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

When your ultimate goal is to improve your site's search position, there's no better way to get started than with a search engine optimization audit. Everyone wants to boost the search position for their website but fewer realize that you start chasing SERPs after you conduct an SEO audit.  This week's featured guest is Andy Drinkwater, SEO Consultant and Owner of IQSEO. Andy got involved with SEO...

Does your digital marketing strategy include long-term content marketing? It should! What do brands like Arrow Electronics, General Mills, and Kraft have in common? Their digital marketing efforts go beyond short-term results and focus on long-term content marketing that actively builds relationships with audiences over time. Don't let the pressure to deliver short-term results turn your focus awa...

NEWS SYNOPSES: Google Gives Webmasters More Control Over Their Search Listing Displays Three new meta tags allow for controlling the max length of a text preview, duration of a video preview, and size of an image preview. An HTML attribute is also available to help with this. By Barry Schwartz   Broad Core Algorithm Update by Google on September 24 th Google announced ahead of time this broad upda...

SaaS marketing hinges on building your brand, inbound content marketing, and identifying the right lead acquisition channels. What better way to learn about SaaS marketing than from the guy who built the marketing dept. at Ahrefs . Tim Soulo is the Chief Marketing Officer and Product advisor at Ahrefs (an industry-leading SEO tool, powered by Big Data). With almost 10 years of practical experience...

Do you know all the ways to incorporate Quora into your PPC strategy? Maybe you're not including Quora in your PPC plan because you don't know where to start! Joe Martinez, Direct of Client Strategy at Clix Marketing joins us again for a special EDGE of the Web episode. We decided one show wasn't enough time for Joe to provide all of his insight on successful PPC strategies using Quora. But this s...

What's one of the biggest Digital Marketing mistakes being made today? Spending all of your PPC dollars on Google and Facebook! You might be surprised how much of your audience are using Instagram, Quora, Waze, Reddit, Pinterest, Nextdoor, and others. And if you're not including QUORA in your PPC plan, you're missing out, especially with its 'Promoted Answers' feature! Our returning guest Joe Mart...

Host Erin Sparks and Guest Joe Martinez discuss this weeks trending topics: Google Changes the Meta Robots Nofollow Tag from a Directive to a Hint The Nofollow page tag was previously a directive to stop a web crawler from following links, but now it's just a hint, which means a Google crawler may or may not obey the Nofollow tag.   Google Launches Two New Link Attribution Tags rel="sponsored" is...

Was There a Google Search Algorithm Update Around September 4th or 5th? Inquiring minds want to know, but it can be hard to tell. Anyone with a site that suddenly drops tends to sound the alarm, which may or may not indicate a change.     The Latest Quality Raters Guidelines Update from Google The biggest changes were made in the YMYL (your money, your life) section, which was entirely re-written....

If your business or client's business gets all of its customers from a localized area- how do you go about optimizing your website to cater to just your city and neighborhoods? What does your local reputation have to do with your ability to drive traffic to your pages and close deals? Google's monopolistic stranglehold on #LocalSearch can be frustrating, but there's still lots businesses can do. O...

Don't miss this week's edition of the EDGE of the Web podcast when our special guest is Marie Haynes, Owner of Marie Haynes Consulting Inc., who will provide commentary and analysis on all the latest Google updates for #DigitalMarketing during the news roundup segment of episode 324. This week's topics: FTC YouTube Investigation Settled by Google Google resolves an FTC investigation against YouTub...

Google is constantly coming out with small and core algorithm updates, forcing digital marketers to continuously work on providing top-notch content that develops expertise, authoritativeness, and trust! So what exactly is Google E-A-Ting? Find out everything you need to know from Marie Haynes, Owner of Marie Haynes Consulting Inc., who has been completely obsessed with understanding Google Algori...

Don't miss this week's edition of the EDGE of the Web podcast when our special guest is Bill Slawski, Director of SEO Research at Go Fish Digital, will provide commentary and analysis on all the latest #DigitalMarketing #SEO headlines during the news roundup segment of episode 323. This week's topics: New Types of Structured Data Added to Google Search Console Google Search Console has added three...

Schema continues to grow in search results with featured snippets, knowledge panels, structured snippets and more. Location history will become part of the future for local search. What will do with it? Are you up-to-speed on Categorical Quality Scores in Ranking Search Results? Find out what you need to know from Bill Slawski, Director of SEO Research at Go Fish Digital, who has been doing SEO wo...

Our special guest this week on the EDGE of the Web podcast is Arlie Hartman, Chief Information Security Officer at BraunAbility. He'll be talking about cybersecurity with us, but will also provide opinion and analysis on some of the latest #DigitalMarketing headlines: Podcasts results expected as SERP results in Google We've already seen it popping up- SERP results with podcast episode info and a...

If all the craziness you hear about malware, cybersecurity, data breaches, info security, and ransomware attacks have you feeling nervous, then you'll want to learn how to fight back. Our special guest this week on the EDGE of the Web podcast is Arlie Hartman, Chief Information Security Officer at BraunAbility. He'll be talking about cybersecurity with us, but will also provide opinion and analysi...

Don't miss our special guest this week on the award-winning EDGE of the Web podcast: Kirk Williams of ZATO Marketing. He's a leading PPC expert and will also provide commentary and analysis on all the latest #DigitalMarketing headlines during the news roundup segment of Episode 321.

Smart Shopping Ads and Campaigns are on the rise. Are you ready to leverage them into business success? PPC Hero says he's among the Top 25 Most Influential PPCers in the world (and has been for 3 years running). Search Engine Journal says he's one of the 23 Top PPC Experts You Should Follow in 2019. Who are we talking about? Kirk Williams of ZATO Marketing, and he's going to join us for episode 3...

The Digital Marketing news roundup on the Site Strategics EDGE of the Web podcast makes sense of the latest headlines. This week's episode features special guest Shay Rowbottom of Rowbottom Marketing, and explores Google's new social network, possible algorithm updates, and LinkedIn moving beyond "business only" style posts.

More and more companies involved in B2B Digital Marketing realize they need to make the most of LinkedIn but aren't sure how to make it happen. Find out how Shay Rowbottom of Rowbottom Marketing leverages video content to connect with target audiences. She joined LinkedIn back in May 2018 and within one year gained more than 60,000 followers! Tune-in for episode 320 of the award-winning EDGE of th...

Ready for another Digital Marketing news roundup segment on the award-winning EDGE of the Web podcast? This week features commentary and analysis with Tim Schmoyer, Founder and CEO of Video Creators

YouTube launched back in 2005 when it was largely just cat videos and low-quality content. It's come a loooong way since then, baby! @timschmoyer, Founder and CEO of Video Creators, has been getting results on the platform since 2006, and has handled YouTube strategies for the likes of HBO, Warner Bros, and even Disney! In short, if your company doesn't have a YouTube strategy, you're missing out!...

At Site Strategics we make it easy for you to stay up-to-date on the latest #DigitalMarketing news with our roundup segment in each episode. This week's EDGE of the Web podcast will feature special guest Traci Reuter, Founder and CEO of Divine Social, to provide commentary and analysis on important headlines.

If building a foolproof social advertising strategy to engage your ideal clients sounds like a dream come true, you can do it! Learn how with Traci Reuter, Founder and CEO of Divine Social, is our special guest for episode 318 of the award-winning EDGE of the Web podcast. Sponsor EDGE of the Web is brought to you by Site Strategics and they are offering to help you find out your digital marketing...

You might think having every employee in your business helping with your #DigitalMarketing is just a fantasy, but it's not! It's called employee social media advocacy and you can find out the why and how of it with Glenn Gaudet, CEO of GaggleAMP, in episode 317 of the award-winning Site Strategics EDGE of the Web podcast. Sponsor EDGE of the Web is brought to you by Site Strategics and they are of...

It's time for another #DigitalMarketing news roundup segment on the award-winning EDGE of the Web podcast, this time featuring commentary and analysis with Glenn Gaudet, CEO of GaggleAMP. This week we're looking at: Tips to drive engagement to your social media content, smarter ad buying, and the overall flattening of social media usage.