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

Lindsay Shearer, CEO of Pins 4 Profit, talks about social media and its impact on SEO. Come next year, the cookieless era will take full effect and advertisers will lose their ability to track and target consumers on different platforms the way they once used to. To build sustainable brands, eCommerce companies will need to master the search engine game on multiple search engines and they’ll need to do so using content. Today, Lindsay discusses matching Pinterest and your SEO strategy. Show Notes

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• Lindsay Shearer: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Lindsay Shearer, CEO of Pins 4 Profit, talks about social media and its impact on SEO. When thinking about search engines, Google or Bing probably come to mind before Pinterest. But, What most people don’t realize is that Pinterest is a search engine and eCommerce brands should have a good SEO strategy for the platform. Today, Lindsay discusses whether Pinterest SEO is actually a thing. Show Notes

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• Lindsay Shearer: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Will Critchlow, CEO of SearchPilot, discusses a full series on SEO testing. Paid search teams are accustomed to receiving six-figure annual budgets, while SEO has historically been an underinvested channel. This tendency can be attributed to SEOs being unable to answer questions from senior management but SEO testing can help SEO teams to build those business cases. Today, Will talks about SEO testing tools. Show Notes

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• Will Critchlow: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Will Critchlow, CEO of SearchPilot, discusses a full series on SEO testing. It’s easy for experienced SEOs to default to SEO best practices and recommend changes that may do more harm than good. However, we now have access to tools and the ability to run positive, negative, and neutral tests to determine whether a change will produce positive, negative, or no impact at all. Today, Will talks about negative tests. Show Notes

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• Will Critchlow: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Will Critchlow, CEO of SearchPilot, discusses a full series on SEO testing. SEO is an ever-evolving field as Google’s algorithm and your competitors will always be implementing changes. As a result, there’s been a shift in mindset toward the continual evolution of websites and that is also being applied to the cadence of SEO testing. Today, Will talks about testing cadence and objectives. Show Notes

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• Will Critchlow: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Will Critchlow, CEO of SearchPilot, discusses a full series on SEO testing. We’re living in the age of access to the enormous amount of statistical data that can help us make better business decisions. Similar to the rise of the three-point shot and the decline of the midrange in basketball, SEOs have access to data that can help them build more efficient strategies and take advantage of tactics undervalued by the market. Today, Will talks about SEO moneyball. Show Notes

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• Will Critchlow: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Will Critchlow, CEO of SearchPilot, discusses a full series on SEO testing. With AdWords and conversion rate tests, you can test two different landing pages by sending half your users to one and half of the users to another. That approach is not applicable to SEO, but you still have to be able to prove its value and impact on revenue, and that’s where SEO testing comes in. Today, Will talks about SEO testing fundamentals. Show Notes

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• Will Critchlow: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Karl Kleinschmidt, VP of SEO Strategy at Local SEO Guide, talks about local SEO. City pages are a great way to showcase your products and services to a specific audience. You can target specific keywords and phrases that are relevant to each location and this can help you attract more traffic from people searching for businesses in your area. Today, Karl discusses city-specific pages. Show Notes

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• Karl Kleinschmidt: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Karl Kleinschmidt, VP of SEO Strategy at Local SEO Guide, talks about local SEO. While a national SEO strategy can be beneficial for businesses that sell products nationally, neglecting local SEO may lead to the exclusion of potential leads. So, before creating any content, it is in a business’ best interest to check whether the keywords they plan to target have local intent or national intent. Today, Karl discusses local vs national intent. Show Notes

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• Karl Kleinschmidt: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Adrien Menard, CEO and Co-Founder of Botify, discusses changes and emerging trends in SEO. Whether we’re talking about local or global SEO teams, the biggest challenge always boils down to finding the right talent for the SEO team. Furthermore, that could explain why there are always more SEO jobs available than there are SEOs to fill those vacancies. Today, Adrien talks about how to manage a global SEO team. Show Notes

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• Adrien Menard: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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