In episode 126, Ryan Law of Ahrefs stops by to discuss the complexities and potential of Generative AI in content creation and SEO.
Ryan shares insights on how SEO will be impacted by generative AI content and whether it will devalue SEO as a channel in the future.
We also discuss what this means for the importance of E-E-A-T (Expertise, Experience, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness) in content going forward, the ideal direction for Google in search results, and what the next five years might look like in SEO.
[0:00] Intro
[3:11] Generative AI Content
[4:07] The Fear Around Artificial Intelligence
[5:36] The Right Way to Use GenAI
[6:36] Transparency Around the Use of Gen AI
[8:52] How Will SEO be Impacted by Generative AI Content
[10:45] Does GenAI Devalue SEO as a Channel?
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Ryan Law
Title: Director of Content Marketing
Company: Ahrefs
Bio: Ryan is the Director of Content Marketing at Ahrefs. Over the past thirteen years, Ryan has been a writer, content strategist, team lead, marketing director, VP, CMO, and agency co-founder. Ryan is the creator of two fantasy novels, two writing courses, and many more (less successful) projects.
Website: https://ahrefs.com/
Top 3 of anything:
Rank your best SEO marketing win:
I Googled 50 of the best-looking digital marketing agencies in the UK.
I wrote a bunch of flattering stuff about their blogging strategies (which were all terrible)
I hit publish and emailed every agency.
Maybe half of the agencies acknowledged my outreach, usually with a “thank you!” and an offer of coffee
But then one agency asked if I had availability for a test project. another asked about a retainer.
It snowballed from there.
I used my “agency experience” as social proof for more outreach soon, one agency offered me a full-time role to stop me from working with their competitors, setting me on the path to a role as agency VP – nearly a decade later.
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Routinely running experiments to collect original, first-hand data that no other company possesses.
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The problem-solving!
Working out what people are looking for, how you can deliver it, how you can bring new value to the SERP.
It’s a big, fun game.
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Host: Garrett Sussman
Title: Demand Generation Manager
Garrett loves SEO like the 90s loves slap bracelets.
Each week he interviews the most interesting people in the world (of SEO). When he’s not crafting content, he’s scouting the perfect ice coffee, devouring the newest graphic novels, and concocting a new recipe in the kitchen.
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iPullRank is a pioneering content marketing and enterprise SEO agency leading the way in Technical SEO, Audience-Focused SEO, and Content Engineering. People-first in our approach, we’ve delivered $4B+ in organic search results for our clients.
iPullRank is an NMSDC-certified Black-owned business. We support the NMSDC network in its mission to reshape the diversity landscape.
