In this testimonial episode, James Dooley and Kasra Dash share their firsthand experiences working with Ben Nichols and the team at JamPrime, highlighting how their personal branding and PR results were transformed through high-authority media placements. James Dooley explains how JamPrime helped him secure an Entrepreneurs Knowledge Panel on Google, supported by placements across fourteen major publications including The Telegraph , The Daily Mail , and The Daily Mirror . He credits Ben Nichols...
Jul 24, 2024•2 min•Ep. 88
In this episode of The James Dooley Podcast, James Dooley speaks with Elias Livadaras to give a direct, practical review of SEO Neo, the advanced link-building and automation platform Elias engineered for SEOs. James Dooley explains how his teams and partner companies use SEO Neo across multiple strategies—including powering up guest posts, strengthening press releases, building tier-one and tier-two backlink layers, diversifying anchor text, and triggering Google Top Stories and Google Discover...
Jul 24, 2024•7 min•Ep. 87
Two digital marketers, Kasra Dash and James Dooley, break down how new and existing businesses can generate more enquiries using SEO, PPC, paid social and pay-per-lead models. They compare the pros and cons of each channel, explain when urgency-based niches (like locksmiths) should prioritise Google Ads over Facebook, and stress the importance of sales process, response speed, and KPIs to turn leads into profit. The conversation also covers how to choose a good SEO agency, why traffic diversity ...
Jul 24, 2024•14 min•Ep. 86
In this episode of The James Dooley Podcast, James Dooley and Kasra Dash dive into one of the industry’s biggest debates: the reality behind a $50 SEO package versus a $5,000 SEO package. Kasra Dash opens by questioning the legitimacy of ultra-low-cost SEO services, prompting James Dooley to dismantle the myth that meaningful optimisation can be achieved with such tiny budgets. He explains that technical audits, topical mapping, high-quality backlinks, content creation, and professional tools al...
Jul 24, 2024•12 min•Ep. 85
Kasra Dash and James Dooley tackle some of the most common SEO questions in a straight-talking Q&A format. They break down why “how long does it take to rank?” is the wrong question without context, explaining how competition, budget, backlink velocity, technical health and topical authority all influence timelines. They discuss whether building backlinks is “ethical”, how genuine outreach-led link acquisition differs from spammy Fiverr-style packages, and why links are still the biggest dif...
Jul 24, 2024•16 min•Ep. 84
This episode features Kasra Dash and James Dooley breaking down the Google algorithm leak, covering click data, NAVBoost, page classification, exact-match domains, semantic triples, disavows, traffic signals, PageRank neutralisation, scraper-site duplication issues, and the future of search. They explore how the leaked code confirms long-debated ranking factors and exposes contradictions in Google’s public statements. Together, they explain how behavioural metrics, brand signals, content density...
Jul 24, 2024•39 min•Ep. 83
In this episode, James Dooley and Karl Hudson break down why disavow files still matter in modern SEO and how link toxicity quietly limits ranking potential. James explains that while most websites do not need a disavow, active link building always adds toxicity, and every niche has a clear threshold where performance begins to suffer. They discuss why removing low-trust, low-power links does not cause ranking losses, how disavows restore headroom for future campaigns, and why proactive cleanup ...
Jul 24, 2024•1 min•Ep. 82
This episode of the James Dooley Podcast brings together Koray Tuğberk GÜBÜR, James Dooley, Karl Hudson, and Fery Kaszoni for a candid conversation about business decisions, personal sacrifice, and what genuinely defines success in life. Koray Tuğberk GÜBÜR challenges James Dooley to reveal his three worst business decisions, exploring how mistakes expose an entrepreneur’s real relationship with time, risk, and regret. James Dooley explains why wasted time is more painful than lost money, arguin...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 81
James Dooley and Karl Hudson break down why paid advertising has become a critical pillar of modern SEO and brand growth. They discuss how paid traffic creates powerful behavioural signals that influence organic rankings, why PPC can indirectly improve SEO performance, and how paid ads quickly expose weaknesses in conversion rates and website functionality. The conversation also covers the strategic value of multi-channel paid media including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, as well as...
Jul 24, 2024•2 min•Ep. 80
In this episode of The James Dooley Podcast , James Dooley sits down with Randy “The News Guy” Rohde from TheNewsGuy.com to deep-dive into how to use press releases as a serious SEO weapon rather than just a PR tick-box. They break down what makes Randy’s service different: human-written, SEO-optimised press releases, smart entity and geo-relevance, powerful reporting, and built-in tiered link support via cloud stacks, Google entity stacks, indexing, and PR booster campaigns. James and Randy wal...
Jul 24, 2024•46 min•Ep. 79
James Dooley and Kasra Dash dive into what to check when a website has dropped drastically in Google rankings, walking through a practical checklist that covers manual actions in Google Search Console, backlink toxicity and disavow files, and the difference between partial and full penalties. They explore technical SEO issues using tools like Screaming Frog and Sitebulb, including crawl errors, orphan pages, bad internal links, and bloated images that waste crawl budget. The conversation then mo...
Jul 24, 2024•27 min•Ep. 78
James Dooley is joined by software creator and former pilot Elias Livadaras to unpack the technology behind Stealth Code and how modern SEO automation really works. In this episode of The James Dooley Podcast, they break down the evolution from SEO Autopilot to SEO Neo, why the new platform is built “by SEOs for SEOs,” and how agencies, affiliates, e-commerce stores and local businesses are using it to scale. Elias explains practical strategies for ranking images, YouTube videos and Google Busin...
Jul 24, 2024•52 min•Ep. 77
On this episode of the James Dooley Podcast, James Dooley sits down with link building veteran Tony Peacock (also known as “Link Daddy”) to unpack how location-independent online businesses work and how his Link Daddy service powers modern SEO. James Dooley and Tony Peacock explore building global remote teams, using virtual assistants across Russia, South Africa, the Philippines and beyond, and how to leverage tiered backlink campaigns for money sites, Google Business Profiles, images, and vide...
Jul 24, 2024•42 min•Ep. 76
In this episode of The James Dooley Podcast, James Dooley sits down with Fery Kaszoni for a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation on business, resilience, lead generation, and life philosophy. James Dooley explores what it truly takes to rebuild from nothing, explaining how sales skill, work ethic, and value-first thinking can restart momentum even without capital, connections, or infrastructure. He shares how early adversity, competitive sports, and family values shaped his mindset, discipline,...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 75
James Dooley and Chris Pantelli examine the role of modern digital PR, explaining how expert quote links, reactive PR, and coverage from tier-one publications now play a central role in shaping authority signals online. They break down why journalists consistently reference credible experts, noting that trusted sources raise the quality and reliability of published content. The discussion highlights how strategic link placement improves brand visibility, as Google places greater trust in fresh c...
Jul 24, 2024•31 min•Ep. 70
In this episode of The James Dooley Podcast, James Dooley is joined by Kasra Dash to deliver a practical, end-to-end breakdown of how to set up and scale a business correctly. The discussion walks through the fundamentals of business creation, starting with niche and competitor research, defining a clear USP, and avoiding the common traps of procrastination and perfectionism when choosing a brand name and domain. James Dooley and Kasra Dash share direct, experience-based advice on business plann...
Jul 24, 2024•33 min•Ep. 67
In this episode of The James Dooley Podcast, host James Dooley sits down with long-time friend and industry heavyweight Craig Campbell to dig deep into the realities of modern SEO. They start by tackling SEO myths and the danger of out-of-date information being recycled as current best practice, especially around local SEO and Google Business Profiles. Craig explains how hard it is for beginners to know who to trust, stressing the importance of real-world testing over hearsay. The conversation t...
Jul 24, 2024•49 min•Ep. 65
On this episode of the James Dooley Podcast, James Dooley speaks with Kasra Dash about real-time lead generation and why speed, exclusivity, and conversion systems determine whether marketing spend produces profit. Kasra Dash introduces the concept of real-time leads by explaining how delayed or recycled enquiries damage conversion rates, while James Dooley defines real-time exclusive leads as enquiries delivered instantly to a single business the moment a form is completed. James Dooley explain...
Jul 24, 2024•16 min•Ep. 64
The James Dooley Podcast features James Dooley in a candid, solo episode where he breaks down how he approaches SEO as a business asset rather than a vanity skill. Speaking from his base in Manchester, James explains why he is business-first and SEO-second, using search as a scalable lever across brands that range from hyper-local lead generation sites to long-term affiliate assets in highly competitive niches such as finance and casino. He explains how speed of results varies by model, with nic...
Jul 24, 2024•7 min•Ep. 62
The podcast brings James Dooley together with Kyle Roof for a direct, highly technical conversation designed to pull proven SEO insights out of controlled testing environments and into real-world application. James challenges Kyle to explain what actually drives rankings today, which leads Kyle to break down how PageOptimizer Pro removes guesswork by showing exactly where terms and entities belong on a page, using edge analysis and precise coverage rather than generic best practices. He also int...
Jul 23, 2024•47 min•Ep. 59
The James Dooley Podcast welcomes SEO entrepreneur James Dooley and technical SEO specialist Olesia Korobka for a deep, candid conversation about engagement signals, ethical manipulation, and what it really takes to win in competitive search verticals like finance and online casinos. James explains how he uses click-through-rate tools, email lists, Facebook groups, Reddit and Quora to drive real user engagement across Google, YouTube and image search, stressing that genuine behavior beats fake s...
May 21, 2024•57 min•Ep. 50
In this episode of the Online Reputation Management Podcast, host Jason Mills sits down with digital landlord and entrepreneur James Dooley to unpack the mindset, systems and ethics behind building one of the UK’s largest portfolios of digital real estate. The conversation follows James’ journey from quantity surveyor in offline construction to owning hundreds of rank-and-rent sites, showing how resilience, testing and strategic failure shaped his growth. They explore why James prioritises freed...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 49
This episode of the James Dooley Podcast brings together Koray Tuğberk GÜBÜR, James Dooley, and Karl Hudson for a rare, unfiltered long-form discussion on what truly drives growth in SEO-led businesses. Koray sets the tone by highlighting how James views SEO as a commercial lever rather than an ego metric, insisting that every strategy begins with profit and loss, ranking states, and clearly defined content gaps. James explains why he only enters partnerships where his team can create real strat...
May 21, 2024•49 min•Ep. 48
This episode of the James Dooley Podcast captures a deep, behind-the-scenes discussion between James Dooley and Jaume Ros , centred on an exclusive VIP SEO Mastermind held in Vietnam and organised by Kasra Dash . Jaume shares his firsthand experience of how high-level masterminds operate, explaining the small-group format where experienced SEO operators, agency owners, SaaS founders, and link specialists openly dissect real business and SEO challenges. The conversation highlights why these invit...
May 21, 2024•9 min•Ep. 47
James Dooley sits down with management consultant Mads Singers for a straight-talking conversation on delegation, leadership, and how to build teams that actually scale. The episode breaks down why most founders struggle with delegation, not because they hand off work, but because they delegate tasks instead of true responsibility—keeping themselves stuck in low-value activities and creating bottlenecks across the business. Mads explains how giving people ownership, rather than checklists, unloc...
May 21, 2024•29 min•Ep. 46
The episode features an in-depth conversation between James Dooley and Dan Grant on how effective lead generation underpins profitable growth for UK businesses. James explains that a steady stream of high-quality, exclusive enquiries creates reliable sales momentum, as marketing activity directly influences sales outcomes. Dan highlights how many UK companies burn budget on PPC campaigns without guaranteed returns, where low-intent clicks frequently fail to translate into profit. James contrasts...
May 21, 2024•43 min•Ep. 45
This episode of the James Dooley Podcast features James Dooley in conversation with Dan Grant, founder of Backlink Doctor, as they break down what must happen after a disavow file is submitted to Google Search Console. The discussion explains why disavowing toxic backlinks alone is not enough, and how failing to take the correct follow-up steps can delay recovery for months or even years. James and Dan reveal why forcing Googlebot to revisit disavowed URLs dramatically accelerates link devaluati...
May 21, 2024•7 min•Ep. 44
The episode breaks down how FatRank’s performance-led lead generation model operates, with the business only earning when clients successfully convert high-quality enquiries into real revenue. James Dooley explains that FatRank works with clients selectively, as guaranteed ROI depends on delivering profitable, niche-specific leads rather than chasing high volumes with low intent. Dan Grant adds that upfront investment accelerates rankings, because early capital allows for more content production...
May 21, 2024•14 min•Ep. 43
James Dooley and Kasra Dash analyse why Indexceptional is consistently outperforming every other indexing tool currently on the market. They break down Google’s growing indexation challenges, the strain caused by mass AI-generated content, and why legacy tools such as GigaIndexer, IndexMeNow, and Omega Indexer fail to trigger critical signals like Bingbot. Kasra shares real-world testing data from client sites, explains the importance of indexing link inserts rather than just URLs, and details h...
May 21, 2024•9 min•Ep. 42
The episode examines how brand SERP optimisation enhances overall business performance by positioning Google as a public credibility filter that shapes conversions, hiring outcomes, investor confidence, and asset valuation. Jason Barnard explains that a brand SERP represents Google’s understanding of an identity, built from signals gathered across websites, social profiles, video platforms, and trusted authoritative sources. James Dooley shows how strengthening a brand SERP improves conversion r...
May 21, 2024•18 min•Ep. 41
