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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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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. Advertising I...

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.   Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt...

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...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 t...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcir...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.co...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In the first show of 2020, John and Ross answer some SEO questions, review the local SEO changes throughout 2019, insights into enterprise SEO, and when 301 redirects are harmful. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John and Ross discuss a study that shows less traffic is clicking through to sites from search results. They also delve into more Google My Business issues and possible fixes, along with a multitude of Mueller files. Google Search Console is receiving a long long overdue improvement that consolidates properties and favors canonical URLs. Ross Dunn and John Carcutt discuss a pending update to Yoast...

Google’s Nov 2019 Local Search Update is official and the source of much discussion in the industry. Ross and Scott Van Achte discuss what is known along with other findings from the local search forum. They also discuss a Mueller file, an improvement to Google’s Search Console, and a question from a listener. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle...

Ross and guest co-host Scott Van Achte discuss the latest global search market share statistics, Christmas ads, when to act on bad links, Google Maps user profile SPAM reporting, and a lot about the significant havoc within Google’s local SEO results in November. Lastly, they answer a few questions from listeners that were posted on the SEO 101 Podcast Facebook group. Advertising Inquiries: https:...

Ross and Scott cover the essentials of client follow-through when working with SEO companies, a review of the latest edition of Screaming Frog Pro (V12) and their experience so far with SiteBulb. They share news on local SEO, and answer a question from the SEO 101 Facebook Group. Want a link to something discussed? The SEO 101 Show Notes newsletter is available at SEO101Radio.com Advertising Inqui...

John and Ross cover the intermittent indexing issues Google continues to have, news on author recognition, Google Assistant Actions, oddities in local SEO, glimpses into Google’s plans with photos, and much more. They end the show answering 3 questions from listeners posted within the SEO 101 Facebook Group. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...

Guest co-host, Scott Van Achte and Ross briefly discuss the results of the September Google Algorithm Update followed by improvements in Video analytics via the Google Search Console. Next up, Bingbot now indexes with Chrome, and a multitude of SEO questions are answered. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google’s changes to the nofollow link attribute and quality rater guidelines cause a stir, while people in Dallas searching for local events are shocked by an invitation to an orgy as a result of EventBrite SPAM. BrightLocal’s new tool for monitoring local search ranking fluctuations across major industries has been released and it looks great - it’s called RankFlux. Lastly, the hosts discuss comm...

The hosts discuss the latest large core update to Google’s algorithms that was recently announced, massive improvements in Google Search Console’s freshness, the effect of nofollows, and additional search snippet controls. Last but not least, Ross covers some insight into the Local SEO world and then your hosts answer questions. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out...

John and Ross dig into the latest news on Google’s efforts to force service area businesses (SABs) into specific region names, why mobile versions of sites may show in desktop search, more news on Google’s efforts against domain leasing for SEO benefits, and much more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

John and Ross discuss a study that shows less traffic is clicking through to sites from search results. They also delve into more Google My Business issues and possible fixes, along with a multitude of Mueller files. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode is guest co-hosted by Scott Van Achte, Senior SEO for StepForth. Ross and Scott discuss Google’s notices to site owners to remove index directives from their Robots.txt. They also discuss some more Google My Business issues such as the continuing bug in short names, a spotted new addition to editing a profile called “people also searched for”, and more. Lastly, they answer some great...

Scott co-hosts with Ross again as they discuss a wide variety of content from Google’s explanation of recent indexing issues, to Google My Business suspensions and changes to Hotel profiles, and great questions from SEO 101 podcast listeners. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Scott co-hosts with Ross again as they discuss a wide variety of content from Google’s explanation of recent indexing issues, to Google My Business suspensions and changes to Hotel profiles, and great questions from SEO 101 podcast listeners. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy