The Search Engine Journal Show

Welcome to The Search Engine Journal Show! This is the official podcast of Search Engine Journal. We talk all things SEO, PPC, social media, content marketing, and digital marketing with the top industry experts and authorities. Your hosts will be Brent Csutoras, Danny Goodwin, and Loren Baker.

The Search Engine Journal Show is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 367 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts The Search Engine Journal Show, a business show with 367 episodes published.

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  Will AI Kill Us All? Hype, Risk, and What Marketers Should Do Next

  Sep 29, 202622 min

  Is artificial intelligence an existential threat, an overhyped promise, or a fundamental shift marketers need to understand now? Search Engine Journal Editor-in-Chief Katie Morton speaks with VIP Contributor Greg Jarboe about the extremes shaping the AI conversation. Katie and Greg discuss why doomsday warnings can be useful, but only when they lead to practical safeguards. They also discuss the misleading promise that AI will effortlessly deliver a technological utopia. Greg explains why marketers must move beyond basic fact-checking to "ground-truth" AI output, challenge its underlying assumptions, collaborate across departmental silos, and prepare for a shift he believes is much bigger than the arrival of another marketing tool. Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and insights to help you lead search strategies. SearchEngineJournal.com/Subscribe

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  Why AI Recommends Your Competitor & What to do About It with Kris Jones

  Aug 3, 202642 min

  Kris Jones has been in search since the late 1990s. He built and sold Pepperjam, and now runs the agency LSEO. In this latest episode of the SEJ Podcast, he gives Loren Baker a one-word answer to the biggest question in AI search right now, and everything else we cover comes back to it. We get into why AI systems have taken over the comparison step that buyers used to do themselves, why the raw material for those answers sits on websites you don't own, and what that means for where your budget actually goes. Kris makes the case that most of this is still fundamental SEO, names the cheapest immediate step most businesses are ignoring, and explains why brand messaging consistency is the new NAP consistency. We also dig into what happens when AI Overviews get your pricing wrong, how people are really asking these questions, and why sizing your AI budget against today's referral traffic will leave you short. [06:02] — AI Took Over The Comparison Step [07:33] — Why Brand Is The Bridge [13:33] — The Awards Your Competitors Are Applying For [18:32] — Brand Messaging Is The New NAP Consistency [21:23] — When AI Overviews Get Your Pricing Wrong [28:56] — How People Are Actually Asking [37:29] — Beyond ChatGPT And Google

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  Where the Clicks Go Now.

  Jul 13, 202622 minS2026

  Clicks are down across the open web, but the traffic didn't disappear. It moved. Join Katie Morton (SEJ's editor in chief) and Matt Southern (senior news writer) for the RETURN of the SEJ PODCAST 🎙️ where they break down: Where search traffic is landing now (Google properties, AI Overviews, Reddit, video) What visibility means in an impressions-without-clicks world The KPI shift: conversions, brand recognition, AI citations, qualified leads Where to place content marketing bets, and what to walk away from If you need to prove content value to leadership, this one's for you. To get notified on the next podcast, follow us and subscribe to our newsletter . Links mentioned: SEJ Pro : our private, human-to-human conversation space where today's marketers make sense of what AI, agents, and algorithm changes actually mean for your brand's visibility, traffic and revenue. Supported, in real time, by the experts you already trust.

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  New: AI Brief And Text Disclaimers Come To Google AI Max via @sejournal, @brookeosmundson

  Apr 30, 2026—S0

  <p>Google adds AI Brief and text disclaimers to AI Max. See how new controls help regulated advertisers adopt automation while maintaining compliance and messaging accuracy.</p> <p>The post New: AI Brief And Text Disclaimers Come To Google AI Max appeared first on Search Engine Journal.</p>

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  SEO Experts Gather for a Candid Chat About Search

  Sep 16, 20241h 4mS0

  <p >We're excited to bring you the SERP's Up podcast on the SEJ Show channel!</p> <p>Join Wix for their landmark 100th episode, as their experts & guests take a deep dive into the world of SERPs. If you're frustrated by how broken the SERPs feel, don't worry…they're getting honest and covering the reasons.</p> <p>In this candid discussion, they're also breaking down what's currently going on with local SEO, the effects of the Google August Update, and of course…they're talking all things AI.</p> <p>Celebrate Wix's 100th episode with this powerhouse panel, as Mordy Oberstein & Crys...

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