Building a Better SEO Future By Learning Its Roots
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Voices of Search // A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Content Marketing Podcast
18 min
2 speakers
7 chapters
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What historical events shaped the early days of SEO?
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Hello SEOs and marketers. My name is Jordan Cooney from Previsible. Joining me today is Lane Ellis, who is the CEO and founder of RL Systems. RL Systems specializes in providing innovative software solutions for businesses looking to streamline their operations and improve efficiency. Yesterday, Lane and I talked about how fitness and endurance sports can enhance SEO efforts. Today we're going to continue our conversation by discussing building a better SEO future by learning its roots. Okay, here's my conversation with Lane Ellis, the CEO and founder at RL Systems. Lane, welcome back to the Voice to Search Podcast. Hey, thanks, Jordan. I am happy to be back. So yesterday was an amazing day. We we we covered something that we don't often cover here, right?
Which is fitness and endurance sports, and your beautiful personal story of the longest streak in in cross-country skiing, uh, some amazing stories of sub-zero temperature um running and and and what that was all about and how it connects to. Persevering in not only business, but in SEO and looking at how SEO can really change uh when you when you have a different perspective uh as it pertains to your personal health, your physical health and endurance and fitness sports. I really encourage our listeners to go back and listen to this episode. Lane shared some amazing personal stories that I think are one of a kind. They are one of a kind. And And I I really hope that you get a chance to to dive into yesterday's episode.
But today, we're we're really going into building a better SEO future. What, where SEO is going and how how we all contribute to its dynamic change that's that's really unfolding right now, not only through the AI revolution, but just also how consumers are changing their discovery habits and where they're going to find information.
How does the legacy of spam and Google guidelines affect modern SEO tactics?
Which is changing quite fast. And we're connecting that back to our roots. And Lane, you shared in yesterday's episode an amazing kind of story of your own personal career and how you've seen the evolution of technology over the last 40 years. By way of introduction to this topic, maybe Lane, you can give us a brief uh connection to that, to that history that we shared in yesterday's episode. But more importantly, maybe open the door as to why our roots. roots are so important as we think of the future and the change that's happening in SEO today.
Right. Thank you, Jordan. Um, that's a great intro there. You know, um, in 1948, Winston Churchill famously wrote, Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. I think we've all heard that. And um, I think it this applies to SEO and indeed really to all aspects of our life, if you look closely enough. And um my own roots. Uh date back to nineteen eighty-four when I was a sixteen-year-old kid starting out on a Commodore sixty-four computer, my introduction to online communication, which I've kept up till today. Had an interesting career working in search and writing about the tech industry. And um I had a brief period where I was a professional genealogist for a couple of years. And this kind of ties into my learning from our roots.
Now, I worked as a professional genealogist for a couple of years. Um, I love family history, I love hearing people's stories. And I encourage everyone to get out and interview your oldest living relatives while you still can, even if it's just a phone recording and you don't need to transcribe it right away.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What historical events shaped the early days of SEO?
0:00–2:37
2
How does the legacy of spam and Google guidelines affect modern SEO tactics?
2:37–5:06
3
Which early search pioneers and milestones should every SEO professional know?
5:06–8:11
4
Why is focusing on quality signals and user‑first content essential for future SEO?
8:11–11:15
5
How can learning from past SEO successes and failures improve today’s strategies?
11:15–14:42
6
What role does AI play in the evolution of search and how should marketers prepare?
14:42–17:08
7
What practical advice does Lane Ellis give for building a better SEO future?
17:08–18:01