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Should You Use AI Content in 2026 - Episode 145
Apr 15, 2026
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Can You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) - Episode 144
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Bad Answers to A Popular Question - (SEO Is Not About Your Website) - Episode 143
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Trying To Build Backlinks? Avoid Linkfarms - Episode 142
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/15/26 | Should You Use AI Content in 2026 - Episode 145✨ | AI contentSEO+3 | — | Search Engine Landahrefs | — | AI contentSEO+3 | — | 11m 01s | |
| 3/25/26 | Can You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) - Episode 144✨ | SEObacklinks+3 | — | Grumpy SEO GuyCan You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) | — | backlinksSEO ranking+3 | — | 9m 55s | |
| 3/20/26 | Bad Answers to A Popular Question - (SEO Is Not About Your Website) - Episode 143✨ | SEOwebsite optimization+3 | — | — | — | SEOwebsite+3 | — | 12m 45s | |
| 3/6/26 | Trying To Build Backlinks? Avoid Linkfarms - Episode 142✨ | backlinkslinkfarms+3 | — | Grumpy SEO GuyPatreon | — | linkfarmsbacklinks+3 | — | 11m 28s | |
| 2/25/26 | Negative SEO (High Level - What It Does) - Episode 141✨ | negative SEObacklinks+3 | — | PatreonThe Difference Between Good Backlinks And Bad Backlinks+4 | — | negative SEObacklinks+3 | — | 14m 45s | |
| 2/11/26 | Answers To Reddit SEO Questions Rapid Fire - Episode 140✨ | SEOPBN+5 | — | RedditGoogle+8 | — | PBN siteslocal SEO+5 | — | 29m 20s | |
| 2/4/26 | Why Are There No Good Examples of PBN Sites? - 139✨ | PBN sitessite management+3 | — | PatreonHow to Build a PBN Part 1+2 | — | PBNSEO+3 | — | 8m 14s | |
| 1/28/26 | The Reason You Aren't Ranking (It's Probably Not a Problem With Your Site) - Episode 138✨ | SEOwebsite authority+3 | — | Grumpy SEO GuySEO Is a Competition, Not a Checklist+4 | — | SEOwebsite authority+5 | — | 15m 08s | |
| 1/22/26 | 4 Reasons You Built Backlinks and They Didn't Work - Episode 137✨ | backlinksSEO+3 | — | Grumpy SEO GuyPatreon+3 | — | backlinksSEO+3 | — | 11m 18s | |
| 1/9/26 | Questions To Ask An SEO Agency To Hire Them✨ | SEO agencieshiring SEO+3 | — | Grumpy SEO Guy | — | SEO agencyhiring questions+3 | — | 19m 52s | |
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| 12/31/25 |  New Topics | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguyHow to email meTopics for new episodes | 13m 19s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | SEO Backlinks For Beginners - Episode 134 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:00 what is a backlink?2:03 What is a link?2:25 What is a backlink?2:38 What is an internal link?3:00 Why are backlinks important?3:16 Authority comes from backlinks3:30 Why do you need authority?3:46 What are the 4 things you need to rank?4:15 Episode on penalties: 5:26 How does authority work?5:58 How is authority shared?7:03 How do you get authority?7:30 How authority makes you rank7:52 Amount of backlinks vs quality8:52 Two take aways from this episodeYou need backlinks to get authority and you need authority to rankThere is a difference between good and bad backlinks9:07 Two episodes that explain good backlinks and bad backlinks:9:37 How to get backlinks9:30 Getting good backlinks is the hardest part of SEO9:57 The 4 ways to get backlinks11:19 Episode about why most publicly available link services will not help you12:26 Three episodes about how to build your own links13:23 Review:what are backlinkswhy you need themgood backlinks and bad backlinkshow you get themReferenced episodes:Episode on penalties:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1ATwo episodes that explain good backlinks and bad backlinks:Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4&t=1sPart 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0Episode about why most publicly available link services will not help you:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1BNS-OQMNw&pp=0gcJCTwKAYcqIYzvThree episodes about how to build your own links:Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez24lr3G_Mc&t=3sPart 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguAeXhEBwI | 15m 03s | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | SEO FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS (and a Grumpy SEO Guy Interview) - Episode 133 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:32 What is SEO?2:41 What are keywords?3:17 Why do SEO?4:00 What is the goal of SEO?6:50 PPC (pay per click) is different than SEO7:20 How ads (pay per click) work9:08 The 4 variables you must manipulate to rank high in SEO9:40 The difference between local SEO and normal SEOLocal SEO vs normal SEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_aTU1a62wo11:02 SEO penalties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1AContent is not a ranking factor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9EzrCZ94NE20:05 episodes that explain the 4 ways to get backlinks:First version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPARAuCXaoNext version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt821:03 Review (defining SEO, why you do it, the 4 variables to manipulate, backlinks, anchortext, pay per click).22:10 Things that do not change your positionDwell time does not affect SEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9EzrCZ94NE27:51 How do you check your progress?30:12 Interview on the Content Manager Podcast:https://open.spotify.com/episode/3K0VlSzXlT9whNp34hdD09?si=AUzRHygYTKmqfaLWY94ZRQ&nd=1&dlsi=6ae73236ce544860 | 31m 44s | ||||||
| 11/28/25 | SEO Topical Authority, Content Structure, and Cannibalization - Episode 132 | Please help keep this podcast free: patreon.com/grumpyseoguy1:54 What is topical authority?Episodes that talk about relevancy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErBbW69GYYshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-Fh3QXB8A2:03 What is relevancy?2:29 How do you get relevancy?3:21 Why does this matter?3:32 The 4 things you need to rank.Episodes that talk about the 4 things you need to rank:Complex version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0BgFast version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ&pp=0gcJCRUKAYcqIYzvEpisode that talks about penalties:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A5:14 How authority is passed5:56 Most of your time will be used getting backlinks6:35 Why do you need to care?7:07 How relevancy works in ranking7:30 Why search engines want to give good results8:23 How authority works in ranking9:06 Relevancy answers the question "will my website appear in the search results?"9:37 Authority answers the question "what position will my website be in the search results?"10:23 How should you structure the content on your site?10:50 How to create posts11:16 What is not ok.11:34 Definition of cannibalization | 14m 02s | ||||||
| 11/19/25 | The Dangers of Public Blog Networks - Episode 131 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:01 Private blog network vs. public blog network3:54 Things that can happen to a public blog networkdeindexedpenalizedlink farmEpisode that talks about link farms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wg3kxzfUaw4:50 If links are public, everyone knows about them, and they lose their effectiveness5:00 Search engines are looking for public blog networks5:16 Where are the real backlinks?5:40 The reason there are no forums with only good backlinks sellers6:15 the reason I think 99% of people in the SEO industry are scammers6:52 What you should do before buying backlinks from a forum7:17 When something is advertised to the public, that is a public network7:42 Episodes showing how to build a private blog portfolio. 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez24lr3G_Mc 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AguAeXhEBwI&pp=0gcJCQgKAYcqIYzv8:12 The hardest part of SEO is finding good backlinks8:51 Episodes about the difference between good and bad backlinksPart 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ08:59 The 4 ways to get backlinks9:17 Episodes that explain the 4 ways to get backlinksOld version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPARAuCXao&pp=0gcJCQgKAYcqIYzvNew version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt810:30 Know how it works before ordering backlinks10:50 A story about a public link network that was discovered by the search engines11:51: Public networks get discovered11:59 The 2 ways to use a private blog network14:02 The reason (good) publicly available backlinks wouldn't work, anyway16:05 When link networks are public, they eventually stop working | 17m 41s | ||||||
| 11/5/25 | Are SEO Link Directories Useful? - Version = 1 - Episode 130 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:51 he purpose of link directories 3:45 A main problem: they're copies of each other5:07 Suspicious names6:12 Same IP addressEpisode that explains IP addresses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMe4nMrem4&pp=0gcJCR0AztywvtLA6:54 Link farms7:25 Description of a link directory8:32 Can link directories help you?9:16 Why do they have directories linking to them? | 11m 09s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | Bonus Episode - Episode 129 | 0:35 The problem with Episode 128 and why it didn't come out at the planned time1:12 How to email me3:30 The reasons your rank is declining and how to tell and how to fix it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA4:30 The 4 things you need to rank:(long episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ(short episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0Bg&pp=0gcJCfwJAYcqIYzv5:10 The 4 ways to get backlinks:(long episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYPARAuCXao(short episode) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt86:15 LLMS.txt does nothing:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WflCZyBnj8 | 6m 54s | ||||||
| 10/7/25 | Local SEO vs. Regular SEO - Episode 128 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:08 Local SEO vs. Regular SEO2:07 MapThe episode about penalties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1AThe episodes about the 4 things you need to rank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_5kChCMQHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3L7tAil0BgDocuments about local SEO:https://ahrefs.com/blog/local-seo/https://www.semrush.com/blog/what-is-local-seo/ | 10m 01s | ||||||
| 9/24/25 | SEO Ranking Factors - Episode 127 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:09 What is a ranking factor2:34 Why do you do SEO?3:55 Many of the things people do are not SEO4:16 Why did your impressions fall?4:45 Definition of impressions6:51 Why did your traffic fall?Episodes that answer this question:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA9:38 If you're not tracking your SERPs you're going to have no idea if you're successful10:30 EEAT has no effect on your rankGoogle's own documentation says this:https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide12:23 EEAT audit = scam12:28 People do EEAT on your website = scam13:12 Other things that are not ranking factors17:24 Things that are ranking factorsThe episode that talks about relevancy and authority and algorithmshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjoV09CHyGA | 24m 06s | ||||||
| 9/17/25 | Relevancy, Authority, and How The Algorithm Ranks You - Episode 126 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy1:22 Announcements2:19 The four things you need to rankEpisode talking about types of penalties:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A4:28 RelevancyEpisode covering anchortext:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-Fh3QXB8A6:24 AuthorityEpisode on helpful or harmful inkshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7_DM7fj4Yg8:10 How the algorithm understands where to rank you | 14m 54s | ||||||
| 9/10/25 | SEO Works Like High School Popularity - Episode 125 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy0:57 Reminders (How to contact me with questions)2:14 Authority is basically like high school popularity3:10 What makes somebody popular in high school?5:56 What makes a website rank?7:15 The 4 things you need to rankEpisode about good backlinks and bad backlinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ0Episode about SEO being a competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZo8Cdt3PnI12:06 The reason people think good content makes a website rank | 15m 32s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 | Four SEO Reasons Your Rank and Your Traffic Are Decreasing - Episode 124 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:26 Why is my traffic decreasing?3:02 Traffic is not an SEO metric3:13 Traffic is a function of monthly search volume and your rank3:59 JUST BECAUSE YOUR TRAFFIC DECREASED DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE AN SEO CONCERNEpisode that explains traffic and position:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01am10-OwDY4:52 Tracking your SERPs is the main thing you need to do6:15 A SERP chart needs to do these 3 things7:43 Average position is a ridiculous metric that doesn't tell you anything10:07 The way you check if you're at the top of the results is with a SERP chart10:29 Sometimes you lose traffic because your SERPs dropThe episodes that talk about why you lose position:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhA&pp=0gcJCcYJAYcqIYzvhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA10:47 There are 4 reasons your rank can decrease | 15m 54s | ||||||
| 8/27/25 | Do You Need to Keep Buliding SEO Backlinks After You Are In First Place? - Episode 123 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy0:55 Reminders2:44 An AI reminderAI episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw0CGhhpNeY3:34 Authority comes from backlinks3:58 SEO is like running in a race4:30 There's always a website in first position, etc.5:04 We do not start building backlinks before we spend 4 weeks looking at many things, including the competition6:25 Why do you lose your rank?Episode 89: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPtGQ8xQyhAEpisode 90: https://www.youtube.c:46 om/watch?v=ivSogvXY6FA7:46 People do not hire us if they are already in the first place8:14 When people get outranked they complain on SEO discussion websites about losing rank9:10 Websites on the first page organically get backlinksThe 4 ways to get backlinks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt8The marketing backlinks episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFv70Um0gik&pp=0gcJCbIJAYcqIYzv | 12m 29s | ||||||
| 8/20/25 | SEO Is Pay to Play... Sometimes - Episode 122 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy2:26 The 4 things you need to rank2:56 episode 2 talks about multiple types of penaltiesLink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A6:14 SEO is a competition, not a checklist6:29 SEO is not about doing everything according to a checklist6:37 A checklist presumes a standard exists7:46 Backlinks usually either cost money or effort7:51 There are 4 ways to get backlinksLink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-r_Bi3FBt810:06 Why are backlinks expensive?10:36 Presume everyone is doing everything on page right10:59 How does the search engine know which website to rank then?Link to episodes about link quality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFHg6XwPha4&t=4shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZSbWKJlJ012:50 Examples of unhelpful advice15:00 You need to pay for authority15:50 What to do if you do not have money for SEO16:30 If you do not have money for SEO, do this18:30 EEAT definition18:50 Link to Google saying EEAT is not a ranking factor: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide19:42 SEO is about doing better than your competition | 23m 04s | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | EEAT, Content, Dwell Time. NOT Ranking Factors. Here's Why - Episode 121 | Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy1:07 Reminders2:35 SEO is no barriers to entry5:18 EEAT5:44 This website from Google says EEAT is NOT a ranking factorhttps://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide6:06 Content is King6:45 What I think "content is king" originally meant9:08 Good quality content probably gets you better quality backlinks which can help you rank higher9:31 Dwell time9:56 Low dwell time on a high quality website10:23 High dwell time on a low quality website11:55 Dwell time is not a ranking factor | 13m 56s | ||||||
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