Life After (Not Provided) - SAScon 2013

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Slides from my talk at SAScon in June 2013 about how to cope with the growth of (not provided) keyword data.

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Life after (not provided) #SAScon Barry Adams Pierce Communications

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Barry Adams

Digital Director at multi award winning creative agency

Pierce Communications in Belfast

Dutch (yes, really)

SEO polemicist

Twitter maniac (@badams)

Editor for award-winning blog State of Search

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Imagine a world without keyword data…

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Oh noes!

#firstworldSEOproblems

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But wait…

What do we actually use all that keyword data for?

Website traffic analysis?

Conversion attribution?

SEO reporting?

Brand sentiment?

Keyword research?

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Website traffic analysis

Nothing’s changed, really.

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Conversion Attribution

Google Analytics Multi-Channel Funnel reports Landing page report, sales funnel analysis

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SEO Reporting

GA/GWT SEO reports, GA search visibility metrics Searchmetrics, rank tracking

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Brand Sentiment Monitoring

Google Alerts, social media monitoring tools

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Keyword Research

Google Trends, Searchmetrics, Google AdWords + Keyword Tool, ….

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So what’s the fuss?

• From now until eternity, (not provided) is only going to grow;

Accept it and move on.

• Diversify your data sources.

• Look beyond the obvious metrics.

• Become agile in your reporting.

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