Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast

Enterprise SEO teams are overvaluing traffic metrics in 2025. Lindsie Nelson, VP of SEO at Symphonic Digital, explains why traditional traffic obsession misses business impact and how AI visibility tracking tools oversell their accuracy. The discussion covers directional measurement frameworks for LLM visibility and strategic approaches to metric selection that prioritize business outcomes over vanity numbers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

80% of consumers now rely on zero-click results, reducing organic traffic by 25% despite maintained visibility. Lindsie Nelson, VP of SEO at Symphonic Digital, manages SEO strategy for an agency overseeing $70 million in media spend across 300 enterprise clients, demonstrating measurable ROI growth even as traditional metrics decline. She presents frameworks for transitioning from impression-based forecasting to first-party revenue attribution, implementing custom AI agents for competitive analysis while maintaining human validation protocols, and establishing executive communication strategies that prioritize business impact over vanity metrics.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

80% of consumers now rely on zero-click results, reducing organic web traffic by 15-25%. Lindsay Nelson, VP of SEO at Symphonic Digital, manages performance strategies across 300 enterprise clients while navigating complex B2B attribution challenges in an era where traditional SEO metrics no longer correlate with business outcomes. She presents frameworks for measuring ROI through first-party data integration, forecasting methodologies that prioritize revenue attribution over vanity metrics, and strategic approaches to AI tool implementation that maintain quality through human-in-the-loop validation processes.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

80% of consumers now rely on zero-click results, reducing organic traffic by 15-25% even when visibility increases. Lindsie Nelson, VP of SEO at Symphonic Digital, manages SEO strategy for an agency overseeing $70 million in media spend across 300 enterprise clients with complex B2B sales cycles. Nelson shares her framework for communicating SEO value through revenue attribution rather than vanity metrics, implementing custom LLM agents for competitive analysis and localization, and measuring success through competitor visibility tracking when traditional traffic metrics no longer reflect true performance.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Enterprise SEO teams struggle to align stakeholders during AI-driven search transformation. AJ Ghergich from Botify shares proven frameworks for managing organizational change as search evolves from traditional ranking factors to AI-first optimization strategies. The discussion covers treating AI as a primary customer requiring accessibility-focused content optimization, avoiding manipulation tactics that mirror past SEO mistakes, and implementing long-term strategic approaches over short-term ranking gains.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AI now represents a dominant customer consuming product content at enterprise scale. AJ Ghergich from Botify brings extensive experience helping major retailers navigate AI-driven search transformations with measurable traffic and conversion improvements. The discussion covers treating AI as an accessibility challenge rather than a manipulation opportunity, implementing structured data strategies that serve both AI consumption patterns and user intent, and avoiding short-term gaming tactics that compromise long-term search performance.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AI now processes 60% of search queries before users see results. AJ Ghergich from Botify brings enterprise-level insights from optimizing content for AI consumption across major e-commerce platforms. The discussion covers treating AI as an accessibility customer requiring structured data optimization, avoiding manipulative content tactics that mirror past SEO gaming strategies, and implementing intent-focused optimization frameworks that serve AI's information consumption patterns.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Traditional rank tracking lost reliability for retail brands on September 10th, 2024. AJ Ghergich from Botify, working with the world's largest box retailers, presents data proving rank tracking signals have become too noisy to guide enterprise strategy. The discussion covers why directional accuracy no longer justifies traditional ranking methodologies and frameworks for evaluating when SEO measurement tools provide value in stakeholder management versus strategic decision-making.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AI shopping assistants will transform retail search within 18 months. AJ Ghergich from Botify, who advises enterprise leaders on search transformation, predicts this Black Friday represents the last traditional shopping season before AI dominance. He introduces the paradigm shift where AI becomes your primary customer rather than a technology to manipulate, requiring brands to focus on proper relationship nurturing and factual authority building. Ghergich outlines the exponential adoption curve driving interface changes and recommends enterprise retailers launch agile "speedboat" initiatives to capture market advantage before competitors adapt.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

AI search referrals to US retail sites surged 1,300% during the 2024 holiday season. AJ Ghergich, Global VP at Botify, brings enterprise-level expertise in helping major retailers navigate the shift from keyword-based discovery to conversational AI interfaces that now serve as the primary gateway to brands. The discussion covers three critical implementation frameworks: establishing proper bot identification and crawling infrastructure to ensure AI systems can render and index retail content, implementing enhanced product feed optimization with structured data to improve AI reasoning capabilities, and developing intent mapping strategies that go beyond basic transactional categorization to align with customer journey touchpoints across conversational search experiences.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.