Grumpy SEO Guy

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Concepts covered:
Why I don't share our sites
Why I don't share a generic site
How to make your site
Why 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_Mc
How to Build a PBN Part 2 Hosting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4&pp=0gcJCZEKAYcqIYzv
How to Build a PBN Part 3 Website Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguAeXhEBwI

Sorry the mic sounds weird. No idea what's transpiring.
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Principles 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=HZo8Cdt3PnI
4 Things You Need to Rank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg
Is This Lower Authority Website Actually Outranking This Higher Authority Website?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWgsq9UgYBY&pp=0gcJCXwKAYcqIYzv
4 Reasons Backlinks You Built Didn't Work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_6viPUeUW4
EEAT, Content, Dwell Time - not ranking factors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9EzrCZ94NE

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The 4 reasons you build backlinks and they do not help:
You have too little authority
You built bad backlinks
You have a problem with your site
You are not relevant
Mentioned episodes:
the 4 Ways to Get Backlinks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8
the 4 Things You Need to Rank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg
You MIGHT Get a Penalty. Maybe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcGIEPiN6I

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The 4 reasons you build backlinks and they do not help:
You have too little authority
You built bad backlinks
You have a problem with your site
You are not relevant
Mentioned episodes:
the 4 Ways to Get Backlinks - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8
the 4 Things You Need to Rank - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg
You MIGHT Get a Penalty. Maybe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thcGIEPiN6I

Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy
You might learn:
Does the person understand SEO or do they just sound smart?
Three types of SEO agencies
Their goal is to impress you, your goal is not to impress them
Questions to ask
Are their answers logical or are they just using lines?
Mentioned episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BNS-OQMNw