SEO 101 is Search Engine Optimization from the very beginning. SEO 101 will teach you SEO from Square one. Hosts Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte give out helpful information for the beginners without overwhelming you with technical details.
Ross and John answer listener questions about optimizing for keyword phrases, managingGoogle+ Local pages for yourbusiness. Plus news on New Facebok Algo Targets posts which seem like ads and how to pin Your Google+ Posts To The Top Of Your Stream. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Scanning Your Site For Missing Google Analytics and AdWords Tags as Ross welcomes Josh Kellett. Josh is theinventor of GAchecker.com (a free tool designed to Scan Your Site For Missing Analytics andAdWords Tags) and a top search specialist at the Canadian Red Cross. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Starting a SEO Program On Your Own? Ross and John break down the question by recommending knowing your objectives/goals and setting up the factors for tracking success, competitor research and Keyword research, site optimization based on results of research, content strategy and Link building through building social networks. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Twitter: Renewed Focus On SEO Generated 10 Times More Visitors as Twitter says making this change increased the number of logged-out users coming to its site by 10-fold, apparently raising the number from 7.5 million per month to the current 75 million per month. Ross and John also talk Google and talk numbers when it comes to The Nofollow Attribute , Link Building As Not Spam, Negative SEO Extortion. Also, the New Best Practice for Authority ties to Local Search and how topic authority is separ...
Ross and John give a comprehensive cannot-miss episode on SEO Tools, breaking them down by way of Discovery (Keyword and Discovery Research), Analysis (Technical and Backlink Analysis) and Measurement (rank trackers and conversion tracking). Feel free to follow the outline as you listen. Those D.A.M SEO Tools D = Discovery Tools: Keyword Research Google site: and Google cache: Competitive Research: A = Analysis Tools Technical Analysis Backlink Analysis M = Measurement Tools Setting goal metrics...
Penguin 3.0 Rollout Finally here or is it? Is this an update or a new Algo? On a side note - Pirate Update 2.0 happens as well. New Study - Rank number1 in Mobile search or nothing. Tool in webmaster tools for domain changes has updated asJohn Muller updates saying we just updated it to guide you through a part of the process, double-checking that you have the sites verified, that the redirects are in place, and that the redirect doesn't break verification. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcirc...
Ross and John discuss the recent SEMPO guidelines and how they could impact the industry, plusTopSEOssaysWe Have Not Been Banned By Google,Google releases video series on taking your local business online. Plus they answr listener questions onGoogle monitoring interactions a user has on a web page, and new domain names. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Yahoo Directory goes away, how some mobile search campaigns not being tracked? We also hear client stories dealing with website switching and Google Webmaster Tools. Plus, we hear the story of an interior designer client friend of Ross who has landed an account with Lamborghini and is asked for a crazy favor. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Google Panda 4.1 Launches; To avoid liability, Google limits German news content to headlines.Plus, Ross and John offer Commentaryabout howKeywords are DEAD and aMozstory discussesGoogle Answer Boxes Now Showing Up 60percentMore Often Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The Final Word on the Death of Google Authorship; SearchMetrics 2013 Ranking Factors - Correlation via Data; John Mueller says Penguin Still to Come 3.0 Most Likely in 2014; Google Webmaster Tools API Updated. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Ross offers things to know on how Google Authorship is dead but not author rank. Plus, some research on PNG and JPG compression, the Difference between Responsive Website Design and Adaptive Website Design, Negative SEO extortion and more. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Google Webmaster Tools Notifications For Faulty Redirects andNew Color-Coded Fetch As Google; Google Penalties Reappearing in Manual Spam Action of Webmaster Tools; Google Responds TheLack ofUnannounced Penguin Updates;Low quality guest blogging is considered little or no original content by Google. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Ross and John discuss The Pigeon Update and how it is Not as impactful as first reported on account that the URL structure on Google changed so automated tools got it wrong. Plus, they discuss Bing Updates, Author Stats Removed from Google Webmaster Tools, and Authorship Photos Live On. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The Google Pigeon Update and how its seen as a very impactful algorithmic update specific to local search. Plus, Moz Guest Post controversyand more MozCon 2014 takeaways including Stephanie Beadell on Bad Data via Surveys, Stacey MacNaught on Content Creation and Rich Millington on Building a successful community Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
More from MozCon 2014 as Ross speaks about Maintaining SEO Focus with Marshall Simmonds, Founder of Define Media Group Inc, who presented a dicussion entitled Keep the Focus on the Doughnuts. Also, Ross talks to Mike Ramsey of Nifty Marketing, who spoke aboutLocal SEO Lessons from Small Town USA Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
On location from MozCon 2014, Ross speaks with Dr. Pete Meyers, the Marketing Scientist at Moz, who spoke about Content Marketing and How to Never Run Out of Great Ideas. Ross also talks to Mark Traphagen, the Senior Director of Online Marketing for Stone Temple Consulting who spoke on Claiming Your Kingdom for Brand Dominance. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The Smoking Gun: Deleted Google Author Photo Boosts Ad CTR ;Google hits Poland again with link network penalties;Groupon Tests Direct Traffic;Google Website Quality Guidelines Leaked;E.A.T. is the new acronym - Expertise, Authority and Trust;Head Of Googles Web Spam Team Matt Cutts Is Going On Leave Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Google Drops Google+ Images and Circle counts from standard SERP listings; John Mueller comments about How to implement Authorship; plus the results of a Searchmetrics Schema study plus a listener question on the risk of duplicate content. Related articles across the web How to Setup Google Authorship; Manual Action Detail in Google Webmaster Tools Bing Showing Authorship; Google Improved Recording of Users and Method of Verification More on Authorship Markup; 302 Re-Directs and Homepage Impact ...
Ross and John highlight Matt Cutts' SMX Advanced 2014 You and A where he discusses the Google PayDay Algorithm, Reconsideration Requests, Penguin Updates and more. Plus, the release of the Amazon Fire Phone: Bing gets a lot more exposure and a study says Google Universal Results Show Up For 85percentOf All Searches: Videos In 65 percent & Maps In 1 percent. Google Algorithm Changes for Fixing Spam Matt Cutts Announces Updates Coming to Google Penguin and Panda Algorithms and more from SMX We...
Ross and John broadcast on location from SMX Advanced 2014 in Seattle , and they speak with the President of Stone Temple Consulting, Eric Enge and the CEO of Mobile Moxie, Cindy Krum. Related articles across the web Matt Cutts Announces Updates Coming to Google Penguin and Panda Algorithms and more from SMX West 2013 Matt Cutts On What SEOs Can Expect From Google Coming Up Javascript and PageRank Sculpting SEO 101 Q and A Live Blog: Matt Cutts Keynote Q&A At SMX Advanced 2014 Advertising In...
What is SEO and What is Not SEO? David Harry from the SEO Training Dojo discusses a very heated Facebook group thread where this very topic came up for debate. They discuss how certain fields like social media, PR, webdesign and even linkbuilding arenot SEO thought might individually affect SEO in some way. Related articles across the web Matt Cutts On What SEOs Can Expect From Google Coming Up Google Search Plus Debacle Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
WTF, rel=dofollow links? Red Flags for Google? SEO’s Sued for Violating Google Guidelines; More than two Links on a page … Google takes the 1st one. Google Penalized eBay But Was It Panda 4 Or A Manual Action? Bing is Shutting Down its Webmaster Forums; Google: Dropping Links In Forums Can Hurt Your Both Algorithmically and Manually; Google: Panda 4.0 Brings in ‘Softer Side,’ Lays Groundwork For Future; Google announces they are now crawling Javascript + will soon have a rendering tool available...
Ross takes us some steps onHow to Obtain Links to Your Website Through Outreach and Link Attraction. Ross takes us thr0ugh several variables fromchoosinga photo from another persons collection in an article to generating social love from themtochallenginganarticle written by an authority in your industry with your own strong and valid opinion. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
From Getting clients to know their sites: perform an audit and having them Review their social signals/effectiveness, Ross and John discuss How to Determine Why Your Competitors are Succeeding and You’re Not Related articles across the web Duplicate Meta Descriptions; Merchant Quality Chatters Spurns Google Zebra Rumor Ethics and Google; Contracts with Vendors, Impacting Rankings in Hours How to Setup Google Authorship; Manual Action Detail in Google Webmaster Tools 5 Things to Focus on When Sta...
Ethics and Google;Contracts with Vendors; Trying to sneak in Links asJohn recounts his experience from this week plus another patent this week confirms that Citation act as Links. Plus,Click thru test .... Impacting Rankings in the short term in a matter of hours. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Matt Cutts Lobbying To Reward Secure Sites With Better Rankings;Google: 410s Are Immediate and 404s Are Delayed For 24 Hours;Google secures keyword referral data for PPC outside of AdWords;Paid Platforms will still work;Google Glass is now Kosher for Passover Related articles across the web Google Glass Now Kosher For Passover Matt Cutts Goes to Washington Anglo Rank: Another Private Link Network Foiled By The Cutts; Duplicate Meta Descriptions MyBlogGuest Penalized; How Google Looks Without Bac...
Google On IE8 Drops SSL and Passes Full Referrer; Matt Cutts: Almost All Penalties Are For Quality Violationswhen askedwhat percentage of penalties/filters are based on violations of Googles Quality Guidelines versus technology issues or bugs on the webmaster side? Related articles across the web Anglo Rank: Another Private Link Network Foiled By The Cutts; Duplicate Meta Descriptions How to Setup Google Authorship; Manual Action Detail in Google Webmaster Tools Matt Cutts On What SEOs Can Expec...
Bing updates their Webmaster Guidelines, adding that if you use keyword stuffing, it can lead to demotion or even the delisting of your website. Also, Google quietly updates their Google Places Quality Guidelines for naming your business Related articles across the web Bing Webmaster Guidelines Updated To Include Demotions For Keyword Stuffing Google Navigation Changes To Webmaster Tools; Google Warning External Keyword Tool Shut Down Near Crawling Unlinked URLs to Discover New Content; Paying f...
Matt Cutts goes after guest blogging: myblogguest.com, discusses how Google looks without backlinks as a ranking factor and asksWhat should sites do with pages for products that are no longer available? Plus, Google now has a smaller, wearable version of Android on the way built-in with Google Now, some revealing info from a hangout on air with Nick Kellet of List.Ly, including howin WordPress use the plugin and you can embed the list which will make it spiderable and how thethe javascript versi...
Chef Dennis Littleygives his insights into blogging and Google Plus. Dennis manages theG+ Food Bloggers Community in part 2 of this hour-long interview. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
