Matt Cutts announced new updates with Google Penguin and Panda algorithms and new link network targets in 2013. Matt announced this during the SMX West panel, The Search Police. Plus, Ross and John discuss highlights from SMX West 2013 and answer a listener question on How To Optimize your Website With GZIP Compression. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 18, 2013•41 min
Would it be better to have tons of traffic with a high bounce rate, or to have a lower bounce rate, but half the traffic? Plus, a question on shopping for keyword tools where the listener is seeking keyword suggestion, keyword traffic and competition and Keyword tracking. Finally, an ecore segment on Chronicling the History of SEO is Dead as a Search Engine Land article looks at Failed Predictions Over The Years. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://...
Mar 05, 2013•27 min
Understand Updates To Your Account With Change History...Google Analytics Change History Helps You Understand and Track Changes;Googleplex 120 million dollar futuristic renovation and expansion underway; Google Appears To Be Busted With Its Own Paid Links Again. Ross and John also answer listener question on optimizing with domain age, title tags and flash elements. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 25, 2013•31 min
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/privacy...
Feb 18, 2013•31 min
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
Feb 05, 2013•34 min
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
Jan 28, 2013•37 min
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
Jan 21, 2013•35 min
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 biggest surprise for you and your spam team in 2012? Answer: That people still fall for SEO scams. Adverti...
Jan 14, 2013•36 min
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.com/privacy...
Dec 17, 2012•41 min
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
Dec 03, 2012•47 min
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
Nov 26, 2012•33 min
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
Nov 12, 2012•34 min
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
Nov 05, 2012•42 min
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://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 22, 2012•34 min
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
Oct 15, 2012•35 min
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
Oct 02, 2012•37 min
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 Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 17, 2012•33 min
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 Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Sep 10, 2012•35 min
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://redcircle.com/privacy...
Aug 27, 2012•35 min
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
Aug 20, 2012•30 min
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
Aug 13, 2012•29 min
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.com/privacy...
Aug 06, 2012•32 min
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...
Jul 30, 2012•35 min
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
Jul 23, 2012•36 min
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
Jul 09, 2012•30 min
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
Jun 25, 2012•33 min
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
Jun 19, 2012•32 min
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 Rates, Rel=Next/Prev, Local Changes, Businesses as Entities and Cross Domain Canonicalization. Advert...
Jun 12, 2012•32 min
Google Places converting to Google+ Local; Google Paid Inclusion, plus Ross and John answer listener questions about Googles recent behavior against internet marketing agencies. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Jun 04, 2012•33 min
Another prominent company outed for Buying Links; iAquire banned for selling links; Looking at Googles Algorithm Changes With Google Search Quality Head Amit Singhal; Yahoo launches Axis. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
May 28, 2012•38 min
