Category: search engine optimization
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You Ask, I Answer: The Impact of AI on SEO?
Max asks, “Your opinion on SEO and the impact of AI in the future?” Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: Download the MP3 audio here. Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for watching the video. Christopher…
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You Ask, I Answer: SEO And Content Marketing?
Ann asks, “Given all the “instant” answers Google delivers in search results, does SEO still matter for content marketing?” Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: Download the MP3 audio here. Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute…
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You Ask, I Answer: Bulk Analysis of Search Terms?
Bill asks, “If you wanted to examine search terms in bulk, how would you do so? The goal would be to determine what terms are driving traffic to a website over time, and learning how those terms and their volume change over time.” Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio…
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What Is Temporal Vectorization in SEO?
I’d like to introduce you to a concept I haven’t seen anywhere else in the SEO world, something I’ve talked about a few times now on Marketing Over Coffee and the Trust Insights podcast: temporal vectorization. What Is Vectorization? First, a bit of background. Vectorization, in the SEO context, is the process of identifying related…
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Is SEO Out of Reach For Small Businesses?
Leah asks, “Is SEO out of reach for small businesses?” This is an interesting question, because the answer keeps changing. A year ago I would have firmly said no, SEO is completely within reach of every business, large or small. Six months ago I would have said that the very best SEO technologies are definitely…
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How To Improve SEO With Network Graphing
One of the earliest parts of Google’s algorithm was PageRank, a network graph that looked at who was most linked to as a proxy for which sites should rank highest for a given search term. While PageRank has evolved along with the rest of Google’s algorithm, it’s still very much part of the company’s search…
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How to Prioritize Content for SEO Optimization
One of the most challenging questions in SEO (search engine optimization) is, “Where do we start?”. When you have hundreds or even thousands of pages, many of which are valuable, how do you start chipping away at the problem? This question is answered by two other questions: Is traffic acquisition the bigger problem? Is traffic…
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Five Kinds of SEO Keyword and Topic Research
One of the easier to solve marketing mistakes I hear is when someone says they need to do just a bit of keyword research for their search engine optimization. When you hear keyword research, what does that phrase mean to you? AHREFS defines keyword research like this: “Keyword research is the process of understanding the…
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Marketing Data Science in Action: Competitive SEO
One of the more interesting methods for checking out competitors in digital marketing is to look at who you have the most keyword and topic overlap with in SEO. Why? From a search perspective, overlap tells you who you’re competing with in terms of audience – which other sites you’re directly clashing with for eyeballs…
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Are Content Marketing and SEO Worth Trying for a New Entrant?
Brett asks about whether the learning curve for the average new entrant in content marketing is even worth trying. Given the complexity of competition and the likelihood that existing market competitors are more practiced, is it even worth doing? The answer isn’t necessarily easy, and is dependent on your content marketing goals. Are you creating…
