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Hacking and phishing took an abnormally significant portion of this show. In addition, John & Ross discussed SEO budgets, determining SEO value, and a couple of great questions from the SEO 101 community.

Listeners know we have had the Mueller Files for a while now, well… it’s time for the Illyes Files to make its presence known. This is because Gary Illyes of Google was the bearer of a ton of news at this year’s PubCon. That news includes Google Search Switching to Mobile First Index from Desktop Index, Machine Learning Will Never Take Over the Whole Search Algorithm and more.

No Changes Needed in Tactics Due to Google Penguin 4.0, plus Google’s Gary Illyes said on my public Facebook post that the new Penguin algorithm “managed to devalue spam instead of demoting. Also, Ross and John discuss a Google AMP Bug, Google My Business API and answer listener questions.

Though the insights haven’t begun to solidify, the Mozcast showed a startling 111 degrees today and that prefaced a show of many thoughts on Google’s local footprint and their efforts to improve it as of late. We include news of even more Google My Business updates and some tips on how to leverage local with images.

Ross and John review the latest Google updates to organic and local search results with an emphasis on local. They discuss the addition of critic reviews to local results, a pending (LOL!) Penguin Update, experiments in the local search results, and much more, including a question from our community.

Ross and his guest co-host Scott Van Achte discuss Google’s throttling of keyword planner data for low-paying rs, HireMoz.com, dropping the “mobile-friendly” in search results, AMP for e-commerce, a few questions from our community, and much more.

Google’s bogus “accidental” blocking of the keyword planner to those without Adwords campaigns has come back in a new form - restricted results without a campaign. Also, Google My Business updates its analytics, AMP works its way into organic results, and a local SEO survey outlines a clear paradox in the assumptions of SMBs.

John and Ross discuss Verizon buying Yahoo, automating SEO, whether 301 vs. 302 redirects matter anymore, and why SEO tricks are as dirty as ever. They also answer - quite literally - a million dollar question from a listener about the gambling industry and bringing in traffic from overseas.

John and Ross discuss how few links make a large difference in some very high volume . Quality links are still the key, widespread link building techniques can rarely create the quality links needed to see these types of results. Listen as they break down the Stone Temple Study and the Google AMP Case Study.

John and Ross discuss the intricacies of algorithmic lingo in the SEO world, HTTPS taking over, an ode to authorship, and they answer questions from listeners.

After Google shut access to the keyword planner to everyone but those with active AdWords campaign the SEO world lit up with anger. But, was this just? Is there really a need for the Planner any more? Google claimed it was a “glitch” but it looked like anything but. John and Ross also touch on some algo updates and a question from one of their listeners.

Google is adding its own symptom-related direct answers on mobile in the US. The info is sourced from a team of expert doctors from Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic. Rankbrain is noted as a “signal”, not just a ranking factor, and Google showed a preview of a potential update to local pack where the first listing would be an ad.

Ross outlines some curious results from Google PageSpeed Insights and decides it is time to reach out to Google. The Mueller files cover URL structure basics and some interesting local SEO review insights and best practices. Bing’s new PubHub is launched and we answer 4 great questions from our listeners.

Google notes links you can ignore, why Title Tags are rewritten, an increase in food thumbnails in search results, and more direct emails from Google Search Console. Lastly, Ross and John answer four excellent questions from the SEO 101 Community on Google+.

Google widens Search Results from 500px to 600px which brings new Title length to 70char is +10-15 char (2-4 words) and new Desc length to 100char per line is +16-20 char per line (Still truncates the second line). Google has launched a mobile keyboard for both Android and Apple which allows both search and sharing native to the keyboard (wont have much of an impact unless/until it becomes widely used. Also, Google has a new mobile friendly testing tool.

Updates to Google Search Console and Google Analytics steal the first half of the show along with news of SEO 101 listed as the top SEO podcasts at Search Engine Journal. Ross and John also discuss the latest buzz of an update in Google search results and an interesting question from a listener about PPC stealing traffic from organic rankings.

John and Ross introduce what is the first episode of SEO 101 at its new home on Cranberry.FM. The rest of the show digs into some of the reasons Google suspends local listings, changes to accelerated mobile pages (AMP), the new keyword tool called AnswerThePublic.com, and more.

Google Manual Penalties Handed out to Paid Reviews Sites and EasyRecipe Plugin s Google dropped the manual penalty hammer on websites providing paid reviews of products without nofollowing links, and on sites using the popular EasyRecipe plugin that was using schema to spam listings. Also, discover some of the factors that allow products to rank […] The post Google Manual Penalties Handed out to Paid Reviews Sites and EasyRecipe Plugin s appeared first on SEO 101.

John and Ross interview David Harry about his article “Getting Your Head Around RankBrain” to debunk many of the incorrect assumptions about this machine learning system Google has employed and how/if it impacts your rankings. The post Should Google’s RankBrain Matter to You? With Special Guest David Harry appeared first on SEO 101.

How to Improve Local Search Rankings, RankBrain News as RankBrain does not impact either Crawling or Algos. Plus, we hear Questions from the Community to Ross Dunn and John Carcutt in this Google-filled as usual episode. Ross and John discuss plans to increase the impact of the mobile friendly ranking algorithm, future consolidation of www vs non-www (and […] The post How to Improve Local Search Rankings appeared first on SEO 101.