Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 1:48 How to arrange a Zoom SEO Advisory Call with me 2:48 Is AI going to replace SEO? 3:49 Is AI really stealing your SEO traffic? 5:06 Most AI articles are clickbait 5:38 No one knows how AI works for SEO 5:57 AI services are probably scams 6:47 AI did not steal 70% of your traffic 7:21 AI problem vs SEO problem 7:40 People are trying to sell you dumb nonsense because you are afraid of AI 8:26 Being listed vs. ranking 9:27...
Jul 02, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 1:30 Reminders 2:06 How to arrange a Zoom SEO Advisory call with me 2:23 SEO AI Preview 4:07 We are thinking about doing videos 5:39 The 4 things you need to rank 9:17 Why you need backlinks 10:01 This is how authority works 11:57 Good backlinks and bad backlinks 12:57 YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHY 14:23 Think like a search engine 14:33 SEO is manipulation 16:01 A process to distinguish good backlinks from bad backlinks 16:50 ...
Jun 25, 2025•35 min•Season 1Ep. 114
1:56 How to do a SEO Zoom Advisory Call with me BACKGROUND 3:01 What is authority? 3:14 What are the 4 things you need to rank? 3:57 Pagerank 4:43 Different SEO tool's authority calculations THERE IS MORE TO IT THAN DOMAIN RATING 6:29 A high DR website can be bad and a low DR website can be excellent 7:41 Do you want a course about buying domains for your PBN? 9:58 Why the THEORY episodes are more important than the how to episodes. 11:36 Examples 4 of things that are more significant than the m...
Jun 18, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 113
01:14 Reminder 01:48 How to arrange an SEO Zoom Advisory Call with me 01:59 Question for listeners 02:35 The episodes that annoy listeners and why - Traffic is not an SEO metric, and if you're not tracking your SERPs, you're not doing SEO 04:08 Why people will get frustrated with this episode 04:16 What is SEO? 05:03 What is conversion optimization? 05:42 Traffic is a factor of monthly search volume and your rank 06:00 How to calculate how much traffic you get 07:45 How to calculate how much you...
Jun 11, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 112
1:10 New episodes 1:36 How to arrange an SEO advisory call with me on Zoom 4:38 The reason we're making this episode 5:30 The reason SEO can't be taught in 10 minutes 6:17 The difference between a private blog network and a private blog portfolio 7:24 Do NOT link your sites together 7:42 In specific order, what you need to rank 10:15 Things that do not generate authority 11:00 What transfers authority 11:35 There are 4 ways to get backlinks 13:27 Are PBNs blackhat? 14:45 The purpose of a PBN 15:...
Jun 04, 2025•33 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Reminders Announcement What is the purpose of SEO? The SERP Tracker we use. A secret bonus you can do with a SERP tracker Three things to look for in a SERP tracker
May 28, 2025•12 min•Season 1Ep. 110
01:32 Email me 02:00 Success email from an SEO advisory client who started her own agency and is getting nice results for her clients 04:22 Quality of content is not a ranking factor 04:44 How to be smarter than everyone else in SEO 05:00 Song analogy check this one 0:700 Example of bad content that ranks 09:42 Search engines can't tell good content, so how do they evaluate? 10:02 Authority is a metric for popularity which is a metric for how good content is 11:33 Why I think people are so stuck...
May 21, 2025•33 min•Season 1Ep. 109
You've seen them. Everyone has seen them. Let's talk about them. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
May 14, 2025•8 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Do things you're not supposed to and you get a penalty. Sometimes. Maybe it's uncertainty built into the algorithm. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
May 07, 2025•9 min•Season 1Ep. 107
There are 4 ways to get backlinks. 1) Do nothing 2) Buy 3) Guest Post and Link Outreach 4) Build Your Own Sites and Use Those Learn which one might be best for you. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Apr 30, 2025•9 min•Season 1Ep. 106
No Penalties. Why you should avoid them and different types of penalties. Content. What it does and does not do. Relevancy. What it is and how to get it. Authority. What it is and how to get it. And how they all play a role in search. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Apr 23, 2025•13 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Being an SEO Consultant: Wake up Do you need to rise at 4am? Time in email Time in meetings SEO employee vs SEO entrepreneur Backlinks, content, research. Answer to a Patreon member's question: At what point do PBN outbound links start becoming diminishing returns? Three answers: What number of OBLs from a PBN post? What number of OBLs from a PBN site overall? How about too many backlinks from a PBN to the client site? Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy...
Apr 16, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 104
How the scam goes and what you should say if you're a seller and someone asks you this. And a preview of the discussion about why free SEO audits are worth what you pay for them. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Apr 09, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 103
Finding good backlinks is hard. What you need to rank. SEO is not a checklist. An economic comparison with SEO. Why you're not the CEO of a company. Why you're not ranking. SEO is a competition. $9,000 for 90 backlinks vs $10 for 100,000 backlinks. Why you can't buy $1 backlinks on a $1,000 domain. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Apr 02, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 102
People say acquiring backlinks is bad. Thoughts? Topics covered: The 4 things you need to rank. The 4 ways to get backlinks and their ethics. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Mar 26, 2025•14 min•Season 1Ep. 101
All the information from each episode. Lots to share. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Mar 19, 2025•57 min•Season 1Ep. 100
There are no certifications. There are no degrees. An example of overoptimization, and a quick discussion of penalties. SEO changes. Why SEOs complain whenever there is an algorithm update (EVERY TIME). HCU audits (REALLY???). What shady agencies do. Why I do a podcast. SEO actually exists. The SEO industry has a lot of bad opinions about it. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy...
Mar 12, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Why there are no (good) SEO certifications. The most important question you should ask.. Why you should always demand specifics. Content is not a ranking factor. DEMAND SPECIFICS. Ask them to explain SEO to you. DEMAND. SPECIFICS. Ambiguity = scam Internet marketing and SEO have a rotten reputation which makes perfect sense. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy...
Mar 05, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 98
What is SEO? How is SEO different from conversion optimization? Why traffic is not an SEO metric (and what is)? Why content is not king. The four things you need to rank. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Feb 26, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 97
When should you start your business? How much money should you have? Will your friends understand you? Will you forget how to talk to people? Who do you live with? Starting a business doesn't mean you make money. Are you ready for this? Can you get a car loan? Can you get a mortgage? Can you rent an apartment? Most people want to start a business but have not. Be prepared to handle their questions. Being self-employed is different than working for someone. Have the right people in your life. Ple...
Feb 19, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Should You Make a PBN with Low DR? What is DR? And, find out about a common scam with "high DR backlinks." Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Feb 12, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Most people's websites have at least SOME authority. Even new websites! But where did it come from? A review of the 4 things you need to rank. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Feb 05, 2025•14 min•Season 1Ep. 94
What is hiding a PBN? The evolution of our PBN and why we stopped providing lists. Why should you hide a PBN? Should you hide your PBN? Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Jan 29, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 93
SEO Contracts are scams. Here's why. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Jan 22, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 92
In this episode: Why you do not understand SEO. Why "can you take a quick look at my website and tell me what I need to do?" is a no. It's not because I'm unhelpful, it's because that won't help you. Why "how much DA do I need?" is not a good question. Why anything you can EASILY do will have little to no effect on anything. Why it's hard to get good backlinks (it's supposed to be). Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy...
Jan 15, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 91
Why your website can decrease in rank and how to tell why from a SERP chart. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
Jan 08, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 90
The three reasons your rank can decline. And a little information about what happens during algorithm updates.
Jan 01, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 89
SEO is just fine. Stop complaining.
Dec 25, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 88
There is no such thing as "4 Easy Steps To Rank For Your Keywords." This is probably the most important episode of Grumpy SEO Guy so far.
Dec 18, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Which pages should you build backlinks to? What if you have only one significant page on your site? What if you have multiple product pages? Why DR and DA are domain level metrics and aren't as important as you think. How to outrank higher DR pages.
Dec 11, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 86
