The SEO Mad Scientist

Episode 60 Table Of Contents 

– Google: E-Commerce Sites Should Use Unavailable Request Indexing Tool Prior To Black Friday

– Google My Business Progress Status Of Reinstatement Request

– Apple moving to take on Google Search

– How search has changed to control the Internet

And so much more!

4:15 Weekly Update (Oct 30, 2020)

• Giveaway Item: Inbound Sales Automation (Share Live FB Vault with #TrickOrTreat)

• SEO Mad Scientist Update: Back to our SAB GMB Tests

• Weekend Store Credit Cashback Deals in The Weekend Update

22:10 SEO News Overview (Oct 30, 2020)

28:10 Google hit by landmark competition lawsuit in the US over Search

33:05 Google My Business Progress Status of Reinstatement Request

34:50 Google: Suspension of Request Indexing Unrelated to Indexing Bugs

Q&A

44:40 Indexing looks slow across citations, profiles, and new domains

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Episode 59 Table Of Contents 

– How AI is powering Google

– Google showing ads in maps predictive test

– Google Passage Rankings posted about on Twitter

– Slow pages on your website “could” impact rankings but Google

And so much more!

1:50 Weekly Update (Oct 23, 2020)

• Vault Giveaway: Inbound Sales Automation

• SEO Mad Scientist Update: Duplicate Content Tests, Canonical Tests, and much more…

• Watch for Weekend Store Credit Cashback Deals in The Weekend Update

• John Pim from SerpShip Joining Web 20 to head the Link Building Division

• Press Releases Getting Better

10:55 SEO News Overview (Oct 23, 2020)

15:22 Justice Department sues Google, alleging multiple violations of federal antitrust law

19:50 How AI is powering a more helpful Google

Q&A

27:48 Has anyone ever had a listing that was verified (by postcard) for several months just go un-verified?

33:00 Anyone else seeing issues with Google this past week? A lot of Keyword fluctuation is going on

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Episode 58 Table Of Contents 

– Pricing calculator to include service recommendations 

– Just launched – Google Podcasts Manager

– Canonicalization and mobile-indexing issues still happening

– Google Search Asking Searchers To Leave Online Purchase Reviews

And Tons More!

1:25 Weekly Update (Oct 16, 2020)

• Vault Giveaway: Inbound Sales Automation

• SEO Mad Scientist Update: SAB GMB Ranking Tests

• Watch for Weekend Store Credit Cashback Deals in The Weekend Update – Last week we had a lot of people participate

• Pricing calculator being updated to include service recommendations

15:30 SEO News Overview (Oct 16, 2020)

20:53 Canonicalization and Mobile-indexing issues still happening

Q&A

33:20 SEO for “Vacation Rental Properties” – What’s the best approach to do?

39:15 If we post client Testimonials/Reviews manually on GMB as posts (text), will the posts or listings get flagged?

42:21 Is there a particular way or plugin you should use to upload geo images to WordPress?

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Episode 57 Table Of Contents 

– Free In-bound Automation Training

– Google Algo/Bug Updates

– New GMB Metrics Coming

– Web Stories in More Places

And Tons More!

2:15 Weekly Update (Oct 9, 2020)

12:22 SEO News Overview (Oct 9, 2020)

14:25 Google confirmed SERP movement that started in late September was due to Canonicalization & Mobile-Indexing Issues

19:15 Google My Business Preview Call History To See Recent Calls From Customers (NOT LIVE YET)

25:42 Web Stories Popularity Seems to be Growing

Q&A

28:15 Cannibalization Issue – How to resolve that?

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Episode 56 Table Of Contents 

– Google algo updates may be another glitch

– Free Ahrefs tool

– Google My Business Announced New Performance Insights Metrics

– Google Shopping going free worldwide this month

And so much more!

2:10 Weekly Update (Oct 2, 2020)

• Vault Giveaway: Inbound Sales Automation

• SEO Mad Scientist Update: Exact Match Brand Algo Tests

• SEO Reports Proposals Tool v2.0 Is Live

• Monthly Entity Signals

15:08 SEO News Overview (Oct 2, 2020)

19:10 Google Algo Updates may be another Glitch

21:50 Ahrefs Free Webmasters Tool

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Episode 55 Table of Contents 

- FREE Agency Automation Workshop Closing Soon

- SEO Accelerated Setups Are Live

- Google’s Fack Checking Schema Guidelines Updated

- Early Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update On September 23rd

- Google says: Dual-Stack IPv4/6 Does Not Give You A Google Ranking Boost

And so much more!

1:30 Weekly Updates (Sep 25, 2020)

• Vault Giveaway: Agency Automation Workflow

• The Agency Trials: Agency Automation Framework Workshop has Started

• SEO Mad Scientist Update: GMB Site Ranking Tests

• SEO Reports Proposal Tool v2.0 Nearly Complete!

• SEO Accelerated Setups Are Live

7:45 SEO News Overview (Sep 25, 2020)

11:35 Early Signs Of A Google Search Algorithm Ranking Update On September 23rd

14:40 Fewer directory sites in SERP like bbb.org, angielist.com, and so on...

18:05 Google Updates Document On How Reviews Impact Local Rankings

25:45 Google Doesn't Rank Sites Hosting On Google Cloud Higher

Q&A

28:05 Direct mail outreach campaign - Is it better to just focus on 50 to 100 people with multiple packages Or do a broad stroke and send 1 mail to 500 people or more?

39:31 Best approach with a press release for a business having the exact Keyword as the business and domain name.

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Episode 53 Table of Contents 

-DFY 3 Month Anchor Text Analysis and Link Map

- Affiliate SEO could be in danger with new product list

- Most SEOs Believe Google Can Penalize A Site Without Notification - Thoughts?

- Google My Business Adds Video Conferencing Integration

- Google Search Console Coverage Report Delay & Stuck

- And so much more!

1:40 Weekly Updates (Sep 11, 2020)

• Free Vault Giveaway: Agency Automation Workflow

• The Agency Trials: Agency Automation Framework Workshop has begun

• SEO Mad Scientist Update: Back this week with some test results

• Proposal Tool Out Friday

• Multi-location SEO guide (Bulk Agency Pricing)

• DFY 3 Month Anchor Text Analysis and Link Map

• LCT Post - The Start-Up Local Marketing Agency Framework

10:26 SEO News Overview (Sep 11, 2020)

17:30 Most SEOs Believe Google Can Penalize A Site Without A Notification - What Do You Think?

20:10 Looks Like Google Is Going to Offer More Remote Functionality Through GMB Listings

25:00 Google Asks You To Verify Facts

26:59 Core Web Vitals will likely become a ranking factor of some level, and may become a 'primary' ranking factor"

Q&A

33:33 Is there a setting in the GMB that tells google if a business has multiple locations? And how to price multiple location clients?

37:33 What's the best platform to manage citations?

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Episode 52 Table of Contents 

- Labor Day Sale

- Moz updates DA and Algo to reflect better stats

- Google My Business Requests Update Service Availability

- Google Local Panel Displays Descriptions & Links With Scroll To Text

- Google Says: We Do Not Index Links, We Index The Pages Between The Links

- And so much more!

2:18 Weekly Updates (Sep 10, 2020)

• The Agency Trials: Still Active

• SEO Mad Scientist: Organic Test Results Review from Last Weeks Tests

• Labor Day Sale

• Tool update: Schema Tool, Audit Tool, Proposal Tool

• Multi-location SEO guide released Monday

11:20 SEO News Overview (Sep 10, 2020)

16:30 GMB Requests Update Service Availability & Google Image Search License Badge Now Live With Updated Search Filters

24:32 John Mueller Comments on Work Count as A Metric

LCT Q&A

29:35 Stuck on Page #2 of Google? – How To Get Out in Easy Steps

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Episode 51 Table of Contents 

- Mini Nets Update

- Mastermind Update

- New Snippets Spotted

- See What Jump Links Google Created For Your Website...

- This Weeks "Google Says"

And so much more!

2:30 Weekly Updates (Aug 28, 2020)

• Vault Giveaway: Agency Automation Workflow

• The Agency Trials: Trial #4 has started

• SEO Mad Scientist Update: GMB Tests Organic (Lots of New Data)

• Web 2.0 Ranker VS LCT SEO Services

• Mini Nets Fully Launch - https://web20ranker.com/mini-networks/

• New Private SEO Facebook Group

• SEO Life Swag Going Out

• 2020 Mastermind Pushed back to 2021

19:15 SEO News Overview (Aug 28, 2020)

29:35 John Mueller - Google: Links From Wikipedia Does Nothing For Your Site & Has No SEO Value

34:06 John Mueller - Google: Keywords In URLs Have Minimal Impact Once Content Is Indexed

40:50 John Mueller - Google: New Sites Launched On Old Domains Do Not Default To Mobile-First Indexing

42:42 Jump Links - See What Jump Links Google Created For Your Website"

LCT Q&A

46:35 I'm managing a business where they rank all over the city in maps for one keyword but not the other?

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Episode 50 Table of Contents 

- The Agency Trials: Trial #3 Hints

- New Mini Nets Strategy

- More Algo Updates

- Google Australia Could Be In Trouble

- 6 Month GMB Performance Metrics

- Comments from Google This Week

 And tons more!

1:35 Weekly Updates (Aug 21, 2020)

• Agency Automation Workflow Overview Training

• The Agency Trials: Trial #3 has Started

• SEO Mad Scientist: Proximity Signals and SAB

• Mini Nets Launch - https://web20ranker.com/mini-networks/

• New Private SEO Facebook Group

18:45 SEO News Overview (Aug 21, 2020)

25:25 Another Possible Big Google Search Algorithm & Ranking Update

33:20 Google My Business Upgraded Its Inline Editing In Search & Maps

38:45 Google My Business New Performance Metrics

43:22 No Such Thing As Too Many Outbound Links

48:50 High Domain Authority With Back links Does Not Guarantee High Rankings

49:30 We Do Not Want Machine Translated Content In The Index

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