Grumpy SEO Guy

EEAT is not a ranking factor. Anyone trying to tell you otherwise doesn't understand SEO. Especially do not pay anybody to do anything related to EEAT to your site.

Here are two websites. Which site would rank better?

Everyone asks, here is the answer that keeps you (and the buyer) from being scammed.

If any SEO Agencies are trying to tell you that they are going to rank you by writing content for your site, they are lying. Bonus: The 4 best SEO quotes I've ever heard.

They exist., But are they legit?

Summarizing everything we talked about in Episodes 21-39.

Summarizing approximately the first half of the episodes so far. This is a cool place to start, and good place to review!

Learn about how to tell if a site is worthy of getting a backlink from it or not. We talk about various attributes AND talk about DA/PA/DR/UR/CF/TF.

Why is nofollow used?: Is it bad? We'll talk about this, and two other attributes.

Every backlink is different. Learn what makes bad backlinks and good backlinks.

Some SEO agencies hate each other. Learn about SEO Catfishing and some other shady tricks agencies use to try and destroy each other. And the final rant of 2023!

Why you need a SERP Tracker, how to use them to identify penalties, demonstrate that SEO is working, and how to avoid scams and protect yourself. And, a rant about web developers who "do SEO."

The 1% of SEO professionals think about SEO like this. Probably the most useful 14 minutes you will spend learning SEO.

We're going to talk about things you can't do anymore because spammers ruined them, and WHY, and how algorithms counter the spammers.

We've talked about negative SEO before. This is a new kind of negative SEO. I think I'm the first person to talk publicly about this. It's pretty shady (obviously). I mean, it's negative SEO.

This works, but not as well as it did a decade ago. But it's free, and it will probably help you.

"This is the reason your competition outranks you when you can't figure out why your competition is outranking you" is what you will learn from this episode. Listen and learn, and don't buy terrible SEO courses.

We talk about what anchortext is, and why it's important to SEO. This is as close as you can get to an "SEO secret."

99% scammers. 1% legit. Learn why. I edited this episode to include around 9 minutes of additional commentary about why scammy salespeople are successful in all areas, not just SEO.

If you do SEO the way you're "supposed to," you will never rank for anything. Learn why, and how to actually rank.

Everything you ever wanted to know.

Before you do anything, ask yourself this. If the answer is yes, keep going. If the answer is no, don't do it.

SEO pricing models we talk about in this episode: 1) Flat Rate 2) Hourly Rate 3) Recurring Payment vs. One Time, 4) Pay For Performance. And we talk about a common scam from shady SEO clients who try to get work for free (and how you should respond).

This episode features answers to listener's questions. Learn about backlinks, anchortext (and how to use it), whether or not you have to know how to code to do SEO, and how to manage an expired domain that you recently bought.

Learn from all the stuff that I have experienced. Sometimes it's easier to learn through experience rather than from lessons. What happens when you remove backlinks? Do SEO employees do anything at all? Do SEO CEOs talk about backlinks? Will salesman assure you you will rank?