How To Avoid Doorway Pages When Scaling

E812: Nico Gorroño from AI Ranking joins the podcast to show how to use AI automations for SEO.

We cover everything from exact prompts, to scaling AI content safely, to the surprising power of mobile video in search rankings, and why tribalism still runs rampant in the SEO community.

Nico shares how he builds hundreds of transactional pages with AI, the right (and wrong) way to scale content, and what tools can give you a serious edge. We also get into backlinks, EEAT, parasite SEO, and why greed and velocity are the biggest mistakes people make.

Whether you’re an SEO pro or just starting to explore AI-driven strategies, this episode will give you both practical tactics and a big-picture look at where search is headed next.

Topics we cover: - Why SEO advice often works in one niche but not another - The rise of short-form video in Google search results - How to scale from 10 to 1,400 pages without penalties - Automations that generate pages, content, and images at scale - Why EEAT and topical authority matter more than ever - Link building strategies that actually work in 2025 - The dangers of shiny object syndrome in AI + SEO

⭐️ Join the AI Ranking Skool Community - https://www.skool.com/ai-ranking ⭐️ Nico’s Site - https://www.airankingskool.com/ ⭐️ Nico’s Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@Nico_AIRanking ⭐️ Nico’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nico-gorrono/

💎 Compact Keywords - My SEO Course - Get paying customers through SEO - Clear step-by-step video breakdowns - SEO templates to be copied and adapted for your products and services: https://compactkeywords.com/

00:00 Introduction and Theory on SEO 01:07 Tribalism and Hostility in the SEO Industry 02:37 Short Form Videos and SEO 06:18 Automations and AI in SEO 09:22 Scaling Content and Avoiding Doorway Pages 30:08 Link Building and SEO Best Practices 34:52 The Importance of EEAT in 2025 35:45 Diversifying Content for Better EEAT 35:56 Challenges with Blog Posts and Indexing 37:27 The Role of Author Bios and Trustworthiness 38:35 Scaling Content with AI: Risks and Rewards 39:44 Diversification and the Importance of YouTube 41:12 Understanding Algorithmic Hits and Recovery 45:11 The Cat and Mouse Game of AI Content Detection 46:16 The Mom Test for Content Quality 46:57 Using Dynamic Elements to Enhance Content 47:38 The Success of AInvest's Dynamic Content 48:44 The Future of Monetizing Websites 50:10 Leveraging AI Tools for Content Creation 51:46 Simplifying Workflows with AI Automation 54:49 The Pitfalls of Shiny Object Syndrome 59:35 Balancing Automation and Complexity 01:08:14 Concluding Thoughts and Where to Find More

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