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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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

How to Improve Local Search Rankings, RankBrain News as RankBrain does not impact either Crawling or Algos. Plus, we hearQuestions from the Community to Ross Dunn and John Carcutt in thisGoogle-filled as usual episode. Ross and Johndiscuss plans to increase the impact of the mobile friendly ranking algorithm, future consolidation of www vs non-www (and https) versions in Google Search Console, plus more news and questions from our awesome community.

How to Improve Local Search Rankings, RankBrain News as RankBrain does not impact either Crawling or Algos. Plus, we hearQuestions from the Community to Ross Dunn and John Carcutt in thisGoogle-filled as usual episode. Ross and Johndiscuss plans to increase the impact of the mobile friendly ranking algorithm, future consolidation of www vs non-www (and https) versions in Google Search Console, plus more news and questions from our awesome community.

It was a busy week in news with Google finally removing the majority of referral SPAM from Google Analytics, we discussed manual action penalties from Penguin and fake interstitials, and possible changes to Google Search Console. Whats more, John and Ross turn the show into an interstitial drinking game!

It was a busy week in news with Google finally removing the majority of referral SPAM from Google Analytics, we discussed manual action penalties from Penguin and fake interstitials, and possible changes to Google Search Console. Whats more, John and Ross turn the show into an interstitial drinking game!

It was a busy week in news with Google finally removing the majority of referral SPAM from Google Analytics, we discussed manual action penalties from Penguin and fake interstitials, and possible changes to Google Search Console. Whats more, John and Ross turn the show into an interstitial drinking game!

A New Google Guideline Testing Tool, Conversational Shopping and SEO Questions from Listeners as John Carcutt and Ross Dunn feature some of the early news from SMX West such as conversational shopping, AMP, and user generated Google SPAM reports. Conversational search has become a huge part of how users are searching Google, particularly with the way voice search queries tend to be formatted when compared to desktop or type-in queries. During yesterdays keynote as SMX West, Behshad Behzadi, Director of Search from Google in Zurich revealed that Google is currently working on conversational shopping, an extension of regular voice search but specifically for shopping. They wrap up the last third of the show with more answers from great questions provided by SEO 101 Podcast listeners. Questions includeadvice about reposting someone else's content on my site,working on off-page seo optimization

A New Google Guideline Testing Tool, Conversational Shopping and SEO Questions from Listeners as John Carcutt and Ross Dunn feature some of the early news from SMX West such as conversational shopping, AMP, and user generated Google SPAM reports. Conversational search has become a huge part of how users are searching Google, particularly with the way voice search queries tend to be formatted when compared to desktop or type-in queries. During yesterdays keynote as SMX West, Behshad Behzadi, Director of Search from Google in Zurich revealed that Google is currently working on conversational shopping, an extension of regular voice search but specifically for shopping. They wrap up the last third of the show with more answers from great questions provided by SEO 101 Podcast listeners. Questions includeadvice about reposting someone else's content on my site,working on off-page seo optimization

Google AdWords Sidebar Change Update , plus learn about an Opportunity of a Lifetime for an SEO. AMP Results Now Live in Search asGoogle began pushing out AMP results late on February 22, 2016, rolling out across mobile devices in their news carousels. Ross Dunn and John Carcutt discuss how to decide if you need an AMP version of your site. Google Allows Only 10 Submit URLs Direct-Links Crawls Per Month as Google has changed the limits on submissions via the submit this URL and its direct-linked pages;AMP Not a Search Ranking Signal Yet;Sites Can Have Different Crawl Frequency on a Per URL Basis

Google AdWords Sidebar Change Update , plus learn about an Opportunity of a Lifetime for an SEO. AMP Results Now Live in Search asGoogle began pushing out AMP results late on February 22, 2016, rolling out across mobile devices in their news carousels. Ross Dunn and John Carcutt discuss how to decide if you need an AMP version of your site. Google Allows Only 10 Submit URLs & Direct-Links Crawls Per Month as Google has changed the limits on submissions via the submit this URL and its direct-linked pages;AMP Not a Search Ranking Signal Yet;Sites Can Have Different Crawl Frequency on a Per URL Basis

Google AdWords Sidebar Change Update , plus learn about an Opportunity of a Lifetime for an SEO. AMP Results Now Live in Search asGoogle began pushing out AMP results late on February 22, 2016, rolling out across mobile devices in their news carousels. Ross Dunn and John Carcutt discuss how to decide if you need an AMP version of your site. Google Allows Only 10 Submit URLs Direct-Links Crawls Per Month as Google has changed the limits on submissions via the submit this URL and its direct-linked pages;AMP Not a Search Ranking Signal Yet;Sites Can Have Different Crawl Frequency on a Per URL Basis