Paul Andre (DRE) de Vera shares how Covid motivated him to start a live-streaming podcast. Over 100 shows and two years later, he’s still cranking out the content. A consummate entrepreneur and former corporate SEO shares his journey of building a successful podcast with Erin Sparks on the EDGE.
Dre shares insider tips for both beginners and seasoned veterans and does it with panache. He explains the importance of audience feedback, consistency, having high energy, landing great guests, and production quality. And lastly, he wants you to be your silly self.
Let’s get our energy going right now… on the EDGE!
[00:02:40] Introducing Paul Andre de Vera
[00:05:58] Entrepreneurship
[00:09:06] It’s a Show NOT a Podcast
[00:11:51] High Energy, Lots of Feedback, Quality Production
[00:15:42] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:16:55] Tackling Introverts
[00:17:58] Quality Production Lessons Learned
[00:24:04] Podcasting isn’t for Everyone. Consistency is Crucial
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[00:27:59] Learning SEO, Interviewing SMEs, Video Skills
[00:31:57] How To Get Podcast Guests
[00:34:09] Be Your Silly Self
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Hear that record scratch? [ Skreekeekeekkhchhhchchchhh ] Is that an Obsolete Sound (care of CitiesandMemories.com), or Mordy and Erin jumping into the fracas of the SEO platform data comparison dialogue? The meat of the show is dedicated to an article from SEJ (good play) and an article from Sparktoro, covering toolset match-ups. The EDGE team weighs in on the discussion a bit with a flag on the play….. Let us know what you think!
Articles from Social Media Today and Wix as well.
And some fun with sounds that are now obsolete!
News from the EDGE:
[00:04:16] New Ad Targeting available on Twitter
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[00:09:28] Study from Wix: How Stable are Pinterest rankings and Traffic?
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[00:16:31] Comparing Page Indexation between Tools
[00:23:08] Ahrefs Getting the Short End of the Stick in Comparisons?
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[00:36:12] Obsolete Sounds?
Barry Blast from Search Engine Roundtable:
Google: Last Batch Of Sites Moving To Mobile-First Indexing Coming Soon, Again - Link
Google: 60% Of The Internet Is Duplicate - Link
Google Tests New People Also Ask User Interface - Link
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Today on the EDGE, Erin sits down once again with Dr. Marie Haynes to discuss how semantic search has evolved and what the future may have in store for SEOs and webmasters.
Many Google algorithm updates are discussed from 10 years ago until today. They spend time discussing the impacts of Expertise, Authority, and Trust (E.A.T.), as well as the considerations associated with Your Money or Your Life (YMYL) and Google’s Quality Raters Guidelines. The algorithm updates mentioned above all help Google understand the language better while defining online entities in its Knowledge Graph.
Dr. Marie Haynes has over ten years in the SEO trenches and frequently speaks at industry conferences. In addition, she contributes to many SEO publications. Marie is the founder and President of Marie Haynes Consulting.
Key Segments:
[00:03:31] Choppy Waves in the SEO Industry
[00:05:00] An Overview of the Quality Raters Guidelines
[00:09:05] Your Money or Your Life
[00:11:03] Algorithms and Machine Learning
[00:13:35] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:14:34] Feeding the Machine Learning Beast
[00:14:56] News, Disinformation and Political Subjects
[00:19:41] Entity Space of SEO – Understanding Language
[00:24:57] Structured Data and Unstructured Data
[00:28:28] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: edgeofthewebradio.com/wix
[00:30:02] Original Reporting, Information, Analysis and Content.
[00:31:22] Quality Raters Guidelines Book and Newsletter
[00:33:22] Final Thoughts
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Our Thanksgiving 2022 edition. Seriously, Jacob was using that gobble effect way too much! Mordy’s is back with us with a packed show, full of articles! Articles from Techcrunch, Moz, and Google Search Central Blog were key discussion points, along with our belief that the web is on drugs….yeah, I think we’re there, folks. With the Amazon layoffs, Elon Musk, and people trying to change the author of articles…..it’s a mess.
News from the EDGE:
[00:05:34] Layoffs at Amazon, Ticketmaster debacle, Is there still anyone left at Twitter besides the CEO?
[00:10:57] The Impact of Local Business Reviews on Consumer Behavior
[00:14:27] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:14:47] Straight from Google: Guide to the Google Search ranking systems
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Barry Blast from Search Engine Roundtable:
[00:19:29] Barry Blast 1: Google: E-A-T Applies To Every Single Query - Link
[00:22:18] Barry Blast 2: Google: Don't Randomly Change The Author Name, Use Author Annotations & Updated Content Use New Author - Link
[00:24:30] Barry Blast 3: Beware Of Fake Ownership Requests From Google Business Profiles - Link
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Dr. Marie Haynes shares her thoughts and insights on the EDGE by looking at the plethora of Google algorithm updates this year. 2022 has seen its fair share of volatility in the SERPs. In addition, she explores ways to identify and track the impacts of algorithm updates on a website, while pointing out many of the culprits responsible for misleading false positives, which may be wrongfully associated with an update.
With over 10 years of SEO experience, she’s a regular speaker at MozCon, Pubcon, SMX, and Brighton SEO, and a frequent contributor to many industry publications. She’s the owner and President of Marie Haynes Consulting. Additionally, Dr. Marie Haynes hosts one of the top SEO podcasts, Search News You Can Use.
Time to dive into Google algorithm updates… on the EDGE!
Key Segments:
[00:02:15] Introducing Dr. Marie Haynes
[00:04:11] Highest Levels of Continued Rank Volatility
[00:05:00] Should We Be Focused On Traffic?
[00:06:41] Product Review and Core Updates
[00:09:11] The Compounding Impacts of Multiple Updates and Diagnoses
[00:12:39] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:13:42] Gross Traffic vs. Individual Page Traffic
[00:14:32] Transactional vs. Informative Content
[00:16:31] Old School SEO
[00:18:12] Intent and Relevancy
[00:21:41] The Helpful Content Update, Knowledge Graph and Snippets
[00:23:32] Not All Traffic Changes Are From Algorithm Updates
[00:27:35] MobileMoxie Tracks Historical SERP Snippets
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[00:29:37] The Apocalypse!
[00:33:16] Questions, Questions and More Questions
[00:35:18] External Evidence
[00:37:20] AI Content Is Likely Algorithmically Identifiable
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Cindy Krum jumps into the news with Erin to tackle the slew of news this week! A little late, but still really important! Erin blames his kids…
Covering articles from Barry Schwartz, Mike Blumenthal, Roger Montti and Fili Wiese, we also jumped into a Twitter thread that revealed something very interesting! Is there going to be a larger focus on structured data from Google to the degree of triggering manual penalties? As Cindy says.
“The news this week kind of reinforces the idea that you are in Google's results wherever you are at their leisure and at their discretion. And what they give, they can easily take away.” Check your schema, all - it could be an issue.
News from the EDGE:
[00:03:16] Almost all industries have seen a large increase in Google Cost-Per-Leads
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[00:09:41] Twitter removes 80% of its contractor employees without notice
[00:14:20] GBP updates might eliminate your reviews. Have backups!
[00:20:54] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:21:42] Marketers are jumping on the Mastodon bandwagon. Should you?
[00:25:11] Social Thread: Spammy Schema will get a Manual Penalty?
Barry Blast from Search Engine Roundtable:
[00:32:41] Barry Blast 1: Google Ads Paying Advertisers $100 To Enroll In Automatically Applies Recommendations
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Crystal Carter, Head of SEO Communications at Wix, joins the EDGE to discuss Visual Image Search Optimization. After discussing Visual Image Search on the last episode, she dives head-first into best practices in optimizing for Visual Image Search. Crystal answers this question: How do we ensure our brands and services are part of our customer's visual search?
Let’s talk visual search optimization… today on the EDGE!
Key Segments:
[00:04:31] Throwback to Ep. 544
[00:06:35] Associated Intent
[00:08:45] Caterpillars, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Oh My!
[00:09:26] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: edgeofthewebradio.com/pageonepower
[00:10:29] Stats, Stats, Give Me More Stats
[00:11:42] Ecommerce Implications
[00:13:14] More Rich Images on Your Website
[00:14:06] Optimizing for Visual Image Search
[00:17:47] LegoLand is Cool / User Generated Content
[00:20:32] AI-Powered Local Photos
[00:21:40] Let’s Find A Burrito
[00:22:37] Bridging the Gaps
[00:24:37] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: edgeofthewebradio.com/wix
[00:25:09] Stock Photography
[00:27:17] Infographics
[00:28:13] International and Language-less
[00:29:41] All Things Logo
[00:36:09] Google Visual Search vs. Image Search
[00:37:06] MuM Knows Best
[00:39:29] Goggles or Googles?
[00:43:04] Users Want Google Lens
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Crystal’s Harnessing Visual Search for Optimization Opportunities!
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Crystal Carter joins the EDGE to school us on Visual Image Search. Fresh from the stage at the last MozCon, she brings her insights and expertise on visual search and AI. She delves into many of today’s examples and the future outlook of visual search, all based on real-world experiments and work. You have that and some best practices and considerations all here in the podcast. We explore some of the most important things to ponder on this Crystal Carter episode.
Let’s talk visual search… today on the EDGE!
Key Segments:
[00:03:45] A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
[00:04:37] An Evolution of Google’s Mobile First
[00:05:14] Image Search vs. Visual Search
[00:06:45] A Rich Tapestry of Contextual Queues
[00:11:31] Lyft and PBR. . . Oh My!
[00:18:02] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:13:35] AI, Visual Queues and Text Queries
[00:15:02] Vision AI
[00:16:23] Current Gaps and Biases
[00:18:16] Pinterest Statistics and Bing
[00:19:59] Rapper Xzibit and Amazon
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[00:21:07] Google Lens and Ocular Character Recognition
[00:22:46] Some Takeaways for Marketers
[00:24:24] It’s the Brain of Understanding / The Hive Mind
[00:25:13] Images are Contextually Language-less
[00:28:15] Exploring Google Photos for Entities and Defining Gaps
[00:30:00] Real-World Applications to Consider
[00:34:06] Consistency is the Key
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Abusing the host? Is that what Mordy has lowered himself to? We love the Fall decor on the SERP. It’s NEWS!
Today we cover articles from Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch and Search Engine Watch covering topics such as Google’s new search labels for coupons, the depreciating value of the link in the future, Mastodon’s rise amidst the chaos of Twitter, and Mordy Oberstein opines whether Google is moving to a more continuous “real time” algorithm. Oh, and we might talk about Robert Plant, ferns and rubber plants, too.
News from the EDGE:
[00:03:01] New labels to highlight coupons and promos in Google search results
[00:07:21] Perhaps the value of backlinks are changing as Google continues to evolve?
[00:11:47] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:12:41] Social Network Mastodon nearly doubles in users in just one week
[00:22:49] Our own Mordy looks at data to see if we’re moving towards “real-time” algorithm updates.
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Barry Blast from Search Engine Roundtable:
[00:32:55] Barry Blast 1: Links may be less important to the Google Search ranking algorithm in the future - Barry - Link
[00:33:57] Barry Blast 2: Google Tests Fall Decorations In Search Results - Link
[00:34:53] Barry Blast 3: Google: No, Your Website Doesn't Need 200,000 Words To Be Considered Authoritative - Link
How to leave Twitter and switch to Mastodon from Jon Henshaw
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Our Halloween 2022 Episode (yeah, it’s November, moving on) covers articles from MarTech, Android Police, Search Engine Land, and Semrush. We dug into a spooky article from Bruce Clay (much to Mordy’s chagrin) and provided an expose’ on the Semrush Zero-Click study from Marcus Tober. He had a fantastic analysis at the end, right Mordy (wink)? Seriously - a sizable study of 20,000 users click-stream on over 300,000 queries. There are some very striking data about what zero-click really means and how it differs from the 2018 report on zero-clicks. Make sure you check these links out!
News from the EDGE:
[00:03:23] New Features coming to GA4
[00:07:43] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:08:21] Are you using 2FA?
[0014:38] Bruce Clay gives us 10 SEO tactics to quit in 2023
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[00:19:39] SEMRush presents a study about Zero-Clicks
Barry Blast from Search Engine Roundtable:
[00:31:26] Barry Blast 1: Keywords In Local Reviews Does Not Impact Google Local Rankings; Study Says - Link
[00:33:25] Barry Blast 2: Google Showing On-Time Delivery & Order Accuracy Estimates In Search Ads - Link
[00:35:42] Barry Blast 3: Google: Human Written Content Doesn't Necessarily Make The Content Useful Or Helpful - Link
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Olga Zarzeczna shares her perspective on the recent situation she had to deal with - the theft of her own web content, which got published as someone else's work on Amazon. It’s incredible to hear that it happened and the SEO community rallied behind Olga in extraordinary ways. Women in Tech SEO demonstrated their strength and support when this came to light. Key members in the SEO community also helped Olga navigate her own (unwarranted) imposter syndrome challenges.
Olga shares some important lessons from this experience and advises others who may be silently struggling with confidence. After listening to this account, please reach out if you have time to tell Olga how you feel about her contribution to the SEO industry!
[00:02:47] The Discovery
[00:04:30] The Timeline of Events
[00:06:24] The SEO Community Rallies
[00:07:37] How Could This Happen Today?
[00:09:37] Dealing with Imposter Syndrome
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[00:14:06] The Supportive SEO Community: Women in Tech SEO
[00:15:19] Lessons from SEO Theft
[00:19:37] Try Another Community, But Not SEO!
[00:21:05] Women in Tech SEO
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The prodigal son returns to the show. Mordy Oberstein is back to cut up the news like a Halloween Jack-o’-Lantern! We cover articles from Search Engine Roundtable, Search Engine Land, and Social Media Today. Regarding the Google Spam Update….to quote Mordy: if you got hit by the update: Check your rankings, check your site, check your content, and then check your soul (ouch).
Side Note: Check out the Ted Cruz visit to a recent Yankees game!
Key Segments:
[00:05:02] Google Spam Update Done in Record Speed!
[00:10:55] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:12:32] Uber Ads are Coming, In Journey
[00:15:27] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: edgeofthewebradio.com/inlinks
[00:16:18] Facebook and TikTok Approving Ads with Political Misinformation days before the election
Barry Blasts
[00:22:13] Barry Blast 1: Google Trending Now For Shopping Results - Barry - Link
[00:24:53] Barry Blast 2: Report: Google Reviews Being Removed From Local Business Profiles - Barry - Link
[00:26:57] Barry Blast 3: Third-Party Appointment Services Hijacking Google Local Business Profile Panels - Barry - Link
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We are continuing with OlgaTober with the second of three episodes covering our interview with Olga Zarzeczna, one of the top SEO Audit specialists, today. We continued going through the list of top SEO mistakes made by sites that Olga has found over her years of performing audits.
Erin and Olga match their notes on some of the most critical, flagrant fouls in the SEO space. We also cover some more controversial “gray hat” issues regarding structured data.
But seriously, copying a competitor's structured data? That actually happened?
Check it out today on the EDGE!
Key Points:
[00:03:09] SEO Mistake: Targeting the Same Keywords on All Pages
[00:04:46] SEO Mistake: +500K Excluded Pages in GSC
[00:06:03] SEO Mistake: Chinese Characters in Search Results
[00:06:46] SEO Mistake: Host Issues in the Crawl Stats Report in GSC
[00:09:29] SEO Mistake: Pages or Resources that Should Not be Indexed by Google are Indexed
[00:10:57] SEO Mistake: No Headings at All
[00:12:25] SEO Mistake: Sitemap with HTTP links only
[00:13:13] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:13:59] SEO Mistake: Website is Available and Indexable in Two Instances (Staging and Production)
[00:16:09] SEO Mistake: Competitor’s Data in Schema
[00:16:56] SEO Mistake: All bots Disallowed in Robots.txt
[00:18:00] SEO Mistake: SameAs Pointing to Wikipedia
[00:21:55] SEO Mistake: Using AI-generated Photos of “Authors”
[00:23:50] SEO Mistake: ALT Text Stuffed with Multiple Keywords
[00:25:28] SEO Mistake: Three different SEO plugins / Five Different Caching Plugins
[00:26:54] SEO Mistake: Lack of Any Contextual Linking Between Blog Posts
[00:28:17] SEO Mistake: Important Resources Blocked in Robots.txt
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Andrew Optimisey jumps in to join Erin on the news this week!
Andrew shares some of the great speakers from BrightonSEO, which makes us all sizably jealous here in the midwest! We take on articles from Digital Trends, Search Engine Land, and Search Engine Journal. And, of course, the Barry Blast (sounds like a soda, right) from Search Engine Roundtable.
Key Segments:
[00:06:52] YouTube is adding taggable usernames for everyone!
[00:10:07] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:11:05] Google Ad Manager and AdSense will soon support first-party cookies for publishers
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[00:20:38] What does Google think about the rise in the use of AI-generated images?
Barry Blast (should it be grape?):
[00:28:25] Blast 1: Google Tag Adds Tap Coverage Summary, Ads, Analytics & CMS Integration Link
[00:30:46] Blast 2: Google Review Guidelines Updated To Disallow Discouraging Negative Or Selectively Solicit Positive Reviews - Link
[00:34:17] Blast 3: Google Ads To Update UK Financial Services Policy Update To Crack Down On Fraud - Link
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Olga Zarzeczna joins the EDGE again to provide some fantastic insight into over a hundred SEO audits she has done. We have some of the top issues that she has seen, and you have it all here in the podcast. Well, not all of them - please check out her full article in the link below. We tackle some of the most important things to get right in this OglaTober episode. Yes, we have 3 episodes with Olga this month of October - might as well name it after her.
Dig in deep on the Best SEO Audit Mistakes….today on the EDGE!
[00:06:08] SEO Mistake: Low-Value Anchor Text
[00:07:23] SEO Mistake: Homepage Content Invisible to Google
[00:09:25] SEO Mistake: Random/unrelated Text in Headings
[00:11:08] SEO Mistake: Corrupt And/Or Overly Complicated Structure Of Headings
[00:12:25] SEO Mistake: Canonical Links Pointing To Non-Indexable Pages
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[00:15:18] SEO Mistake: Menu Links Pointing To Staging URLs
[00:16:20] SEO Mistake: Horrendous Speed Scores
[00:18:02] SEO Mistake: No Text on the Homepage
[00:19:04] SEO Mistake: Lorem Ipsum Content on the Live Site
[00:20:42] SEO Mistake: Links that Do Not Look Like Links
[00:22:29] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:23:06] SEO Mistake: Non-indexable URLs in the XML sitemap
[00:24:53] SEO Mistake: The Highly Complex Structure Of The Website
[00:27:22] SEO Mistake: No Blog Section
[00:28:06] SEO Mistake: No Custom 404 Page
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There were so many things from the Google Search On event! All the things! And we didn’t cover nearly enough of them from Barry’s article. But Mordy and Erin did dig into plenty of items from Search Engine Land and Search Engine Roundtable this week.
We also realized that we’re getting really old! GetOffMySERP.com
[00:08:15] Form interactions can be measured in GA4
[00:11:26] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:12:50] Brands suspending their Twitter campaigns after finding their ads alongside questionable accounts
[00:17:07] Which of these advanced Google search operators did you already know about?
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[00:25:41] Fast Track 1: Google Testing Things To Know On Right Search Panel
[00:28:15] Fast Track 2: Google Really Wants You To Avoid Changing URLs Just For SEO Reasons
[00:31:39] Fast Track 3: All The Google Announcements From Search On 2022
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News Articles This Week:
https://searchengineland.com/ga4-now-has-an-enhanced-measurement-option-for-form-interactions-388424
https://searchengineland.com/advanced-google-search-operators-388355
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-testing-things-to-know-on-right-panel-34169.html
https://www.seroundtable.com/google-url-change-seo-34163.html
https://www.seroundtable.com/search-on-2022-34164.html
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Tyler Bain, project manager with Page One Power, joins Erin to create of drinking game with the use of analogies in project management! No, of course not, that would not be responsible of us (see below if you want to play with your team)!
Erin and Tyler dig into the usage of “it depends” when working with SEO clients. There’s a lot behind that phrase, and it has a stigma as well. Listen in as we tackle goal communications with clients and the responsibility of project managers to help educate their clients. There are a lot of things depending on SEO success, and it’s our job at the agency level to guide our client's understanding as well as their success!
This special episode of the EDGE is where we connect with one of our sponsor’s leadership members. Be sure the check out Page One Power over at edgeofthewebradio.com/pageonepower.
[00:03:04] Tyler Bain: Project Manager at Page One Power
[00:06:23] You Have to be Hungry for Knowledge in the SEO Industry
[00:07:32] "It Depends": The Bane of Communication in the SEO Industry
[00:13:03] “It Depends” Can Actually be used to Build a Partnership with the Client
[00:15:35] Communicating and Understanding Goals
[00:17:10] Project Goals are Performance Goals As Well
[00:20:15] "It Depends" Can Be a Deal Killer
[00:23:44] Losing Your Traffic Isn't Necessarily a Bad Thing...It Depends
[00:24:51] Your Agency SEO Data Should Be Part of the Conversation
[00:32:45] A Level of Trust in Sailing: Best Practices of the Crew
Count the Analogy Drinking Game! Did we get them all??? Let us know at @EDGEWebRadio
Mike Blumenthal’s second segment on the EDGE takes us into the realm of the value of image optimization for Local Search. It’s a huge conversion factor for businesses that can be easy wins. Check out the incredible tool, AirCam.ai - a service that gives a breakdown of all of the images your business needs for local visibility.
Mike gives us his take on the most recent Google updates and how they may affect local visibility. He also unequivocally lays down his opinion about AI machine learning evaluating human content: Google’s not being accountable for the businesses that are relying on local visibility for revenue.
[00:04:35] The HCU: Content Written For People By People Evaluated By AI
[00:06:40] The Machine is Getting It Wrong
[00:08:40] Is Helpful Content Update Unfair to SMB’s Without Budget?
[00:12:37] Will the Updates Affect the Knowledge Graph?
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[00:15:11] Why are Images So Valuable to Local Search?
[00:29:14] Mike’s Pro Tip for Local Optimization: Aimcam.ai
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Dug into Search Engine Land, Tech Crunch and yes, Bloomberg (the first one on deck) this week. Of course, we couldn’t cover the bloody 5th Product Review Update from Google, as we recorded on Monday. Wow - updates are coming inside of weeks now. Can’t really grab ahold of that unless we go to a daily news show! (Please stop the updates, Google, please!)
Had great fun, as usual, with Mordy and Jacob. Check out the links and let us know how we’re doing at RateThisPodcast.com/Edge!
[00:03:12] Negative reviews can not be changed through incentives to customers
[00:06:19] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:07:08] Discord-like Messaging coming to Facebook
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[00:09:55] Google and Alphabet antitrust suit regarding ad technology will NOT be thrown out…
[00:14:15] Fast Track 1: Google Drops Article Too Short & Word Count Section From The Search Console Content Errors
[00:16:26] Fast Track 2:Google Promotes Google Lens In Mobile Search
[00:18:34] Fast Track 3: Google Tests Two People Also Ask Results In One Question
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Mike Blumenthal, “Professor Maps” of the Local SEO community, catches up with the EDGE after some time to lay out the volatility he’s seen in local search. Mike’s been focused on the Google Business Profile forums and has seen some pretty striking and concerning developments. Witnessing around 200 review take-downs and close to 2,000 business profile suspensions per month, Mike’s a bit concerned to say the least.
Where is Google’s accountability and transparency in responding to these issues? There’s no mechanism to challenge the decision on the review take-downs.
The value of Local Search positioning and consumer interaction is unquestionable. But one question does present itself: who’s property is this, yours or Google’s?
[00:05:59] So Many Changes in Local SEO - The Last Few Years
[00:08:20] Local SEO Volatility: A Recent Timeline
[00:09:47] Google Sees Their Future as Local
[00:12:16] How Valuable is Google Local Search? Sometimes 95% of Leads
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[00:17:11] The Consumer is Trained on Google Reflection of your Brand
[00:18:09] Hunting in GBP Forums with a Specific Focus
[00:21:39] There’s No Support from Google, Once They Nuke a Review
[00:22:51] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:24:34] Are We Just Going to Just Publish to Google in the Future?
[00:25:49] Is This Our Property or Google’s?
[00:28:28] Business Suspensions Complaints are 10X
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Ever listened to a podcast dumpster fire? You’ve got to check this one out. We led with today’s breaking news of Google’s September 2022 Core Update and didn’t rearrange the rest of our headlines. And what were those headlines, you might ask? Talking about the PREVIOUS update that we were still waiting to see affect our rankings. Yup - poured gasoline over the entire show and watched it burn!
Still - good stories from Search Engine Land, Search Engine Journal and Barry. We could only really use two stories out of the six…..probably should have thought that one through a little bit more.
[00:03:59] A New Core Update - Now!
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[00:12:19] Youtube May Be Adding New Analytic Research Features
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[00:16:42] Helpful Content Might Still Get Stronger With Next Core Update
[00:18:51] Fast Track 1: Google Helpful Content Update Is Now Done Rolling Out
[00:19:25] Fast Track 2: Book On Google For Google Flights To Be Discontinued Outside US
[00:20:10] Fast Track 3: Only 20% Noticed Ranking Changes After Google's Helpful Content Update
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The second segment of our Michel Fortin interview goes from helpful content straight into the customer’s search intent. Are we meeting them on the road to their solution with insightful, useful content, or is our SEO page built for keyword ranking? We may be in a new world of pruning and reworking content, shaking off some old habits and replacing them with a new discipline of careful evaluation.
Check out the first segment of our interview with Michel Fortin, a 30-year vet in the SEO industry and a pivotal player in our quest to understand how we can be helpful.
[00:05:28] The Three P’s: Presence, Prominence, and Performance
[00:08:34] Where Are You Standing Out?
[00:11:20] Are We Along Their Journey?
[00:12:41] Google's Changing Things for a Reason!
[00:14:28] Answer Three Key Questions
[00:15:40] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor:Site Strategics
[00:16:38] SEO Boils Down to Two Essential Ingredients
[00:20:50] Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
[00:24:11] Focus on Quality Signals
[00:27:14] QRG Married to the Helpful Content Update
[00:29:20] Is the Ranking Content Going to Have to Be Rewritten?
[00:33:20] Machine Learning is Just Getting Started
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Michel’s recent article:
https://www.wix.com/seo/learn/resource/user-first-seo
Google’s recent update announcement:
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-content-update
We came across a very important article from Dan Taylor this week regarding the possibility of site indexing being the most coveted goal for SEO’s of the future. Coupled with an article from Search Engine Roundtable regarding Google’s ability to ascribe quality to different sections of your site - I think we have some clear perspective of the SEO future to come! (see, Erin can write!) Article from the Verge, Search Engine Land, and DanTalyor.online, as well as Search Engine Roundtable - it’s a jammed-packed digital marketing news show this week!
[00:04:55] Paid features coming to Facebook and Instagram
[00:09:30] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:10:28] The Helpful Content update is still going, and going, and going…
[00:13:23] Next up for SEOs: Indexing!
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[00:19:33] Fast Track 1: Google Ads To Disapprove Ads That Don't Meet Better Ads Standards
[00:20:40] Fast Track 2: Google Can Crawl Site Sections More Frequently & Determine Quality By Section
[00:22:44] Fast Track 3: SiteGround Now Hosting Bill Slawski's SEO By The Sea For Free
[00:23:22] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: edgeofthewebradio.com/pageonepower
[00:24:00] #SEOChat
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It couldn’t be more timely! Michel Fortin, long time SEO professional, has recently written a fantastic article regarding “user-first” SEO principles, a concept that he has been championing for sometime. The article came out just weeks before the Google Helpful Content Update algorithm change that came in August of 2022. This is exactly where Google is telling us where to go with the user and Michel is the coach to help us along the way.
Please read the article at Wix and reach out to our sponsors and thank them for helping us do what we do with the show!
[00:05:44] Michel’s User-First SEO Focus Couldn’t Be More Timely!
[00:08:15] Google Wants to Take Itself Out of the Picture
[00:10:24] The Keyword Chase is Dead, Finally
[00:13:38] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: edgeofthewebradio.com/pageonepower
[00:15:22] Presence, Prominance, and Performance
[00:18:22] Leaning In: People Search Next
[00:21:42] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics
[00:22:36] Are You Sure Google Wants to Take Us To YOUR Answer?
[00:27:13] Make Sure that the Answer is Available When They Need It, Where They Need It
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Michel’s recent article:
https://www.wix.com/seo/learn/resource/user-first-seo
Google’s recent update announcement:
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-content-update
Robots can recognize other robots, right Modie (Mordy’s AI name)?
Alright, we evidently were advertising SERP’s Up, the new Wix podcast, as Mordy’ threw promos everywhere in the show. Yup - very proud to be able to roll out that show with Wix!
On OUR show, we covered articles from Search Engine Land, and Search Engine Roundtable and followed a conversation on Twitter and Linked in regarding Google giving visual cues of how long it is to read content from the mobile device. Is that really a good thing? Give us feedback on Twitter @EDGEWebRadio.
[00:04:30] Are You Listening to this Podcast Right Now on Twitter?
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[00:09:27] Before Using Ai to Help with Your Next Piece of Content, Consider The Pros and Cons of the Choice
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[00:15:15] Google has a New Tag That Indicates Content-Length. Will This Impact Click-Thru-Rate?
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[00:21:05] Fast Track 1: Google Helpful Content Update Is Now Rolling Out
[00:23:07] Fast Track 2: Google Core Web Vitals Report Adds URL Level Data For Examples URLs
[00:24:21] Fast Track 3: Google Expanded From Sources Across The Web Feature
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