Grumpy SEO Guy
By Grumpy SEO Guy
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Episodes: 147
Description
Everything I've learned in 14 years of running an SEO agency. Learn how to get, and keep, websites at the top of the search engines. If you listen to this podcast you will know more about how the SEO industry works than 99% of SEO "professionals."
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Should You Use AI Content in 2026 - Episode 145
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Can You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) - Episode 144
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Bad Answers to A Popular Question - (SEO Is Not About Your Website) - Episode 143
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Trying To Build Backlinks? Avoid Linkfarms - Episode 142
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Negative SEO (High Level - What It Does) - Episode 141
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Answers To Reddit SEO Questions Rapid Fire - Episode 140
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Why Are There No Good Examples of PBN Sites? - 139
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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The Reason You Aren't Ranking (It's Probably Not a Problem With Your Site) - Episode 138
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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4 Reasons You Built Backlinks and They Didn't Work - Episode 137
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Questions To Ask An SEO Agency To Hire Them
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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New Topics
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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SEO Backlinks For Beginners - Episode 134
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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SEO FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS (and a Grumpy SEO Guy Interview) - Episode 133
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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SEO Topical Authority, Content Structure, and Cannibalization - Episode 132
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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The Dangers of Public Blog Networks - Episode 131
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Are SEO Link Directories Useful? - Version = 1 - Episode 130
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Are SEO Link Directories Useful? - Version = 2 - Bonus Episode
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode - Episode 129
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Local SEO vs. Regular SEO - Episode 128
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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SEO Ranking Factors - Episode 127
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Relevancy, Authority, and How The Algorithm Ranks You - Episode 126
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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SEO Works Like High School Popularity - Episode 125
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Four SEO Reasons Your Rank and Your Traffic Are Decreasing - Episode 124
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Do You Need to Keep Buliding SEO Backlinks After You Are In First Place? - Episode 123
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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SEO Is Pay to Play... Sometimes - Episode 122
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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EEAT, Content, Dwell Time. NOT Ranking Factors. Here's Why - Episode 121
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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A Review of Episodes 101-119 - Episode 120
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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My AI SEO Advice (AI Services and AI Content) - Episode 119
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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The High DR Backlink SEO Scam EXPOSED.- Episode 118
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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How To Increase Your DR (And an Update on My Public Challenge) - Episode 117
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Three Reasons Your SEO Backlinks Are Not Helping You - Episode 116
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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SEO, AI, and LLMS.txt - Part 1 Probably - Episode 115
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Good SEO Backlinks vs. Bad Backlinks - A Review - Episode 114
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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DR is Not The Main Thing You Should Look At - Episode 113
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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SEO is NOT Conversion Optimization... - Episode 112
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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How to Make a PBN (Correctly), a Review - Episode 111
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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How to Track Your Progress In SEO - Episode 110
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May 28, 2025 |
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Good Content Is a Myth, and What UFC and SEO Have in Common - Episode 109
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May 21, 2025 |
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What Are Those Spammy SEO Links Everyone Seems to Be Getting Constantly? - Episode 108
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May 14, 2025 |
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You MIGHT Get a Penalty. Maybe. - Episode 107
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May 07, 2025 |
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There are 4 Ways to Get Backlinks. Here They Are - Episode 106
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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There Are 4 Things You Need to Rank. These Are What They Are With Examples - Episode 105
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Doin' SEO: A Day in the Life. And a Question From Patreon, PBNs and OBL - Episode 104
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Be Careful of This SEO Buyer Scam - Episode 103
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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SEO is Simple, Not Easy - Episode 102
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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SEO: The Ethics of Linkbuilding - Episode 101
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Massive SEO Lecture, The Details From the Previous 99 Episodes - Episode 100
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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The SEO Industry - Episode 99
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Questions to Ask an SEO Agency - Episode 98
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Back to Basics - What is SEO and How Do You Rank? - Episode 97
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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So You Wanna Start an SEO Agency (part 2)? - Episode 96
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Should You Build a Low Authority PBN? - Episode 95
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Where Do We Get SEO Authority From in the First Place? - Episode 94
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Should You Hide Your PBN Sites for SEO? - Episode 93
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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SEO Contracts Are Almost Always a Scam - Episode 92
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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A Better Way to Understand SEO Competition and Ranking - Episode 91
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Why Your Website's SEO Position is Dropping (Part 2) - Episode 90
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Why Your Website's SEO Position is Dropping (Part 1) - Episode 89
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Next Year in SEO and AI - Episode 88
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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SEO Is a Competition, Not a Checklist (the most important episode yet) - Episode 87
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Should You Build Backlinks to the Homepage or to Inner Pages? - Episode 86
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Explaining Why Content is Not King - Episode 85
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Are All Backlinks Helpful? - Episode 84
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Are Expired Domains Losing Their Authority? Part 2 - Episode 83
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Are Expired Domains Really Going to Lose All Their Authority? - Episode 82
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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How to Tell Whether Or Not Something Is a Ranking Factor - Episode 81
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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A Review of Episodes 61-79 - Episode 80
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Three Mistakes to Avoid - Episode 79
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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There Is No Such Thing As Cheap SEO - Episode 78
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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What Are "Tier 2" and "Tier 3" Backlinks? Are They Helpful? - Episode 77
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Ranking But No Backlinks? Where's the Proof? - Episode 76
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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A Glimpse Inside the Shady World of Internet Marketing and Affiliate Programs - Episode 75
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Everyone is Lying to You About Duplicate Content, and Even More SEO Job Interview Questions - Episode 74
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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My Experience Going on 6 SEO Job Interviews - Episode 73
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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How to Build Your Own PBN Part 4: Answers to Questions From Reddit - Episode 72
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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SEO Contradictions, Clarification, and Critical Thinking - Episode 71
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Think Twice About Buying Backlinks Off of a Menu - Episode 70
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Why SEO Agencies Sometimes Lie About Who Their Clients Are - Episode 69
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Why You Shouldn't Focus on NUMBER of Backlinks - Episode 68
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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"Secret Sauce" is Super Scammy Nonsense - Episode 67
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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How Many Sites Do You Need In Your PBN? - Episode 66
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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How Much DR Do You Need to Rank? - Episode 65
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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How to Use 301 Redirects For SEO - Episode 64
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Two Pieces of Controversial SEO Advice - Episode 63
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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What Is, and How to Do Rank and Rent (and a Rant on Affiliate Marketing and Bad Online Business Advice) - Episode 62
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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SEO For Total Beginners - Episode 61
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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A Review of Episodes 42-59 - Episode 60
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Traffic is Not an SEO Metric (and What You Should Use Instead) - Episode 59
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Many SEO Consultants Have No SEO Experience - Episode 58
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May 29, 2024 |
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Calling Out the Charlatans Who Say They Can Write Content That Ranks Without Backlinks - Episode 57
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May 22, 2024 |
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Why Most SEO Advice is Bad and Wrong - Episode 56
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May 15, 2024 |
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So You Wanna Start an SEO Agency? - Episode 55
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May 08, 2024 |
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Answers to the Other Questions From the Grumpy SEO Guy Subreddit Thread - Episode 54
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May 01, 2024 |
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Answers to Questions From the Grumpy SEO Guy Subreddit Thread - Episode 53
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Is This Lower Authority Website Actually Outranking This Higher Authority Website? - Episode 52
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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The 4 Things You Need to Rank - Episode 51
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Why Your Competitors Outrank You Even Though You Have Better Content - Episode 50
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The 4 Ways to Get Backlinks - Episode 49
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Helpful Content Update (HCU) - Episode 48
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Why Does Everybody Say "Content is King" (and What Are They Trying to Sell You?)? - Episode 47
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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EEAT is Not a Ranking Factor - Episode 46
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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What Website Would Rank? - Episode 45
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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How to Sell Backlinks on One of the Websites You Own - Episode 44
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Content Is Not An SEO Strategy - Episode 43
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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The Topic of SEO Certifications - Episode 42
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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A Review of Episodes 21-39 - Episode 41
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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A Review of Episodes 0-20 - Episode 40
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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The Difference Between Good Backlinks and Bad Backlinks Part 2 - Episode 39
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Link Attributes (Nofollow and Two Other Attributes) and What They Mean For SEO - Episode 38
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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The Difference Between Good Backlinks and Bad Backlinks - Episode 37
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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The Secret World of SEO Catfishing and Agency Warfare - Episode 36
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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If You're Not Tracking Your SERPs, You're Not Doing SEO - Episode 35
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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How to Think About SEO If You Want to Be in the 1% - Episode 34
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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SEO Things You Can't Do Anymore Because Spammers Ruined Them - Episode 33
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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A New Kind of Negative SEO and Answers to Questions From Listeners - Episode 32
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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How to Do SEO When You Don't Have Access to, Or Cannot Afford, a PBN - Episode 31
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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What Is the Difference Between "Topical Authority" (Relevancy) and "Authority?" - Episode 30
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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What is Anchortext, and Why Is It Important? (Or, How to Rank Any Website For Any Keyword) - Episode 29
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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The Problem With the SEO Industry - Episode 28
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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The Problem With SEO - Episode 27
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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The Problem With PBNs (How to Avoid and Detect Footprints) - Episode 26
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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How to Tell If You're Making Bad SEO Decisions - Episode 25
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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How SEO Pricing Models Work (and How Not to Get Ripped Off) - Episode 24
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Answers to SEO Questions From Reddit and the Internet - Episode 23
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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SEO Stories 2 - Learn From My Crazy Experiences in the SEO Industry - Episode 22
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Everything You Need to Know About SEO in 38 Minutes - Episode 21
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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8 SEO Questions Answered - Episode 20
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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How to Keep an SEO Client (and Why Most Agencies Can't Do It) - Episode 19
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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How to Sell SEO (and How Not to) - Episode 18
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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How to Fix 100% of SEO Problems - Episode 17
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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How to Do SEO on a Brand New Website - Episode 16
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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SEO History 101, How to Futureproof Your SEO, the Future of Algorithms, and AI - Episode 15
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Six Reasons Why Link Outreach and Guest Posting Are Dangerous and How Real SEO Agencies Do it Instead - Episode 14
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Things No One Tells You About Running an SEO Agency - Episode 13
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Why SEO Myths Exist, and Why The Search Engines Want You to Believe Them - Episode 12
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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SEO Stories 1 - Episode 11
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Why "One Time Payments," or "Lifetime Backlinks," Are Always a Scam - Episode 10
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Six of the Most Common SEO Scams - Episode 09
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Everything You Need to Know to Run a Successful Reputation Management Campaign - Episode 08
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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The 4 Most Annoying Things in the SEO Industry - Episode 07
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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The Best and Worst Clients I've Ever Had, and What I Learned From Them - Episode 06
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May 31, 2023 |
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How to Build Your Own Portfolio of Authoritative Websites to Rank Your Clients, Part 3: Website Management (How to Build a PBN the Correct Way) - Episode 05
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May 24, 2023 |
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How to Build Your Own Portfolio of Authoritative Websites to Rank Your Clients, Part 2: Hosting (How to Build a PBN the Correct Way) - Episode 04
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May 17, 2023 |
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How to Build Your Own Portfolio of Authoritative Websites to Rank Your Clients, Part 1: Domain Acquisition (How to Build a PBN the Correct Way) - Episode 03
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May 10, 2023 |
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SEO Penalties: What They Are, How to Recover From Them, and How to Avoid Them - Episode 02
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May 10, 2023 |
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The Biggest Lie in the SEO Industry (it's Probably the Reason You're Not at the Top of Page 1) - Episode 01
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May 10, 2023 |
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Welcome to Grumpy SEO Guy - Episode 0
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May 10, 2023 |