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Grumpy SEO Guy — 147 episodes · page 1 of 2
Should You Use AI Content in 2026 - Episode 145
Can You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) - Episode 144
Bad Answers to A Popular Question - (SEO Is Not About Your Website) - Episode 143
Trying To Build Backlinks? Avoid Linkfarms - Episode 142
Negative SEO (High Level - What It Does) - Episode 141
Answers To Reddit SEO Questions Rapid Fire - Episode 140
Why Are There No Good Examples of PBN Sites? - 139
The Reason You Aren't Ranking (It's Probably Not a Problem With Your Site) - Episode 138
4 Reasons You Built Backlinks and They Didn't Work - Episode 137
Questions To Ask An SEO Agency To Hire Them
New Topics
SEO Backlinks For Beginners - Episode 134
SEO FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS (and a Grumpy SEO Guy Interview) - Episode 133
SEO Topical Authority, Content Structure, and Cannibalization - Episode 132
The Dangers of Public Blog Networks - Episode 131
Are SEO Link Directories Useful? - Version = 1 - Episode 130
Are SEO Link Directories Useful? - Version = 2 - Bonus Episode
Bonus Episode - Episode 129
Local SEO vs. Regular SEO - Episode 128
SEO Ranking Factors - Episode 127
Relevancy, Authority, and How The Algorithm Ranks You - Episode 126
SEO Works Like High School Popularity - Episode 125
Four SEO Reasons Your Rank and Your Traffic Are Decreasing - Episode 124
Do You Need to Keep Buliding SEO Backlinks After You Are In First Place? - Episode 123
SEO Is Pay to Play... Sometimes - Episode 122
EEAT, Content, Dwell Time. NOT Ranking Factors. Here's Why - Episode 121
A Review of Episodes 101-119 - Episode 120
My AI SEO Advice (AI Services and AI Content) - Episode 119
The High DR Backlink SEO Scam EXPOSED.- Episode 118
How To Increase Your DR (And an Update on My Public Challenge) - Episode 117
Three Reasons Your SEO Backlinks Are Not Helping You - Episode 116
SEO, AI, and LLMS.txt - Part 1 Probably - Episode 115
Good SEO Backlinks vs. Bad Backlinks - A Review - Episode 114
DR is Not The Main Thing You Should Look At - Episode 113
SEO is NOT Conversion Optimization... - Episode 112
How to Make a PBN (Correctly), a Review - Episode 111
How to Track Your Progress In SEO - Episode 110
Good Content Is a Myth, and What UFC and SEO Have in Common - Episode 109
What Are Those Spammy SEO Links Everyone Seems to Be Getting Constantly? - Episode 108
You MIGHT Get a Penalty. Maybe. - Episode 107
There are 4 Ways to Get Backlinks. Here They Are - Episode 106
There Are 4 Things You Need to Rank. These Are What They Are With Examples - Episode 105
Doin' SEO: A Day in the Life. And a Question From Patreon, PBNs and OBL - Episode 104
Be Careful of This SEO Buyer Scam - Episode 103
SEO is Simple, Not Easy - Episode 102
SEO: The Ethics of Linkbuilding - Episode 101
Massive SEO Lecture, The Details From the Previous 99 Episodes - Episode 100
The SEO Industry - Episode 99
Questions to Ask an SEO Agency - Episode 98
Back to Basics - What is SEO and How Do You Rank? - Episode 97
So You Wanna Start an SEO Agency (part 2)? - Episode 96
Should You Build a Low Authority PBN? - Episode 95
Where Do We Get SEO Authority From in the First Place? - Episode 94
Should You Hide Your PBN Sites for SEO? - Episode 93
SEO Contracts Are Almost Always a Scam - Episode 92
A Better Way to Understand SEO Competition and Ranking - Episode 91
Why Your Website's SEO Position is Dropping (Part 2) - Episode 90
Why Your Website's SEO Position is Dropping (Part 1) - Episode 89
Next Year in SEO and AI - Episode 88
SEO Is a Competition, Not a Checklist (the most important episode yet) - Episode 87
Should You Build Backlinks to the Homepage or to Inner Pages? - Episode 86
Explaining Why Content is Not King - Episode 85
Are All Backlinks Helpful? - Episode 84
Are Expired Domains Losing Their Authority? Part 2 - Episode 83
Are Expired Domains Really Going to Lose All Their Authority? - Episode 82
How to Tell Whether Or Not Something Is a Ranking Factor - Episode 81
A Review of Episodes 61-79 - Episode 80
Three Mistakes to Avoid - Episode 79
There Is No Such Thing As Cheap SEO - Episode 78
What Are "Tier 2" and "Tier 3" Backlinks? Are They Helpful? - Episode 77
Ranking But No Backlinks? Where's the Proof? - Episode 76
A Glimpse Inside the Shady World of Internet Marketing and Affiliate Programs - Episode 75
Everyone is Lying to You About Duplicate Content, and Even More SEO Job Interview Questions - Episode 74
My Experience Going on 6 SEO Job Interviews - Episode 73
How to Build Your Own PBN Part 4: Answers to Questions From Reddit - Episode 72
SEO Contradictions, Clarification, and Critical Thinking - Episode 71
Think Twice About Buying Backlinks Off of a Menu - Episode 70
Why SEO Agencies Sometimes Lie About Who Their Clients Are - Episode 69
Why You Shouldn't Focus on NUMBER of Backlinks - Episode 68
"Secret Sauce" is Super Scammy Nonsense - Episode 67
How Many Sites Do You Need In Your PBN? - Episode 66
How Much DR Do You Need to Rank? - Episode 65
How to Use 301 Redirects For SEO - Episode 64
Two Pieces of Controversial SEO Advice - Episode 63
What Is, and How to Do Rank and Rent (and a Rant on Affiliate Marketing and Bad Online Business Advice) - Episode 62
SEO For Total Beginners - Episode 61
A Review of Episodes 42-59 - Episode 60
Traffic is Not an SEO Metric (and What You Should Use Instead) - Episode 59
Many SEO Consultants Have No SEO Experience - Episode 58
Calling Out the Charlatans Who Say They Can Write Content That Ranks Without Backlinks - Episode 57
Why Most SEO Advice is Bad and Wrong - Episode 56
So You Wanna Start an SEO Agency? - Episode 55
Answers to the Other Questions From the Grumpy SEO Guy Subreddit Thread - Episode 54
Answers to Questions From the Grumpy SEO Guy Subreddit Thread - Episode 53
Is This Lower Authority Website Actually Outranking This Higher Authority Website? - Episode 52
The 4 Things You Need to Rank - Episode 51
Why Your Competitors Outrank You Even Though You Have Better Content - Episode 50
The 4 Ways to Get Backlinks - Episode 49
Helpful Content Update (HCU) - Episode 48
Why Does Everybody Say "Content is King" (and What Are They Trying to Sell You?)? - Episode 47