The SEO Vault Episode 162 - Link Wheels Are Against Google’s Guidelines

The SEO world is always changing. Google is constantly adjusting to make the platform more user-friendly and smarter, while SEO experts try to keep up with the constant changes to their system. We are always trying to improve our company and individual expertise. We hope to share our experiences and challenges in this journey.

We keep up with the SEO News, analyze it, and look for ways to position ourselves better with this new information.

This Week's Podcast features Chaz Edwards, Mike Milas, Benjamin Olson and Bucky Helms.

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• Google Site Name At Domain Level But Favicons At Domain and Subdomain Levels
• John Mu: Google: Link Wheels Are Against Google’s Guidelines & Are Link Schemes

6:52 Web 2.0 Ranker Weekly Update

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• Business Guest Posts launching this month
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• Ramping up Campaign Recs and Link recs, as well as Demo/Strategy, calls
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SEO Discussion

14:19 What we are seeing with the latest content, spam, and core updates.

31:31 Google: Link Wheels Are Against Google’s Guidelines.

22:24 SEO News For The Past Week

• Is Google Showing Fewer FAQ Rich Results & Other Rich Results? (Rank Ranger)
• Google Local Pack In Web Search Showing Up Less Often? (Rank Ranger & SEM Rush)
• New Zero Click Google Study Puts Zero Clicks At 25%, Not 65% (SEM Rush)
• New Google Business Profile Web Search Menu Now Rolling Out
• Google has clarified its help documentation for the new site name markup – Google Site Name At Domain Level But Favicons At Domain and Subdomain Levels

SERP Changes

• Google Shopping Ads Overlay Carousel Testing Top & Bottom

Google Says

• John Mu: Google: Link Wheels Are Against Google’s Guidelines & Are Link Schemes
• John Mu: Google Search Has No Documented Limit For Length Of Site Name

39:32 SEO Mad Scientist Update

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Q&A

53:01 Any tips on silo pages for service pages and local SEO?

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