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Episodes

OpenAI's future plans, decline in Google Search, and extended Q&A! | #SEOUpdateByYoast

What are we discussing in this episode?: Google's CEO Sundar Pichai says in an interview that search will change 'profoundly' in 2025; what does that mean? 🤔 2025 is fast approaching; what will the the SEO landscape look like for the upcoming year? The AI Revolution has been making major waves with OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro and the O1 model. How different is it going to be? View the topics and sources here ....

Dec 17, 20241 hrEp. 1

SearchGPT, AI Overviews, Google Trends, and more | #SEOUpdateByYoast

In this episode, we’ll dive into: 👉🏼 OpenAI launched ChatGPT Search; is this true competition for Google? 👉🏼 Google rolled out AI Overviews to 100+ new countries; will this influence the search results? 👉🏼 The November Core Update is here; how will the impact be on websites? ... and more! Topics and sources You can find the topics & sources here ....

Nov 27, 20241 hrEp. 1

Helpful content update recovery, Google's AI overviews, and more | #SEOUpdateByYoast

Get ready to discover the latest insights with #SEOUpdateByYoast! Join our seasoned SEO experts, Alex Moss and Carolyn Shelby, as they discuss the latest news in SEO, including WordPress's 21st birthday, AI-related news, Google's response to website recovery, structured data documentation updates, and more. Topics & sources You can find the topics & sources here .

May 29, 20241 hrEp. 1

Advice from Google, the helpful content system, and more | #SEOUpdateByYoast

Get ready to dive into the freshest insights with #SEOUpdateByYoast! Explore essential industry updates with our experienced SEO experts, Alex Moss & Carolyn Shelby, and transform your SEO strategy like never before! Topics & sources You can find the topics & sources here .

May 01, 20241 hrEp. 1

Google’s core & spam update, Core Web Vital changes, and more | #SEOUpdateByYoast

Topics & sourcesSEO news Google core and spam updates roll out Bing Webmaster Tools adds features Google Unleashes Manual Actions Galore After Search Spam Policy Updates AI-content websites deindexed?! Goodbye FID! INP now part of CWV metrics Liz Reid announced as new Head of Search AI news The AI Act: first-ever legal framework on AI Sam Altman chats with Lex Friedman SGE being tested in search interface WordPress news WordPress 6.5: The features you want to know about Yoast news Yoast SEO ...

Mar 27, 202459 minEp. 1

The latest SEO news: from HCU recovery to Product Variants Schema, AI and more | #SEOUpdateByYoast

Topics & sources SEO news INP coming to CWV on March 12 Does Structured Data Markup influence EEAT? The SEO Starter Guide got a makeover Google: We Don't Say Core Web Vitals Are A Ranking Factor Updated the availability of Web Stories Timings on HCU recovery? New Search experiences in EEA Google adds Product Variants support Reddit and Google expand partnership AI news OpenAI introduces Sora Bard is now Gemini, 1.5 released OpenAI developing AI web search? Search volume at risk by AI? Gemma:...

Feb 29, 202459 minEp. 1

SEO predictions for 2024, developments in voice search, and more! | #SEOUpdateByYoast

Topics & sources 2024: SEO predictions and trends Google: new ways to search in 2024 Growth of voice and visual search Semantic search and intent optimization Building helpful content and topical authority SGE’s wider adoption SEO news Google has started phasing out third-party cookies Google clarifies primary source of snippets Goodbye Google Websites Google Perspectives dominated By Twitter, YouTube & Reddit Large SEO Reddit Community Taken Over By New Moderators Google Drops Thousands...

Jan 31, 20241 hrEp. 1

Mike King on increasing CTR with personas and the power of internal linking

Mike and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: 1:08 - Who is Mike King? 4:15 - Importance of talking at conference for business 5:49 - Technical SEO renaissance 10:54 - The future of natural language generation 15:15 - Should SEO starters use tools or not? 17:47 - The power of internal linking 21:46 - Increase CTR by using personas in SEO 27:35 - An example of the iPullrank personas 31:15 - Mike’s rapper career, and more of...

Sep 15, 202139 minEp. 18

Marcus Tandler on making the internet carbon neutral and the importance of website UX

Marcus and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: 2:01 - What do Ryte and Marcus do? 5:19 - How website UX is important for SEOs 8:37 - How the field of SEO changed into holistic SEO 14:14 - What Ryte does to make the internet more carbon neutral 18:35 - Blocking crawlers to save energy 21:51 - Where is Ryte going in the next few years? 23:51 - A good thing about the differentiating of SEO tools 28:50 - How Ryte predicts imp...

Jul 21, 202145 minEp. 16

Cindy Krum on passage ranking, PWA, voice search and the new SEO tools of MobileMoxie

Cindy and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: 1:18 - Passage ranking: Google indexing text fragments 4:02 - Progressive Web App (PWA) in search results 8:26 - Making indexed information accessible for all languages 11:52 - Cindy’s take on the future of SEO 14:06 - All about MobileMoxie’s (new) tools 16:07 - The benefits of MoblieMoxies ‘page-oscope’ 19:18 - How coders help Google by adding markup 22:52 - The importance of...

Jul 07, 202143 minEp. 15

Lily Ray on the future of E-A-T, paid ads, E-commerce spaces and SEO

Lily and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: 2:00 - The SEO specialty of Lily Ray 4:21 - What is a good future proof SEO strategy? 6:25 - How to improve your E-A-T and the role of schema in this 11:13 - How to measure if E-A-T changes have an effect 12:54 - The influence of Google’s intent and it’s core updates for E-A-T and site-ranking 19:06 - Actionable tips on how to build trust on a certain topic 20:10 - The next ste...

Jun 23, 202142 minEp. 14

Nichola Stott on running, hiring and evaluating an SEO agency

Nichola and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: 1:47 - When should you hire an agency? 7:52 - Should you keep doing parts of SEO yourself as a business owner? 12:24 - What you should look for in and expect from an agency? 15:12 - What a good client looks like for Erudite agency 17:04 - Budgeting for your SEO and content strategy 19:13 - What to expect when starting to work with an SEO agency? 21:35 - At what point does a ...

May 26, 202143 minEp. 13

Marieke van de Rakt on readability, product marketing and leading Yoast

Marieke and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: 1:20 - How Marieke became the CEO of Yoast 4:20 - The origin of the readability analysis in Yoast SEO 7:52 - The importance of readability 12:53 - Readability analysis changes in the past 5 years 18:12 - Product copy and SEO 26:14 - Using video in your marketing 28:39 - What led up to Marieke becoming the CEO of Yoast? 31:40 - What a conversion rate and Marieke's PhD conclus...

May 12, 202143 minEp. 12

Kristopher Jones on entrepreneurship, investments and eCommerce

Kristopher and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: 2:55 - Building and scaling a business 7:24 - How Kristopher deals with career paths of people in agencies 13:39 - What challenges do Kristopher's clients struggle with? 19:07 - Investing in companies 20:38 - Kristopher's technology accelerator buildings 23:59 - The hybrid working environment 27:34 - Kristopher tells about Special Guests, his entertainment booking platfor...

Apr 30, 202144 minEp. 11

Kevin Indig on SEO at Shopify and eCommerce

Kevin and Joost will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up. 2:52 - Kevin explaining his passion for SEO 4:48 - How Kevin starts an SEO process 10:02 - Alternatives to Google's search engine 13:58 - How the SEO world becomes more interesting as a whole 24:55 - How Shopify merchants can use video for SEO 27:23 - The way Shopify sees the success of its merchants 31:59 - Shopify's growth during the pandemic 36:42 - How Kevin spends his tim...

Apr 21, 202145 minEp. 10

Phil Nottingham on improving your online video strategy

Phil Nottingham is a video and brand marketing specialist. In this episode, Joost and Phil will cover the following topics related to video SEO and online video strategy. Timestamps indicate when the topic comes up in the recording. Topics 3:37 - What makes Video SEO so hard? 6:40 - Scaling up with video 10:26 - Hosting your videos on YouTube 15.16 - Combining multiple content forms in a strategy 18:17 - Video strategies for Facebook 20:00 - Facebook live and YouTube live 21:55 - Long-form live ...

Mar 31, 202141 minEp. 9

Kate Toon on great SEO copywriting

Joost and Kate will cover the following topics during this episode, with timestamps indicating when the topic comes up: Topics 4:04 - What makes SEO copywriting hard 7:00 - Kate's fear of public speaking and why she loves Clubhouse 14:57 - What has changed in SEO copywriting in the last decade? 23:20 - How can we make people better at SEO copywriting? 25:00 - Kate's writing process 29:35 - Improved readability and SEO through web layout 35:05 - What about structured data and backlinks? 38:32 - P...

Mar 19, 202145 minEp. 8

Rand Fishkin on building a business in the online marketing world

These are the topics that Rand and Joost talk about in this episode, with minutes indicating when that topic comes up in the recording: 1:37 - What is SparkToro 3:52 - Building an online marketing business 11:16 - Are the current big SEO tools competing for the same audience and does that make specialization the way to go? 14:43 - The maturity of the SEO space: pay attention and you'll notice the cycle 17:09 - There's no SEO in SparkToro's marketing 21:08 - How SparkToro's audience comparison to...

Mar 03, 202149 minEp. 7

Jes Scholz on SEO beyond Google Search

What if your target audience is located in a market that only knows the internet as Facebook or where Opera Mini is the main browser? Jes Scholz (International Digital Director at Ringier) will share her global experience and simultaneously make you aware of the small and much closer-to-home SEO tactics that will lead to owning a topic. Yes, a topic, not a keyphrase! That's one key takeaway from this episode for you already. These are the topics that Jes and Joost talk about in this episode, wit...

Feb 17, 202144 minEp. 6

Purna Virji on building your brand on LinkedIn

From journalism and PR, via SEO at AOL to SEA at Microsoft and currently working at social media platform LinkedIn, Purna has seen a lot of aspects of online marketing in her career so far. Let her experience be your guide towards reaching your branding and engagement goals. Purna will tell you how to combine the best of these worlds. Think of improving your organic traffic by running SEA experiments. Or creating brand awareness by leveraging your key employees' personal LinkedIn profiles. Sound...

Feb 10, 202143 minEp. 5

Jason Barnard on taking a deep dive into Brand SERPs

It's not a coincidence that we mention that there are a lot of Jason Barnards out there. In this episode of the Yoast SEO Podcast, you will learn why it's important to know if you have namesakes, just like Jason does. The Jason Barnard Joost is talking to in this episode is a digital marketer, but also a musician and cartoon blue dog. He specializes in Brand SERPs(Search Engine Results Pages), which is the first thing people see when they search for your brand online. This is what you will learn...

Jan 20, 202145 minEp. 4

Jon Henshaw on hreflang, Coywolf and Apple

As he states on his website, Jon has been involved with website development and internet strategy since 1995. A lot has changed since then. He is currently working at ViacomCBS as Lead SEO Analyist and is the founder of Coywolf, a marketing and technology news platform. This is what you can expect to hear in this episode: How the SEO toolset landscape changed over the past years What Coywolf is and does International SEO: why hreflang actually does not help with optimizing your website for inter...

Jan 06, 202141 minEp. 3

Aleyda Solis on international SEO

This episode offers you a deep-dive into the mechanisms behind Search Engine Optimization. Aleyda is an expert when it comes to getting found online by the right audience. In this episode, she will share her broad (international) SEO knowledge including tactics for optimizing your local or multi-language website and videos. A glimpse of the discussed topics: The future of remote working now working from home became a necessity How SEO is becoming a general marketing strategy What to take into ac...

Dec 23, 202051 minEp. 2

Christi Olson on Search Engine Marketing

In this episode of the Yoast SEO podcast, Joost talks with Christi Olson, Global Media SEM Team Lead at Microsoft. Joost and Christi discuss their views on Search Engine Marketing. A glimpse of the discussed topics: 3:35 - Name changes of Bing and the components of the algorithm 6:50 - What SEOs can learn from SEA tactics - and the other way around 14:06 - How did Search Engine Marketing tools evolve? What changed for the better and which updates do not seem to make anyone happy? 26:53 - How can...

Dec 09, 202049 minEp. 1
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