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

Tony Pataky, Director of SEO and Marketing Performance at Procore Technologies, delves into mastering international and topical authority in SEO. AI and the evolution of search behavior and the SERP have sparked debate about the relevance of topic authority. However, topical authority remains crucial for ranking, building user trust, and connecting with your audience, ultimately positioning our website for long-term SEO success. Today, Tony discusses the power of effective topical authority.

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• Tony Pataky LinkedIn // Website
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Tony Pataky, Director of SEO and Marketing Performance at Procore Technologies, delves into mastering international and topical authority in SEO. Effective international SEO goes beyond translation. It entails adapting everything, from the images used to the CTAs, with careful consideration of cultural nuances to build trust and deliver a relevant user experience across diverse markets. Today, Tony discusses successfully localizing international SEO content. 

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• Tony Pataky LinkedIn // Website
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Chris Spann, Senior Technical SEO at Lumar, delves into actionable technical SEO insights. Whether you're managing a massive enterprise site or a smaller-scale site, optimizing your website's technical SEO is crucial for organic growth and success. However navigating the world of crawling, fixes, and prioritization can be a daunting task without the right framework. Today, Chris discusses actionable and effective technical SEO insights.

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• Chris Spann LinkedIn // Website
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Chris Spann, Senior Technical SEO at Lumar, delves into the rise of SEO security awareness. SEOs leverage a valuable arsenal of tools and insights that can uncover potential vulnerabilities in our websites. However, a communication gap between SEO and security teams often hinders collaboration, resulting in conflicting efforts that can impede progress for both teams. Today, Chris discusses raising SEO security awareness.

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• Chris Spann LinkedIn // Website
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Rotem Gal, Head of SEO at WalkMe, delves into SEO’s role in digital adoption. For businesses aiming to expand their customer base and embrace the future, going digital is now a matter of 'how' rather than 'if'. However, without optimizing websites and applications for SEO during this digital transformation, they risk missing out on significant traffic. Today, Rotem discusses digital adoption and SEO.

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• Rotem Gal LinkedIn // Website
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Rotem Gal, Head of SEO at WalkMe, delves into cross-functional team management. While SEO thrives on collaboration, aligning content writers, developers, designers, and other players can be tricky. Achieving a shared understanding of the overarching strategy and how each individual's contribution supports it becomes a challenge when SEO expertise levels vary. Today, Rotem discusses how to manage a cross-functional team.

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• Rotem Gal LinkedIn // Website
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Kathy Brown, Owner and SEO Consultant at WebEnso and Expert in Residence at Previsible.io, delves into refactoring’s impact on SEO. While website migrations often raise SEO concerns due to URL changes and design overhauls, there's another potential SEO hurdle that can be easy to overlook: refactoring. Though only the codebase is altered in this instance, without accompanying SEO enhancements, this can lead to dramatic dips in traffic. Today, Kathy discusses the tale of two refactors.

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• Kathy Brown: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Kathy Brown, Owner and SEO Consultant at WebEnso and Expert in Residence at Previsible.io, delves into SEO news. The past few months have been a whirlwind in SEO, with major algorithm updates like the "helpful content update" and the "product review update" taking center stage. Changes like feature additions and removals within Search Console are of equal importance to the SEO community but have mostly flown under the radar. Today, Kathy discusses SEO news you might have missed.

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• Kathy Brown: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Chris Homer, SEO Manager at Intuit Mailchimp, delves into prepping for the future of generative AI and SEO. Reaching individuals who haven't yet encountered your brand or solution requires a strategic approach. This is where top-of-funnel content strategies come into play, serving as the initial touchpoint that ignites the customer journey. Today, Chris discusses the best top-of-funnel content strategies.

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• Chris Homer: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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Chris Homer, SEO Manager at Intuit Mailchimp, delves into prepping for the future of generative AI and SEO. Generative AI in SEO tools presents both exciting opportunities and significant challenges for SEOs. While it's effective at tasks like keyword clustering and topic mapping, the challenge for SEOs will be leveraging it to improve our workflows while maintaining our creativity and uniqueness in content. Today, Chris discusses using gen AI and SEO to prep for the future.

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• Chris Homer: Website // LinkedIn
• The Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // Twitter
• Benjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  Twitter

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