed about search trends, audience tendencies and where – or where not – to be focusing their efforts.