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Mordy Oberstein, George Nguyen and Jacob Mann host this week's episode of News From The Edge. They wrestle the mic away from Erin Sparks to talk about Google's stance on comparing ranking factors, explain creating Web Stories, and cover how Google is demoting libelous content. [00:03:17] Google says to not compare the importance of different ranking factors [00:10:01] Web Stories are here and it's...

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Mark Traphagan about metrics that should be more important than rank. We also touch on whether Google even wants to give us clicks anymore, and how we might be wasting time even talking about them as much as we do in SEO. [00:04:44] What are some other metrics that should be more important than just rank? [00:11:25] It's not about rank, at some po...

On this week's roundup of News from the EDGE, Erin Sparks and Wix's Mordy Oberstein finally (yeah, our studio lost internet) get to cover the digital marketing and SEO news of the week.  We dove into a number of items, including:    [00:04:28]  iContact acquires Moz.  We're saddened by the end of an era.   [00:08:39]  Google says that they don't rank website pages differently than blog posts.  Rea...

What are the problems when analyzing and acting on data from enterprise-level SEO projects?  With hundreds of thousands of pages to deal with, the utilization of machine learning is fastly becoming an essential resource.  Mark Traphagen of SEO Clarity gives us his insights into these issues.  He also gives us a perspective of what is a good make-up of an enterprise SEO skill set.  Happy to have be...

On this week's roundup of News from the EDGE, Erin Sparks and Wix's Mordy Oberstein a number of Google moves this week including very interesting jump links on featured snippets that don't go off of headlines but off of Google reading and placing relevant references to the passages. There's a brain at work here, folks! [00:06:46]  Google Search Console removes the generic Rich Results [00:09:53] ...

Roger Montti shares with the EDGE audience some of his perspectives of the more contentious discussions that SEOs are having in the marketplace of ideas.  We dig into what Google is really doing with the SERP and what the challenges are in reporting the larger perspective for the different audiences he serves.  A key message in this interview is not to be afraid to put yourself out there.  Great t...

On this week's roundup of News from the EDGE, Erin Sparks and Wix's Mordy Oberstein explore the ways MUM may change search behavior, fall in love with the new Google Maps updates and revisit what we think matters when it comes to Core Web Vitals. [00:04:24] Something Special Hanging in our Production Booth [00:05:16] How MUM may change search behavior [00:14:31] Google Maps has some awesome new up...

In this two-part interview, Roger Montti of Search Engine Journal talks about how last year's pandemic affected SEOs who want to see each other and learn from one another. He and Erin Sparks talk about how new SEOs can't be afraid to be challenged, Montti's perspective on CWV and discuss that Wix & Wordpress spat. [00:04:24] Roger's Publishing History [00:07:03] The Effect The Loss Of Conventions...

On this week's episode of EDGE of the Web, Erin Sparks and Wix's Mordy Oberstein unpack the news about YouTube improving Creator Studio, new privacy-focused changes to Google Analytics and Tag Manager, Google's statement on public blog networks and more.   [00:02:47] YouTube is improving Creator Studio [00:12:06] Google Ads has privacy-focused changes coming for Analytics, Tag Manager [00:17:07] G...

Andrew "Optimisey" Cock-Starkey continued his discussion with us as we explored his tenants to help businesses do the small but powerful things that improve their websites.  Things you can do right now. He clearly demonstrates the care he has towards his own clients and he used his Cambridge meetups to share information with his local business community. We also give the mic to Andrew to go throug...

On this week's News From The EDGE, host Erin Sparks, Wix's Mordy Oberstein and EDGE Media Studio's Creative Director Jacob Mann set expectations for Core Web Vitals, talk about the Moz analysis of GMB's local justification, and weigh in on Clubhouse.   [00:04:26] Core Web Vitals claimed to be a minor tie breaker [00:10:11] Local Justifications give an edge to GMB users [00:16:19] Clubhouse launche...

Andrew Cock-Starkey (aka Andrew Optimisey) started to hold small conferences at a local college to help inform some of the local businesses of the best standards for digital marketing and search engine optimization. But that small college was Cambridge and you would not believe who came to speak there. Free pizza and beer didn't hold a candle to the top-level thought leaders sharing their craft. T...

Join Erin & Mordy as they unpack how Google's adding links to featured snippets, the new ability to report indexing issues, Bing's new shopping feature and our favorite topic, Core Web Vitals. [00:04:25] Comparison shopping on Bing [00:09:08] Report indexing issues on Google Search Console [00:13:24] Elementor updates for Core Web Vitals [00:18:00] Google's adding links to featured snippets

Host Erin Sparks talks to Pedro Dias, Ex-Google and now Head of SEO at Reach PLC, about critical thinking in SEO, his experiences working at Google, and more. [00:04:18] What Pedro experienced at Google during the first large algorithm changes [00:20:00] The path of critical SEO thinking compared to how Google is understanding quality. [00:23:40] What do beginning SEO professionals need to know to...

Join us as we give our take on the SEO news of the week for you. Grabbing ahold of the headlines, Mordy Oberstein and I spend time giving our two cents on the key things you should be looking at this week.   [00:04:06] Google Testing Local Car Inventory [00:09:27] Google's Scraping Its Q&A Function [00:13:51] Assessing The Impact Of The Product Review Update

Host Erin Sparks talks to Pedro Dias, Ex-Google and now Head of SEO at Reach PLC, about how Google views information, what companies should consider holding back and the philosophical challenges of controlling the world's information.   [00:05:37] Pedro was in the thick of the first Panda algorithm rollouts with Google in 2011 [00:07:14] Pedro's take on Google dominance [00:13:39] Businesses need...

The SEO News to pay attention to this week includes Google's ability to deal with long-form questions, the postponement of the Core Web Vitals update, and if FLoC will be blocked by default on nearly half of all websites when it rolls out.    [00:03:19] Google Has Problems With Long-Form Question Answering A new research paper finds that Google still has issues answering nuanced questions that req...

The face of tech has changed and the pie is getting bigger. We talk about Google's FLOC and how the scene changes as privacy becomes paramount. Carolyn Lyden, Director of Search Content at Search Engine Land and SMX, also unpacks elitism, the backlash women in tech can face, how you can help, and how the narrative can be reframed to reflect inclusion.   [00:04:13] What is FLoC? [00:12:48] Does Goo...

On this week's episode, we unpack two new updates from Google on their algorithm and Search Console, explore more info on Core Web Vitals and attempt to play nice about that antitrust lawsuit Google's wrapped up in.    [00:03:05 ] Google Announced Product Reviews Algorithm Update We suspect this update is aimed at all those affiliate links that websites are including in their reviews these days. ...

Ahead of SMX Create (April 13) we have the answer to what narratives are going to be top-of-mind in the SEO community post-pandemic. Carolyn Lyden, Director of Search Content at Search Engine Land and SMX, is on-the-record for dedicating herself towards raising up women and BIPOC business leaders. If a story affects marketers, Search Engine Land is going to tell you about it. [00:03:53] How did th...

We grabbed the top headlines of the week and complained about a couple of google overreaches, in your host's humble opinion.  Here what Erin and Mordy took on:   [00:03:24] Company Knowledge Panels Showing Competitors on Google You can imagine some choice words might be said when a business looks at its Google knowledge panel(s) to see "alternatives" included who are competitors.  [00:09:23] Expan...

Ashley Segura, Co-Founder and Operations VP of TopHatSocial, explains how to navigate the challenges of repurposing content in your omnichannel digital strategy. She recommends auditing your content quarterly, explains what you should be looking for and how to use the insights for your next content plan. And if you haven't started using SlideShare yet, don't start now.   [00:03:43] What is content...

Mordy joins Erin to go through some of the digital news on episode 406.  [00:03:18] Will the SEMrush IPO Make a Splash? SEMrush went public last week with an IPO, including a total valuation approaching $2 billion. This is the first major IPO of a company that is laser-focused on SEO, not just digital marketing in general. [00:06:06] Hotel Property Promotion Ads Now Available Globally Google has l...

[00:06:13] How content consumption has changed in the last few years. [00:08:15] This virtual atmosphere is going to be permanent, to a scale. [00:09:36] Beginning content marketing research and building a repeatable model [00:12:09] Look at the data first  [00:13:57] Watch what your competitors are doing [00:17:36] Does our content marketing get skewed with topics that are trending too much? [00:...

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