By inserting recent news, blog, and tweets with little or no authority in the middle of search results, real time search is having a major impact on your SEO. Today, the search engines are using a number of signals - including twitter - to trigger their "Query Deserves Freshness" (QDF) algorithm that increases the importance of recency.
Especially for your branded terms, real time search is fundamentally impacting your SEO. Your #1 rank is now equivalent to a #2, 3, 4 or even higher. And the impact of real time search on organic referrals is huge: we measured a 40% decrease on Google referrals even though search volume increased.
Based on our research, we recommend that any planned launch and news include a coordinated SEO plan. On the flip side, real time search opens new opportunities to displace your competition on their branded keywords.
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