Before your audience can engage with your content, search engine algorithms decide whether it’s even seen. In Part 1 of this two-part episode of The Marketing PowWow, host Rich Brown (Head of Lead Generation at QBD) talks with SEO expert Paul Dyer (Director at QBD) about why visibility begins with the robots—not the readers.

This episode explores how search engines crawl, rank, and index content in a world dominated by AI and algorithm-driven discovery. If your content isn’t structured for machines, it may never reach a human audience.

In this episode:

• What “marketing to robots” really means

• How algorithms assess crawlability, indexability and search intent

• The evolution of visibility—from Yellow Pages to AI-powered search

• Four essential algorithm signals: technical, semantic, authority & behavioural

• Why even great content stays invisible without the right foundations

📍 Chapter Markers:

0:00 Start

1:04 Introduction

1:46 Marketing to Robots

7:29 Your Content’s Journey

16:50 4 Key Signal Categories

29:11 Technical Aspects for Content

Links mentioned:

• Visibility-First Strategy Audit | QBD

Paul Dyer is Director and SEO Specialist at QBD. He helps organisations optimise content for search engine visibility through technical excellence, strategic structure, and AI-era SEO insights. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-dyer-4300b812/

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