Anthony Costello

The power of search and SEO played an integral role in the first month of the pandemic and will continue playing a large role in the reopening and recovery process. Businesses need to understand that not only has our economy changed, but the very nature of how we search has changed as well.

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing consumers online and companies to rely on their digital marketplaces, maintaining a strong digital foundation is the key to success. Concentrating focus on three fundamental areas in your digital strategy not only improves SEO but also boosts conversion rates.

Google wasted no time in jumpstarting 2020 with a core algorithm and shopping experience update early in the new year. Although it’s too early to determine the core algorithm update’s full impact on the search industry, the Google Shopping update already provides some direction and insights to Google’s greater plans and goals for 2020. Let’s take a look at what the update changes and how it’ll affect the ecommerce landscape.

The Voices of Search podcast helped SEOs navigate the tumultuous sea of SEO this year providing expert insights on Google Algorithm updates, interviewing unique figures in the greater SEO community and held strategic planning episodes to arm our SEOs with the knowledge they needed to succeed in an intense year for SEO. This year we’re celebrating reaching a new milestone of 100,000 downloads in 2019 with a top 10 episode list of our most popular, downloaded episodes throughout the year. Here’s a selection of our top episodes selected by you, our listeners!

Google released their yearly top-searched product list in connection with an update to their Google Shopping experience and revealed product search data within their search engine.Data compiled by Google displays the top-trending products over the course of the first three weeks in October 2019. The products are organized into eight categories.