EDGE of the Web - The Best SEO Podcast for Today's Digital Marketer

There's such a growth in SEO technology. It's time to take a moment and learn how one of these firms use what they learn from companies that use them to deliver best services. We're talking to Mitul Gandhi and mark trap Hagen, SEO clarity today on the EDGE.   [00:04:14] How Mitul came into the SEO industry…and why? [00:07:54] Software had to originate out of a need. [00:09:37] seoClarity first had to understand how to scale themselves [00:11:27] What insights did you have from consulting and how did you would them into the product? [00:13:54] The Interview Series Title Sponsor: edgeofthewebradio.com/site [00:14:38] If two or more clients ask for it, seoClarity delivers it [00:19:17] Custom SAS product delivery at a boutique level to customers, exemplifying what the listening process should be. [00:24:24] The Growth of SEO Technology [00:25:43] Sponsor for EDGE of the Web: edgeofthewebradio.com/Wix [00:30:01] The gaps Mitul sees at the enterprise level of collaboration between departments [00:34:24] How do you help companies bridge that last mile between insights and action?

22 Feb 202236min

Congrats to Barry Schwartz for 30,000 posts on Search Engine Roundtable!  Thanks for all of the hard work.  The EDGE is covering stories from Search Engine Land, Journal and Roundtable this week.  Be sure to check out sponsor edgeofthewebradio.com/inlinks to receive a free account today!     [00:04:42] Local News gets more visibility [00:10:42] Bing to help get millions of new visitors via PubHub [00:16:25] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics [00:17:32] Is Code to Text ratio a ranking factor? [00:22:56] This Week's Poll [00:26:22] Show Notes [00:27:02] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Inlinks.net

15 Feb 202230min

Eli Schwartz joins us on the second part of his interview on the EDGE, discussing how to achieve Blue Ocean status with your SEO strategy. Learn some key points on how to acquire that valuable knowledge of customer need and experiences by tried and true methodology. Lastly - learn why you shouldn't care about Position Zero. Make sure you check out his new book, "Product-Led SEO: The Why Behind Building Your Organic Growth Strategy". [00:06:05] Blue Ocean and Red Ocean [00:11:27] Are Blue Ocean Strategies for Everyone? [00:12:23] Learning Customer Blue Oceans: Surveys, Customer Data & Customer Support [00:15:32] The Interview Series Title Sponsor: Site Strategics [00:16:17] The Challenge: SEO Siloed Away from Sales and Marketing [00:18:43] Paid Search is Research [00:19:40] The Goal is the North Star [00:20:47] Sponsor for EDGE of the Web: Wix [00:22:13] How to Guide Clients Away from Keyword Volume Buglights [00:25:18] Touching the Third Rail: Who Cares about Position Zero?

15 Feb 202231min

Celebrating 10 Years of our SEO podcast - we had a great time covering digital marketing news from Barry Schwartz, Roger Montti and Kirk Williams. We strolled through memory lane with a video montage of all of the studios we have been in over the years. Please check out the video on YouTube. Lastly, we just have to share Mordy's new job - throwing in as many curse bombs as he can get away with to provide Jacob's job security. Yeah, that happened, today on the EDGE! [00:05:27] Mordy bomb drop 1 | Jacob edit [00:05:46] Is Google Ads emailing your opted out customers? [00:09:21] Mordy bomb drop 2 | Jacob edit [00:12:41] Really, Mordy - even with Daniel Tiger? | Jacob edit [00:14:56] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics [00:15:45] Structured Data? Maybe… no problem? [00:21:10] Show Notes [00:21:57] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Inlinks.net [00:22:50] Top SEO podcasts for 2022 (yeah, gratuitous plug)

9 Feb 202233min

Eli Schwartz has helped in honing a much better perspective of understanding where SEO really needs to reside: Product-Led SEO. On this podcast we cover his career, his struggles in the early days of SEO as well as his new book, "Product-Led SEO: The Why Behind Building Your Organic Growth Strategy". It's a great take on how SEO is really about the customer needs, not the rank you receive. Dive into the first of two interview segments with us as we unpack a philosophical change in SEO. [00:05:45] Eli's start - how he learned SEO by getting smacked upside the head by Google. [00:16:09] You need to help people in your industry as you have been helped along the way. [00:17:12] The Interview Series Title Sponsor: Site Strategics [00:18:03] Eli Schwartz's Book: Product-Led SEO: The Why Behind Building Your Organic Growth Strategy [00:18:30] A philosophical change for SEO [00:23:27] Sponsor for EDGE of the Web: Wix [00:25:48] The Core of SEO: The User and then The Product [00:28:39] Reclaim your own Product and Features [00:31:04] Don't chase the alogrithm: algorithms change, users don't change

9 Feb 202237min

Erin, Mordy and Jacob cover the digital marketing news of the week with articles from Roger Montti, George Nguyen, Brock Cooper and Danny Goodwin. Oh yeah, and Mordy tries to pitch you buying a ticket to hear him speak at Brighton SEO. So that happened….. [00:05:06] New Feature on Mobile: "People Search Next" [00:09:29] Google changes the majority of Title Tags [00:16:47] Our Poll This Week [00:18:11] EDGE of the Web Title Sponsor: Site Strategics [00:19:16] New SEO app for Wix from company Deepcrawl [00:21:33] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Inlinks.net [00:22:56] New API Connection to GSC URL Inspection

2 Feb 202231min

The second part of the Joe Martinez and Michelle Morgan (Paid Media Pros) interview. We discussed how marketers have to adapt to new platforms and metrics inside the new paid ad setting we are finding ourselves in, in 2022. The theme of the show today is Adapt, and do that nimbly. Join the Paid Media Pros as the share some great thoughts in studio with the EDGE! [00:04:16] What have we lost from going virtual for our marketing conferences? [00:11:25] There's a lot of people that are selling paid media services, but not really delivering. [00:12:07] The Interview Series Title Sponsor: Site Strategics [00:16:12] What changed in paid ad marketing 2021 and what to expect this year [00:17:59] We're going to have to adapt to the dynamic search ad paradigm [00:21:05] Losing the Google Partner badge? [00:21:42] Are these really Google reps making recommendations? [00:23:10] Sponsor for EDGE of the Web: Wix [00:23:41] The loss of ETAs [00:26:03] The changes - embrace them and get there before your competition does. [00:28:23] The only time the platforms will do anything…It's because you left. [00:30:08] Privacy changes in Facebook and the rest… [00:43:10] Investing to build the awareness if your brand is unknown

2 Feb 202248min

Well, Mordy may have blown all of the headlines even before the intro, but we did cover some great stories from Henry Powderly of SEL, Roger Montti and Barry Schwartz. Make sure that you check out this week's poll. Plus, we found our mission, after 10 years - SEO Bobbleheads! [00:03:37] There's someone new at Search Engine Land! [00:06:18] Is your content being outranked by a site that just used Copy/Paste? [00:12:10] EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Inlinks.net [00:13:09] A spike in crawl traffic does NOT mean impending doom [00:19:25] Our Poll This Week [00:22:53] This is where the brilliant idea started. SEO Leader Bobbleheads!

25 Jan 202226min