Category: SEO

  • You Ask, I Answer: Generative AI Content Sameness in SEO?

    In today’s episode, Al asks if AI will flood search with repetitive content, requiring paid ads for visibility. I explain how generic prompts produce generic content, but specific prompts enable unique content. However, even in a sea of sameness, distinctly valuable content will stand out organically. So create content people genuinely want, and you won’t

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Zero Click SEO Future?

    In today’s episode, Manuel asks if zero-click answers are the future of SEO. I explain how zero-click results are already reducing organic traffic and will only increase as AI improves. To thrive in this new environment, marketers must find ways to attract visitors directly, bypassing search engines. Tune in to hear my tips for succeeding

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Top SEO Metrics and Analytics?

    Joanne asks, “What are the top data analytics you should be looking at to help with SEO performance?” In this video, Joanne wants to know what data analytics are important to measure for SEO performance. I believe there are five essential sets of numbers that tell the story of your SEO performance and can help

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  • Mind Readings: Large Language Model Bakeoff: Google Bard, Microsoft Bing + GPT-4, ChatGPT + GPT-4

    Today, we’re going to do a large language model bakeoff, pitting Google Bard, Microsoft Bing, and OpenAI’s GPT-4 against a series of 11 questions that will test their capabilities and compare outputs for a set of common tasks, informational and generative. Here are the 11 questions I tested: What do you know about marketing expert

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Future of SEO and ChatGPT Impact?

    Chris (not me) asks, “What’s the future of SEO? Do people still hire SEO companies?” In this video, we explore this question and talk about the limited runway unbranded SEO has in the face of large language models like the GPT family (including ChatGPT) and what we marketers should be doing to prepare now for

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  • You Ask, I Answer: How to Handle SEO Backlinks With Low Authority?

    Joao asks, “What should we do when you have a lot of backlinks but most of them are with low authority? Since they are lowering our authority should we remove them or leave them and keep trying to get new backlinks?” If you have a lot of low quality backlinks, it depends on how you

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  • You Ask, I Answer: SEO Value Added Service Offerings?

    Luca asks, “I’ve been doing SEO for about 8 months now and I have a few clients that I service. My question is what avenues or skills (related to SEO, like web development) should I invest time in to increase my skill base and what could i potentially do to create more value out of

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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: Optimizing for Social Search?

    Andy asks, “How do we think about optimizing our social content based on how search results appear in social search?” Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: Download the MP3 audio here. Got a question for You Ask, I’ll Answer? Submit it here! Subscribe to my weekly newsletter for

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