Grumpy SEO Guy

Should You Use AI Content in 2026 - Episode 145

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy Should you use AI content? What people have told me. What I do. Search engine land article:

Can You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) - Episode 144

4 cases where people say they can rank without backlinks. Is this correct? Do you actually need backlinks? Penalty episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A

Bad Answers to A Popular Question - (SEO Is Not About Your Website) - Episode 143

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy It's not "what can I do to my website?" It's "how does my SEO compare to my competitors?" There

Trying To Build Backlinks? Avoid Linkfarms - Episode 142

Learn how to identify linkfarms and why they are bad. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

Negative SEO (High Level - What It Does) - Episode 141

We might do a part 2. Patreon What is negative SEO? What is the purpose of negative SEO? Referenced Episodes: The Difference Between Good Backlinks And Bad Backlinks

Answers To Reddit SEO Questions Rapid Fire - Episode 140

Questions: Do PBN sites need traffic? Topical authority? Local SEO clicks without links? Is YMYL different than regular? Have you seen Google penalize a site for pai

Why Are There No Good Examples of PBN Sites? - 139

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy Concepts covered: Why I don't share our sites Why I don't share a generic site How to make yo

The Reason You Aren't Ranking (It's Probably Not a Problem With Your Site) - Episode 138

Sorry the mic sounds weird. No idea what's transpiring. Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy Principles covered: Beginners don't un

4 Reasons You Built Backlinks and They Didn't Work - Episode 137

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy The 4 reasons you build backlinks and they do not help: You have too little authorityYou built

Questions To Ask An SEO Agency To Hire Them

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy You might learn: Does the person understand SEO or do they just sound smart? Three types of SE

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SEO Backlinks For Beginners - Episode 134

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 2:00 what is a backlink? 2:03 What is a link? 2:25 What is a backlink? 2:38 What is an intern

SEO FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS (and a Grumpy SEO Guy Interview) - Episode 133

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 2:32 What is SEO? 2:41 What are keywords? 3:17 Why do SEO? 4:00 What is the goal of SEO? 6:5

SEO Topical Authority, Content Structure, and Cannibalization - Episode 132

Please help keep this podcast free: patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 1:54 What is topical authority? Episodes that talk about relevancy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBbW6

The Dangers of Public Blog Networks - Episode 131

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 2:01 Private blog network vs. public blog network 3:54 Things that can happen to a public blog

Are SEO Link Directories Useful? - Version = 1 - Episode 130

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 2:51 he purpose of link directories 3:45 A main problem: they're copies of each other 5:07 Su

Bonus Episode - Episode 129

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

Local SEO vs. Regular SEO - Episode 128

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 2:08 Local SEO vs. Regular SEO 2:07 Map The episode about penalties: https://www.youtube.com/w

SEO Ranking Factors - Episode 127

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 2:09 What is a ranking factor 2:34 Why do you do SEO? 3:55 Many of the things people do are no

Relevancy, Authority, and How The Algorithm Ranks You - Episode 126

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy 1:22 Announcements 2:19 The four things you need to rank Episode talking about types of penalt