301 | What's Driving the Growth of Marketing Technology? w/Scott Brinker

This week's bonus news episode features Macro Bonomo from Mediacom, with our host, Erin Sparks. They discuss Google Ads giving credits for Covid-19, Walmart integrating with Shopify, and reviewing the takeaways from a panel of top SEOs discussing Google's Page Experience update.

24 Juni 202014min

We had a great time at SMX West in San Jose this year and were able to sit down with some thought leaders in our digital marketing space.  Huge thanks to Third Door Media, who opened the door for EDGE of the Web to be part of the conference. We were able to catch up to Sam Ruchlewicz, Vice President of Digital Strategy & Data Analytics at Warschawski. We covered the Google Partner Program changes that had everyone fired up.  Give it a watch and listen!

22 Juni 202023min

We had a great time at SMX West in San Jose this year and were able to sit down with some thought leaders in our digital marketing space.  Huge thanks to Third Door Media, who opened the door for EDGE of the Web to be part of the conference.   We were able to catch up to Patrick Stox, Product Advisor, Technical SEO & Brand Ambassador of HREFS, a sponsor of our EDGE of the Web podcast.  Give it a watch and listen!

21 Juni 202011min

We had a great time at SMX West in San Jose this year and were able to sit down with some thought leaders in our digital marketing space.  Huge thanks to Third Door Media, who opened the door for EDGE of the Web to be part of the conference.   We were able to catch up to Mordy Oberstein, CMO of Rank Ranger and host of The In Search SEO Podcast and my brother from another mother!  Give it a watch and listen!

20 Juni 202010min

We had a great time at SMX West in San Jose this year and were able to sit down with some thought leaders in our digital marketing space.  Huge thanks to Third Door Media, who opened the door for EDGE of the Web to be part of the conference.   We were able to catch up to Elizabeth Marsten, friend of the show and presenter at SMX. We covered the digital marketplace of Amazon, Walmart and Google Shopping.  Give it a watch and listen!

20 Juni 202015min

We are honored that this week's featured guest on the award-winning EDGE of the Web podcast is the one and only Martin Splitt, Developer Relations at Google. Martin is a developer advocate on the Webmaster Trends Analyst team at Google Switzerland. In this role, he helps developers and content creators to build great content on the web. He is involved with the W3C as well as the global web and JavaScript developer community, working to keep the web open. He, Gary Illyes, and John Mueller are working hard in communication with the web world, sharing information regarding how Google looks at the web and their insights at Google Webmaster Trends. We deep-dived into learning how to rank well on Google by developing a top-notch website and content during episode 359 of the EDGE of the Web.

19 Juni 20201h 4min

The Final Countdown for Adobe Flash's DemiseFlash has been on the decline as more content shifts to mobile platforms and standards such as HTML5 take center stage. Adobe will no longer support Flash as of the end of the year.By: Ryan Whitwam Why Does Google Hate Guest Posts?Google seems to think most guest posting is an attempt to get links. Because of this Google discourages guest posting and devalues it for ranking purposes. By: Roger Montti Say It with Me Now: Bounce Rates Don't Impact Ranking!Google's John Mueller reiterates yet again that Google does NOT look at bounce rates in Analytics for ranking websites. Google has been saying this for years, but the myth persists.By: Barry Schwartz

19 Juni 202011min

Page No-Index Guidance from Google If you wonder which pages really should get a "noindex" tag and which ones you don't have to bother with, Google's John Mueller took a crack at explaining it in Google Webmaster Hangout.By: Roger MonttiFrom: Search Engine Journal How Useful is AMP if It's Not Tied to Top Stories? In 2021 Google is going to drop the AMP requirement for Top Stories Eligibility. The question is whether or not publishers will stick with AMP if they don't have to. Hard to say at this point.By: George NguyenFrom: Search Engine Land Video Views and Lead Ads get Engagement Remarketing Option on LinkedIn If you've been waiting…and waiting…and waiting for more targeting options in your LinkeIn advertising campaigns, it looks like the wait is finally over for Lead Ads and Video views.By: Susan WenogradFrom: Search Engine Journal

10 Juni 202018min