SEO 101
SEO 101 is Search Engine Optimization from the very beginning. SEO 101 will teach you SEO from Square one. Hosts Ross Dunn and John Carcutt give out helpful information for the beginners without overwhelming you with technical details.
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Google causes concern for many as it turns off the indexation request tool to make infrastructure updates. John and Ross speculate the updates are partly due to some recently publicized Google bugs while sharing those details. Ross discusses WordPress's automatic platform optimization (APO) and the results on his own site followed by an interesting review of Gary Illyes’s comments on how Caffeine’s indexing infrastructure works...
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October 5, 2020 • 52 min
The hosts discuss the meeting between the excellent Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Round Table and Martin Splitt from Google about Google’s relationship with the SEO community. They also delve into rare updates from that other search engine, Bing, some interesting local SEO news, a number of Mueller files, and a listener’s SEO question.
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September 18, 2020 • 25 min
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September 10, 2020 • 46 min
From the Google local algorithm to Google Discover, Ross and John discuss the algorithmic glitches and weirdness over the past few weeks. They also talk about picking the best domain for a rebranding, the no snippet tag, the pros and cons of allowing guests posts, and more.
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August 24, 2020 • 43 min
Google is launching People Cards in India to allow individuals to create their own Rolodex-like listing in Google (shades of authorship?), Google suffered a massive indexing glitch, Firefox renews with Google and you won’t believe how much money they make! Scott and Ross also discuss issues with Google News indexing new providers, an important tip on using caching plugins in WordPress, a major issue with the latest WordPress upgrad...
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Google has extended it’s mobile-first deadline in order to minimize negative impacts on many sites during the pandemic. Google My Business has begun testing the inevitable paid upgrade to Google My Business listings. John and Ross also discuss news on enhancements to Google Search Console, hints on local SEO, and they discuss a funny meme about common reasons why SEO fails.
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John and Ross discuss the feasibility of “algorithm-proofing” a website, insight into the past indexing issues with Google, and news on the increased use of descriptive text with images in search. They follow-up with insights from the new Google Podcast, whether link building is “wrong” in Google’s eyes, and they answer a question about sitelinks in search results.
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John and Ross discuss Google’s amazing acquiescence towards paying news organizations for the right to use their content. A sure game-changer for anyone in the news market. The SEOs next discuss an assortment of Google News from the closure of some Google products to insights into local SEO and a Mueller file.
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Scott and Ross discuss the Google Page Experience Update and what it means to website owners, followed by tips on re-opening during COVID and how to attract business during this difficult time. The Local SEO component of the show delved into news from Nextdoor, Manual Action reports, citation updates, and more.
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Ross and John cover Core Web Vitals as a ranking signal, more news on Google’s May Core algorithm update, indexing issues, and the impact of COVID-19 on SEO agencies. We follow this info with local SEO news, a Mueller file, and answers to three SEO questions from our listeners.
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Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte welcome a surprise guest before discussing the recent broad core update from Google that has significantly affected a large number of websites. Ross shares examples of how businesses can make the most of the COVID-19 downtime. The rest of the show focuses on news on local reviews, Mueller files, and a shake up in online ordering using Google My Business.
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Scott and Ross discuss John Mueller’s hilarious “Quick, The moderators are all busy, post bad advice!” on Reddit, an overview of a few 101 tips on using JavaScript properly for SEO, followed by Ross’s recent SEO 101 tips from his recent round of video website reviews. They tied up the show with a question from a listener.
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Scott and Ross discuss a wide variety of news in this episode. From Google’s latest conference video series and dissuading people from believing EAT is in the algorithm, to a reminder that calls to action are a key component of web design and search success. The show rounds out with answers to two great questions from our listeners.
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April 6, 2020 • 37 min
COVID-19 has taken over all of our lives and many businesses are understandably putting their online marketing on hold. Scott and Ross discuss some of the reasons not to put marketing on hold and how to do it yourself to keep costs low or negotiate better pricing temporarily. In addition, they cover general SEO news, some reassuring Mueller files, and answer SEO questions from the SEO 101 Facebook Group.
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March 9, 2020 • 30 min
From Let’s Encrypt’s critical SSL glitch to SEO WordPress plugins such as Yoast bugging out; bugs were a hot topic in this episode. Ross Dunn and guest host Scott Van Achte also cover issues with multilingual websites, some Mueller files, and a couple of questions from SEO 101 listeners.
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March 5, 2020 • 71 min
An Inside Peek into SEO Strategy at Yahoo News & Entertainment. In this episode, Ryan Miller, Senior SEO Strategist, Yahoo News & Entertainment and I discuss How SEO is done at the Yahoo news agency. So if you want to learn more about SEO, increase search engine visibility, and understand how news websites do SEO in-house so you can how to conduct keyword and entity research without paid tools, tune in now!
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February 24, 2020 • 36 min
John and Ross discuss how an enterprise-level company shared SEO deficiencies in a quarterly report to shareholders revealing SEO 101 level issues. Then, after discussing some useful intel on the Coverage Report in Google Search Console, the discussion turns to the latest news on local SEO and Google My Business.
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February 17, 2020 • 28 min
Google’s dumpster fire that is Google My Business reveals another bug, Facebook’s purchase of an augmented reality (AR) startup brings to mind the likelihood of SEO with AR, and a clickthrough study shows interesting data on what drives clicks in search engine results.
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January 28, 2020 • 40 min
Google’s made a few changes this month. It started with the January 2020 Core Update followed by the rolling out of a redesigned desktop search result experience and Google’s latest business purchase of Pointy. John and Ross discuss all of this and more, and finish up answering SEO questions from listeners.
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January 13, 2020 • 41 min
John and Ross discuss a wide assortment of new pieces in this episode; from Google Search Console’s latest fix and 2 year anniversary to Google’s alleged infringement of patents, how hard SEOs have it at Google, and more questions answered for their listeners.
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