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

Todd Dean, Founder of Zoolstra, delves into SEO for the audiology industry. Audiology clinics face a unique challenge in the digital marketing landscape. Many common tactics prioritize volume over quality, leading to low-value appointments. In contrast, an effective SEO strategy for audiology clinics focuses on attracting a high volume of high-intent patients. Today, Todd discusses making SEO work for audiology clinics.Connect With: Todd Dean: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Micah Fisher-Kirshner, VP of SEO & Content at Turn/River Capital, wraps up discussions on SEO in private equity firms. Whether it’s B2B marketing or B2C marketing, you’re dealing with humans. However, B2B SEO strategies adjusted to the fact that the buying experience is more like B2C. Today, Micah talks about some of the differences between B2B and B2C SEO. Show NotesConnect With: Micah Fisher-Kirshner: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

VP of SEO & Content at Turn/River Capital, Micah Fisher-Kirshner, continues discussions on SEO in private equity firms. The day-to-day of a PE SEO is quite different from an in-house SEO. While in-house SEOs focus on driving search results for an individual business, PE SEOs must figure out how to scale across multiple businesses. Today, Micah breaks down the differences between being an SEO at a private equity firm, as opposed to being an in-house SEO. Show NotesConnect With: Micah Fisher-Kirshner: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Micah Fisher-Kirshner, VP of SEO & Content at Turn/River Capital, discusses SEO in private equity firms. It’s natural to experience some level of anxiety during a merger or acquisition. To make the transition successfully, SEOs must be able to justify their role in the new organizational structure. Today, Micah speaks about surviving an acquisition in SEO. Show NotesConnect With: Micah Fisher-Kirshner: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jessica Mehring, CEO at Horizon Peak Consulting, discusses strategies for achieving your SEO growth goals. SEO goals and content can sometimes feel like they're at odds with one another, on the one hand, marketers want to build content for human consumption; and on the other hand, they want to build SEO for the algorithm. Today, Jessica deep dives into the mechanics of SEO components and how marketers should be thinking about goals when it comes to contentConnect With: Jessica Mehring: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

CEO at Horizon Peak Consulting, Jessica Mehring provides insights into the experience and philosophy of her approach to content creation, emphasizing the importance of human-centric content over algorithm-driven strategies. Today, she explores the role of storytellin in making SEO content stand out.Connect With: Jessica Mehring: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rodrigo Lasanta, Lead SEO Specialist at Digivate, delves into SEO for site migrations and internationalization. Rather than being a collection of individual search engines for each country, Google functions as a single index containing all the web pages it has crawled. This global structure creates a challenge for international websites. How does Google know which language version of your website to show a user? This is where hreflang tags come to the rescue. Today, Rodrigo discusses hreflang tag's relevancy for international websites.Connect With: Rodrigo Lasanta: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rodrigo Lasanta, Lead SEO Specialist at Digivate, delves into SEO for site migrations and internationalization. Investing in a website redesign or migration can breathe new life into your online presence, keeping it aligned with evolving market trends and user expectations. However, when SEO is left out of the equation, companies may experience a decline in organic performance, directly impacting their bottom line. Today, Rodrigo discusses the importance of SEO in website redesign and migrations.Connect With: Rodrigo Lasanta: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jason Lax, Technical SEO Senior Specialist at SAP, delves into AI’s impact on spam and scaling technical SEO. Managing a vast number of URLs presents unique challenges and opportunities for optimization. From geo-tagging for a global audience to building relationships and getting buy-in and support for SEO from other teams, success requires a combination of technical expertise, clear communication, and a willingness to experiment and adapt. Today, Jason discusses scaling technical SEO for millions of URLs.Connect With:  Jason Lax: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jason Lax, Technical SEO Senior Specialist at SAP, delves into AI’s impact on spam and scaling technical SEO. While the end goal of spammers remains the same - getting links - AI is facilitating more sophisticated approaches to bypassing our current detection tools. Ultimately, AI is scaling spam at an unprecedented level and we must employ constant vigilance and monitoring to protect our websites against attacks. Today, Jason discusses spam in the age of AI.Connect With:  Jason Lax: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alex Silverberg, President and SEO Strategist at APSEO, delves into taxonomy for large websites. Websites rely on a strong foundation to function effectively. Site architecture, or taxonomy, plays a vital role in user experience and even how search engines crawl and understand your site. Without proper taxonomy, users are unable to find what they're looking for, and search engines can’t understand the relationship between your pages. Today, Alex discusses the importance of taxonomy for large websites.Connect With:  Alex Silverberg: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alex Silverberg, President and SEO Strategist at APSEO, delves into Google’s SGE. SEO is constantly evolving, and a new wave of change is on the horizon with Google's Search Generative Experience (SGE). While high-quality content remains king in this new search landscape, optimizing for SGE requires a new focus on schema markup and structured data to make it easy for search engines to attribute value to your site. Today, Alex discusses how to optimize for SGE.Connect With:  Alex Silverberg: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matthew Edgar, Partner and Technical SEO Consultant at Elementive, delves into technical SEO and user experience. Understanding the intricate relationship between website speed, SEO performance, and user experience is pivotal today. As users demand faster loading times and search engines prioritize user-centric metrics, measuring how speed impacts SEO and user experience is imperative for maintaining online visibility and satisfying audience expectations. Today, Matthew discusses measuring how speed impacts SEO and user experience.Connect With:  Matthew Edgar: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matthew Edgar, Partner and Technical SEO Consultant at Elementive, delves into technical SEO and user experience. Despite the misconceptions surrounding core web vitals, they are not the biggest ranking factor. However, in an age where search engines are prioritizing user experience, we must ensure that our websites provide a positive experience for visitors when they click in from a search result. Today, Matthew discusses how core web vitals affect SEO.Connect With:  Matthew Edgar: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jeff Baker, Owner and Founder of BakerSEO, talks about interaction signals. The ultimate goal of creating content for SEO is to achieve better positions, higher click-through rates, and more opportunities to convert your audience to your service and product landing pages. Fortunately, the SERPs provide you with a perfect guide to what's working and how people are voting with their clicks. Today, Jeff discusses why interaction signals matter. Show NotesConnect With:  Jeff Baker: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jeff Baker, Owner and Founder of BakerSEO, talks about how old SEO signals have become table stakes. In today's world, where tools like MarketMuse and Clearscope are readily available, checking the boxes for on-page technical SEO and a strong inbound link profile is no longer sufficient for ranking. Instead, what matters is how users engage with your content and the metrics your content sends to Google. Today, Jeff discusses how old SEO signals have become table stakes. Show NotesConnect With:  Jeff Baker: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jason Shafton, Founder and CEO of Winston Francois, delves into SEO for growth marketing. Measuring SEO’s effectiveness can be a challenge for growth marketers. Unlike other marketing channels with clear-cut key performance indicators (KPIs), SEO's impact is multifaceted and its results often require patience and time to bear fruit. Today Jason discusses the best ways to effectively measure SEO. Connect With: Jason Shafton: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jason Shafton, Founder and CEO of Winston Francois, delves into SEO for growth marketing. Effective growth marketing strategies leverage multiple channels, and SEO and content marketing are two levers that growth marketers can pull to achieve scale. However, understanding SEO's unique qualities is key to leveraging its potential. Today Jason discusses five things growth marketers need to understand about SEO.Connect With: Jason Shafton: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ruchika Batra, Director of Content Marketing and SEO at Birdseye, delves into SEO and content marketing. Integrating SEO into the content creation process isn't just about optimizing for search engines—it's about enhancing the overall user experience. By incorporating common-sense practices such as breaking up paragraphs, using bullet points, and including alt text for images, content becomes more accessible and engaging for all users. Today, Ruchika discusses integrating SEO into the content creation process.Connect With: Ruchika Batra: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ruchika Batra, Director of Content Marketing and SEO at Birdseye delves into SEO and content marketing. Effective content marketing relies on a balance between valuable content for the audience with SEO considerations. Striking this balance is challenging as content marketers focus on audience needs while SEO tends to focus on technical factors like keywords, neglecting the user experience. Today, Ruchika discusses SEO challenges in content marketing.Connect With: Ruchika Batra: Website // LinkedInThe Voices of Search Podcast: Email // LinkedIn // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn //  TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.