EDGE of the Web is an award-winning weekly SEO and Digital Marketing Podcast
EDGE of the Web is a weekly hour-long digital marketing podcast discussing all things in Digital Marketing: SEO, Social Media, Content Marketing and more. Host Erin Sparks of Site Strategics discusses the latest news and trends in the digital marketing industry as well as interviews with some of the top names in marketing.
LATEST PODCASTS

EP 304: The Marketing Rebellion is Here w/Mark Schaefer
The fields of marketing, advertising, and PR are constantly changing. Past strategies no longer work as technology is racing ahead of us, customers are buying based on personal values, and trust in brands is at a 10-year low. We've been going through a marketing rebellion for over 100 years but [...]
EP 303: Moz’s Domain Authority 2.0 w/Russ Jones
In case you missed our last episode, Moz has recently announced that they are changing the way Domain Authority will be scored beginning on March 5. Russ Jones, the Principal Search Scientist at Moz, joins us on this special bonus episode to discuss how SEOs should use Domain Authority, how [...]
EP 302: Learning from Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines w/Marie Haynes
Last year, Google updated its Quality Rater Guidelines - what changed and what lessons are there to learn from this update? Marie Haynes, the owner of Marie Haynes Consulting, Inc., joins us on the show this week as she and her team have dove into this 160+ page document to [...]
EP 301: What’s Driving the Growth of Marketing Technology? w/Scott Brinker
There's one thing that is for certain in the marketing technology industry - change. Rather than slowing down, several big changes are accelerating across the industry but what is driving this change? Will it slow down or continue to accelerate? Scott Brinker, the editor of chiefmartec.com and VP of Platform [...]
EP 300: Conversational Marketing & Episode 300 w/Dave Gerhardt
Welcome to our 300th episode (and 8th year of shows!). We've covered a lot of different topics and interviewed several 100 different people over the past 300 episodes. It's been a lot of fun and we are excited to bring you more shows in the coming years. But this episode, [...]
EP 299: Why You Should Be Using Bing Ads w/John Lee
Most of a PPC Manager's focus tends to be on Google Ads - but you could be overlooking a valuable channel for ads - and that's Bing Ads. What in store for Bing Ads in 2019? Well, we reached out to our good friend John Lee as he is the [...]
EP 298: How to Use Reddit To Drive Marketing Strategy & Traffic w/Ross Simmonds
Recent reports have said that Reddit generates more traffic than Facebook or Twitter and was the third most visited website behind Google and YouTube. So why do marketers seem to ignore this valuable channel? We will find out more about Reddit Marketing this week with Ross Simmonds. He is a [...]
EP 297: How to Improve Site Speed on WordPress w/Jon Henshaw
WordPress has become one of the most popular content management systems as it is running over 28% of the web. And to their credit, it is easy to use has lots of great tools you can add that make your website even powerful. But a lot of companies and developers [...]
EP 296: “Clarity Wins – Get Heard. Get Referred.” w/Steve Woodruff
Everywhere we look and go we are bombarded with ads and distraction. How do you compete with that when you are marketing your businesses? Steve Woodruff, author of the new book "Clarity Wins", says that the secret weapon he uses for his clients to break through the noise and distraction [...]