
The Majestic SEO Podcast
The Majestic SEO Podcast is a monthly panel of SEO experts, debating today’s burning SEO-related issues, hosted by David Bain. David also interviews SEO experts on a one-on-one basis as part of the series.
Previous topics include:
- What are the best approaches to SEO in 2023?
- What are the new and old approaches to link building?
- What are the best approaches to Social Media Marketing in 2023?
- What are the best approaches to Analytics in 2023?
- What are the different perspectives between working for an Agency vs In-House?
- SEO for large enterprise sites vs SEO for small businesses
- How do you manage teams remotely or how do you want to be managed remotely?
- How should SEOs leverage Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools?
- What stops a site from getting indexed and what steps can you take to speed up the process?
- What are some of the most common rookie SEO mistakes and how can you avoid them?
- SEO for eCommerce, SEO for Wordpress, SEO Strategy, Audience Intent, Site Performance & Google's Knowledge Graph.
Previous guests include:
Jenny Halasz, Bill Hunt Senior, Tom Pool, Hannah Thorpe, Frank Watson, Helen Pollitt, Alina Ghost, Shari Thurow, David Mackenzie-Kong, Ned Poulter, Annie Cushing, Jim Sterne, Jill Quick, Sara Clifton, Susan Hallam MBE, Topher Kohan, Viola Eva, Ruth Everett, Judith Lewis, Mike King, Iman Hamdan, Gareth Hoyle, Aleyda Solis, Jo Juliana Turnbull, Fabrice Canel, David Iwanow, Kristine Schachinger, Rasmus Sørensen, Patrick Hathaway, Romain Damery, Dom Hodgson, Laura Hogan, Laurent Bourelly, Rebekah Dunne, Miradna Miller, Shaun Hill, Maria Amelie White, Anna Corbett, Kevin Indig, Imogen Davies, Natalie Mott, Gerry White, Max Brockbank, Amel Mehenaoui, Kevin Gibbons, Gus Pelogia, Antonella Villani, Emma Russell, Kristina Azarenko, Chris Dunn, Dan Taylor, Paige Hobart, Jason Barnard, Keith Devon, Mindy Weinstein, Jono Alderson, Lukasz Zelezny, Pam Aungst Cronin & Jon Henshaw.
Latest episodes

Sep 27, 2023 • 19min
Every algorithm update is only ever optimising toward a better user experience - Tom Peyton
David and Tom discuss how every algorithm update is only ever optimising toward a better user experience - and if you constantly optimise for that, you can't go far wrong.Talking points include:- What sort of user experience should you optimise for?- How does that increase your organic traffic?- How do you measure improved user experience from an organic search perspective?- Why constantly optimise for user experience? Is it not a set it and forget it opportunity?

Sep 20, 2023 • 20min
Educate Google about your brand and control your customer journey narrative - Leanne Summers
David and Leanne discuss why you need to educate Google about your brand and control your narrative through the entire customer journey.Talking points include:- How do you Educate Google about your brand?- In which aspects of your customer journey can you control your narrative?- How do you control your narrative?- What measurable impact does this have?

Sep 13, 2023 • 19min
The importance of using hybrid models for AI - with Victoria Olsina
Victoria Olsina discussed the importance of using hybrid models for AI. Topics covered include:- What tasks do humans do best and what tasks does AI do best?- How do you use AI for keyword research?- What AI do you use to cluster topics?

Sep 6, 2023 • 46min
How should SEOs use link graphs?
Whether you are an experienced SEO professional or just starting in digital marketing, a Link Graph can be a powerful and intuitive SEO tool for link building and Digital PR that helps you understand your website’s neighbourhood.Joining David Bain for an episode of the Majestic SEO Podcast on using Link Graphs are Bill Hartzer, Julia Logan, and Silke Vanbeselaere.

Aug 30, 2023 • 21min
Adapt, Adapt, Adapt - with Casie Gillette
Casie Gillette discusses the importance of being able to adapt, covering:- With all of the changes currently taking place in search, we have to adapt our strategies and tactics faster than ever.- How often should you set a strategy?- What do we adapt?- How do we adapt?- What skills will remain the same?

Aug 23, 2023 • 16min
How to integrate SEO into the broader marketing mix to drive better results overall - Yvie Ansari
Yvie Ansari shares how to integrate SEO into the broader marketing mix to drive better results overall, discussing:- How do you integrate SEO into the broader marketing mix?- How does SEO relate to other marketing activities?- How does SEO drive results overall?- How do you measure the impact of SEO when it is positively impacting the sales of other channels?

Aug 16, 2023 • 15min
How to stay true to brand in a world of AI - with Sally Raymer
In this episode Sally Raymer shares how to stay true to brand in a world of AI.Discussion points include:- Staying true to brand in a world of AI- Defining what your brand is - Why is this important?- What are the AI temptations that are bad?- What does staying true to a brand mean?- How do you ensure that every marketer in your organisation can articulate what your brand means?How do you use AI while still keeping the brand top-of-mind?

Aug 9, 2023 • 17min
Working on your mindset will make you a powerful SEO Professional - with Adrijana Vujadin
Adrijana Vujadin discusses how working on your mindset will make you a powerful SEO Professional.Talking points include:- What does that mean?- How does this actually help?- What do you need to improve?- How do you improve it?- How often do you need to do this?- What impact does it have?

Aug 2, 2023 • 43min
How to find website performance issues and how to fix them
In this epsiode of The Majestic SEO podcast we look at how to find website performance issues and how to fix them, with Nikki Halliwell from Journey Further and Prachi Keshavani from MISFIT.Topics covered include:- What are the most important website performance issues in 2023?- How do you monitor for website performance issues?- How do you fix website performance issues?

Jul 26, 2023 • 18min
Stop creating new websites and delve into the power of domain consolidation - with Damien Robert
Stop creating new websites and delve into the power of domain consolidation. This is an approach that not only supercharges SEO, but also provides extensive benefits in sustainability, search generative experience readiness, data and branding. With Damien Robert.
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