News about Google’s Hummingbird algorithm update has created a lot of excitement online, and eager content marketers are already working hard to adjust their plans for this latest change. As with any Google algorithm update, Hummingbird has introduced several changes that have marketers questioning whether their content marketing strategies will be impacted.
Below is an infographic with more information on Hummingbird’s significance today.
Just as Matt Cutts has been explaining all along, websites with the best content will always prevail. Hummingbird takes that idea and adds the importance of mobile users in creating good, helpful content. When creating helpful media, it’s important to understand how many mobile users visit your website and what brings them there in the first place.
Developing a content strategy that caters to the needs of mobile users will have a much greater impact for the relevance of your website. Furthermore, in order to remain relevant for the future, content marketers must consider Hummingbird a harbinger of technological developments like the addition of Google Glass and voice search. Both pieces of technology will continue to have a significant impact on content marketing as Google is clearly prioritizing them for the future. With this latest algorithm update, Google is showing us a glimpse of what the future may look like for content marketers.