In this week’s episode, I’m sharing an important tip that will help you get assistance with any problems or issues with your Google Business Profile. Support is notoriously slow (and sometimes not very helpful), so it’s much better to post on the Google Business Profile forum – but there’s a bug in the system that sometimes filters out posts. This week’s video explains how to be sure you’re sharing enough detail to get help without tripping the spam filter.
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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Jake Bohall, Co-founder of Hive Digital.
Jake is a veteran digital marketer, serial entrepreneur, and popular conference presenter. In 2020, Jake’s agency Hive Digital won two awards at the US Search Awards. They won the award for Best Small SEO Agency and Best SEO Campaign.
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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Aaron Levy, Vice President of Paid Search at Tinuiti.
Aaron is one of the most popular and influential PPC experts in the world. He is a mainstay on PPC Hero’s list of the top 25 PPC experts in the world. He’s a talented presenter who has spoken at numerous conferences including HeroConf, SMX, the Utah DMC Conference, and the Paid Search Association conference.
Aaron’s also a terrific blogger who’s been published in Search Engine Journal and Search Engine Land. He frequently appears on podcasts and webinars.
In this week’s video, I explain how to get around the frustrating GBP bug that doesn’t let manager accounts answer questions in the Q&A section and be labeled as the business. It’s incredibly important for answers coming from the business to be labeled correctly, so watch this week’s episode to see how to do it.
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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Ryan Jones, Vice President of SEO at Razorfish. Ryan is a computer programmer turned digital marketer. In his role at Razorfish, Ryan oversees an international SEO team running campaigns for some of the largest brands in the world.
He is also a popular conference presenter. A shortlist of the conferences Ryan has presented at includes Pubcon, SMX, State of Search, and UnGagged.
I begin our conversation talking about his presentation at Pubcon Florida last Spring. The speech was based on research Ryan did with Eric Enge in partnership with BrightEdge. The presentation starts by showing the myriad ways that enhanced search features are expanding. For SEO professionals who look at SERPs every day, the pace of change can be dizzying.
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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Michelle Robbins, Senior Director for Data and Analytics at Clearlink. Michelle is a veteran digital marketer, product developer, software engineer, and marketing technology executive.
Prior to joining the team at Clearlink, Michelle held leadership positions at Aimclear and Third Door Media, the publisher of Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, and the company that puts on all the SMX events.
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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Alex Alexakis, Founder of PixelChefs.
There’s a recurring topic that comes up on industry blogs and on SEO Twitter – the relationship between SEOs and web developers. Long story short, it’s often a challenging relationship to navigate. SEOs complain that their changes never get implemented. Web developers complain that SEOs are annoying. It’s often a fraught relationship but both pieces have to work in order for a client to experience any kind of success.
In this week’s video, I’m sharing some exciting news – video verification is now available for Google Business Profiles! In the past, you had to request a postcard with a verification PIN, but that meant waiting anywhere from 10 to 14 business days for the postcard to arrive. Now, Google is offering video verification, which should make things much easier and faster. Watch the video for all the details.
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My guest on this week’s episode of Suds & Search is Bartosz Goralewicz, CEO at Onely.
Bartosz is an in-demand conference presenter and a frequent guest on industry podcasts and webinars. He is considered one of the top technical SEOs in the world. He’s particularly knowledgeable about Javascript SEO.
A few places you might’ve heard Bartosz present include, Ungagged, InOrbit, Brighton SEO, Search Love, and all the different SMX events.
For a really good deep dive into his areas of expertise, check out some of the webinars he’s done for SEMrush. They are consistently excellent.
I caught up with Bartosz during an interesting time for Technical SEOs. Core Web Vitals has captured the attention of SEOs all over the world. I’m going to start our conversation by asking him a series of questions about Core Web Vitals and how he and his team at Onely approach the concept.
I’m also going to ask Bartosz about Javascript. Simply put, Javascript and SEO don’t play together well. How does an expert like Bartosz evaluate Javascript for SEO?
What Javascript considerations should website owners and SEOs be concerned about? I’m going to ask Bartosz those questions and more.
Grab something cold to drink and join me for a conversation with Bartosz Goralewicz. We’ll chat about how significant a change Core Web Vitals was, we’ll chat Javascript SEO, and we’ll spend a little time talking about conference hijinx with Greg Gifford.