Grumpy SEO Guy

When should you start your business?How much money should you have?Will your friends understand you?Will you forget how to talk to people?Who do you live with?Starting a business doesn't mean you make money. Are you ready for this?Can you get a car loan? Can you get a mortgage? Can you rent an apartment?Most people want to start a business but have not. Be prepared to handle their questions.Being self-employed is different than working for someone.Have the right people in your life.Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

Should You Make a PBN with Low DR?What is DR?And, find out about a common scam with "high DR backlinks."Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

Most people's websites have at least SOME authority. Even new websites!But where did it come from?A review of the 4 things you need to rank.Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

What is hiding a PBN?The evolution of our PBN and why we stopped providing lists.Why should you hide a PBN?Should you hide your PBN?Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

SEO Contracts are scams. Here's why.Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

In this episode:Why you do not understand SEO.Why "can you take a quick look at my website and tell me what I need to do?" is a no. It's not because I'm unhelpful, it's because that won't help you.Why "how much DA do I need?" is not a good question.Why anything you can EASILY do will have little to no effect on anything.Why it's hard to get good backlinks (it's supposed to be).Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

Why your website can decrease in rank and how to tell why from a SERP chart.Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy

The three reasons your rank can decline. And a little information about what happens during algorithm updates.

SEO is just fine. Stop complaining.

There is no such thing as "4 Easy Steps To Rank For Your Keywords." This is probably the most important episode of Grumpy SEO Guy so far.

Which pages should you build backlinks to? What if you have only one significant page on your site? What if you have multiple product pages? Why DR and DA are domain level metrics and aren't as important as you think. How to outrank higher DR pages.

Another reason why content is not king.

Are they? Maybe you should listen to this episode.

Economics lessons that explain how SEO works. You're welcome.

Let's talk about it. Part 2 will be next Wednesday.

Dwell time? Clicks? Impression? Site speed? Do these things matter? EEAT? Does this? .edu links, .gov links, do they matter? Authority? Does this matter?

Let's cover these before we go into the next episodes.

Three mistakes you might make (2 about getting clients, 1 about another thing). Additionally, hear about how I got .edu links and what to be careful of if you're acquiring them.

Audio Fixed. Guys. Economics. Topics discuss why free audits are usually ripoffs, why cheap backlinks are garbage, claims scammers make, and some of the things you should know before buying SEO.

You see people talk about this when they are selling links. Is it something you need?

Lots of people say they can rank without backlinks. None of them show proof. Saying "content is king" is like buying a book about karate and then telling people you are a martial arts champion..

If you've ever thought it was mostly a big shady scam, you're not wrong. Most internet marketing is designed to scam the gullible. This episode is a primer on how (and why) the scams work. some of the psychological methods used, and I give examples of specific scams, from affiliate marketing, to ebooks, to stocks, to real estate investing, to the shady world of video ads.

Is it really something to worry about? We'll tell you when it causes concerns and when it doesn't. AND MORE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS THEY GAVE ME.

SEO job interview advice, some of the questions they asked me, and the general process. Bonus questions at the end of the episode.

People on the grumpyseoguy subreddit posted questions in my thread, and in this episode I answer them.

Have you found the contradictions?

There's a reason PBNs are called PRIVATE blog networks

Real SEO is a secretive industry. Listing clients on your website is an enormous breach of trust. The fact that they publicly discuss them is bad enough. But often they're lying. And a rant on marketing.

And what you should use instead.

Why you should never, ever, ever, ever work with an agency or consultant who talks about "secret sauce." And, the difference between white hat and black hat SEO! And what real "secret sauce" is (if it were real).

Additional topics: is it cheaper to rent links or do it yourself? And, do you need only expired domains -- what about new domains?

Like the most common thing I get asked

Think you're gonna get free authority? Ok bro.

How could anyone disagree?

What is Rank and Rent? How do you do it? Why is affiliate marketing so scammy? Why "give things away for free" is (usually) terrible online business advice!

What is SEO? What are the reasons you need SEO? What do you do? What is not SEO?

Reviewing episodes 42-59. Summaries!

Just because you lose traffic does not mean you have an SEO problem.

Make sure, if you are paying someone for SEO stuff, that they ACTUALLY KNOW how to do SEO.

Show me an example of your "really good content" that ranks without backlinks and win the prize. Otherwise, stop being a dumb scammer.

Most SEO advice is bad and wrong. This episode explains why.

Here's what you should know before starting an agency.

The remaining questions.

Answers to your questions!

A redditor asked why a webpage with a "better" backlink profile is outranked by a webpage with a "worse" backlink profile. The keywords and pages are given in the episode. Let's look into it and find out why! And 5 minutes of ranting about SEO.

There are 4 things you need to rank. This episode shares them.

This is one of the most common questions.

There are 4 ways to get backlinks.

What I think the HCU was. Why it was almost assuredly NOT related to content.

We know content is not king. Let's talk about why everybody says it is.