Grumpy SEO Guy

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  Should You Use AI Content in 2026 - Episode 145 15.04.2026 11min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyShould you use AI content? What people have told me.What I do.Search engine land article: https://searchengineland.com/ai-generated-content-google-search-experiment-472234ahrefs article: https://ahrefs.com/blog/ai-generated-content-does-not-hurt-your-google-rankings/
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  Can You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) - Episode 144 25.03.2026 9min

  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=ElGAxpB8q1APlease help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
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  Bad Answers to A Popular Question - (SEO Is Not About Your Website) - Episode 143 20.03.2026 12min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyIt's not "what can I do to my website?" It's "how does my SEO compare to my competitors?"There is very little you can do to your new websites to improve your SEO. Because that's not how SEO works. Luckily for you, we explain what that is in this episode.
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  Trying To Build Backlinks? Avoid Linkfarms - Episode 142 06.03.2026 11min

  Learn how to identify linkfarms and why they are bad.Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
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  Negative SEO (High Level - What It Does) - Episode 141 25.02.2026 14min

  We might do a part 2.PatreonWhat is negative SEO?What is the purpose of negative SEO?Referenced Episodes:The Difference Between Good Backlinks And Bad Backlinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4The Difference Between Good Backlinks And Bad Backlinks Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0Spammy Marketing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFv70Um0gikSEO Penalties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1ASERP Charts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01am10-OwDY
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  Answers To Reddit SEO Questions Rapid Fire - Episode 140 11.02.2026 29min

  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 paid links?How do you find good link sellers?How do you know which PBN sites are working better?Parked domains reset authority?New update to impression tracking?How do you deal with competitors who sell AIO and GEO?New local algorithmDo websites only have a limited amount of linkjuice to offer?AdultDo backlinks to a certain page affect the rest of the site?What is anchortext?Do I have to know how to code?What do you do to keep traffic from nonexistent traffic?Best backlink metricsBesides GMB what is the difference between local SEO and regular SEO?How many links do I need?Why can't we see a good example of a good PBN site?Can you give examples of how to make PBN sites?Do 301 reduce DR?Is reusing code a footprint?Should I use GSC on a private blog portfolio?Hacks to find expired domains.Ways to rank without using a PBN?Keyword research?Thoughts on a specific backlink method?How to evaluate SEO providers?Traffic drops vs. SEO problemsFavorite Wordpress Plugins?New rules for expired domains?How to build PBNs naturally?Many weaker domains vs less stronger ones?Recovering from content quality updates using new domains?Is a well-known SEO marketplace legit? And one time payments?Avoiding footprints via themes or builders?Backlink decay on expired domainsReferenced episodes.132 SEO Topical Authority, Content Structure, and Cannibalization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkFLjYto1wY30 What is the Difference Between Topical Authority (Relevancy) and Authority? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBbW69GYYs128 Local SEO vs. Regular SEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aTU1a62wo131 The Dangers of Public Blog Networks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BNS-OQMNw35 If Your Not Tracking Your SERPs You're Not Doing SEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01am10-OwDY59 Traffic Is Not an SEO Metric (and What You Should Use Instead) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytNeZMCfXGU&pp=0gcJCZEKAYcqIYzv115 SEO, AI, and LLMS.txt Part 1 Probably https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WflCZyBnj8&pp=0gcJCZEKAYcqIYzv139 Why Are There No Good Examples Of PBN Sites? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5i8j4DSVRU3 How to Build a Private Blog Portfolio Part 1: Domain Acquisition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez24lr3G_McEpisode list too long, too much text.
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  Why Are There No Good Examples of PBN Sites? - 139 04.02.2026 8min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyConcepts covered:Why I don't share our sitesWhy I don't share a generic siteHow to make your siteWhy number of words in the excerpt doesn't matter, etc.Referenced episodes:How to Build a PBN Part 1 Domain Acquisition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez24lr3G_McHow to Build a PBN Part 2 Hosting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4&pp=0gcJCZEKAYcqIYzvHow to Build a PBN Part 3 Website Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguAeXhEBwI
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  The Reason You Aren't Ranking (It's Probably Not a Problem With Your Site) - Episode 138 28.01.2026 15min

  Sorry the mic sounds weird. No idea what's transpiring.Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyPrinciples covered:Beginners don't understand that a big part of SEO has nothing to do with YOUR website.SEO is not something YOU do to YOUR website.SEO is not a checklist.The 4 things you need to rank.When two websites have perfect on page, who ranks? The one with greater authority.Website attributes are the MINIMUM to even be considered to rank.There are very few things you can do to your website to make you rank higher.PROBABLY the reason you are not ranking is because you do not have enough authority compared to your competition (assuming everything else on your site is correct).SEO is like a race.Just because you improve doesn't mean you're going to rank higher.Things that won't help you: dwell time, site loading speed, good content.Mentioned episodes:SEO Is a Competition, Not a Checklist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZo8Cdt3PnI4 Things You Need to Rank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0BgIs This Lower Authority Website Actually Outranking This Higher Authority Website?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWgsq9UgYBY&pp=0gcJCXwKAYcqIYzv4 Reasons Backlinks You Built Didn't Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_6viPUeUW4EEAT, Content, Dwell Time - not ranking factors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9EzrCZ94NE
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  4 Reasons You Built Backlinks and They Didn't Work - Episode 137 22.01.2026 11min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyThe 4 reasons you build backlinks and they do not help:You have too little authorityYou built bad backlinksYou have a problem with your siteYou are not relevantMentioned episodes:the 4 Ways to Get Backlinks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8the 4 Things You Need to Rank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0BgYou MIGHT Get a Penalty. Maybe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcGIEPiN6I
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  Questions To Ask An SEO Agency To Hire Them 09.01.2026 19min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyYou might learn:Does the person understand SEO or do they just sound smart?Three types of SEO agenciesTheir goal is to impress you, your goal is not to impress themQuestions to askAre their answers logical or are they just using lines?Mentioned episode:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BNS-OQMNw
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  New Topics 31.12.2025 13min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyHow to email meTopics for new episodes
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  SEO Backlinks For Beginners - Episode 134 17.12.2025 15min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:00 what is a backlink?2:03 What is a link?2:25 What is a backlink?2:38 What is an internal link?3:00 Why are backlinks important?3:16 Authority comes from backlinks3:30 Why do you need authority?3:46 What are the 4 things you need to rank?4:15 Episode on penalties: 5:26 How does authority work?5:58 How is authority shared?7:03 How do you get authority?7:30 How authority makes you rank7:52 Amount of backlinks vs quality8:52 Two take aways from this episodeYou need backlinks to get authority and you need authority to rankThere is a difference between good and bad backlinks9:07 Two episodes that explain good backlinks and bad backlinks:9:37 How to get backlinks9:30 Getting good backlinks is the hardest part of SEO9:57 The 4 ways to get backlinks11:19 Episode about why most publicly available link services will not help you12:26 Three episodes about how to build your own links13:23 Review:what are backlinkswhy you need themgood backlinks and bad backlinkshow you get themReferenced episodes:Episode on penalties:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1ATwo episodes that explain good backlinks and bad backlinks:Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4&t=1sPart 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0Episode about why most publicly available link services will not help you:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BNS-OQMNw&pp=0gcJCTwKAYcqIYzvThree episodes about how to build your own links:Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez24lr3G_Mc&t=3sPart 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguAeXhEBwI
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  SEO FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS (and a Grumpy SEO Guy Interview) - Episode 133 10.12.2025 31min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:32 What is SEO?2:41 What are keywords?3:17 Why do SEO?4:00 What is the goal of SEO?6:50 PPC (pay per click) is different than SEO7:20 How ads (pay per click) work9:08 The 4 variables you must manipulate to rank high in SEO9:40 The difference between local SEO and normal SEOLocal SEO vs normal SEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aTU1a62wo11:02 SEO penalties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1AContent is not a ranking factor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9EzrCZ94NE20:05 episodes that explain the 4 ways to get backlinks:First version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPARAuCXaoNext version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt821:03 Review (defining SEO, why you do it, the 4 variables to manipulate, backlinks, anchortext, pay per click).22:10 Things that do not change your positionDwell time does not affect SEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9EzrCZ94NE27:51 How do you check your progress?30:12 Interview on the Content Manager Podcast:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3K0VlSzXlT9whNp34hdD09?si=AUzRHygYTKmqfaLWY94ZRQ&nd=1&dlsi=6ae73236ce544860
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  SEO Topical Authority, Content Structure, and Cannibalization - Episode 132 28.11.2025 14min

  Please help keep this podcast free: patreon.com/grumpyseoguy1:54 What is topical authority?Episodes that talk about relevancy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBbW69GYYshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-Fh3QXB8A2:03 What is relevancy?2:29 How do you get relevancy?3:21 Why does this matter?3:32 The 4 things you need to rank.Episodes that talk about the 4 things you need to rank:Complex version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0BgFast version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ&pp=0gcJCRUKAYcqIYzvEpisode that talks about penalties:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A5:14 How authority is passed5:56 Most of your time will be used getting backlinks6:35 Why do you need to care?7:07 How relevancy works in ranking7:30 Why search engines want to give good results8:23 How authority works in ranking9:06 Relevancy answers the question "will my website appear in the search results?"9:37 Authority answers the question "what position will my website be in the search results?"10:23 How should you structure the content on your site?10:50 How to create posts11:16 What is not ok.11:34 Definition of cannibalization
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  The Dangers of Public Blog Networks - Episode 131 19.11.2025 17min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:01 Private blog network vs. public blog network3:54 Things that can happen to a public blog networkdeindexedpenalizedlink farmEpisode that talks about link farms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wg3kxzfUaw4:50 If links are public, everyone knows about them, and they lose their effectiveness5:00 Search engines are looking for public blog networks5:16 Where are the real backlinks?5:40 The reason there are no forums with only good backlinks sellers6:15 the reason I think 99% of people in the SEO industry are scammers6:52 What you should do before buying backlinks from a forum7:17 When something is advertised to the public, that is a public network7:42 Episodes showing how to build a private blog portfolio. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez24lr3G_Mc 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguAeXhEBwI&pp=0gcJCQgKAYcqIYzv8:12 The hardest part of SEO is finding good backlinks8:51 Episodes about the difference between good and bad backlinksPart 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ08:59 The 4 ways to get backlinks9:17 Episodes that explain the 4 ways to get backlinksOld version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPARAuCXao&pp=0gcJCQgKAYcqIYzvNew version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt810:30 Know how it works before ordering backlinks10:50 A story about a public link network that was discovered by the search engines11:51: Public networks get discovered11:59 The 2 ways to use a private blog network14:02 The reason (good) publicly available backlinks wouldn't work, anyway16:05 When link networks are public, they eventually stop working
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  Are SEO Link Directories Useful? - Version = 1 - Episode 130 05.11.2025 11min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:51 he purpose of link directories 3:45 A main problem: they're copies of each other5:07 Suspicious names6:12 Same IP addressEpisode that explains IP addresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4&pp=0gcJCR0AztywvtLA6:54 Link farms7:25 Description of a link directory8:32 Can link directories help you?9:16 Why do they have directories linking to them?
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  Bonus Episode - Episode 129 14.10.2025 6min

  0:35 The problem with Episode 128 and why it didn't come out at the planned time1:12 How to email me3:30 The reasons your rank is declining and how to tell and how to fix it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA4:30 The 4 things you need to rank:(long episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ(short episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg&pp=0gcJCfwJAYcqIYzv5:10 The 4 ways to get backlinks:(long episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPARAuCXao(short episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt86:15 LLMS.txt does nothing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WflCZyBnj8
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  Local SEO vs. Regular SEO - Episode 128 07.10.2025 10min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:08 Local SEO vs. Regular SEO2:07 MapThe episode about penalties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1AThe episodes about the 4 things you need to rank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0BgDocuments about local SEO:https://ahrefs.com/blog/local-seo/https://www.semrush.com/blog/what-is-local-seo/
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  SEO Ranking Factors - Episode 127 24.09.2025 24min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:09 What is a ranking factor2:34 Why do you do SEO?3:55 Many of the things people do are not SEO4:16 Why did your impressions fall?4:45 Definition of impressions6:51 Why did your traffic fall?Episodes that answer this question:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA9:38 If you're not tracking your SERPs you're going to have no idea if you're successful10:30 EEAT has no effect on your rankGoogle's own documentation says this:https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide12:23 EEAT audit = scam12:28 People do EEAT on your website = scam13:12 Other things that are not ranking factors17:24 Things that are ranking factorsThe episode that talks about relevancy and authority and algorithmshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjoV09CHyGA
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  Relevancy, Authority, and How The Algorithm Ranks You - Episode 126 17.09.2025 14min

  Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy1:22 Announcements2:19 The four things you need to rankEpisode talking about types of penalties:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A4:28 RelevancyEpisode covering anchortext:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-Fh3QXB8A6:24 AuthorityEpisode on helpful or harmful inkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7_DM7fj4Yg8:10 How the algorithm understands where to rank you