CONTENT MARKETING & SEO TRENDS IN 2022
It’s harder to rank organic content on Google
For many marketers, Google search is the place to be to get your content seen by customers. Securing a place on Google’s first SERP, or even better, ranking in the top spot, means that millions of eyes could potentially see your brand.
Here’s an example when typing in ‘digital marketing skills’ as to what comes up in Google search.

As a search engine, Google has a market share of nearly 92 percent, with its nearest rival being Bing at just 3 percent. There are also 3.5 billion Google searches every day, making the search engine a slam dunk of a position to be in when it comes to determining what customers see.
The problem for content marketers now is that Google no longer seems to be playing fair when it comes to ranking SEO-optimized organic content in searches.
“I think we're losing so much real estate on Google. There are more ads and Google's giving more of the search engine results pages to its own products. So, it's getting harder to rank organic content, (and) we're moving towards more branded search,” says Kate Toon, SEO and Content Expert.
But what is a branded search? It’s basically any search query that includes your brand or product name. The great thing about branded search queries is that if a customer types in your name that means they know your brand and have high intent.
Another thing to bear in mind for organic content is that there’s a growing trend of customers asking questions through Google search. So answer-based content is key and make sure you align keywords with your content (scroll down for more on that.)
Core Web Vitals Should Not Be Ignored
In May 2020, Google announced its Core Web Vitals, a set of metrics focused on users to measure the ‘wellbeing’ of a site from a customer’s perspective.
These Core Web Vitals are now ranking signals that play a role in your digital and content marketing. Optimizing these will improve your website’s performance and usability. The three user experience metrics used are:
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) - measures page load performance
- First Input Delay (FID) - measures web page interactivity
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) - measures web page visual stability

However, Kate Toon, SEO and Content Expert believes many marketers are not paying attention to these new metrics: to their own detriment. “I think most people haven't looked at Core Web Vitals and haven't gone into their Google search console to check how they're performing.”
The goal is to get higher Core Web Vitals scores which will become an SEO ranking factor, improve usability, and enable faster loading which is known to convert more visitors into sales.
Invest in Creating Answer-Based Content
We mentioned answer-based content earlier to help you improve your organic search. But there’s another reason to look at creating this type of SEO content - people are looking for it.
This can be seen in the rise in conversational marketing, but also the increase in voice searches which account for 20 percent of Google searches. Ultimately it’s about a more direct approach from consumers. They want information and are moving towards asking questions to get to the information quicker.
“Google is becoming less of a search engine, more of an answer engine. So understanding your audience, their pain points, answering their individual questions is important,” says Kate Toon, SEO and Content Expert.
So how can you tap into this move to answer questions in your content?
- Revisit your buyer personas - Look at what issues they are having and what solutions you can provide. Can that be made into a blog or video that generates traffic? (If you don’t have buyer personas or need to update them, use this free template.)
- Use tools to find popular questions - Search listening tools can provide you with great insights into what people are asking.
- Conduct audience research - This could be as easy as sending an email to engaged subscribers or asking for inputs on one of your social media channels.
- Create an FAQ Schema - Use a code to tell search engines that the content is in a Q&A format so it can be ranked higher than other content.
- Video creation company in chennai - This may seem obvious, but the content you create to answer a question should do just that. Do not use it as an opportunity to sell.
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