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The show started with a Twitter update that could benefit e-commerce merchants. The hosts then moved on to the open secret of Google Search, testing

The show was packed with a lot of updates, including the following: Yoast’s IndexNow protocol, Google adding learning video rich results, Google’s update on its

Ross & Scott started the show by paying homage to SEO legend Bill Slawski, who recently passed away. They then discussed the activation of WordPress

Show guest, Mike Blumenthal, shares his latest research findings on the increased power of images in local search. In this episode, you will find out

The show was filled with a lot of new updates. Ross & Scott talked about the new goals migration tool for GA 4, the possible

The show was packed with recent important updates starting with the critical update to Chrome and Edge. Ross & Scott also discussed the Google Search

The show was packed with controversial updates, which Ross & Scott broke down and discussed. Some of the topics were: the end date for Google’s

Ross & Scott started the episode with a recap of current events, and then they moved on to Google’s various updates. They discussed the updates

Ross and Scott interview Martin Splitt from Google’s Developer Relations Team. Martin answers SEO questions on JavaScript, the possible future of core web vitals, the

The hosts discussed various Google updates – from Google Home, a new robots tag, schema markups, URL changes, to subfolder URL structure. Ross & Scott

The first episode of the year started with a Google Search ranking update. The hosts then moved on to Yoast updates and then to unique

Google had numerous updates in November and December. The hosts start the show with a recap of Google spam and core updates in November. They

Ross and Scott are joined by two special guests to share stories about their dearly departed friend and co-host of SEO 101, John Carcutt. For

The hosts start the show by discussing a Google Search Console bug that overcounted data for four months. They then talked about plug-in links, changes

Working to improve Core Web Vitals (CWV) can be very frustrating, the gents discuss some new priority hints provided by Google, along with a recent

The hosts start the show discussing Google’s permanent loss of analytics data and a breakdown of Google Alerts. They then dig into the changes found

A varied week of news starts with the WordPress dev team accepting some responsibility for issues with Core Web Vitals, and Google AMP chaos ensues

A slew of search result enhancements are being seen in the wild and they are providing noticeable changes in the search experience. This is coupled

How to dig into keyword research with lesser-known tools, the perceived impact of Google’s title tag alterations, and the importance of accuracy for business listing

Google confirms their automatic changes to title tags in search results do not affect rankings, but there is little doubt the “improved” titles can be

Google’s recommendation to use the new Author.url link to a central profile of the author’s bio harkens back to the days of rel=author and Google

Google representatives confirm the impact of clicks on search results, but not necessarily in the way you expect. The hosts also discuss what Google’s Core

The hosts discuss the progress of the July Google Core Update, how to handle permanent redirects over the long-haul, the SEO benefits or not of

The hosts discuss a much sought-after SEO feature recently released by Shopify. They also tackle whether you should or you should not pause your SEO

Google’s Page Experience rollout is finally underway. The hosts discuss the rollout in addition to news on a Google slander algorithm, improvements in Google Search

Google has rolled out part 1 of a 2 part Core update as of June 2nd. The hosts discuss what is known about the update

While discussing Schema.org’s launch of its new schema markup validator tool, Ross and Scott explain what schema and structured markup is, how it helps with

The hosts discuss Yahoo’s fall from grace amidst its Verizon sell-off, Rachel Maddow’s goof, Google’s featured snippet gaffe, a Google algorithm update that affects review

To kick things off, the SEO 101 hosts get a good laugh over the stupidity of The Daily Mail’s ignorant lawsuit against Google over its

Joost de Valk, Founder and Chief Product Officer of Yoast join Ross Dunn to discuss the Yoast SEO plugin. The interview covers the basic and

Scott and Ross discuss a variety of timely SEO news; from the recent light core update, and new Google My Business review management tool, to

Ross and his guest co-host, Scott Van Achte, discuss the past few weeks of search engine and SEO news. This diverse episode ranges in content

In this episode, Ross Dunn interviewed Jason Barnard, the Brand SERP Guy, CEO, and founder at Kalicube. pro. Jason’s understanding of how the Google Knowledge

Google Search Advocate, John Mueller, was the guest in this 400th episode of SEO 101 on WebmasterRadio.FM. The show started with a solemn nod to

In this episode of SEO 101, the hosts interview a special guest, and long time friend, Stephan Spencer. Stephan describes his journey into SEO and

Ross Dunn and guest host, Scott Van Achte, review Moz’s SEO tips for 2021 and share their own. They also cover some of the latest

Google’s December Core Update was immense and it stirred up a lot of emotions (positive and negative) for site owners with improved rankings or those

Ross interviews John Espley, Chief Connector at ConnectionSkills.ca about his work with small and medium businesses and how businesses connect with SEO, link building, and

In this episode, Ross interviews prolific Search Engine Journal writer, Roger Montti on his start in the SEO business and the work he does. The

John and Ross welcome the one and only Barry Schwartz on the show – finally! Barry is the founder and editor of Search Engine Roundtable,

John and Ross discuss a few pieces of search news before diving into the important news that came out of the recent SearchOn event by

Google causes concern for many as it turns off the indexation request tool to make infrastructure updates. John and Ross speculate the updates are partly

The hosts discuss the meeting between the excellent Barry Schwartz from Search Engine Round Table and Martin Splitt from Google about Google’s relationship with the

Guest co-host, Scott Van Achte discusses the latest SEO news with Ross Dunn such as upgrades to Googlebot, support for the regional schema in videos,

From the Google local algorithm to Google Discover, Ross and John discuss the algorithmic glitches and weirdness over the past few weeks. They also talk

Google is launching People Cards in India to allow individuals to create their own Rolodex-like listing in Google (shades of authorship?), Google suffered a massive

Google has extended its mobile-first deadline in order to minimize negative impacts on many sites during the pandemic. Google My Business has begun testing the

John and Ross discuss the feasibility of “algorithm-proofing” a website, insight into the past indexing issues with Google, and news on the increased use of

John and Ross discuss Google’s amazing acquiescence towards paying news organizations for the right to use their content. A sure game-changer for anyone in the