Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast

Erin Sparks, host of EDGE of the Web podcast and President of Site Strategics, talks about podcasting SEO and content marketing. We’re seeing the beginning of Google making radical changes to the SERP and an increase in the ways brands and entities can dominate the SERP. Rather than going directly into your sales funnel, consumers are looking for information about your brand on different websites, and the SERP is changing to accommodate these shifts in content consumption patterns. Today, Erin discusses omnichannel assets that educate Google. Show Notes

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• Erin Sparks: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Austin Armstrong, Co-Founder & CEO of Sociality Pro, discusses social media's relationship with search. When you’re looking for organic, fast and cost-effective ways to grow your brand’s visibility online, Google can no longer be the only focus. While it can take up to a year to see any significant growth results from organic SEO, social media platforms like TikTok offer great opportunities to achieve much faster organic growth. Today, Austin talks about merging your SEO and social media efforts. Show Notes

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• Austin Armstrong: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Austin Armstrong, Co-Founder & CEO of Sociality Pro, discusses social media's relationship with search. The difference between TikTok and social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook boils down to its algorithm. TikTok’s algorithm focuses on reaching new audiences, and companies that joined the platform are enjoying massive organic growth. Today, Austin talks about TikTok for SEO. Show Notes

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• Austin Armstrong: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Steve Toth, CEO and Lead Strategist at SEO Notebook, talks about keyword verticalization. There are many different ways that people search for keywords and you want the pages on your website to rank for as many relevant keywords as possible. Because Google prioritizes topic-based content, keyword verticalization is an effective strategy to gain topical relevance around a particular topic or keyword. Today, Steve discusses how keyword verticalization can be applied to your SEO practices. Show Notes

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• Steve Toth: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Steve Toth, CEO and Lead Strategist at SEO Notebook, talks about Google Search Console API and Python. While Google Search Console is an invaluable tool for SEOs when it comes to providing data about users and diagnosing traffic and other SEO issues. While a lot of the data is not accessible from the UI, the API can be used to access this hidden data and extract all that valuable search data that is available. Today, Steve discusses why users should be diving into Search Console via API and using Python to automate the things they’re using from it. Show Notes

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• Steve Toth: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Ryland Bacorn, Principal Product Manager of SEO at Realtor.com, discusses enterprise SEO. Traditionally, most SEO teams operated within marketing teams, and this is still an ideal structure for smaller websites. However, when it comes to SEO for large websites like those in the eCommerce or travel industry, it's important to be in the product org in order to get big-impact SEO fixes deployed. Today, Ryland looks into how enterprise SEO varies by industry. Show Notes

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• Ryland Bacorn: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Ryland Bacorn, Principal Product Manager of SEO at Realtor.com, discusses Core Web Vitals and performance. When you’ve optimized for Core Web Vitals, you’re not only helping your website gain more recognition in the SERPs, but you’re also providing your audience with a seamless browsing experience. But, what is our role as SEOs in diagnosing and articulating Core Web Vitals issues to dev and engineering teams? Today, Ryland looks into how Core Web Vitals is actually performance. Show Notes

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• Ryland Bacorn: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Farzad Rashidi, Lead innovator and Co-Founder at Respona, talks about connecting your content and linking strategies. As far as Google’s ranking factors go, backlinks could arguably be considered the most important one. Beyond building high quality pieces of content, SEOs must create and cultivate relationships that maximize domain authority for all parties involved. Today, Farzad discusses generating targeted backlinks. Show Notes

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• Farzad Rashidi: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Kevin Indig, Growth Advisor at Kevin_Indig.com, discusses SEO strategy, tactics, and eCommerce SEO. As Amazon continues to excel in the eCommerce and advertising space, Google has been making several changes to try and regain dominance. For eCommerce, the 10 blue links are basically dead and it’s now time to look at other ways your brand can appear on the SERP. Today, Kevin talks about where eCommerce SEO is going. Show Notes

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• Kevin Indig: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Kevin Indig, Growth Advisor at Kevin_Indig.com, discusses SEO strategy, tactics, and eCommerce SEO. Many SEOs and agencies are often limited by their lack of understanding when it comes to SEO strategy. While many SEOs prefer to focus on tactics, it’s really the ability to develop a solid SEO strategy and get buy-in from stakeholders and executives that will get SEO the funding it needs to implement those strategies. Today, Kevin talks about SEO strategy versus SEO tactics. Show Notes

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• Kevin Indig: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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