Zero-Click Content: Your Guide to the Game-Changing Trend

Zero-click content sounds like an insult to content marketers who are competing for clicks. But it doesn’t have to be like that. DMEXCO’s guide reveals how to optimize your content for the new algorithmic reality!

Zero-click content: A young man browsing through Google search results
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What is zero-click content?

And what are zero-click searches? Simply put, zero click means that content is displayed to users, primarily in search engines, without them having to click on a website.

For content marketers who produce brand websites, that might sound like a raw deal at first. After all, if content is immediately displayed on Google, a significant part of their traffic will drop off. Our guide takes a deep dive into this phenomenon. It reveals why this development may be a challenge, but it also opens up new opportunities. The new algorithms are just another step toward separating the wheat from the chaff – and if your content delivers, it will continue to succeed in this new era of zero-click searches!

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Thilo Kölzer, COO of DocCheck AG, has analyzed the trend for zero-click content in one of his columns. Get his take on the major trend in his DMEXCO Column: The Website as a Model of the Past?

What does zero-click content mean for my content strategy?

Growing numbers of search queries on Google and the other major platforms look like this: Users perform zero-click searches. Zero-click search results are then displayed to them, and they consume this zero-click content without visiting the website behind it. For your content and reporting, this means declining page views and other KPIs. Our guide explains how you can continue to attract users to your website despite the trend for zero-click content – and we reveal the kind of content you’ll need to achieve this. Plus, we take a look at how to adapt your reporting to reflect the new reality of Google searches accurately.

What’s more, the DMEXCO guide has the insights you need into the following topics:

  • The significance of zero-click content beyond Google search results
  • Proven strategies for reach, brand loyalty, and conversions
  • Successful formats for zero-click content
  • Special SEO strategies to earn featured snippets
  • Why having a long-term owned-media strategy is so crucial now