SEO Acquisitions: Backlinkio & Content King — Jordan Koene // Previsible.io

PreVisible.io CEO and Co-Founder, Jordan Koene, talks about recent acquisitions in the SEO space. Point solutions are being acquired by big platforms like Semrush and Conductor. Acquisition and consolidation trends show no sign of slowing in 2022. Today, Jordan provides his take on recent acquisitions made by Conductor and Semrush.
About the speaker

Jordan Koene

Previsible.io

 is a little camera shy

Jordan is Co-Founder & CEO of PreVisible

Show Notes

  • 02:07
    The Semrush Backlinko acquisition
    Semrush is the most diverse data source and platform for SEOs. With Backlinkos training resources, theyll be able to provide the education needed to navigate the platform.
  • 04:01
    The need for SEO education
    Many users who invest in Semrush are overwhelmed by its capabilities. Bringing a training platform onboard gives users a resource to use the tools optimally.
  • 06:18
    The Conductor ContentKing acquisition
    ContentKings provision of real-time SEO auditing and alerting enables Conductor to serve technical SEO needs.
  • 07:44
    Who is impacted by the Conductor ContentKing acquisition
    Players that offer technical analysis like DeepCrawl. SEO crawling service providers like Botify will also be affected.
  • 08:25
    Acquisitions in the SEO space in 2022
    Larger consulting firms will acquire smaller agencies to source talent. Consolidation and acquisitions will also take place in SEO news media player space.

Quotes

  • "We need far more education in this SEO industry. So, the combination of what Semrush and Backlinko have built as companies makes a ton of sense." -Jordan Koene, CEO & Co-Founder, PreVisible.io

  • "The Conductor ContentKing acquisition is a real point solution opportunity for Conductor, who's generally been very weak at the technical components of SEO." -Jordan Koene, CEO & Co-Founder, PreVisible.io

  • "One of the things ContentKing is doing really well is enabling SEOs to do monitoring and alerting, at different scales." -Jordan Koene, CEO & Co-Founder, PreVisible.io

  • "In the next 12 months, we'll likely see more acquisitions around the consulting space. Global agencies will be looking at smaller agencies as a source of acquiring talent." -Jordan Koene, CEO & Co-Founder, PreVisible.io

  • "If you rank number one for videos for cat, you're never getting a click. There are so many choices for you, before the first ranking result. So the CTR will be awful." -Jordan Koene, CEO & Co-Founder, PreVisible.io

  • "Well see more consolidation around the news media and informative sector of the SEO space. Many have been around for 20 plus years, and are probably looking for a new path forward." -Jordan Koene, CEO & Co-Founder, PreVisible.io

About the speaker

Jordan Koene

Previsible.io

 is a little camera shy

Jordan is Co-Founder & CEO of PreVisible

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