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2:51 he purpose of link directories

3:45 A main problem: they're copies of each other

5:07 Suspicious names

6:12 Same IP address

Episode that explains IP addresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4&pp=0gcJCR0AztywvtLA

6:54 Link farms

7:25 Description of a link directory

8:32 Can link directories help you?

9:16 Why do they have directories linking to them?

We recorded another version of this episode. This episode was recorded on my phone so the voice quality appears bad. Let me know which version you prefer!

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1:55 Why are we mentioning link directories?

2:45 The reason people build directories

3:44 Problems with directories

They are all duplicates of each other

On the same IP

Linkfarms

5:00 Defining link farms

6:33 The exception to link directories with local SEO

Details of decent link directories

7:35 Why so many sites have directory links

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2:51 the purpose of link directories

3:45 A main problem: they're copies of each other

5:07 Suspicious names

6:12 Same IP address

Episode that explains IP addresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4

6:54 Link farms

7:25 Description of a link directory

8:32 Can link directories help you?

9:16 Why do they have directories linking to them?

0:35 The problem with Episode 128 and why it didn't come out at the planned time

1:12 How to email me

3:30 The reasons your rank is declining and how to tell and how to fix it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA

4:30 The 4 things you need to rank:

(long episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ

(short episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg&pp=0gcJCfwJAYcqIYzv

5:10 The 4 ways to get backlinks:

(long episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPARAuCXao

(short episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8

6:15 LLMS.txt does nothing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WflCZyBnj8

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2:08 Local SEO vs. Regular SEO

2:07 Map

The episode about penalties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A

The episodes about the 4 things you need to rank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg

Documents about local SEO:

https://ahrefs.com/blog/local-seo/

https://www.semrush.com/blog/what-is-local-seo/

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2:08 What is the difference?

Penalty episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A

Episodes about how to rank with normal SEO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg

Publisher note - having NAP the same means have them the same each time on each website

The articles about local SEO:

https://ahrefs.com/blog/local-seo/

https://www.semrush.com/blog/what-is-local-seo/

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2:09 What is a ranking factor

2:34 Why do you do SEO?

3:55 Many of the things people do are not SEO

4:16 Why did your impressions fall?

4:45 Definition of impressions

6:51 Why did your traffic fall?

Episodes that answer this question:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA

9:38 If you're not tracking your SERPs you're going to have no idea if you're successful

10:30 EEAT has no effect on your rank

Google's own documentation says this:

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide

12:23 EEAT audit = scam

12:28 People do EEAT on your website = scam

13:12 Other things that are not ranking factors

17:24 Things that are ranking factors

The episode that talks about relevancy and authority and algorithms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjoV09CHyGA

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1:22 Announcements

2:19 The four things you need to rank

Episode talking about types of penalties:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A

4:28 Relevancy

Episode covering anchortext:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-Fh3QXB8A

6:24 Authority

Episode on helpful or harmful inks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7_DM7fj4Yg

8:10 How the algorithm understands where to rank you

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0:57 Reminders (How to contact me with questions)

2:14 Authority is basically like high school popularity

3:10 What makes somebody popular in high school?

5:56 What makes a website rank?

7:15 The 4 things you need to rank

Episode about good backlinks and bad backlinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0

Episode about SEO being a competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZo8Cdt3PnI

12:06 The reason people think good content makes a website rank

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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

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=ivSogvXY6FA

10:47 There are 4 reasons your rank can decrease