SEO 101 Ep 527: Back Button Hijack Penalties Begin, Core Rollout Over, Review Rules Confuse Businesses

About this episode

Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte discuss the March 2026 Google Core Update and various SEO-related topics including back button hijacking and review guidelines.

In this episode of SEO 101, Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte cover the March 2026 Google Core Update, Google’s crackdown on back button hijacking, a Search Console impressions bug, changes to spam report policies, and quirky new review guidelines. They also discuss local SEO post updates, Data Studio’s rebranding, and the mysterious 418 "I'm a teapot" error. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Hosts: Ross Dunn, Scott Van Achte

Topics covered

• Google Core Update
• back button hijacking
• local SEO
• spam report policies
• review guidelines
• Search Console
• Data Studio

Keywords

• SEO
• Google Core Update
• back button hijacking
• Search Console
• local SEO
• review guidelines
• Data Studio
• spam report policies
• 418 error

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Search Console, Data Studio

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