Search with Candour

Ditch hustle culture to build career longevity (Live podcast at ⁨Komedia in Brighton - 7 October 2026)

This live podcast event brings together The SEO Mindset and Search with Candour podcasts at Komedia in Brighton. The trio of hosts explore mixed feelings about hustle cu

SEO vs GEO: Which Traditional SEO Tactics Still Work for AI Search? (with Charlie Whitworth)

Welcome to season 5 of Search with Candour! Jack sits down with SEO veteran Charlie Whitworth to discuss whether SEO and “GEO” are essentially the same and which traditi

SEO and AI News Roundup: Google’s /goto Redirects, GSC AI Reports, PAA Goes AI & Publisher Payment Pilot Program

Recorded the day after the first SearchNorwichXL, this episode recaps the last four weeks of SEO news from the Core Updates newsletter: Google rolling out google.com/got

Building a Personal Brand (Without Being Cringe) | Search With Candour x Indie Business Club

Jack Chambers-Ward hosts a crossover episode of Search With Candour with Mel Barfield from Indie Business Club, discussing personal branding through shared interests, aut

Automating SEO With ChatGPT + Python (Seb Atkinson) & Google Exploit Insights (Mark Williams-Cook) | Search with Candour

🌟 SearchNorwichXL - 24 September 2026: https://searchnorwich.org/ 🎟️Get your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/searchnorwichxl-a-one-day-seo-conference-with-world-

August 2026 SEO and AI News: EU AI transparency law, Claude watermarks, Google’s anti-scraping URLs

Topics discussed: New EU transparency rules requiring clear labelling of AI-generated or AI-altered content across formats Microsoft Clarity is adding branded vs non-br

SearchNorwichXL Preview: SEO talks from Arnout Hellemans and Brendan Bennett

Jack Chambers-Ward continues the hype for SearchNorwichXL by highlighting talks from Arnout Hellemans and Brendan Bennett, who will be speaking at SearchNorwichXL. Arnou

The big SearchNorwichXL 2026 preview

Jack Chambers-Ward and Mark Williams-Cook present a preview of SearchNorwichXL, their upcoming conference on 24 September 2026. Mark and Jack discuss the talks they’re l

SEO, design and brand in the age of AI | Search With Candour

Candour’s Principal SEO Consultant, Brendan Bennett and Design Lead Mark Salisbury join Search with Candour to discuss the growing overlap between SEO, design, UX, and br

AI Search & SEO News (July 2026): Google Trends Update, ChatGPT + Yelp, AI Mode Ads & New Studies

Jack Chambers-Ward hosts a July 2026 AI search and SEO news roundup on Search With Candour. This episode covers everything from new Google Trends features and social med

Turn client expertise into SEO gold | Search with Liv Day and Ellie Wraith

Liv Day and Ellie Wraith from Digitaloft join Search with Candour to explain how to turn client expertise into SEO gold and why you need to create content your competitor

June 2026 SEO News: Google is in legal trouble for AI Overviews, AI traffic reports in Google and Bing

Jack Chambers-Ward recaps the biggest SEO news from June 2026 on Search With Candour. Jack covers Google’s “Preferred Sources” expanding from Discover into AI Mode and A

Navigating SEO in the Age of AI and Misinformation

Sean Barber joins Search with Candour to discuss fighting misinformation in the health industry. Misinformation has been exacerbated with the growth of LLMs and AI, whic

How to rank in ChatGPT and AI search: Get AI traffic with listicles

Léo Poitevin, founder and CEO of Astrak Agency, joins Search with Candour to discuss why your competitors may be recommended in ChatGPT and other AI search tools while yo

Search with Josh Bachynski | The ethics of AI SEO, the new ranking factors & evidence-based marketing

Host: Jack Chambers-Ward | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jlwchambers/ | He/him In this episode of Search with Candour, I’m joined by Josh Bachynski, CEO at Be Found Everyw

What SEOs should learn about UX from web designers

Laura Iancu joins Search with Candour to talk about the growing crossover between SEO and UX and how we should all thinking about “search experience optimisation” (SXO) i

Buying Links vs Digital PR: Risks, Costs, and What Actually Works (with Vince Nero from BuzzStream)

Host: Jack Chambers-Ward (he/him) Vince Nero, BuzzStream’s Director of Content Marketing, joins Search with Candour to discuss whether paying for digital PR is the same

AI for Human SEO + “Maybe It Isn’t JavaScript” (Crystal Carter & Martin Splitt) | SearchNorwich highlights

Host Jack Chambers Ward shares a special episode of Search With Candour highlighting two talks from SearchNorwich 18 ahead of the first SearchNorwichXL conference on 24 S

May 2026 SEO News Recap: Google I/O, AI Traffic in GA4 & the May 2026 Core Update

Jack Chambers-Ward hosts a solo episode to recap the biggest SEO news from May 2026, including Google IO, AI traffic reporting in GA4 and the May 2026 core update. Links

Does Answering People Also Ask Questions Improve Rankings? (SEO Study w/ Chris Green)

Chris Green joins Search with Candour to share his study on whether answering Google’s “People Also Ask” (PAA) questions correlates with higher organic rankings. 📖 Read