Search Engine Optimization All-in-One For Dummies, 4th Edition
by Bruce Clay, Kristopher B. Jones
Chapter 3
Recognizing and Reading Search Results
IN THIS CHAPTER
Reading the search engine results page
Understanding the search results page and why rank position matters
Identifying how mobile users search
Discovering the effects of blended search
Understanding the effect of Google’s Knowledge Graph
Discovering the impact of semantic search and Hummingbird
In Chapter 2 of this minibook, we discuss organic versus paid results: organic results being the listings that are ranked by perceived merit by a search engine, and paid results (also called sponsored results or sponsored links) being purchased ads that appear along with the organic results. In this chapter, you discover what the rest of the results page means and find out about what gets the most attention on a search page, how search results appear for mobile searchers, and how search engines are adapting to the rising use of ...
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