Crazy to think that “15 percent of searches we [Google] see every day are new” as cited in https://blog.google/products/search/our-latest-quality-improvements-search
That’s 1 in 7 searches. If you apply the Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) where roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes, then there is serious work to do understanding the intent of these new words and effect on client leads, conversions, etc.
Action Point: Get to work analyzing new keywords!
We’re working harder and are fatigued. We are tired of searching using our keypad and with Amazon Echo and Google Home appliances accelerating the voice search market that is estimated to reach out 50% of all search traffic by 2020, no wonder I can draw comparisons between this poor old Easter Bunny asleep at 11am in Stanford Mall in Palo Alto as I walked along with my recently purchased Google Home device.
Like many of you, I have found the physical component of searching using my fingers and keypad increasingly laborious and arduous. The brain wants a faster way to search and retrieve results. My first few months of Google Home use has taken time to adjust to the voice phrases I use to get the results I want. It takes a longer time for all of us to verbalize what we are thinking than if we are typing. That said, Google Home voice understanding/ recognition is pretty much spot on. It understands everything I say !
