Personally this would be a great way to get over blog burnout. I still find it difficult consistently writing long form content, so this could help flesh out all those ideas in a much easier-to-create format. Very nice! Definitely going to be playing around with this. Thank you! Had no idea this existed!
What is your ‘why’ for blogging and does it need to lead you to burn out and take you away from your passion ? There are always alternatives or just content creation schedule change - from daily to weekly from weekly to fortnight etc and other alternatives to give value other then blogging.
So here is the future, Google may put a separate section for Web Stories on their search pages and just like we can see google images, we can see google stories, besides images or news link.
Great video. I had no idea this even existed. I've added the plugin to my site and created a web story for one of my posts! (it took me more than 15 minutes, but I'm sure I'll get faster as I make more). Awesome content! Thanks.
Three very quick questions for you guys: 1. Am I right in assuming that Google can read the text on these story slides? 2. How will this work with a keyterm, does it come from the text or perhaps the URL? 3. I noticed you don't have the stories in your site menu. Do they need to be or will Google find them anyway? Thanks in advance & keep up the great work.
I mean worst case scenario, the whole thing just fails and I lose some of my time, I’m definitely jumping on it, if it becomes successful i could really get ahead of my competitors
This is just like creating a Lumen5 video except there's no audio and you have to provide the images. Otherwise, it looks the same. Of course, because it's Google Stories and they index it then that may end up working to bring in more traffic than a Lumen5 video.
These small “snackable“ stories are exactly what’s wrong with the Web these days. Gives just enough information to for people to think they know what they’re talking about creating a world of people who think they’re experts. We need to get away from mini narratives and have a long form discussions.
@@ahoosieratheart I agree. Many things really worth having/doing need more investment from people than these tweet size bites of faux. But as Claire Cumberland indicates, it is what most people (think they) want so it is hard to get the engagement time for more textured material. I think the only way is to wait for people who do want something more special than the Hipster triviality game. To do that you probably have to make it very clear from the beginning that you are not that thing, as in you can't half-half it or neither type of mindset will want you.
@@BenedictRoffMarsh Interesting. Do you think there is anything to be said for bite sized concepts for those who maybe don't have the capacity, or quite frankly the time, to be fully immersed in all of the nuances and history?
It's not gonna take the place of regular content. This is google trying to compete with Facebook and Instagram and every other social network that has implemented stories because they have done well in that medium. Will google see the same level of success with stories? Or will this be another feature that gets deprecated after a couple years? Who knows for sure. I have considered implementing this, but is it worth it? Has anyone seen significant traffic gains as a result of their efforts or has this just been an opportunity for brand awareness?
Most probably it’ll send out positive signals rather than create lots of traffic from the very beginning. Many thanks guys. As usual you are quick and enthusiastic.
Jim, as a photographer, what are your thoughts on vertical media like this? I hate using vertical photos when horizontal encompasses so much more, particularly for the topics I write about.
True, but when 70% of the world is getting its content through mobile… Photographers need to adapt and take more verticals and square formats. Related: Frame makers need to start offering more square format frames to hang!
PathsUnwritten - I do all my pictures in 3:2 and 4:5. You have to adjust your thinking while you’re shooting. Use a little less lens, think about how you will crop.
So, dudes, what if you created a story based on a blog post...for example, each page of your story would be a header of that blog post, and on the last page of the story, link to that blog post with a CTA to read the post...would that work? This way they stay on your site
...btw, I immediately installed this plugin and posted a story upon watching this, so thank you guys! I used the method I described above (I have a blog post on my fitness site '5 ways lifting weights helps you burn fat' so I just took each method and used those headings for each page of the story, and on the final story page listed the link to that blog post! We'll see how this goes!
Help me to understand how these stories relate to a 2,000-word blog post I've just written on my site? Do I summarize that 2,000 blog post through a Google story on the same 2,000 blog post?
Good question. I'm thinking along the same lines. Not exactly sure how this will bring traffic onto our site. I think this is made of the low attention span world Google is preparing for, which is possible a problem for us writing long blog posts.
I think you should summarize your headings in story pages. I think I'll use this as if it were Instagram stories to potentially drive traffic to the blog. This is where having an easy recognizable domain name is important. Even if it isnt a link, a text domain could help bring traffic. But only if your g story provides value.
Highlight the key elements from the content as you would for a featured snippet! Think of it in the format Google News uses, cards in stories format with major headlines.
Looks like this will potentially kill off website traffic. Why go to a website and read a 1500 word blog post if you can get your answer from a short story
You guys have been so helpful! You’ve inspired me to dive deep and focus more on my website. I’m very interested in project 24 but I already have a wix website with about 15 articles on it. I’m concerned that project 24 won’t work well for me while having a wix website and I’d have to start over with Wordpress...any advice?
I'm a P24 student. The method will work with a Wix site but, and it's a significant but, Wix is crippled when it comes to the maximum levels of monetization and that's a limit of Wix not of the P24 methodology. I'd strongly recommend that you switch to WordPress whether or not you decide to move to P24.
Nicholas Kellingley Thanks for that insight...important question, is it possible to switch and keep domain and whatever little SEO I did currently build up?
@@KaveManAquatics I don't know. You'd need to consult Wix and see if they allow for redirects but if they do, then, yes, you can retain your current SEO benefits.
KaveMan Aquatics I moved from Wix to wordpress and no the SEO doesn’t follow you but with just 10 posts you can copy and paste your articles and it builds SEO from there on your new site. The trick is to not get frustrated building a Wordpress site bc it’s confusing at first. You can transfer your domain name but the URL changes anyway.
Looks like we are moving to shorter and shorter content. I remember big discussions on "micro" content in my graduate classes years ago. They kept pushing the idea of making "bite size" digestible content for the busy lifestyles
Even 14 years ago I remember learning about keeping things clear and concise on the Internet - respect people’s time etc completely the opposite of teaching kids in school to write essays with as many words as they can without really saying anything!
I really appreciate you guys showing some examples of this. I’ve had this plugin for maybe a month. Saw it promoted by two other guys who didn’t go as far with it as you did. So, thanks👍🏾
I tried it. 1. It automatically creates a new page and publishes the posts there. Not able to insert it in the page you want it. 2. Doesnt have a shortcode [that you could use in elementor]. If there's an option i missed out, let me know :)
Hello. I don't use WordPress and don't need the plug-in. How do I implement it myself? I code my own stuff. Is this Schema markup? Thank you EDIT: Ok I get it now. amp-story component is a custom AMP component
I haven't tried embedding it on a page build with Elementor. But normally I'd either make these stories and leave them as stand-alone pages (not embedded), in which case Elementor won't have anything to do with it. Or, I'd embed them in a blog post. And I never use pagebuilders for writing blog posts. We reserve pagebuilders for special pages, like the homepage, sales pages, gear pages, about me pages, etc. So if you follow that guidance, then once again, Elementor won't have any impact on your use of stories.
Can someone suggest a search term where a story like this is found on the Serp? My gut tells me to ignore making this kind of content but I'm trying to keep an open mind.
So, I went to the Google Developers article on Web Stories and they used National Geographic as an example. The article is titled 'Discover Europe's hidden villages'. So, I searched that plus followed it with 'National Geographic' and got the SERP result as the first item. On desktop, it just looks like a normal listing. On mobile, it adds five photos to the listing. Interestingly, the photos work in landscape or portrait -- unlike these guys' examples.
@@thanvirmohammed8973 thanks, I see the scrolling photos on that search result. Almost didn't recognize it as what were talking about here. If that's the best example we've got then I can't be bothered with this, just looks like big g scraping websites and stealing/using their content to me.
My bet, Google's going to make web stories rank so high - publishers and influencers will jump onboard. I think it will have a huge potential if they monetize it with Adsense. That's what will pull in the content publishers.
Thanks Jim and Ricky - on top of the game once again. Just installed the Plugin and will give it a go for some of my post popular and some not so popular posts and see what happens. I'll give an update within the P24 community.
I'm really interested to see how this pans out. I'm never sure about Google trying to jump on the bandwagon of things that are already popular, but I hope there's some good potential here.
hey guys! Man im importing a web template by elementor but it says (To import the site in the original format, you would need the Astra theme activated. You can import it with any other theme, but the site might lose some of the design settings and look a bit different.) can i keep my theme? or steps should i take? please help!
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My question is, does it have to be embedded in a post or something you can do stand-alone outside of a post or page? And how long is the life span of it?
I have a question.. what if i have slides that i already made with Canva as an image.. and if i add those slides using google plugin will it be good.. i mean the text is already there on the image so i will not be adding any text to the slides i will be uploading to Google plugin as an image.
I'm so glad I came across your video! I just added the plugin to my site and created my first web story. This is such a cool feature... can't wait to use it more!
Ya, it’s a lot of fun making the articles. Please let me know what happens when you submit the URL to Google, though, I get “Error in required structured data element.” Thanks.
Chris Pantalone Hello, I opened the plugin and am looking at it now. On the right side, there’s a “Link” box. It appears, as what I see at the moment, that you can’t add a link to a single word, but only to ALL of the text on the card.
Hey guys, I am just joined your great chanel! Thanks 4 the info about the story plugin. I am very interested, I´ve got good stories to tell. I tried to install it but I couldn´t. Can you tell how, please? I´ll apreciate it. Thanks and greetings from México!
I clicked on the link to see the example but how does it look on the website before it’s found by the viewer? Say you have multiple stories, are they shown through a selection of stories to view?
Well, Pinterest is killing it. They are the only social network that is proven to consistently convert to actual sales. Facebook USED TO be good for that, but that shipped has sailed.
Will it be better to have unique content on web stories, or to have duplicates? i.e. content in blog post format, and then the same content in web stories format vs web stories content cannot be found on any blog post on the same site?
@Income School As far as I understand this is focused specifically for mobile devices. What are priorities to appear?- Google news, voice search or just any user browsing from Google? First time see this function any results with this?
So I created a Google "Story" and published it - but where does it actually go? Where does one find these "Stories" people are creating? Maybe you mentioned it and I missed it, but I'm a bit confused about where it actually got published to now!
Wow, great to know. Thank-you guys for this. When you're talking about using Gutenberg, I'm still old school on classic. Is there inherent SEO benefits to Gutenburg? Thanks!
question as a matter of process, i build 6 fresh pinterest pins with each blog post i publish....would tsking those pins an linking them to gether work ss story upload...then each post would now contain all crested fresh pins also....and would this work towrad video content for advertizing adds....just some thoughts
Is this only for bloggers doing affiliate marketing and the like? Or is there anything applicable to local marketing? I run a digital marketing agency doing SEO and GMB optimization for local businesses.
I tried to install on my company's blog but there was a fatal error every time. Fatal error: Arrays are not allowed in class constants in /home/focomultimidia/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/web-stories/includes/Media.php on line 47
Stories are a piece of mobile content correct? So my question is... If you embed it in a post is a viewable on desktop within a post and if it is how is it gonna look? or is it only visible on a mobile device?
I’m gonna hop in on this one! Definitely is beneficial to be in the first wave 🌊 I think these little stories do so well because our attention span as a society is dropping, but that’s what people want to see, short videos! The shorter videos do better on Tik Tok
no it happened to me too. you can adjust that by checking the preview at the time of making it. Can you tell me how you published it in to a specific page?
Very interesting information, gentlemen. Thanks for sharing this. I'll definitely have a close look at this plugin and look for some of your other content.
Anybody else having issues with publishing their stories after their web story is finished - mine looks fine in the plugin but in preview mode, it's not formatted correctly at all. Also, how does one embed on a page or section of your site - just with the URL?
Can I simply create this on canva and upload final images as stories? Or do I have to use the inbuilt text editor to add text for it to be SEO friendly?
Anurag Sharma I’m wondering the same thing. I know I can make much more appealing text using Canva, but I bet Google will just see that text as part of the image and not actual words. I’m curious if anyone has an answer to this.
Does anybody know if you really have to publish the story on your blogpost to show it in the SERPs? I see its potential, but i'd rather use stories solely in the SERPs to convince people to visite my webshop without showing the story on the actual webpage..
Thanks for the info guys! Anyone have any ideas on when the articles would likely show on Google search. Does it take a few weeks to 'rank' or will they be releasing this type of content soon? I'm from Scotland, but haven't seen any of these in the Google search yet. Cheers!
I love it. Interface is like Canva so easy for me. But when you create a web story, is it stored in the plugin until you publish it in a blog post? Can you publish to Social Media instead of a blog post? Lots of questions around this.
I have a question. if I find a question i want to answer on my blog and upon searching google lots of big sites come at the top but none of them are answering the question and dont even have all the key words does that mean its a good post to write or is it bad because google is puling the big sites first?
Could you explain how you embed it in a blog post? I mean, as what? I can't find a way to pull it in (using Elementor but I can use the Classic editor as well). Thanks!
I was looking for the word shortcode to embed on an Elementor page - since they only mentioned the Gutenberg editor. So i think, I will just have to redesign my single post template optimized with the additional stories(maybe on the top part), then do the posts in Gutenberg where we can embed the stories.
Guys I am trying out the plugin and after I published the story I ignored the option to embed it with the idea to do it later. But now I can't find any option to find a source code to embed it. Any idea?
Hey! Didn't you mention the link for plugin is in the description. I couldn't find it, can somebody please help out with the links? Ps...Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!👏🏻
Hello Jim and Rick. Do you recommend breaking down the long article into 2 or 3 parts and adding (next, previous) pagination links ? I've been hearing it's so good for SEO
I can't seem to find any stories in the SERP, is this because it's brand new? I'm struggling to pitch this to my client because I can't even show a real-time example of where the content would potentially show in the SERP (if we ranked). I am located in Australia, I imagine it would take longer here?
I think it just hasn’t been used by many sites yet. That’s why it could be a great opportunity as google tries to highlight them when few sites are creating them.
You both are unique Thanks for telling us about this plugin I´ve already downloaded it What are the steps to upload the plugin? (I´ve already found the explanation following your link!!!)
Can you link the stories to certain articles or is it exclusive to the homepage of the site? It'd be awesome if we can link one page to a specific story and another to a shop or an affiliate maybe.
IMHO it’s worth knowing that this exists, and it may be helpful to creators for a few use cases, but the result is no huge paradigm shift for consumers, so they will not be driving the thrust to expand it. You may get a few SERP points from Google for using it, but that’s all. 🙂
Can I download this new plugin from the wordpress dashboard when I'm logged in my wp site? If so, what's it called? I searched and did not see it. Thanks in advance.
Very interested in this...if it brings more traffic and if users like it then I am down to try it. Tempted to give it a go. But also don’t want to waste my time 😬
@@alltheserobotsshallfall Well, I make the images in PowerPoint first, and that uses inches, si it is a tangible thing, and it does matter. It may not matter to you, but it may matter to others.
Just another confused trial like Google Authorship, we jumped on the bandwagon and it never took off after years it was retired. Maybe this one is different - my approach is wait and see :) am never an early user.
Actually, you can’t use the plugin. I’ve been at it for a while now and it doesn’t work. When you submit the URL to Google, Google says there’s an “Error in required structured data element” in the code that the Google plugin created. Go figure. Even if you use one of the pre-designed templates. Have you tried to submit a page to Google? Perhaps I’m missing something. I LOVE making the articles in the plugin, but it pretty much stops after that.
I'm building a site which I couldn't really build effectively with WordPress, so I had to code it from scratch... But I would like to use stories... do you think having a separate subdomain (ex stories.mydomain.com) would be a usable idea... So I could have the stories on the subdomain and point to the actual site where the meat of the content is, or is this a bad idea? Have google release any developer tools or format requirements for Google Stories so I can do it without their plugin?
For a product review website like mine, do you think I should be adding a 'mini' review as a story for each of my review posts? That's how I see this working, but I wonder if that will mean people the don't actually read the full content review?
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Personally this would be a great way to get over blog burnout. I still find it difficult consistently writing long form content, so this could help flesh out all those ideas in a much easier-to-create format. Very nice! Definitely going to be playing around with this. Thank you! Had no idea this existed!
What is your ‘why’ for blogging and does it need to lead you to burn out and take you away from your passion ? There are always alternatives or just content creation schedule change - from daily to weekly from weekly to fortnight etc and other alternatives to give value other then blogging.
So here is the future, Google may put a separate section for Web Stories on their search pages and just like we can see google images, we can see google stories, besides images or news link.
Great video. I had no idea this even existed. I've added the plugin to my site and created a web story for one of my posts! (it took me more than 15 minutes, but I'm sure I'll get faster as I make more). Awesome content! Thanks.
Three very quick questions for you guys:
1. Am I right in assuming that Google can read the text on these story slides?
2. How will this work with a keyterm, does it come from the text or perhaps the URL?
3. I noticed you don't have the stories in your site menu. Do they need to be or will Google find them anyway?
Thanks in advance & keep up the great work.
I am sure google can read text on pictures.
@@srtrades Yes, it can.
Could be big, also could be the next "Google +" - we'll see.
RIP Google+ 😂
@Tom Dahm OOh you're digging deep now!
Hopefully it doesnt die like Google +
I am neutral about this. Might experiment with it but not going to get my hopes up too high
AMP anyone? 🤪
Leaning towards Google just trying to keep viewers in the serps and not sending visitors to your actual website (as you guys mentioned). Hard pass.
I mean worst case scenario, the whole thing just fails and I lose some of my time, I’m definitely jumping on it, if it becomes successful i could really get ahead of my competitors
This is just like creating a Lumen5 video except there's no audio and you have to provide the images. Otherwise, it looks the same. Of course, because it's Google Stories and they index it then that may end up working to bring in more traffic than a Lumen5 video.
like lumen5 yes.
These small “snackable“ stories are exactly what’s wrong with the Web these days. Gives just enough information to for people to think they know what they’re talking about creating a world of people who think they’re experts. We need to get away from mini narratives and have a long form discussions.
I hear you but it seems the market wants it this way. Any thoughts on how to counter that? (Serious question, I'm not being a jerk.)
@@ahoosieratheart I agree. Many things really worth having/doing need more investment from people than these tweet size bites of faux. But as Claire Cumberland indicates, it is what most people (think they) want so it is hard to get the engagement time for more textured material. I think the only way is to wait for people who do want something more special than the Hipster triviality game. To do that you probably have to make it very clear from the beginning that you are not that thing, as in you can't half-half it or neither type of mindset will want you.
@@BenedictRoffMarsh Interesting. Do you think there is anything to be said for bite sized concepts for those who maybe don't have the capacity, or quite frankly the time, to be fully immersed in all of the nuances and history?
@@daftdog Nice. I like this suggestion!
Mark Smith sure if they actually did link to a more comprehensive story and notes that on the sound bite. :-)
My question is short and simple: "Why"?... It goes directly against what Google wants from creators...
Exactly
Does it really though?
What guidelines are you referring to?
Stories could potentially be huge for mobile users.
Because search results are short and simple and this is what its for.
That kind of scares me honestly I hope it doesn’t take the place of good old fashioned writing and reading like an adult not a 4th grader lol
You are right but both content will co exist
It's not gonna take the place of regular content. This is google trying to compete with Facebook and Instagram and every other social network that has implemented stories because they have done well in that medium. Will google see the same level of success with stories? Or will this be another feature that gets deprecated after a couple years? Who knows for sure. I have considered implementing this, but is it worth it? Has anyone seen significant traffic gains as a result of their efforts or has this just been an opportunity for brand awareness?
I'm still just trying to pick a niche 😅
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Hahaha nice!
at some point you gotta start mate
me too, Lol 😛
HAHA, try maybe the niche "How to pick a niche"! Stay cool!
Most probably it’ll send out positive signals rather than create lots of traffic from the very beginning. Many thanks guys. As usual you are quick and enthusiastic.
I like seeing you guys on top of this! Hopefully it doesn't end up being a Google Glasses type of project that just dies off.
Is this for Gutenberg only? I am used to Elementor and it's kind of ingrained in me. If it is Gutenberg only, how do I transfer it to Elementor?
Ditch elementor. It creates bloated unoptimized code. No need with Gutenberg anyway
Why do you use Elementor for blog posts? It's not required at all, Gutenberg is more than enough.
Jim, as a photographer, what are your thoughts on vertical media like this? I hate using vertical photos when horizontal encompasses so much more, particularly for the topics I write about.
True, but when 70% of the world is getting its content through mobile… Photographers need to adapt and take more verticals and square formats. Related: Frame makers need to start offering more square format frames to hang!
PathsUnwritten - I do all my pictures in 3:2 and 4:5. You have to adjust your thinking while you’re shooting. Use a little less lens, think about how you will crop.
So, dudes, what if you created a story based on a blog post...for example, each page of your story would be a header of that blog post, and on the last page of the story, link to that blog post with a CTA to read the post...would that work? This way they stay on your site
...btw, I immediately installed this plugin and posted a story upon watching this, so thank you guys! I used the method I described above (I have a blog post on my fitness site '5 ways lifting weights helps you burn fat' so I just took each method and used those headings for each page of the story, and on the final story page listed the link to that blog post! We'll see how this goes!
Help me to understand how these stories relate to a 2,000-word blog post I've just written on my site? Do I summarize that 2,000 blog post through a Google story on the same 2,000 blog post?
Good question. I'm thinking along the same lines. Not exactly sure how this will bring traffic onto our site. I think this is made of the low attention span world Google is preparing for, which is possible a problem for us writing long blog posts.
I think you should summarize your headings in story pages. I think I'll use this as if it were Instagram stories to potentially drive traffic to the blog. This is where having an easy recognizable domain name is important. Even if it isnt a link, a text domain could help bring traffic. But only if your g story provides value.
Highlight the key elements from the content as you would for a featured snippet! Think of it in the format Google News uses, cards in stories format with major headlines.
No. You can use it to ask several questions (or catchy headlines) that lead to the answers you have in your blog post.
Looks like this will potentially kill off website traffic. Why go to a website and read a 1500 word blog post if you can get your answer from a short story
You guys have been so helpful! You’ve inspired me to dive deep and focus more on my website. I’m very interested in project 24 but I already have a wix website with about 15 articles on it. I’m concerned that project 24 won’t work well for me while having a wix website and I’d have to start over with Wordpress...any advice?
I'm a P24 student. The method will work with a Wix site but, and it's a significant but, Wix is crippled when it comes to the maximum levels of monetization and that's a limit of Wix not of the P24 methodology. I'd strongly recommend that you switch to WordPress whether or not you decide to move to P24.
Nicholas Kellingley Thanks for that insight...important question, is it possible to switch and keep domain and whatever little SEO I did currently build up?
@@KaveManAquatics I don't know. You'd need to consult Wix and see if they allow for redirects but if they do, then, yes, you can retain your current SEO benefits.
Nicholas Kellingley I think they don’t...but I’ll look into it. Thanks for the advice. 👍
KaveMan Aquatics I moved from Wix to wordpress and no the SEO doesn’t follow you but with just 10 posts you can copy and paste your articles and it builds SEO from there on your new site. The trick is to not get frustrated building a Wordpress site bc it’s confusing at first. You can transfer your domain name but the URL changes anyway.
The highlight of my Monday mornings! It'll be interesting to see how it's developed.
Looks like we are moving to shorter and shorter content. I remember big discussions on "micro" content in my graduate classes years ago. They kept pushing the idea of making "bite size" digestible content for the busy lifestyles
Even 14 years ago I remember learning about keeping things clear and concise on the Internet - respect people’s time etc completely the opposite of teaching kids in school to write essays with as many words as they can without really saying anything!
I really appreciate you guys showing some examples of this.
I’ve had this plugin for maybe a month. Saw it promoted by two other guys who didn’t go as far with it as you did. So, thanks👍🏾
I tried it.
1. It automatically creates a new page and publishes the posts there. Not able to insert it in the page you want it.
2. Doesnt have a shortcode [that you could use in elementor].
If there's an option i missed out, let me know :)
that's all you need to know...dont touch it, if....you value time. Just about to go elemental...so I'll leave it.
Why is Elementor limited like that? I can’t use WP Recipe Maker on Elementor either.
Hello. I don't use WordPress and don't need the plug-in. How do I implement it myself? I code my own stuff. Is this Schema markup? Thank you
EDIT: Ok I get it now. amp-story component is a custom AMP component
Can I add this if I'm using a page builder like ELEMENTOR for wordpress?
Same question
Same question again. If it doesn’t play with elementor these days it may not be worth much
I haven't tried embedding it on a page build with Elementor. But normally I'd either make these stories and leave them as stand-alone pages (not embedded), in which case Elementor won't have anything to do with it. Or, I'd embed them in a blog post. And I never use pagebuilders for writing blog posts. We reserve pagebuilders for special pages, like the homepage, sales pages, gear pages, about me pages, etc. So if you follow that guidance, then once again, Elementor won't have any impact on your use of stories.
Can someone suggest a search term where a story like this is found on the Serp? My gut tells me to ignore making this kind of content but I'm trying to keep an open mind.
Anybody?
So, I went to the Google Developers article on Web Stories and they used National Geographic as an example. The article is titled 'Discover Europe's hidden villages'. So, I searched that plus followed it with 'National Geographic' and got the SERP result as the first item. On desktop, it just looks like a normal listing. On mobile, it adds five photos to the listing. Interestingly, the photos work in landscape or portrait -- unlike these guys' examples.
@@TurfMechanic type in "green vistas prakrriti" in mobile.
@@thanvirmohammed8973 thanks, I see the scrolling photos on that search result. Almost didn't recognize it as what were talking about here. If that's the best example we've got then I can't be bothered with this, just looks like big g scraping websites and stealing/using their content to me.
Wow. Now you guys should make the 500-hour-long video showing people how to make any of those google WP plugins to work.
My bet, Google's going to make web stories rank so high - publishers and influencers will jump onboard. I think it will have a huge potential if they monetize it with Adsense. That's what will pull in the content publishers.
True
Thanks Jim and Ricky - on top of the game once again. Just installed the Plugin and will give it a go for some of my post popular and some not so popular posts and see what happens. I'll give an update within the P24 community.
I just noticed that Google often mentions 'in the US only'. My market is German speaking, so I might be way ahead... We'll see :)
@@Targetter Ich hoffe auch es klappt
I'm really interested to see how this pans out. I'm never sure about Google trying to jump on the bandwagon of things that are already popular, but I hope there's some good potential here.
Amazing !! You guys are the first who put this content !
hey guys! Man im importing a web template by elementor but it says (To import the site in the original format, you would need the Astra theme activated. You can import it with any other theme, but the site might lose some of the design settings and look a bit different.) can i keep my theme? or steps should i take? please help!
My question is, does it have to be embedded in a post or something you can do stand-alone outside of a post or page?
And how long is the life span of it?
Do the pictures you use for these stories have to be the Pinterest style tall format? Or will any size and ratio be fine?
I have a question.. what if i have slides that i already made with Canva as an image.. and if i add those slides using google plugin will it be good.. i mean the text is already there on the image so i will not be adding any text to the slides i will be uploading to Google plugin as an image.
I'm so glad I came across your video! I just added the plugin to my site and created my first web story. This is such a cool feature... can't wait to use it more!
Ya, it’s a lot of fun making the articles. Please let me know what happens when you submit the URL to Google, though, I get “Error in required structured data element.”
Thanks.
@@jamesleesley Do you knwo how to put a link in the story? There is no where to add it . If I just paste it, it just shows up as text
Chris Pantalone
Is there a link button? Highlight the text and push the link button to add a link.
@@jamesleesley , they don't have a link button on the story dashboard. I don't know how these guys did it.
Chris Pantalone
Hello,
I opened the plugin and am looking at it now. On the right side, there’s a “Link” box. It appears, as what I see at the moment, that you can’t add a link to a single word, but only to ALL of the text on the card.
Doesn't this mean fewer ad impressions?
I believe they plan to monetize on this with Ads. Just like Facebook has been thinking of doing the same with Whatsapp Status
Hey guys, I am just joined your great chanel! Thanks 4 the info about the story plugin. I am very interested, I´ve got good stories to tell. I tried to install it but I couldn´t. Can you tell how, please? I´ll apreciate it. Thanks and greetings from México!
I clicked on the link to see the example but how does it look on the website before it’s found by the viewer? Say you have multiple stories, are they shown through a selection of stories to view?
Google is trying to compete with Pinterest
Yep they've released that new app last week
Yep.
Well, Pinterest is killing it. They are the only social network that is proven to consistently convert to actual sales. Facebook USED TO be good for that, but that shipped has sailed.
@@hallucinationengine3103 Pinterest really converts?
Will it be better to have unique content on web stories, or to have duplicates? i.e. content in blog post format, and then the same content in web stories format vs web stories content cannot be found on any blog post on the same site?
@Income School As far as I understand this is focused specifically for mobile devices. What are priorities to appear?- Google news, voice search or just any user browsing from Google? First time see this function any results with this?
great as usual guys, highlight to my Mondays as the podcast is on Fridays. hi from Ireland
So I created a Google "Story" and published it - but where does it actually go? Where does one find these "Stories" people are creating? Maybe you mentioned it and I missed it, but I'm a bit confused about where it actually got published to now!
Lol. Me too. I published one several weeks ago and don’t know where to see it live online.
@@jamesleesley I'm glad I'm not the only one wondering where these stories go after they're published!
Wow, great to know. Thank-you guys for this. When you're talking about using Gutenberg, I'm still old school on classic. Is there inherent SEO benefits to Gutenburg? Thanks!
No.
question as a matter of process, i build 6 fresh pinterest pins with each blog post i publish....would tsking those pins an linking them to gether work ss story upload...then each post would now contain all crested fresh pins also....and would this work towrad video content for advertizing adds....just some thoughts
Is this only for bloggers doing affiliate marketing and the like? Or is there anything applicable to local marketing? I run a digital marketing agency doing SEO and GMB optimization for local businesses.
I tried to install on my company's blog but there was a fatal error every time.
Fatal error: Arrays are not allowed in class constants in /home/focomultimidia/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/web-stories/includes/Media.php on line 47
Great guys, I think google is paying attention to social content formats lately !
This was VERY useful... Thanks!
What image size(s) would you recommend? How about video length for a single section?
Stories are a piece of mobile content correct? So my question is... If you embed it in a post is a viewable on desktop within a post and if it is how is it gonna look? or is it only visible on a mobile device?
I’m gonna hop in on this one! Definitely is beneficial to be in the first wave 🌊 I think these little stories do so well because our attention span as a society is dropping, but that’s what people want to see, short videos! The shorter videos do better on Tik Tok
Is this "based" on AMP? Does the site has to put out AMP versions of the posts? Thanks for your answers!
P24 member here! Thank you for staying on top of everything!
(You may want to write Wordpress as WordPress in the title. :) )
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I’m excited about this, but when I viewed it on my phone it gets cut off at the top and bottom... maybe because I have such a small old phone?
no it happened to me too. you can adjust that by checking the preview at the time of making it.
Can you tell me how you published it in to a specific page?
I have no background with AMP but tried out the Google plug in yesterday. I'm getting errors in Console. Any idea where I go to fix?
Start from scratch building with amp blocks.
Thank you for making this easy to understand.
I have a question ... i created few for my site ..just after i saw your video ... is there any way to check the performance of web stories ???
Very interesting information, gentlemen. Thanks for sharing this. I'll definitely have a close look at this plugin and look for some of your other content.
Anybody else having issues with publishing their stories after their web story is finished - mine looks fine in the plugin but in preview mode, it's not formatted correctly at all. Also, how does one embed on a page or section of your site - just with the URL?
Can I simply create this on canva and upload final images as stories? Or do I have to use the inbuilt text editor to add text for it to be SEO friendly?
Anurag Sharma I’m wondering the same thing. I know I can make much more appealing text using Canva, but I bet Google will just see that text as part of the image and not actual words. I’m curious if anyone has an answer to this.
Waiting for a reply from The Income School
If you use Canva, the text will be much harder for google to index. I’d just use the editor. You can use any Google font.
@@IncomeSchool thank you for the clarification... Time to make some dope stories for my website sociallydesi.com
Like an infographic RSS feed with SEO built in. Sounds good on the surface.
Does anybody know if you really have to publish the story on your blogpost to show it in the SERPs? I see its potential, but i'd rather use stories solely in the SERPs to convince people to visite my webshop without showing the story on the actual webpage..
Its very captivating with picture power. please can't it be linked to your one specific blog to drive traffic to your blog ?
nice 👍🏻 new Wordpress tip AHEAD of the Wordpress channels AND interesting perspectives and use cases 👍🏻
what if I am using Elementor to develop my word press site. is it possible to use this plugin with elementor?
Thanks for the info guys! Anyone have any ideas on when the articles would likely show on Google search. Does it take a few weeks to 'rank' or will they be releasing this type of content soon? I'm from Scotland, but haven't seen any of these in the Google search yet.
Cheers!
I love it. Interface is like Canva so easy for me. But when you create a web story, is it stored in the plugin until you publish it in a blog post? Can you publish to Social Media instead of a blog post? Lots of questions around this.
I have a question. if I find a question i want to answer on my blog and upon searching google lots of big sites come at the top but none of them are answering the question and dont even have all the key words does that mean its a good post to write or is it bad because google is puling the big sites first?
@Black Lodge Games, LLC good thing is at least I asked those questions because I'm writing about something I'm researching :D
Could you explain how you embed it in a blog post? I mean, as what? I can't find a way to pull it in (using Elementor but I can use the Classic editor as well). Thanks!
I was looking for the word shortcode to embed on an Elementor page - since they only mentioned the Gutenberg editor. So i think, I will just have to redesign my single post template optimized with the additional stories(maybe on the top part), then do the posts in Gutenberg where we can embed the stories.
same issue here
Guys I am trying out the plugin and after I published the story I ignored the option to embed it with the idea to do it later. But now I can't find any option to find a source code to embed it. Any idea?
There’s a Gutenberg block for web stories that you can use to embed it in any blog post.
@@IncomeSchool Oh I see. Thanks. guys. I deactivated Gutenberg that's why I can't see it...
Awesome content! What is the name (brand, specs, where I can get it) of the laptop that is on your table? Looks great!
It's just an Apple Macbook Pro. I just got a cover for it on Amazon. There are tons of options.
Hey! Didn't you mention the link for plugin is in the description. I couldn't find it, can somebody please help out with the links?
Ps...Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!👏🏻
Just updated the description. It should be there now.
@@IncomeSchool Thanks!
Has anyone had any problems with bugs from the beta version? Just worried that the beta may cause problems as I'm not sure if it's stable yet. Thanks!
Hello Jim and Rick. Do you recommend breaking down the long article into 2 or 3 parts and adding (next, previous) pagination links ? I've been hearing it's so good for SEO
I can't seem to find any stories in the SERP, is this because it's brand new? I'm struggling to pitch this to my client because I can't even show a real-time example of where the content would potentially show in the SERP (if we ranked). I am located in Australia, I imagine it would take longer here?
I think it just hasn’t been used by many sites yet. That’s why it could be a great opportunity as google tries to highlight them when few sites are creating them.
@@IncomeSchool agreed, thanks guys.
Interface somehow reminds me of Canva
You both are unique
Thanks for telling us about this plugin
I´ve already downloaded it
What are the steps to upload the plugin? (I´ve already found the explanation following your link!!!)
Thanks for info. It sure depends on whether the user likes the verticle layout or not.
Can you link the stories to certain articles or is it exclusive to the homepage of the site? It'd be awesome if we can link one page to a specific story and another to a shop or an affiliate maybe.
IMHO it’s worth knowing that this exists, and it may be helpful to creators for a few use cases, but the result is no huge paradigm shift for consumers, so they will not be driving the thrust to expand it. You may get a few SERP points from Google for using it, but that’s all. 🙂
Video on some of the best blogging niches for 2020, Many people haven't started a blog yet.
they have a spreadheet with niches on their website i believe
@@dvk1773rtr that list has more than thousand niches. How can we guess which one are the best
Pick something you're passionate about and the money will follow
@@dvk1773rtr have you started any niche site
@@dvk1773rtr I am thinking to start a niche site based on a sport "Hockey" any suggestions?
Hey guys, nice video. How can we track story performance? Does they have some kind of analytics?
Curious if embedding a story in an existing post will perform better than using a Related Posts plugin?
Will this be on Google my business also?
Can I download this new plugin from the wordpress dashboard when I'm logged in my wp site? If so, what's it called? I searched and did not see it. Thanks in advance.
You have to download it from the link we put in this video description. It's not in the wordpress plugin library because it's still in Beta.
Great Content. This is what I am implementing now on my new site. Thx
Very interested in this...if it brings more traffic and if users like it then I am down to try it. Tempted to give it a go. But also don’t want to waste my time 😬
I looked up the picture size, and it's 828 x 1792 px. Converted to inches, that's 11.04 x 23.89.
@@alltheserobotsshallfall Well, I make the images in PowerPoint first, and that uses inches, si it is a tangible thing, and it does matter. It may not matter to you, but it may matter to others.
Just another confused trial like Google Authorship, we jumped on the bandwagon and it never took off after years it was retired. Maybe this one is different - my approach is wait and see :) am never an early user.
Thank you for sharing it. I am very excited to use it in my project.
Actually, you can’t use the plugin. I’ve been at it for a while now and it doesn’t work. When you submit the URL to Google, Google says there’s an “Error in required structured data element” in the code that the Google plugin created. Go figure. Even if you use one of the pre-designed templates.
Have you tried to submit a page to Google? Perhaps I’m missing something. I LOVE making the articles in the plugin, but it pretty much stops after that.
Great video again! I was wondering if there is an option to make stories without wordpress? Would help a ton🙏
Love this I’m redoing my site will use it for sure thank you
Thank you for sharing guys! I'll try this out today!
I'm excited with the potential of this plugin and will be getting this installed onto my website a.s.a.p :)
I'm building a site which I couldn't really build effectively with WordPress, so I had to code it from scratch... But I would like to use stories... do you think having a separate subdomain (ex stories.mydomain.com) would be a usable idea... So I could have the stories on the subdomain and point to the actual site where the meat of the content is, or is this a bad idea? Have google release any developer tools or format requirements for Google Stories so I can do it without their plugin?
for starting a blog should the posts be scheduled or is it ok to have a few the same day?
Either way works for a blog. For RUclips it’s best to schedule.
For a product review website like mine, do you think I should be adding a 'mini' review as a story for each of my review posts? That's how I see this working, but I wonder if that will mean people the don't actually read the full content review?
I was wondering that. Maybe use with best feature of products 1-5 or more with link to full comparison review where your affiliate links are?