Grumpy SEO Guy

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy [https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy] 2:26 Why is my traffic decreasing? 3:02 Traffic is not an SEO metric 3:13 Traffic is a function of monthly search volume and your rank 3:59 JUST BECAUSE YOUR TRAFFIC DECREASED DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE AN SEO CONCERN Episode that explains traffic and position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01am10-OwDY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01am10-OwDY] 4:52 Tracking your SERPs is the main thing you need to do 6:15 A SERP chart needs to do these 3 things 7:43 Average position is a ridiculous metric that doesn't tell you anything 10:07 The way you check if you're at the top of the results is with a SERP chart 10:29 Sometimes you lose traffic because your SERPs drop The episodes that talk about why you lose position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhA&pp=0gcJCcYJAYcqIYzv [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhA&pp=0gcJCcYJAYcqIYzv] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA] 10:47 There are 4 reasons your rank can decrease

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy [https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy] 0:55 Reminders 2:44 An AI reminder AI episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw0CGhhpNeY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw0CGhhpNeY] 3:34 Authority comes from backlinks 3:58 SEO is like running in a race 4:30 There's always a website in first position, etc. 5:04 We do not start building backlinks before we spend 4 weeks looking at many things, including the competition 6:25 Why do you lose your rank? Episode 89: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhA] Episode 90: https://www.youtube.c:46 om/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA] 7:46 People do not hire us if they are already in the first place 8:14 When people get outranked they complain on SEO discussion websites about losing rank 9:10 Websites on the first page organically get backlinks The 4 ways to get backlinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8] The marketing backlinks episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFv70Um0gik&pp=0gcJCbIJAYcqIYzv [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFv70Um0gik&pp=0gcJCbIJAYcqIYzv]

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy [https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy] 2:26 The 4 things you need to rank 2:56 episode 2 talks about multiple types of penalties Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A] 6:14 SEO is a competition, not a checklist 6:29 SEO is not about doing everything according to a checklist 6:37 A checklist presumes a standard exists 7:46 Backlinks usually either cost money or effort 7:51 There are 4 ways to get backlinks Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8] 10:06 Why are backlinks expensive? 10:36 Presume everyone is doing everything on page right 10:59 How does the search engine know which website to rank then? Link to episodes about link quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4&t=4s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4&t=4s] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0] 12:50 Examples of unhelpful advice 15:00 You need to pay for authority 15:50 What to do if you do not have money for SEO 16:30 If you do not have money for SEO, do this 18:30 EEAT definition 18:50 Link to Google saying EEAT is not a ranking factor: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide [https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide] 19:42 SEO is about doing better than your competition

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy [https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy] 1:07 Reminders 2:35 SEO is no barriers to entry 5:18 EEAT 5:44 This website from Google says EEAT is NOT a ranking factor: SEO Starter Guide: The Basics | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers [https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide] 6:06 Content is King 6:45 What I think "content is king" originally meant 9:08 Good quality content probably gets you better quality backlinks which can help you rank higher 9:31 Dwell time 9:56 Low dwell time on a high quality website 10:23 High dwell time on a low quality website 11:55 Dwell time is not a ranking factor

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy [https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy] 1:41 How to set up an SEO Zoom advisory Call with me 2:22 Episode 101: SEO: The Ethics of Linkbuilding 3:05 We tell how SEO works, not the way you need to do it 3:23 The 4 ways to get backlinks 4:50 Episode 102: SEO is Simple, Not Easy 5:40 The 4 things you need to rank 8:54 Episode 103: Be Careful of This SEO Buyer Scam 9:22 A description to explain these scams 11:50 Episode 104: Doin' SEO: A Day in the Life, and a Question From Patreon, PBNs, and OBL 12:25 OBL description 12:32 Episode 105: There are 4 Things You Need to Rank. These Are What They Are With Examples 12:42 The 4 things you need to rank 13:28 Episode 106: There Are 4 Ways to Get Backlinks. Here They Are 13:41 The 4 ways to get backlinks 15:29 Episode 107: You Might Get a Penalty. Maybe. 16:23 Episode 108: What Are Those Spammy SEO Links Everyone Seems to Be Getting Constantly 17:32 It's marketing 18:58 Episode 109 Good Content is a Myth, and What UFC and SEO Have in Common 19:19 Quality of content is not a ranking factor 21:47 Episode 110: How to Track Your Progress in SEO 12:06 SEO is the process of getting your website to the top of the search engine 25:05 Episode 111: How to Make a PBN (Correctly), a Review 25:30 3 Things to know 26:16 Episode 112: SEO is NOT Conversion Optimization 26:30 Defining these 27:50 Episode 113: DR is Not the Main Thing You Should Look at 28:17 We're going to talk more about this in a while 28:30 Episode 114: Good SEO Backlinks vs Bad Backlinks - a Review 29:03 Forum profile vs sidebar vs blog comment vs contextual 29:58: Episode 115: SEO, AI, and llms.txt 30:56 How to get with AI 32:34 Episode 116: Three Reasons Your SEO Backlinks Are Not Helping You 33:03 A reason it’s not working 36:09 Episode 117: How to Increase Your DR (and an Update on My Public Challenge) 36:38 There is never a reason to increase your DR 39:50 Episode 118: The High DR Backlink Scam – EXPOSED 40:37 Here’s how the scam works 41:00 Episode 119: My SEO Advice (AI Services and AI Content) 41:59 AI Content on your site