According to Google, searches for ‘near me’ have increased drastically in recent years, especially on mobile devices which have outdone the searches on desktop.
Preparing For Voice Search
Below listed few statistics story will tell the importance of being updated to be future-ready
* 70+ million Americans own a smart speaker
* 30 percent of web browsing is expected to be screenless in 2021
* By 2022, 50 percent of all searches are expected to be voice-based
* Most common voice search-based purchases are everyday household items
* As per Google, 20 percent of all the mobile queries are voice search
* Local voice searches are conducted by most smart-speakers
* Trust in voice search results declined in 2018, though Chinese iFlytek has a search recognition system with 95% accuracy and optimizing further
6 Voice-Search Ranking Criteria Stats
* Page speed
* Security
* Conciseness
* Simplicity
* Featured snippets
* Domain authority