SEO 101

John and Ross discuss the intricacies of algorithmic lingo in the SEO world, HTTPS taking over, an ode to authorship, and they answer questions from listeners.

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After Google shut access to the keyword planner to everyone but those with active AdWords campaign the SEO world lit up with anger. But, was this just? Is there really a need for the Planner any more? Google claimed it was a “glitch” but it looked like anything but. John and Ross also touch on some algo updates and a question from one of their listeners.

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Google is adding its own symptom-related direct answers on mobile in the US. The info is sourced from a team of expert doctors from Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic. Rankbrain is noted as a “signal”, not just a ranking factor, and Google showed a preview of a potential update to local pack where the first listing would be an ad.

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Ross outlines some curious results from Google PageSpeed Insights and decides it is time to reach out to Google. The Mueller files cover URL structure basics and some interesting local SEO review insights and best practices. Bing’s new PubHub is launched and we answer 4 great questions from our listeners.

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Google notes links you can ignore, why Title Tags are rewritten, an increase in food thumbnails in search results, and more direct emails from Google Search Console. Lastly, Ross and John answer four excellent questions from the SEO 101 Community on Google+.

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John and Ross introduce what is the first episode of SEO 101 at its new home on Cranberry.FM. The rest of the show digs into some of the reasons Google suspends local listings, changes to accelerated mobile pages (AMP), the new keyword tool called AnswerThePublic.com, and more.

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Google dropped the manual penalty hammer on websites providing paid reviews of products without nofollowing links, and on sites using the popular EasyRecipe plugin that was using schema to spam listings. Also, discover some of the factors that allow products to rank well in Amazon’s search engine, why log files are useful and a newly released tool that will allow you to leverage them, and much more!

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John and Ross interview David Harry about his article Getting Your Head Around RankBrain to debunk many of the incorrect assumptions about this machine learning system Google has employed and how/if it impacts your rankings.

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