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

Dale Bertrand, President of Fire&Spark, talks about technical changes that impact your SEO performance. When people start doing SEO and optimizing product pages, blogging is usually the go-to for content generation. Fortunately, there are a myriad of other interesting ways to approach content creation that address the need for unique content, without having to create tons of unique content. Today, Dale discusses eCommerce SEO beyond core web vitals. Show Notes

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• Dale Bertrand: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Dale Bertrand, President of Fire&Spark, talks about technical changes that impact your SEO performance. Google’s algorithm has become alarmingly astute at understanding user intent and matching the right content to that intent. In an effort to continue driving business results as Google’s algorithm updates increase in frequency, SEOs must focus on serving customer needs first. Today, Dale discusses Google's AI changes and how they impact your SEO. Show Notes

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• Dale Bertrand: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jordan Koene, Co-Founder and Education Partner at PreVisible, dives into breaking SEO news. When AMP came into existence, tech leaders criticized it believing that it was Google’s way of dictating how websites are built. Eight years later, AMP pages no longer receive preferential treatment in Google search results, and Google seems to have acknowledged that they’ll never get an entire web to adopt a single practice. Today, Jordan discusses Google saying goodbye to AMP. Show Notes

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• Jordan Koene: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jordan Koene, PreVisible CEO and Co-Founder, discusses SEO news. Audio has always taken a backseat to video, images, and maps on the SERP. As audio becomes a mainstream source of information for consumers, the potential for audio advertising is just one of the many reasons for Google to prioritize audio content. Today, Jordan talks about how Google might handle audio SEO. Show Notes

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• Jordan Koene: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Jordan Koene, Co-Founder and Education Partner at PreVisible, dives into breaking SEO news. Google’s latest standalone product reviews update is testament to the fact that they’re on a mission to get ‘sound purchasing advice’ in front of their billions of users. Much like Google’s core updates, Google advised that this aims to rank content that demonstrates expertise and insight beyond what’s provided by the manufacturer. Today, Jordan discusses Google's new algorithm update. Show Notes

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• Jordan Koene: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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John Pagilo, Digital Marketing Manager at Flyte New Media, talks about local SEO and Google My Business. We’ve seen Google making the big shift towards keeping users on their search results page by any means necessary. If you haven’t yet taken advantage of Google posts, questions and answers, and the messaging feature, you run the risk of being overlooked by both users and Google. Today, John discusses leveraging your Google My Business profile in competitive industries. Show Notes

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• John Pagilo: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Tyson Stockton, PreVisible Co-Founder and Education Partner, discusses players making moves in the SEO community. From Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter to Google’s recently completed product review update, SEO performance was greatly impacted this month. While Instagram was able to escape most of the damage from the Google update, online learning websites were not so lucky. Today, Tyson talks about this month’s winners and losers in SEO. Show Notes

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• Tyson Stockton: 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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Farzad Rashidi, Lead innovator and Co-Founder at Respona, talks about connecting your content and linking strategies. Many companies mistakenly spend way too much money pursuing keywords that do not move the needle for their business. Ultimately, ranking favorably on Google search results requires targeted backlinks to ensure your content gets maximum visibility. Today, Farzad discusses finding keyword opportunities. 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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Dan Taylor, Head of Research and Development at SALT.agency, discusses technical SEO. Content should enable consumers to better forecast their own experience and consumption of a product or serviceFor SaaS companies especially, monthly and yearly subscriptions depend on getting consumers excited about potential user experiences. Today, Dan talks about creating a better user experience via forecasting content. Show Notes

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• Dan Taylor: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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