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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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WMR.FM

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redcircle.com

Latest episode

Jun 24, 2026

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Episodes

Google SEO Over-Optimization Penalty 27.03.2012

Ross and John discuss the newest Google algorithm update that plans to penalize websites deemed too optimized for SEO. They also run through what some types of over optimization may be flagged. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Search Quality; Linkbuilding Value of Redirects and Shortened URLs 12.03.2012

Ross and John take a glimpse into a Search Quality meeting at Google where they discussed how to correct in long queries. They also answer listener questions on the linkbuilding value of Redirects and shortened URLs, GWT and managing links. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Panda 3.3 Update Overview 05.03.2012

Ross and John look at the Google Panda 3.3 Update and its 40 changes to the algorithm, plus they answer some Facebook questions on link evaluation, no-follow links and sub-directories. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Bypassing User Privacy Settings 20.02.2012

Reports are out that Google bypassed privacy settings in Internet Explorer and Safari web browsers. Ross and John discuss this plus listener questions about SEO for Drupal and best practices for delivering the best content to the end user without sacrificing Google placement or usability. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Social Signals and Engagement 06.02.2012

Social signals are becoming more and more important as substantiators of the legitimacy of incoming links to your website so it is important to consider that each piece of content has not just incoming links but social attributions. John helps us understand this subject with Tammy Kahn Fennell, CEO of MarketMeSuite, which speicalizes in getting the message out about your content while creating han...

Canonical Tags and Long Tail Keyword Traffic 30.01.2012

Questions about canonical tags, long tail keyword traffic, silos, keywords boosting of PageRank and deep page getting traffic are answered by Ross and John. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google to Penalize Too Many Ads Above the Fold 23.01.2012

Google to Penalize Too Many Ads Above the Fold as they announce a planned update that targets sites with too many ads above the fold. Also, Ross and John discuss Jerry Yang leaving Yahoo and a shakeup at Blackberry maker as RIM loses the co-founders and their COO takes over. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Search Plus Debacle 17.01.2012

Google has rolled out a new feature called Search plus Your World, currently available for users of Google who are using English and signed in with a Google profile. The Google Search Plus debacle up for discussion as Ross and John speak with the Partner of Reliable SEO and SEO Training Dojo, Terry Van Horne. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle....

Art of SEO with Stephan Spencer 09.01.2012

Stephan Spencer is the co-author of O Reilly Medias The Art of SEO which is being newly released in 2012 with tons of updates. Stephan is a treasure trove of info and Ross and John do their best to eek out his insights on many useful subjects. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Responsive Design; NoArchive vs. NoIndex 19.12.2011

Responsive Design. NoArchive vs. NoIndex. The BASE element and URI. Plus, why do Canadians have a different thanksgiving? All this and more as Ross and John celebrate the 100th episode on SEO 101. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Do-It-Yourself SEO Tips 12.12.2011

Ross and John give us some Do-It-Yourself SEO Tips when you are taking a look at your own site, asking yourself whats important to look at and how to fix it. They look into tips on Link Building, directories of import, analytics setup and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Algorithm Update Demystified 05.12.2011

Google Algorithm Update Demystified; Blackbar going away on Google dropdown list added; Google New iPad App for Search; Google pulls the plug on their toolbar for Firefox. Ross and John also answer listeners questions on internal links and blog comments. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Secrets Behind Building a Successful Website 21.11.2011

Learn Secrets Behind Building a Successful Website as Ross speaks with Gil Namur, the President and CEO of the popular ezine LifeAsAHuman. Gil shares tips and tricks around the rise of traffic to his website from 0 visits to over 200k unique visits per month! We will discuss the marketing tactics and technology around his creation. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-...

Google Adds +1 to Images, Enhances Authorship Markup 14.11.2011

Google adds +1 to images; Google has enhanced the authorship markup in Google Results and made it easier to get in; Google Penalizing Sites with excessive ads? Google bot crawling AXAX and Javascript comments; Adobe Drops support for Flash Dev in Mobile Apps. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google+ Business Pages; Sources Related Information in Search Results 07.11.2011

Google+ Business Pages now available; Google is testing new Sources related information in search results; Bing favors Microsoft content more than Google favours it's own says study; Google News linking to Authors Google+ profile. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

What Scares SEOs? 31.10.2011

What is SCAAAARYYY about SEO? What scares SEOs? Blackhat, backlinks, Google algorithm changes? Ross and John list the things that really get them creeped out and scare the bejeezus out of them! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

SEO 101 Google Encrypted Search and the Ice Cream Sandwich 25.10.2011

Google Encrypted Search as SEO Under Attack – The Google Analytics Keyword Data Apocalypse; The Android Ice Cream Sandwich and its new features like face unlock, bump, voice control with email control; MC Hammer Announces WireDoo, A Relationship-Based Search Engine. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Makes Minor Panda Update, Might Buy Hulu 17.10.2011

Google Makes Minor Panda Update; Google earnings report released; Google may still buy Hulu; The End of Search Without Social; Google Buzz going away. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Affiliate Links and Article Submission 10.10.2011

WebmasterTools data into Google Analytics; Oh No! What Happened To My PageRank? Facebook hit 800 million users this week; Android Nears 50 percent US Smartphone Market Share. Ross and John also aswer listener questions on article submission software and posting affiliate links Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Real Time Analytics, Facebook Changes, and Google+ Explodes 03.10.2011

Ross and John are back, these week diving into GOogle Real Time Analytics and ranking reports. They also answer some questions left over from a prior Q&A session, before wrapping up by talking about the pros and cons of FaceBook's changes, and how Google+ has grown rapidly. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google News Standout Tag for Featured Content 26.09.2011

Google News Launches Standout Tag for Featured Content as Google introduced a new link rel attribute that news organizations can use to mark their best work. You can mark up to seven pieces of content per week. Ross also answers listener questions on WordPress based forum software and what kind of developed sites get noticed by Google quicker. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pr...

Stopping Non Subject Sites; Google+ and Google +1 Ranking Impact 19.09.2011

Ross offers us a site review of ClownAntics.com which supplies anything you could possibly need to dress like a clown. He also takes listeners on how to control or stop non subject sites from linking to them and the impact of rankings if any that Google + or Google +1 are making. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Making Buried Information From Google Places More Visible 22.08.2011

Mike Blumenthal reports Google has just released a new browser plugin (Chrome and IE) tool, Google Related that provides information that Google thinks is relevant to a given website that you are visiting. Ross and John also go through headlines in search and listener questions. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google Dropping Support for Firefox; Panda 2.3 Rollout; Analytics Changes 08.08.2011

Ross and John discuss Google dropping support for Firefox, Panda 2.3 Rollout, Analytics Changes and How They Track Google Image Search, Bing Testing Ads Within Organic Search Results and much more. Tune in from from the WebmasterRadio. FM Home Page or from the chat. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Wizard of Google Places 25.07.2011

Ross and John speak with with Professor Maps himself, Mike Blumenthal - the wizard of Google Places and blogger of Understanding Google Maps and Local Search. If you have a business with a local presence then this exclusive interview is one you cannot afford to miss. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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