#SEOpodcast Year End Review Part 1-3 - #SEOpodcast 260

Episode32 min2015-01-21

This year-end review episode recaps 2014 SEO podcast episodes 220 to 239, covering content quality, keyword prioritization, PPC management, video SEO, remarketing segmentation, and local search tactics.

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Key takeaways
Great content will get shared. Great content will get links. Great content will get social media activity.

About this episode

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Questions this episode answers

What is the difference between ranking and positioning in SEO?

Ranking varies depending on the user's IP address and location, making it hard to gauge consistently. Positioning refers to where a site appears in specific result areas, such as top three organic results, local listings, or paid ads, giving marketers more control over their data.

How should you solicit Google reviews without getting penalized?

Ask everyone publicly and accept any review that comes in, positive or negative. Never incentivize reviews with discounts or gifts, and never have multiple people write reviews from the same IP address, as that can result in all reviews being removed.

Why is segmenting remarketing lists important?

Segmenting ensures people see ads relevant to what they actually browsed. For example, if a site offers both services and products, separate lists let you show service ads to service visitors and product ads to product visitors, improving relevance and conversion rates.

In their words

Great content will get shared. Great content will get links. Great content will get social media activity. And it's that sort of content that turns prospects into customers.

Guest

It's not really about writing a page of content that has your keyword density set at a certain number. It's about writing conversational content that people can read, that they can engage with, that they may even use when voice searching.

Guest

If you have ads above the fold, ads down the side, ads in the middle of the content. So, stay away from aggressive advertising, especially on a blog site.

Guest
Terms defined in this episode
Dynamic Keyword Insertion (DKI)
A PPC feature where a searcher's keyword is automatically inserted into the ad copy, making the ad more relevant by mirroring the exact phrase the user searched for.
Remarketing segmentation
Dividing site visitors into separate retargeting lists based on their behavior or interests so each group sees ads relevant to what they looked at.
Citations
Mentions of a business used to establish its online presence. The episode describes citations as paramount and the difference between a well-placed page and a non-well-placed page in competitive industries.
Review gate
The practice of incentivizing people to leave positive reviews, such as offering discounts or gift cards, which violates review platform guidelines.

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Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast
Matthew Bertram
AI keynote speaker · Owner & CEO, EWR Digital · President, ModalPoint

Matthew Bertram is an AI keynote speaker, creator of DIG™ (Digital Information Governance), and owner and CEO of EWR Digital. He helps energy and industrial leaders win visibility in AI search (GEO and AEO), is President of ModalPoint and CMO of the Oil & Gas Global Network, hosts The Best SEO Podcast, and has authored eight books including LLM Visibility. More about Matthew Bertram.

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