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The SEO Vault Episode 103

  • E103
  • 55:12
  • August 27th 2021

Episode 103 Table Of Contents

Co-Host: Sophie Allen + Mike Milas + Bucky Helms

7:50 Web 2.0 Ranker Weekly Update

- Philadelphia Mastermind IS November 5th - 7th - Early Bird Discount is NOW LIVE! - Speakers and Itinerary To Be Announced

- Interactive Mastermind Format - 2 Full Days Of Sessions (Saturday & Sunday) - Hands-On Workshops - Highest Access Level Comes With EXCLUSIVE 12 Month Discord Group To Work On More Advanced Topics (Agency Automation & Sales + More)

- Dynamic Event - Can Fit 3x The Previous Amount Of People

- You Will Leave With The Pieces Of YOUR Agency That You Need!

- At Certain Access Levels You Gain "Accountability"

- 12 Month Group Comes With Networking & Quarterly Calls

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- Early Bird Discount Ends In 1 Week! - Take Advantage Of The Discount Now!

- Cleaning Up The Web 2.0 Website - Currently Doing Research On The Customer Side (User Experience)


31:28 SEO News For The Past Week

- Google Posts Can Now Appear On Third-Party Sites Without Your Knowledge - Google My Business Posts - Google Will Notify You When Your Posts Are On Google Services And Third Party Sites

- Google Ads Update - New Redesign For Campaign Wizard

- Recent Bug Lead To Impression Declines


SERP Changes/Tests

- Google Continuing To Test "People Also Ask" And "People Also Search For" -

- Tests For Multiple Types Of Carousels - "People Also Research" And "People Also Shop For In Similar Products"

- Google Confirms Titles Did Change - Google Stated That They Are Not Using The Searchers Query

- Google Link Spam Update Complete

- Google My Business Products Now Need to be Reviewed


Google Says

- Danny Sulivan Confirms That Personalization Is Not A Huge Part Of SERPS And Rankings

- John Mueller Stated That There Are No Plans To Separate Indexing

Q&A:

4:50 How Many Citations Are Included In The Web 2.0 Citation Cleanup?

12:23 We Have A GMB That Is Ranking Better Outside The Service Area Then Inside, actually by far, Any Idea How Or Why That Happens?

15:44 My Clients GMB Got Instantly Suspended For Appliance Repair Company. It's A Real Business And Real Address... Does Anyone Have Any Ideas Why?

17:22 I Have A Landscaper Client And Google Keeps Making A Massive Amount Of Suggestions To The Categories. What Should I Do? I Declined The Changes And Google Keeps Adding Them.

20:55 Postcard Verification Is Still The Gold Standard Though?

24:57 When Analyzing Competitors URL Structure And All The Top Results are using older methods like "location + kw" pages instead of internally linking location pages to non-geo service pages, do you replicate the SERPs old structure or use cleaner method w internal linking?

29:00 Do You Still Believe In Reverse Driving?

44:28 I Saw A Lawyer Putting His Services Into Products. You Think Google Will Dump On That?

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