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'Hey Alexa, will voice search change the future of SEO?’. It sure as hell will!'

A few years ago, a mystical thing named voice search entered our world. Its future was still unsure, the abilities limited. Today, it fills us with delight to see that what once was a mystical thing, still exists and has broadened its abilities and popularity. Siri and Alexa aren’t strangers anymore and even Google joined in with Google Now. This of course changes the way we browse. It’s doubtful one would tell Google Now to look for: ‘hotels Italy cheap’. Instead, we will tell it: ‘Look for cheap hotels in Italy’. Do you see that? We use natural speeches when seeking information with voice search. That is one of the reasons why voice search will change our SEO strategies. Keep on reading if you want to keep up with these changes!

Over the last couple of years, there has been an explosion of different solutions and tools to help a marketeer in their day-to-day job. When it comes to Conversion Rate Optimization tactics like A/B testing and personalization, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. However at The Reference we believe that it’s essential to select the right analytics and optimization tools for your organization.

If you’ve been in marketing for a very long time, you can fill a book with how the marketing sector changed because of the internet. Not so long ago, money was spent on billboards, television commercials and all kinds of other ways to present your brand to potential customers. Estimating the impact of each of these billboards and TV commercials required some statistical modeling and even those come with confidence intervals.

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Sitecore Analytics is more than the reports you can consolidate in the Experience Analytics module.
The power of Sitecore Analytics can primarily be found in its integration with the complete Sitecore Experience Platform. A solid Sitecore Analytics configuration is key to fully benefit from all the features in Sitecore such as profiling, personalization, path analyzer, A/B testing etc.

Every second, Google processes about 40,000 search queries worldwide. Most are irrelevant to brands and are downright weird. However, a part does relate to certain ranges of products and to specific brands.

Potential customers are out there articulating exactly what they want. All that’s left to do is to listen and to provide them with relevant answers and options.

AdWords, and by extension other SEA platforms too, is a very interesting acquisition channel that is often included in the marketing mix, as it allows you to directly respond to surfers’ queries. Developing a high-performance SEA campaign is time-consuming work. Time is money – and the time your customers give you to do this needs to be used as efficiently as possible.