Advertising is still one of the most significant sources of revenue for publishers. Digital publishers are always looking to increase their ad revenue using different methods. According to a survey by Digiday, almost 36 percent of revenue to Publishers comes via programmatic sources. Header Bidding is an advanced programmatic technique where publishers offer their ad inventory for advertisers to bid on.

In this episode, Aditya Shenoy, Senior Content Manager at iZooto talks to Tomer Treves, Co-Founder and President, Adnimation to understand how Header Bidding works. Tomer also explains the difference between the different types of header bidding, while revealing the best practices that every publisher should follow to maximize revenue. 

Plagiarism plagues the news publishing industry, over 62% of articles published by major publications aren't unique anymore because of plagiarism. This causes articles to rank poorly on Google Search, not returning views to its fullest potential for the news publisher. But what should a news publisher do in order to tackle plagiarism?

In this episode, Vivek Khandelwal, Founder at iZooto talks to Jeremy Mauboussin, Founder, Plagiashield to understand the impact of plagiarism on website traffic. They also steps that a publisher can take to safeguard their content from plagiarisers. If your content has been copied in the past, you can prevent it in the future from steps discussed in this podcast.

In the next two years, more than 200 small-to-large media houses will put their exclusive and analytical content behind a paywall. This is bound to fragment the subscription market and cause further confusion among consumers. Not to forget, this can result in an uproar caused by subscription fatigue.

Statistics indicate that existing subscribers and loyalists are more likely to experience subscription fatigue. So how do publishers conquer this? Join Vishal Dembla, SVP - Asia, The Economist, Nash David, Content Marketing Director, iZooto and Sunny Sen, co-founder ConsCent for an in-depth conversation where they discuss 5 ways publishers can help subscribers beat subscription fatigue.

According to Search Engine Land, zero click searches rose to 65% in 2020. It's interesting because Google then responded to this claim, alleging it as false, and that, “In reality, Google Search sends billions of clicks to websites every day, and we’ve sent more traffic to the open web every year since Google was first created.” 

To put an end to the debate, we decided to call in Chelsey Heath, NEWS SEO strategist at Trisolute Software Corporation, Hisham Khalil, CEO, Content Ventures Investments , Tarek Abougabal, Director of Sales - MENA, iZooto and Nash David, Director of Content Marketing, iZooto. The panel discussed what zero-click content means for publishers, the difference between visibility on Google Search and Google News, how SERP has evolved and much more. Tune in now!

Gen Z is a tough nut to crack, but engaging with them is now more crucial than ever. Tapping into this audience has marketers pulling their hair. They are social, proactive, and most importantly have massive spending power. How should one reach out, grab their attention and retain them?

Ayush Wadhwa, founder and creative director at OWLED Media, who himself is a podcaster and an influencer opens up on how GenZ can be engaged. 

Here is what is covered

• What is the sutra to build a GenZ audience on social?
• Does GenZ engage in email?
• Dipping toes into Augmented reality and Virtual reality
• Underrated engagement hack for driving your podcast?
• 101 of influencer marketing for businesses out there. 
• Encouraging genZ to subscribe 

What is your top priority when it comes to ranking? Do you focus more on Google News or Google Discover? How do you measure the impact of link building alone on organic performance of the site? When so many other on-page and technical factors could also be contributing to the performance.

These are some real burning questions that editors and SEO guys have been asking, for quite some time now. Which is why we got Kyle on the podcast. He had tons to contribute to the topic and also shared his viewpoints on core web vitals, amp and his relationship with editors.

Did you know that NEWS articles have less than 48 hours to rank on Google? The bread and butter of newsrooms, have a very small window to shine. Which makes getting your NEWS SEO on point even more important? So how do you do that?

Listen in to Barry Adams in this episode where he talks about nailing NEWS SEO, the difference between NEWS SEO and classic SEO, and why URL and site name are no longer important.