Visual Search is the ugly duckling of Search Marketing: no one seems to pay too much attention to it … and this is terribly wrong.
In fact, Google, Bing, Pinterest, eBay, Amazon, and more and more brands have started offering Visual Search as an alternative for discovering and buying all kinds of things on the Internet.
In his talk, Gianluca will present the latest advancements in Visual Search: from the increasing monetization of Google Images and, soon, Google Lens to how Voice and Visual Search can become a killer combo for experienced SEOs and how we can use the already numerous visual search APIs to create our branded web applications the opportunities that Visual Search in Augmented Reality can offer to create 10X content.
34. Experiments Movie Colors JediCustomized
@gfiorelli1 #theinbounder
MEANING > QUERY CONTEXT > VISIBILITY
New Chrome 69 layout
Colors
35. (which is great for KW/Topic Research)
Lightsaber
luke skywalker
anakin skywalker
real life
galen marek
star wars
a new hope
kylo ren
green
blue
red
jedi knight
sith
obi wan kenobi
mace windu
qui gon jinn
black
purple
yellow
white
colored
pink
gold
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UP TO 107
SUGGESTED TAGS
jedi knight
star wars
anakin skywalker
obi wan kenobi
mace windu
a new hope
the force awakens
luke skywalker's
force fx
purple
green
black
white
light blue
grey
black series
second
return the jedi
old
esb
lightsaber hilt
last jedi
building lightsaber
graflex
replica
…
UP TO 74
SUGGESTED TAGS
wars jedi
anakin skywalker
qui gon
force fx
star wars
gon jinn
unleashed
last jedi
wallpaper
56. Image Recognition Optimization Checklist
üClassic Image SEO is still (hugely) relevant
üHaving your images used and credited (aka: LINKS)
57. Image Recognition Optimization Checklist
üClassic Image SEO is still (hugely) relevant
üHaving your images used and credited (aka: links)
üHigh Quality Images/Photos
58. Image Recognition Optimization Checklist
üClassic Image SEO is still (hugely) relevant
üHaving your images used and credited (aka: links)
üHigh Quality Images/Photos
üUse good image compression software for WPO
• Optimizilla
• JPEGmini
• Kraken.io
• TinyPNG
59. Remember!
Quality is not enemy of Speed
READ THE IMAGE
OPTIMIZATION GUIDE
BY KRISTINE SCHACHINGER
https://itseo.org/IMGOPTIM
60. Image Recognition Optimization Checklist
üClassic Image SEO is still (hugely) relevant
üHaving your images used and credited (aka: links)
üHigh Quality Images/Photos
üUse good image compression software for WPO
• Optimizilla
• JPEGmini
• Kraken.io
• TinyPNG
ü Respect of 16:9 – 4:3 ratio for optimal cropping
61. Image Recognition Optimization Checklist
üClassic Image SEO is still (hugely) relevant
üHaving your images used and credited (aka: links)
üHigh Quality Images/Photos
üUse good image compression software for WPO
• Optimizilla
• JPEGmini
• Kraken.io
• TinyPNG
ü Respect 16:9 – 4:3 ratio for optimal cropping
ü Pay attention to details
62. AND DO NOT USE STOCK PHOTOS!
Image Recognition Optimization Checklist
63. Image Recognition is key in Bing
Visual Search
The Bing Visual
Search
experience is
embedded in its
Images Search
64. If a shopping intent is
detected, then Bing will
present also Related Products
users can click to buy
Image Recognition is key in Bing
Visual Search
65. How Does Bing Visual Search Work
Bing is building an Image
Knowledge Graph with these
elements:
Best Representative Query
(BRQ), Captions, Related
Collections, Shopping Sources
and More Sizes
66. Key here is the Text Query Inference.
The more our content & its images are responding
to a bigger set of queries, the better
How Does Bing Visual Search Work
67. Bing Visual Search… and its API
https://itseo.org/img-bing-api (new releases previewed in the future)
71. This is the real difference with respect
others Visual Search Engines
Pinterest Lens – How does it work?
72. Pinterest - What many of you are
thinking now
Gianluca,
NOBODY USES PINTEREST
(#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram)
73. • 200 Millions Active Users
• 50+ billions pins
• 1+ Billions Pinterest Boards
• 2+ Millions Shopping Pins saved daily
• Millennials [I know] uses Pinterest as much as Instagram
• 800+ Million Lens executed per month
• 93% of active pinners said they use Pinterest to plan for
purchases and 87% said they’ve purchased something
because of Pinterest
74. Pinterest - What many of you are still
thinking
Gianluca,
NOBODY USES PINTEREST IN [COUNTRY]
(#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram #Instagram
#Instagram #Instagram)
75. But everybody use Google
Still hugely visible despite being hit last Spring
78. Organize your Boards with a consistent taxonomy.
Think of Pinterest as
a Visual translation of your website, where Boards are Topical Hubs
Pinterest Lens – What can we do?
79. When planning the architecture of your boards, do not
forget to examine how Pinterest tags your main topics
(always from head to long tail)
Pinterest Lens – What can we do?
80. Pinterest Lens – What can we do?
And to see what the Pinterest Suggests suggest
(always from head to long tail)
81. Edit your board description using both
natural language and well-executed
microcopy.
Choose the correct category
The board titles can be 100 characters
long, but only 26 are fully readable
Pinterest Lens – What can we do?
82. Vertical pictures
performs better
than Landscape.
Ideal width:
735 PX
Then:
Descriptive image
file name
Remember to link to your
website if you manually
upload the photo/image
500 characters can be used in photo descriptions,
but 150/160 long ones perform better
Pinterest Lens – What can we do?
84. Pinterest Lens – What can we do?
Keep in mind how the Pinterest
Image Recognition algorithm work
More here: http://www.seerinteractive.com/labs/pinterest-guide/