SEO with large language models — Cassidy Clement // Interactive Brokers

Cassidy Clement, Senior Manager of SEO and Content at Interactive Brokers, delves into SEO in large language models and higher education. As we journey deeper into the digital age, new technological innovations are reshaping the way we approach SEO. Among these innovations, large language models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful tools that promise to revolutionize the world of SEO. But what does this mean for the future of SEO? Today, Cassidy discusses SEO with large language models.
About the speaker

Cassidy Clement

Interactive Brokers

 is a little camera shy

Cassidy is Senior Manager of SEO and Content at Interactive Brokers

Show Notes

  • 01:41
    Cassidy's journey into SEO
    Cassidy's SEO journey started 10 years ago with internships, and she has steadily progressed since then. She has worked in nonprofits, economic development, media, and marketing agencies, and she enjoys all things content and tech.
  • 02:54
    Large language models in SEO
    In SEO, LLMs offer benefits like meta descriptions and title generation, but there are limitations, especially in AI keyword research and content quality. Context and human intervention are crucial for refining LLM-generated content.
  • 05:20
    Utilizing large language models in SEO
    LLMs are being utilized to identify trending topics and address content gaps, improve content structure, optimize meta descriptions, and identify errors in search console data. In addition, LLMs are helping to identify areas of overlap between organic and paid search strategies.
  • 08:05
    Limitations and challenges of large language models in SEO
    Challenges include balancing content for bots and humans, competition among LLMs, data integrity issues, and SEO's evolving nature. Human intervention is crucial as LLMs aren't fully autonomous and model quality and age can affect their outputs.
  • 12:53
    The future of LLMs in reducing SEO grunt work
    The future of LLMs in SEO lies in automating tedious tasks, improving efficiency, and accelerating concept testing and crawling. While there are concerns about understanding the background, their potential to save time and enhance trend analysis is significant.
  • 14:50
    The death of the SEO role as a result of LLMs
    The SEO job is not dead because of large language models. It will evolve and be different, focusing on tasks that require human expertise, strategy, and adapting to new technologies.
  • 15:00
    The impact of large language models on college admissions
    The ease of getting into colleges will depend on the learning speed of both students and the AI system. Proficiency in writing effective prompts for AI systems is crucial in leveraging them for educational purposes.
  • 15:31
    The impact of AI innovation on SEO tools
    As AI tools integrate with existing processes, there is potential for improvements in the tools SEOs currently use. However, it will take time for both humans and AI to adapt to these changes.

Quotes

  • "Content from large language models often lacks sharpness when derived from the same sources, leading to repetitive and less insightful AI-generated posts." - Cassidy Clement "An LLM is a great tool that helps to make your team sharper within the SEO space." - Cassidy Clement

  • "SEO changes every hour, and SEOs around the globe will have to keep that in mind as they start to choose and stick with languages, processes, systems that they put in place." - Cassidy Clement

  • "If something could eliminate tediousness so that testing a concept and getting a crawl initiated as soon as possible could happen, it's going to be great. Based on the execution and the record of LLMs, thats possible." - Cassidy Clement

  • "LLMs will save hours automating some of the SEO grunt work, doing trend analysis, and completing larger scale tasks that really are repetitious." - Cassidy Clement

About the speaker

Cassidy Clement

Interactive Brokers

 is a little camera shy

Cassidy is Senior Manager of SEO and Content at Interactive Brokers

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