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SEO 101

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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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Eric Schmitt on Google Authorshipl Google Looking to Stop Money Stream to Download Sites 18.02.2013

Eric Schmitt Quoted in WSJ About Authorship, and that you can boost your rankings by using Google authorship, and that Google+ has been designed to be an identity verification network. Plus Google is Looking to Stop the Money Stream to Download Sites, Ross and guest Scott Van Achte have the details. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privac...

Optimizing with SiteApps and Google Analytics; Decline In Google Image Search Traffic After Design Update 05.02.2013

Optimizing with SiteApps and Google Analytics; Google Rankings via Hacking and Google Bombing; How to Get Listed in Bing Local Canada; Webmasters Notice Decline In Google Image Search Traffic After Design Update. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

SEO Benefit of Writing Pages Instead of Posts; Duplicate Pages, Content and Link Building 28.01.2013

SEO Benefit of Writing Pages Instead of Posts, Skills from Traditional SEO Most Useful for your Search and Social Marketing, Duplicate Pages, Content and link building and more as Ross and John answer questions from the new SEO 101 Google Plus community. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Facebook Graph Search; Optimizing your Website for Graph Social and Increased Weight of Bing 21.01.2013

Ross and John discuss Facebook Graph Search plus Optimizing your Website for Graph Social and Increased Weight of Bing. The also discuss a listener comment on Google Shopping and Getting Scroogled. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Irish Newspapers Charging for Links; People Still Fall for SEO Scams 14.01.2013

Irish newspapers charge people to link to them and are chasing people who dont pay; Google says delete your Google+ Local page if you hide your address; Social is King on Smartphones, But Search is King on Tablets; Facebook launches “Nearby” for businesses. Competing with Google+ Local, Yelp and other location based social and search activities; Matt Cutts answers a question on What was the bigges...

Options For Raven Tools and AHREF Dropping Ranking Report; Understanding Blog SEO; New SEO 101 Google+ Community 17.12.2012

What to do now that Raven Tools and AHREF has dropped the ranking report options? Suggestions on a basic site that step by step helps a visual learner understand blog SEO? Is directory submission out dated? These questions and more Rossand John answer from their brand spanking new SEO 101 Google+ community. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.co...

More on Authorship Markup; 302 Re-Directs and Homepage Impact 03.12.2012

Ross and John talk more on Authorship Markup with a listener question on how Google+ Pages can be connected with the websites using the rel=publisher html markup. They also discuss a question on 302 re-direction and the homepage impact it can make on your site. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Authorship: Rel or Individual; Infographics as Linkbait; Google Reporting AdWords Compliance 26.11.2012

Regarding Google Authorship, Ross and John answer a listener question on if it is better for a company blog to all be under the same Rel Author or to use individual authors? They also answer questions about infographics as linkbait, plus how Google is reporting AdWords Compliance. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Patent: Sites You Link Should Have Reachability; Google AdWords Compliance 12.11.2012

Google Patent: Sites You Link Should Have Reachability; Google AdWords Compliance; China Blocks Google Search (is it temporary?); Links Are The Webs Building Blocks. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Current SEO Misinformation Seen Online; Google Webmaster Tools Warnings 05.11.2012

Current SEO Misinformation Seen Online; Google Webmaster Tools Warnings. Ross and John also answer listener questions on installing redirects, Craigslist regarding its negative impact or leveraging value plus John shares how SuperStorm Sandy affected his area of New Jersey. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Former Google Search Quality Member Speaks Out 22.10.2012

Former Google Search Quality Member Andre Weyher, (formerly of Matt Cutts Search Quality team) speaks out on what were his daily roles , his thoughts on the Penguin and Panda algorithms, spam in link profiles and much more. Ross and John also answer listener questions on Google Authorship, spammy links from forum profiles using exact match keyword anchor text and more. Advertising Inquiries: https...

Chronicling the History of SEO is Dead; YouTube Estimate Minutes Watched 15.10.2012

Chronicling the History of SEO is Dead as a Search Engine Land article looks at Failed Predictions Over The Years; YouTube Estimate Minutes Watched as The YouTube Blog announces they have adjusted their ranking algorithm. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Dance is Back? Meta Keywords Important Again 02.10.2012

Google Dance is Back, and not the fun one..Meta Keywords Important Again … If you are a News site; Google confirms hidden value to Rel=Author; Manual action by Google might not have a big impact on your rankings; Google Analytics Adds Tag Manager Tools. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Recovering from Google Page Layout Algorithm; New Algo Update Focusing on Domains 17.09.2012

70 Percent Did Not Recover From Googles Page Layout Algorithm; New Algo update focusing on Domains. Ross and John also answer listener questions on the less is more argument about title tag character count, social signals and social activity, and a question invloving a multi-million page dynamic website receiving duplicate content and warnings in Webmaster Tools because of queries. Advertising Inq...

The Current State of Linkbuilding with Garrett French 10.09.2012

Talking about the Current State of Linkbuilding with Garrett French, the Founder at Citation Labs. We learn some tips, techniques and processes for effective link building campaigns. Also, learn about a video training course Garrett presents alongside link building expert Ken McGaffin that offers everything you need to know to get links that will bring traffic to your website. Advertising Inquirie...

The Future of Google Penguin and Panda Delivery Updates 27.08.2012

The Future of Google Penguin and Panda Delivery Updates according to a recent SearchEngineLand article that says the anti-spam Penguin Update will have more jolts in the coming months. In contrast, updates to the Panda algorithm aimed at low-quality pages are now so minor as not to be noticed, when they roll out monthly. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https:...

Onsite SEO Best Practices with Ian Lurie 20.08.2012

Discussing Best Practices for Onsite SEO to ensure your sites relevance and authority. Ross speaks with Ian Lurie, founder and CEO of Portent Inc. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Citation Placement; Scaling Inbound Marketing 13.08.2012

Listeners questions Where To Get Citations For Local SEO and why Citations are so Important, and a follow up question to the quality site discussion on scaling inbound marketing when you have a ton of clients and youre the only source of content. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Responds to Unnatural Link Warnings; MozCon Recap 06.08.2012

Ross and John discuss how Google Responds with a dont ignore but dont panic response the latest round of UnNatural Link Warnings; Ross recaps MozCon discussing why books are better than infographics, and why MozTrust is the most accurate metric at SEOmoz for determining site quality when considering linking. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...

Best Practices for Structured Social Sharing 30.07.2012

Talking Best Practices for Structured Social Sharing with SEO Consultant and Founder of Yo! Yo! SEO Dana Lookadoo. She recently spoke at MozCon 2012 and shared 10 best practices for optimizing social sharing for Facebook, Google+, and Twitter by way of theStructured Social Sharing Formula. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What Makes a Quality Site? SERP Experience and SEO Keyword Ranking Perspective 23.07.2012

Ross and John analyze a recent Stone Temple.com interview between Eric Enge and Google Engineer Matt Cutts about What Makes a Quality Site. They also answer listener questions on SERP experience and SEO keyword ranking perspective. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Local SEO: How to Get Your Business Found 09.07.2012

Local SEO: How to Get Your Business Found, plus Ross answers listener questions on differences in terms of SEO or search engines from the US to Canada, product descriptions and duplicate content. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Testing New Navigation Interface; New Look for Bing Images 25.06.2012

Google Testing New Navigation Interface, Bing Unveils New Look for Images, plus Ross and John answer listener questions on Google Merchant Center feeds, removing bad links, SEO Pros and Cons and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Government Censorship; Bing does Local Content with Yelp 19.06.2012

Google reveals government censorship requests are on the rise; Bing Does Local Content Deal With Yelp; Google Panda 3.7 Update. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

SMX Advanced 2012 Recap: Are Google Panda or Penguin Algorithm Updates Meant to Penalize? 12.06.2012

John fills us in on SMX Advanced 2012 including how Danny Sullivan confronted Matt Cutts during the You and A session about whether Google Panda or Penguin Algorithm Updates are meant to be penalties or they are simply algorithm updates, Transparency, and the ranking power of Google +1. Ross and John also discuss other headlines from the conference including Bing Webmaster Tools Revamped, Bounce R...

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