Podcasts by Search with Candour - SEO podcast

Search with Candour - SEO podcast

Are you looking for an SEO podcast to keep you up-to-date with the latest SEO and digital marketing news?

Search With Candour brings you the latest SEO news to keep you up-to-date and ready for your working week.
Jack Chambers-Ward also interviews the world's leading SEO and PPC experts.

Find our show notes and transcripts at https://search.withcandour.co.uk/

Further podcasts by Mark Williams-Cook

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SEO Mythbusters with Morgan Petrov from 2023-12-11T13:50:06

A mythbusting duo of Jack Chambers-Ward & Listen

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Why you should care about INP with Seb Atkinson from 2023-11-27T05:00

Seb Atkinson makes his triumphant return to the podcast (originally appearing on Season 1 Episode ...

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Google helpful content and shift away from traditional SEO with Daniel Foley Carter from 2023-11-13T05:00

SearchNorwich made its triumphant return last month so we thought we would bring you the fantastic talk from Listen

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2023 Halloween Spooktacular with Myriam Jessier & Stephanie Walter from 2023-10-30T09:54:44

It's that time of year once again where Myriam Jessier & Listen

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The state of schema in 2023 with Dave Ojeda from 2023-10-16T04:00

The Master of Markup, Dave Ojeda joins Listen

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BrightonSEO September 2023 Special from 2023-09-18T04:00

It's that time of year when Jack runs around the world's biggest SEO conference and asks questions to some of the industry's best and brightest.

This time, guests include:

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Do you need to know code if you have a CMS with Jess Joyce from 2023-09-11T04:00

On this week's episode, Jess Joyce joins Listen

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How to grow an international client base as a freelancer with Alizée Baudez from 2023-08-14T04:00

Alizée Baudez makes her return to the podcast to discuss working as a freelance international SEO consultant. Jac...

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Is link-building hard in 2023? with Jo O'Reilly from 2023-08-07T04:00

Jo O'Reilly, freelance digital PR specialist, joins Listen

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Five annoying SEO things in 2023 with Katie McDonald from 2023-07-24T04:00

This week, Katie McDonald, SEO Specialist at Listen

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SEO Testing with Ryan Jones from 2023-07-10T04:00

Ryan Jones, Marketing Manager at Listen

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Google Perspectives with Garrett Sussman from 2023-07-03T04:00

This week, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Garrett Sussman, Demand Generation Manager at iPullRank and host of Rankable and The SEO Weekly.

Garrett joins Jack to discuss his first-hand ex...

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Google Perspectives, reporting spammy sites and SectorWatch from 2023-06-26T04:00:16

This episode was live streamed on SISTRIX's YouTube channel.

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Moving from agency to in-house with Jen Penaluna from 2023-06-19T04:01

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Listen

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10 SEO podcasts you should listen to in 2023 from 2023-06-12T04:00:16

On this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward runs down his top 10 SEO podcasts that he thinks you should be listening to in 2023.

Yes, Jack is a podcast listener as well as a creator. Listen

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How to work from home safely and comfortable with Jo Blood from Posture People from 2023-06-05T08:06:08

On this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Jo Blood, Director and co-founde...

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Topical authority and Search Generative Experience with Mark Williams-Cook from 2023-05-29T04:00:54

The boys are back in town as Jack Chambers-Ward (SEO Specialist at Candour) is once again joined b...

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The intersection of SEO and UX with Adriana Stein from 2023-05-22T04:00:05

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Listen

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Google indexing speed, syndicated content and TrendWatch from 2023-05-15T07:23:32

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is reunited with Listen

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Self confidence with Tazmin Suleman from 2023-05-08T04:00:35

In this week's particularly open and honest episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is join...

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BrightonSEO April 2023 Highlights with Emma-Jane Stogdon from 2023-05-01T04:00:02

This week, Jack Chambers-Ward welcomes fellow Candourlorian Emma-Jane Stogdon (Content Specialist at Candour) to the podcast to discuss their highlights from BrightonSEO April 2023. Their highli...

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Dealing with anxiety at conferences with SEO Mindset (live in Brighton) from 2023-04-24T04:00:04

This week's episode is a crossover with The SEO Mindset podcast and was recorded live in front of an audie...

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Five tips for better content briefs with Witty Content Writers (Silvia & Minnie) from 2023-04-17T04:00:15

This week, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by the Witty Content Writers - Listen

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SEO News: GSC Product listings update and another way to deindex URLs from 2023-04-10T04:00:25

Jack Chambers-Ward is once again joined by the inimitable Mark Williams-Cook to discuss the latest SEO news and updates:

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Google adds 'your favourite brands' on SERPs and an OpenAI meta description generator from 2023-04-03T04:00:12

It's a quick little Jack solo episode this week. Jack gives you a few updates and recommendations including:

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How to create effective niche content with Kevin Gichane from 2023-03-20T05:00

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Listen

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SEO News: New Bing AI, Product Review Update and GSC Bulk Export from 2023-03-06T05:00:26

In this week's episode of Search With Candour, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined once again by Listen

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How to create content that stands out with Lily Ugbaja from 2023-02-27T05:00:32

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by content strategist Lily Ugbaja to discuss how...

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SEO News: ChatGPT vs Bard, 'Trending' label on People Also Ask and 'Content Ideas' in Google Search Console from 2023-02-20T05:00:43

In this week's episode,  Jack Chambers-Ward is joined once again by the one & only, Mark Williams-Cook.

This week’s topics include:

  • Bing & ChatGPT vs Google &am...

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How to create quality content and avoid burnout with Alice Rowan from 2023-02-06T05:00:52

On this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by freelance copywriter extraordinaire Listen

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Ecommerce pagination with Goodness Azubuogu from 2023-01-30T05:00:58

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Goodness Azubuogu, T...

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The importance of cultural understanding in SEO with Sarah Presch from 2023-01-23T05:00:06

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Sarah Presch, Digital Marketing Director at Listen

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Being a digital marketing generalist in 2023 with Tom Marriott from 2023-01-16T05:00:59

On this episode of Search With Candour, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Tom Marriott, Digital Marketing...

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ChatGPT coming to Bing Search, a new Bingbot and Google to introduce chatbot for healthcare queries from 2023-01-09T05:00:32

Welcome to the Search With Candour podcast, the first episode of 2023! Jack Chambers-Ward is riding solo this week to bring you the latest SEO news including:

  • Microsoft launches ne...

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2022 SEO year in review and 2023 predictions from 2022-12-26T05:00:29

In the final episode of 2022, Jack Chambers-Ward and Mark Williams-Cook discuss the highlights and lo...

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Entity SEO with Sara Taher from 2022-12-19T05:00:10

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Sarah Taher, an SEO consul...

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SEO news: Crawl budget optimisation, site accessibility and continuous scroll from 2022-12-12T05:00:08

In this week's episode of Search With Candour, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined once again by Ma...

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News: Google pay advertisers $100, face-swapping actors on SERPs, new BrightLocal Academy course and more! from 2022-12-05T05:00

In this episode, Jack Chambers-Ward and Mark Williams-Cook co-hosted a live episode of Search With Candour on LinkedIn. Jack & Mark discussed:

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SEO news: A guide to Google Search ranking systems / Does URL length and structure matter? from 2022-11-28T05:00:43

In this week’s episode of the Search With Candour podcast, Jack Chambers-Ward is reunited with Mark Willi...

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How to turn big brands into digital publishers with Jeff Grill from 2022-11-21T05:00:07

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Jeff Grill, founder of Listen

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What has empathy got to do with technical SEO? with Daniel K Cheung from 2022-11-14T05:00:43

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Daniel K Cheung, prolific SEO consultant and...

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How to build a digital marketing agency as a BIPOC individual with Jamar Ramos from 2022-11-07T05:00:38

On this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by digital marketing extraordinaire (and Jack's new best friend), Jamar Ramos.

Jamar joins ...

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SEO Horror Stories - Halloween Spooktacular 2022 with Myriam Jessier & Stéphanie Walter from 2022-10-31T05:00:29

Welcome dear listeners to this big bumper episode of Search With Candour, our Halloween Spooktacular 2022!

Joining your (g)host ...

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Writing for humans and robots with Maddy Osman from 2022-10-24T09:54:27

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Maddy Osman, the founder of The Blogsmith and bes...

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SEO Audits with Olga Zarr from 2022-10-17T04:00:46

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by the incredible Olga Zarr, the founder and CEO of SEOSLY.

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Breaking out of your brand bubble with Alex Hickson from 2022-10-10T04:00:36

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Alex Hickson, Head of Digital PR at Listen

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Live SEO Q&A September 2022: Mark & Jack answer your questions live on LinkedIn from 2022-10-03T04:00:52

Welcome to the Search With Candour podcast. Jack Chambers-Ward is once again joined by the inimitable Mark Williams-Cook for a live SEO Q&A!

That's right, live and unedited! This epis...

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Carving out your SEO career path with Luce Rawlings from 2022-09-26T04:00:56

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by freelance SEO consultant Luce Rawlings to disc...

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How digital PR can benefit your SEO with Jenny Abouobaia from 2022-09-19T04:00:49

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Jenny Abouobaia, SEO consultant of the year 2021 in the Middle East & North Africa. Jack and Jenny discuss all things digital PR inclu...

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Google Helpful Content Update rollout complete and Tiktok adds regional trend analysis from 2022-09-12T04:00:23

Welcome to the Search With Candour podcast. In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is flying solo to discuss all the latest SEO and PPC news inc...

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Better Ads Standards coming in October 2022, Top 100 UK domains from SISTRIX, Helpful Content Update from 2022-09-05T04:00:16

Welcome to Episode 34 of Season 2 of the Search With Candour podcast. Your host, Jack Chambers-Ward is once again joined by the inimitable Listen

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Intersectionality in the SEO industry with Chloe Smith from 2022-08-29T04:00:57

On this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by the one & only Chloe Smith, SEO Manage...

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SEO news: Screaming Frog launches v17, Youtube Shorts algorithm explained and GSC report update rollout from 2022-08-22T04:00:23

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is reunited with his co-host, Mark Williams-Cook to discus...

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SEO news: Wix's Site Inspection tool, Google steps up Featured Snippets with MUM and more. from 2022-08-15T04:00:16

On this week's episode, our brave host Jack Chambers-Ward is riding solo and gives you a  rundown of the week's SEO news including:

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Google updates the Search Quality Raters' Guidelines and some listener Q&A from 2022-08-08T04:00:18

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by his co-host Mark Williams-Cook to discuss the latest SEO & PPC news. Jack & Mark discuss:

  • Google updates their Searc...

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TikTok as a search engine with Annie-Mai Hodge from 2022-08-01T04:00:01

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Annie-Mai Hodge, Head o...

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What SEOs can learn from PPC with Alice Roussel from 2022-07-18T04:00:52

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Alice Roussel, the Growth Marketing Manager ...

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Almost half of GSC clicks go to hidden keywords and SERP annotations from unstructured data from 2022-07-11T04:00:33

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is once again joined by his inimitable co-host, Mark Williams-Cook, to discuss all the latest SEO & PPC news. This week, Jack & Mark discuss: Listen

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Mobile SEO with Cindy Krum from 2022-07-04T04:00:44

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by CEO & founder of Mobi...

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Aira's annual State of Link Building report, Bing's in-SERP voucher codes and Google's Evolution of Search from 2022-06-27T04:00:54

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Mark Williams-Cook to discuss the latest in SEO & PPC news.

Jack and Mark discuss:

  • Google's updated Product Rich ...

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Imposter syndrome in the SEO industry with Sarah McDowell from 2022-06-20T04:00:44

On this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Sarah...

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Voice search, site migrations & the future of SEO with Katherine Watier Ong from 2022-06-13T04:00:12

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Katherine Watier Ong of WO Strategies and Listen

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Google's May 2022 Core Update, using spam sites for keyword research and Apple's search engine from 2022-06-06T04:00:15

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is once again joined by his co-host, Listen

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Automating migrations, Wix's new learning hub, Performance Max updates and the Edge Images plugin from 2022-05-30T04:00:04

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers-Ward is once again joined by his co-host, Listen

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Keywordinsights, topic clusters and search intent with Andy Chadwick from 2022-05-23T04:00:08

In this week's episode, Jack is joined by Andy Chadwick from Listen

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Stoicism and SEO for Headless CMS with Alex Wright from 2022-05-16T04:00:25

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers is joined by Alex Wright, the Perf...

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Steve Paine from SISTRIX: Visibility Index, Amazon SEO, Primark's new website and SISTRIX Academy from 2022-05-09T04:00:34

In this week's episode, Jack Chambers is joined by the Marketing Manager of SISTRIX, Steve Paine. Jack & Steve talk about:

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Local SEO with Claire Carlile from 2022-04-11T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Jack interviewing Local Search Expert Claire Carlile. Jack and Listen

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AlsoAsked, vehicle ads now available on Google in the US, SISTRIX SERPs tools, how to debug missing pages on Screaming Frog from 2022-03-21T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:

  • Vehicle ads available to US advertisers
  • SISTRIX’s SERPS tools - Listen
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A great SERP features glossary, Sitebulb Server, GPT3 emotional goal & ad copy generator, Bing Professional Service Ads and GA4 homepage update from 2022-03-14T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:

  • A great SERP features glossary from Paige Hobart/ROAST
  • Sitebulb Server is coming soon Listen
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Keyword Insights v2 launch, English to regex tool, errors in Google Search Console, SISTRIX TrendWatch March 2022 & Google Shopping Stories from 2022-03-07T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:

  • Keyword insights launching v2
  • Errors in GSC URL Inspection tool
  • English to re...

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BERT, new Google Shopping experience scorecard, Page Experience update for desktop and a WordPress plugin vulnerability from 2022-02-28T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:

  • BERT and how it understands language
  • The rollout of the Page Experience update for deskt...

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Google Search Console data loss, Google Analytics ruled illegal, SectorWatch and GA4 attribution models from 2022-02-21T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:

  • A recent Google Search Console data loss
  • More innovative integrations of the GSC URL Ins...

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Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool API, SISTRIX IndexWatch UK retail edition, query strings and paid links and the new Bing automotive marketplace from 2022-02-14T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:

Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool API

IndexWatch 2021 - UK retail winners & losers - <...

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Tom Critchlow, Tom's SEO MBA course, Google Search Console's URL Inspection API and Deepcrawl launching on Wix from 2022-02-07T06:00

In this episode, you will hear Jack Chambers talking about:

  • Google Search Console launches a URL Inspection API
  • Deepcrawl launching their technical SEO app on Wix
  • ...

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Indexifembedded - a new robots tag, Content King's log file analysis, real-time reporting in GA4 and Google Ads' new Experiments page from 2022-01-31T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:


Content King’s log file analysis


The problems with DMCA notices


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Indexifembedded - a new robots tag, ContentKing's log file analysis, real-time reporting in GA4 and Google Ads' new Experiments page from 2022-01-31T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talk about:

ContentKing’s log file analysis

The problems with DMCA notices

New robots tag - indexifembe...

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Yoast on Shopify, average position in Google Search Console, IndexWatch biggest losers and how to uncover more of your direct traffic from 2022-01-24T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talking about:

Yoast on Shopify: The popular WordPress plugin makes its way to Shopify

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Page Experience update for desktop, tracking featured snippets & redirect chains and IndexNow from 2022-01-17T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook & Jack Chambers talking about:

Page Experience update for desktop: Google has confirmed that Page Experience update will be rolling o...

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Episode 131: The end of season 1! from 2021-10-04T04:00

That's a wrap for season one!

Thank you to all of the guests that have appears on season one of Search with Candour:

Will Critchlow, Nathan Lomax, Emily Brady, A...

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Episode 130: Title updates, Cloudflare signed exchanges and new Google Ads transparency and ad types from 2021-09-27T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Title updates: Google has made some amends to title element generation in SERPs as well as details on spe...

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Episode 129: SEO A/B testing and how companies should think about SEO investments with Will Critchlow from 2021-09-20T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to Will Critchlow about:

SEO A/B testing: How A/B testing can work for big websites

Google's algo...

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Episode 128: AI content that ranks, title woes and your SEO Q&A from 2021-09-13T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

AI content that ranks: Thoughts on a new breed of sites that are churning out AI generated pages taht ran...

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Episode 127: SEO resources, tools, guides and a dive into duplicate links from 2021-09-06T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

SEO resources, tools, guides: Some useful tools and guides to help you with Google's title rewrites, java...

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Episode 126: E-commerce SEO: page speed and performance with Nathan Lomax from 2021-08-30T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook SEO with Nathan Lomax from Quickfire Digital, an e-commerce specialist build agency about SEO for e-commerce brands talking about page speed and...

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Episode 125: Mass Google title rewrites and passage indexing deep-dive from 2021-08-23T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Google mass title rewrites: Google has been changing the titles shown for lots of websites - how are they...

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Episode 124: Schema tools, author.url and Core Web Vitals tech report from 2021-08-16T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Schema tools: Google pushing for Rich Result Tool usage despite saying it uses "non-supported" schema

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Episode 123: Safe browsing, page experience, tie-breakers and canonical images from 2021-08-09T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Safe Search Page Experience: How much does Google's removal of Search Search from the Page Experience Sig...

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Episode 122: E-commerce SEO: internal linking with Nathan Lomax from 2021-08-02T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook SEO with Nathan Lomax from Quickfire Digital, an e-commerce specialist build agency about SEO for e-commerce brands talking about internal linki...

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Episode 121: 301s, site operators, CTR tests and Smart Bidding updates from 2021-07-26T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

301 redirects: How specific advice from Google can help you optimise site redirect speed

S...

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Episode 120: DirectApply schema, Facebook tracking, GoDaddy listings and Google responding to fresh queries from 2021-07-19T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

DirectApply schema: The new attribute for JobPosting schema and new editorial guidleines from Google.

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Episode 119: Knowledge Graph and authors, new link reclamation tactics and how GSC reports impressions from 2021-07-12T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Google Knowledge Graph authors: How Google is taking further steps in combining author and article data w...

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Episode 118: E-commerce SEO live Q&A part 3: content, with Nathan Lomax from 2021-07-05T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook answering live e-commerce SEO Q&A with Nathan Lomax from Quickfire Digital, an e-commerce specialist build agency about SEO for e-commerce b...

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Episode 117: E-commerce SEO live Q&A part 2 with Nathan Lomax from 2021-06-28T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook answering live e-commerce SEO Q&A with Nathan Lomax from Quickfire Digital, an e-commerce specialist build agency about SEO for e-commerce b...

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Episode 116: Shopping Graph, more June Core news, FAQ schema and Search Console Insights from 2021-06-21T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Shopping Graph: Introduction and context to Google's plans around Google Shopping Graph.

J...

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Episode 115: June Core Update and the convenience of Google Duplex from 2021-06-14T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

June Core Update: Thoughts from the SEO community about changes being seen due to the first of two Google...

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Episode 114: E-commerce SEO beginner questions with Nathan Lomax from 2021-06-07T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to Nathan Lomax from Quickfire Digital, an e-commerce specialist build agency about SEO for e-commerce brands.

They will cover: Listen

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Episode 113: LaMDA, also covered, AMP and redirects from 2021-05-31T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

LaMDA: Google's breakthrough in conversational technology

Also covered: A new SER...

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Episode 112: Desktop page experience, new Google Ads features and MUM from 2021-05-24T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Desktop page experience: Google IO announcement confirms page experience update will come to desktop resu...

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Episode 111: Bing video extensions and improving your technical SEO audits from 2021-05-17T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Critical Wordpress update: There's a huge new vulnerability in Wordpress that your need to patch

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Episode 110: Product review winners and losers, Google policy changes and indexing reports from 2021-05-10T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Product review update: An overview of what is separating the winners from the losers

Googl...

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Episode 109: SERP refinement, product reviews and page experience from 2021-05-03T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Refinement SERPs: How this Google test can help you with your on-page SE

Google product re...

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Episode 108: Local SEO with Emily Brady from 2021-04-26T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Emily Brady talking all about local SEO in 2021, covering:

- Ranking factors in map packs

- Problems with spam in local ...

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Episode 107: Live LinkedIn SEO Q&A with Alex Holliman from 2021-04-19T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Alex Holliman from Climbing Trees, taking a live LinkedIn SEO Q&A session taking questions on:

- Getting a career in SEO Listen

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Episode 106: SEO QA with Gianna Brachetti-Truskawa from 2021-04-12T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Gianna Brachetti-Truskawa from Startdowns.de to discuss QA in technical SEO, including:

- What is QA in SEO and why does it mat...

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Episode 105: Keyword mapping with Sophie Brannon from 2021-04-05T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Sophie Brannon from Absolute Digital Media to discuss content mapping, including:

- What is content mapping and why is it impor...

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Episode 104: SEO expectation management with Billie Geena from 2021-03-29T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Billie Geena from The SEO Works to discuss how to management expectations with SEO including:

- What should you do when others ...

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Episode 103: Image SEO with professional photographer Joe Lenton from 2021-03-22T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joins professional photographer Joe Lenton to talk about image SEO and photography. Together they'll cover:

- Common image SEO mistakes Listen

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Episode 102: Learning SEO via social media with Daniel Foley Carter from 2021-03-15T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Daniel Foley Carter from Assertive to discuss learning SEO via social. Together they'll cover:

- The dangers of learning SEO vi...

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Episode 101 - SEMrush IPO, DevTools Local Overrides, Shopify SEO and rich snippets from 2021-03-08T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

The SEMrush IPO: Will they be changing subscription model?

DevTools Local Overrides: Listen

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Episode 100: InLinks, entities and internal linking with Dixon Jones from 2021-03-01T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Dixon Jones, CEO of Links and Majestic Brand Ambassador to discuss:

- Google's approach to NLP and entity identification

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Episode 99: Google Ads match type changes and GSC Web Vitals report delays from 2021-02-22T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Rob Lewis who will be discussing:

- The big "match changes" that are happening to all Google Ads accounts

- How the Goog...

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Episode 98: iOS14, ATT and Google passage ranking from 2021-02-15T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook joined by Rob Lewis who will be discussing:

- The iOS14 update which now covers user privacy and what impact this might have

- Dee...

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Episode 97: Site monitoring with Dom Hodgson from Little Warden from 2021-02-08T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook discussing site monitoring with Little Warden founder Dom Hodgson.

Together, they'll cover:

- The importance and use cases of site...

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Episode 96: Avoiding SEO scams from 2021-02-01T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook reviewing an SEO audit and call he received suggesting that AlsoAsked.com needed toxic link removal and should host hidden content to link to ot...

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Episode 95: Brand SERPs and Knowledge Panels with Jason Barnard from 2021-01-25T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook discussing brand SERPs and Knowledge Panels with SEO expert Jason Barnard, CEO and Founder of Kalicube.

Together, they'll cover:

-...

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Episode 94: Selling in YouTube, crawl anomalies and news performance reports from 2021-01-18T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Selling in YouTube: The new experimental feature that looks to bring product sales into YouTube videos. Listen

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Episode 93: Keyword research with AlsoAsked and Question hub, search sundry and more Q&A from 2021-01-11T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

AlsoAsked Beta: The new version of AlsoAsked that is going live this week and new features to expect.

...

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Episode 92: 2020 Christmas special with Judith Lewis, Chris Green & Kristina Azarenko from 2020-12-21T05:00

In this episode, Mark Williams-Cook is joined by:

Judith Lewis: Founder of Decabbit Consultancy

Chris Green: Head of Marketing Innovation at Footp...

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Episode 91: Core update review, brands in PAAs and listener Q&A from 2020-12-14T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

December Broad Core Update: The facts of the update so far and some interesting EU guidance that may comp...

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Episode 90: December Core Update, crawl stats and budgets and Core Vital FAQs from 2020-12-07T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

December Broad Core Update: This week Google announced a broad core update for December 2020

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Episode 89: Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with Simo Ahava and Krista Seiden from 2020-11-30T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to Simo Ahava and Krista Seiden about GA4 and answering community questions, including:

- What are the best new features in GA4?<...

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Episode 88: Wix SEO with Mordy Oberstein from 2020-11-23T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about the Wix platform with SEO community liaison Mordy Oberstein

- Why does Wix have a bad reputation within the SEO community?<...

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Episode 87: GMB review bugs, May 2021 page experience and Black Friday optimisation from 2020-11-16T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

GMB review bugs: A bug affecting the display of Google My Business reviews

May 2021 page e...

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Episode 86: 2020 e-commerce SEO with Roman Sadowski from 2020-11-09T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to e-commerce SEO expert Roman Sadowski about what it takes to rank in 2020.

- What should your day-to-day look like running the ...

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Episode 85: All about Google's EAT, YMYL and patents with Lily Ray from 2020-11-02T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to SEO expert Lily Ray about Google EAT, patents, and specifics such as:

Does Google recognise individual authors and how importa...

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Episode 84: Mobile-only indexing, AI for alt tags and QRG updates from 2020-10-26T05:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Mobile-only indexing: The difference between mobile-first and mobile-only indexing with Google's new dead...

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Episode 83: New Google features, suggest ads and passage indexing from 2020-10-12T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

New Google features: Discussion of the new features coming to Google as announced in SearchOn, including ...

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Episode 82: StreamEA, GPT-3, indexing bugs and search term reports from 2020-10-12T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

StreamEA: A new way to do on-page entity optimisation

GPT-3: Bots in the wild on ...

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Episode 81: Indexing issues, merchant centre metrics and Google News Showcase from 2020-10-05T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Indexing issues: Google still having problems with two concurrent indexing issues.

Merchan...

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Episode 80: Shipping schema, GMB messaging, ads affecting SEO from 2020-09-28T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Shipping schema: New options for e-commerce retailers in search

GMB messaging: Go...

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Episode 79: Google HTTP2, cheap hosting and rankings and ITP in iOS14 from 2020-09-21T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Googlebot moving to HTTP/2: What does this mean for SEOs and webmasters?

Cheap hosting and...

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Episode 78: The PPC bumper episode of updates from 2020-09-14T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis talking about:

Shopping ads showing in any country: A Google Shopping update that can show products in any country, dependi...

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Episode 77: Search term keyword data reduced, price hikes and Q&A from 2020-09-07T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Search terms report data slashed: Google has reduced the amount of data that is going to be accessible to Google Ad advert...

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Episode 76: Content with more crunch with Elodie Partridge from 2020-08-31T04:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode, you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Elodie Patridge giving her talk "Content with more crunch". Elodie explores how Google...

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Episode 75: Women in Tech SEO with Areej AbuAli from 2020-08-24T04:00

What's in this episode:

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to Areej AbuAli, founder of Women in Tech SEO for a conversation about getting starting ...

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Episode 74: Google glitches, GMB updates, GPT-3 and Q&A from 2020-08-17T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

The big Google glitch: Another problem at Google this year led many SEOs to believe there had been one of...

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Episode 73: GSC API changes, quality rater update and what is not a ranking factor from 2020-08-10T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

GSC API updates: If you're using the Search Console API, Google is making changes you need to be aware of...

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Episode 72: Buy with Google, Internal ranking documents and infinite scroll CLS from 2020-08-03T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Buy with Google: Google opening up their checkout to third parties

Internal ranking docume...

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Episode 71: News in GSC, Weird SEO and Google Web Stories from 2020-07-27T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

News in GSC: The new 'News' filter being added to Google Search Console

Weird SEO: Listen

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Episode 70: Tab surprises, Google CTRs and All in One security flaws from 2020-07-20T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

All in One SEO plugin: A major security flaw affecting 2M users of the Wordpress plugin

Go...

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Episode 69: Blogspot.in, indexing low quality pages and the rich results tool from 2020-07-13T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

The Google Blogspot.in expiring: Why expiring domains are hugely valuable for SEO and how you can prevent...

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Episode 68 - SEO site audits and Sitebulb with Patrick Hathaway from 2020-07-06T04:00

What's in this episode:

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to Patrick Hathaway, director at Sitebulb about SEO site audits, technical SEO and what is to come in Sit...

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Episode 67: Web spam statistics, text fragments and tracking featured snippets from 2020-06-29T04:00

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:

Google 2019 webspam report: The key stats about combatting webspam in 2019 and how Google is doing.

<...

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Episode 66 - SEO, information retrieval and foraging with Dawn Anderson from 2020-06-22T04:00

What's in this episode:

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to Dawn Anderson about information retrieval (IR) and why SEOs should be learning more a...

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Episode 65 - Garage spam, nofollow confusion and guest penalties with Andrew Cock-Starkey from 2020-06-15T04:00

What's in this episode:

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook and Andrew Cock-Starkey discussing GMB spam, more confusion over the new sponsored and ugc nofollow and Google's ...

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Episode 64: The state of link building in 2020 with James Brockbank from 2020-06-08T04:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook and James Brockbank discussing the state of link building in 2020, including:

- Is guest ...

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Episode 63: Core Web Vitals as ranking factors and Discovery Ads from 2020-06-01T04:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis discussing:

Core Web Vitals as ranking factors: Google rec...

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Episode 62: Lighthouse v6 metrics and unlinked mentions from 2020-05-25T04:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode you will hear Mark Williams-Cook going through the 3 new metrics that have been introduced in the latest version 6 of Lighthouse. ...

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Episode 61: Optimising internal links and content structure from 2020-05-18T04:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode you will hear an Authoritas 'Tea Time SEO' recording of Mark Williams-Cook from Candour, Maret Reutelingsperger from Mobe Digital ...

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Episode 60: Google May 2020 Core Update and SEO myths from 2020-05-11T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will talk about why talking about the Google May 2020 Core update at this point is a waste of time and will go through the most...

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Episode 59: Backlinko SEO study with Dan Taylor from 2020-05-04T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking to Dan Taylor about the Backlinko 11.8M Google Search result study, the SEO community's reaction and Dan's thou...

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Episode 58: Google (no)index, free shopping feeds and featured snippet traffic loss from 2020-04-27T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be covering:

Google (no)index: Issues with Google indexing new content and some things you may not...

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Episode 57: E-commerce categorisation and faceted navigation SEO with Kristina Azarenko from 2020-04-20T04:00

What's in this episode?

Product categorisation and faceted navigation may seem straight-forward for users but it's a minefield for search engines. Without prior planning,...

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Episode 56: Coronavirus e-commerce insights with Luke Carthy from 2020-04-13T04:00

What's in this episode?

What e-commerce digital trends are we seeing during Coronavirus? What can e-commerce companies do to adapt? Where are the opportunities to thrive?...

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Episode 55: The moving target of keyword research from 2020-04-06T04:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode, you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Jon Falgate giving his talk on the keyword research process. Jon explores how keyword ...

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Episode 54 COVID-19 Google Ad grants and how to temporarily close a website from 2020-03-30T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking about:

Google My Business policy changes: Changes to GMB policy that helps restaurants ...

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Episode 53: Digital marketing during COVID-19 with Kevin Indig from 2020-03-23T05:00

What's in this episode?

Kevin and Mark discuss what strategies and tactics organisations can think about to do something good during the COVID-19 crisis. Kevin gives his ...

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Episode 52: SEO myths and misconceptions with Natalie Mott from 2020-03-16T05:00

What's in this episode?

Natalie and Mark discuss the range of myths and misconceptions that are still alive and kicking about SEO. From social media links to duplicate co...

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Episode 51: The SEO process with Seb Atkinson from 2020-03-09T05:00

What's in this episode?

Seb and Mark discuss the whole SEO process from content ideation to link building. Seb gives his insight into processes and tools he is using in t...

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Episode 50: Google guest post crackdown and dealing with fake PPC traffic from 2020-03-02T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be covering:

Google guest post crackdown: Multiple publishers have reported receivin...

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Episode 49: The SEO gap in web development from 2020-02-24T05:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode, you will hear a SearchNorwich recording from Mark Williams-Cook giving his talk "Won't somebody think of the robots?". Mark share...

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Episode 48: Fashion SERPs and Google Partner programme changes from 2020-02-17T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be covering:

Fashion SERPs: The big shake up in how fashion SERPs are shown in the U...

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Episode 47: Removing content from Google, Google Ads delivery and ISP data from 2020-02-10T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be covering:

Removing content from Google: New tools within Google Search Console to...

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Episode 46: SEO audits deep dive with Aleyda Solis from 2020-02-03T14:06:58

What's in this episode?

In this episode, you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Aleyda Solis giving her talk "How to develop actionable and impactful SEO audits". Ale...

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Episode 45: Desktop favicons and featured snippet update from 2020-01-27T05:00

Mark Williams-Cook talks about:

Google favicons on desktop: How are these favicons impacting users? Mark discusses the studies that have been completed s...

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Episode 44: Effective SEO site audits with Aleyda Solis from 2020-01-20T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking to SEO consultant, author and speaker, Aleyda Solis about what it takes to make a truly effective SEO site audi...

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Episode 43: IndexWatch 2019, Medium's organic fall and listener Q&A from 2020-01-13T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook talks about:

2019 Sistrix IndexWatch: Who were the SEO winners of 2019?

Medium's organic...

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Episode 42: Avoiding SEO disasters with Steven van Vessum from 2020-01-06T05:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Steven van Vessum giving his talk "SEO disasters: the good, the bad and the taboo". Ste...

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Episode 41: Roundtable discussion of search predictions for 2020 from 2019-12-23T05:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode, Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis are joined by PPC expert Sean Clark from Clark St. James and SEO expert Michael Curtis from Further to discuss se...

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Episode 40: Fail free content marketing with Lexi Mills from 2019-12-16T05:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Lexi Mills giving her talk "Fail free content marketing that builds links and authority...

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Episode 39: AI bias in guidelines and should you disavow? from 2019-12-09T05:00

Mark Williams-Cook talks about:

Google Quality Rater Guidelines update: How is Google combating bias in search

Link disavowing: Should we be disav...

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Episode 38: The devil that is Google Ads Optimisation Score from 2019-12-02T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be talking about the ins and outs of the Google Ads Optimisation Score. Does it work in your favour or Googl...

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Episode 37: GSC product and speed reports, political ads, AlsoAsked.com and Q&A from 2019-11-25T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be covering:

GSC page and speed reports: The new reports in Google Search Console showing rich pro...

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Episode 36: Big site SEO [Part 2] with Andrew Smith from 2019-11-18T05:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode, you'll hear from Andrew Smith giving actionable insight into dealing with big site SEO from his experiences with companies such a...

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Episode 35: Big site SEO with Andrew Smith from 2019-11-11T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking to Andrew Smith about his experiences with companies such as Expedia, CheapFlights and eDreams on big site SEO....

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Episode 34: Outsourcing your digital marketing on the cheap with Dom Hodgson from 2019-11-04T05:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Dom Hodgson giving his talk "Adventures in outsourcing your digital marketing on the ch...

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Episode 33: BERT, Lead Form Extensions and bumper video BETA from 2019-10-28T05:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be talking about:

Google BERT: The biggest Google change in over 5 years and one of ...

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Episode 32: Blackhat PPC special from 2019-10-21T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be talking about blackhat PPC! Mark and Rob will go into some depth about the rules some PPC practioners are...

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Episode 31: Lessons from over 120 site migrations with Chris Green from 2019-10-13T04:00

What's in this episode?

In this episode you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Chris Green giving his talk "Essential technical SEO learnings from launching and migra...

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Episode 30: Googlebot user-agents, internal nofollow links, listener Q&A from 2019-10-07T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be talking about:

Googlebot user-agent change: Exploring how an update to Google's u...

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Episode 29b: September core update, Rich snippet controls and GSC data from 2019-09-30T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be talking about:

September Core Update: Looking at the first ranking change data th...

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Episode 28: Google review rich results, GSC Breadcrumbs and Microsoft Audiences from 2019-09-22T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking about:

Google review rich results: Google's algorithm update is preventing 'self-servin...

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Episode 27: Nofollow, Google Quality Rater Guidelines and ECPC changes from 2019-09-16T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking about:

Google Quality Rater Guidelines: Small changes in these guidelines show a shift ...

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Episode 26: SEO with UX expert Tom Haczewski from 2019-09-09T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook & Tom Haczewski will be talking about the role of User Experience (UX) in SEO.

Google has been slowing moving forwar...

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Episode 25: GMB ads, average position and maximise conversion value from 2019-09-02T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook & Rob Lewis will be talking about:

GMB ads: Google is now showing competitor ads within organisatio...

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Episode 24: The journey of keyword research with Daniel Brooks from 2019-08-26T04:00

In this episode, you'll hear a SearchNorwich recording of Daniel Brooks giving his talk "Keyword Research: Tips & tactics that generate clicks & impressions to implement tomorrow!". Dani...

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Episode 23: Utilising audiences in the Google Display Network from 2019-08-19T04:00

In this episode, you'll hear a SearchNorwich recording of Eva Wilkes giving her talk "Awesome Audiences". Eva gives a great overview of audiences you can use on the Google Display Network, and t...

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Episode 22: Content marketing for SMEs with Stacey MacNaught from 2019-08-12T04:00

In this episode, you'll hear a SearchNorwich recording of Stacey MacNaught giving her talk "Honey, I shrunk the content marketing budget!". Stacey gives some great examples about producing low-r...

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Episode 21: SEO tactics to implement with Lukasz Zelezny from 2019-08-05T04:00

In this episode you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Lukasz Zelezny giving his talk "SEO tactics to implement tonight". Lukasz gives a detailed and insightful overview of a few his tactics...

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Episode 20: Google Ads ROI, Maverick and #AskGoogleWebmasters from 2019-07-29T04:00

What's in this episode?

Mark Williams-Cook gives some brief news on the Google Maverick algorithm update, Google's new #AskGoogleWembmaster shorts and Google's confirmati...

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Episode 19: Google Shopping support and automated bidding algorithm changes from 2019-07-22T04:00

Episode 19: Google Shopping support and automated bidding algorithm changes

What's in this episode?   

Mark Williams-Cook & Rob Lewis will be talking...

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Episode 18: Local SEO, GMB bugs and Google SERP experiments from 2019-07-15T04:00

What's in this episode?   

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking about:

Local SEO & Google My Business bugs: Some great tips for UK bus...

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Episode 17: Robots.txt changes, diversity update and keyword research with Python from 2019-07-08T04:00

What's in this episode?   

Mark Williams-Cook will be talking about:

Robots.txt changes: How Google are dropping support for undocumente...

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Episode 16: All about Google penalties from 2019-07-01T04:00

What's in this episode?   

Mark Williams-Cook will be taking a dive into the world of Google penalties!

We'll be talking about how Google handles and pro...

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Episode 15: An introduction to structured data and schema with Andrew Martin from 2019-06-24T04:00

In this episode, you'll hear a SearchNorwich recording of Andrew Martin giving his talk "How to use schema to enrich search results and improve your CTR". Andrew gives a clear and concise introd...

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Episode 14: Should we trust Google? Q&A and June algorithm update advice from 2019-06-17T09:08:39

What's in this episode?   

Mark Williams-Cook will be discussing:

Latest advice on the Google core algorithm update:
Google has prov...

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Episode 13: Google core update and a silent Google Ads location update from 2019-06-10T04:00

What's in this episode? 

Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be discussing the Google core update and a new, unannounced change to Google's location targeting that...

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Episode 12: Outreach done right with Jack Bamfield from 2019-06-03T04:00

In this episode, you'll hear from Jack Bamfield of Verve Search on how to run a successful link building campaign from ideation to outreach. Jack gives real-world case studies and provides templ...

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Episode 11: Combating PPC click fraud and a new Google SERP from 2019-05-27T04:00

What's in this episode?
Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be discussing how to combat PPC click fraud and what's changing with the new Google SERP.

New G...

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Episode 10: Google Marketing Live 2019 - the big PPC changes from 2019-05-20T04:00

What's in this episode? Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be discussing the Google Marketing Live 2019 event announcements including:

Discovery ads
Google's new n...

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Episode 9: Google I/O, Evergreen Googlebot and HowTo/FAQ structured data from 2019-05-13T04:00

What's in this episode? Mark Williams-Cook will be discussing:

Google I/O
New features coming to Google Search such as AR and Google Lens updates

Everg...

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Episode 8: More GSC bugs, Bing Ads rebrand and blackhat XSS from 2019-05-06T04:00

What's in this episode? Mark Williams-Cook will be discussing:

Google Search Console bugs
There was a 16 day data loss within Google Search Console and errors with ma...

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Episode 7: Behind the blackhat with Craig Campbell from 2019-04-29T04:00

In this episode, you'll get some insight into techniques that blackhat SEO that have been used to rank in Google and make the people prepared to do them a lot of money. Listening to Craig Campbe...

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Episode 6: Yoast schema and AMP signed exchanges from 2019-04-22T04:00

What's in this episode? Mark Williams-Cook will be discussing:


Yoast Schema

Yoast have just published version 11 of their plugin claiming they have "so...

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Episode 5: Google de-indexing, Discover in Search Console and Gallery Ads from 2019-04-15T04:00

 What's in this episode? Mark Williams-Cook will be discussing:

Google de-indexing and other bugs
A dive into the massive bug that caused millio...

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Episode 4: Sub-site links, custom intent audiences and action extensions from 2019-04-08T04:00

What's in this episode? Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be discussing:

- Sub-site links in Google
Google appears to be testing a new category of 'sub' site link...

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Episode 3: Getting SEO results by introducing schema from 2019-04-01T09:36:46

The special holiday (well, Mark's holiday at least) episode!

In this episode, you'll hear a recording from the SearchNorwich meetup of SEO expert Andrew Martin giving his talk on how to w...

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Episode 2: Pagination problems, date published abuse and Google My Business fraud reporting from 2019-03-25T02:34:42

In this episode, Mark Williams-Cook will be talking about:

- Pagination problems
There is a significant pagination bug present in the WPEngine system and Google have ...

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Search with Candour - SEO podcast
Episode 1: Google Shopping changes, ITP and a core algorithm update from 2019-03-15T17:19:39

What's in this episode? Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis will be discussing:

- Google Ads Shopping Updates
Google is merging Google Images with the standard Search Ne...

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