

Search with Candour - SEO podcast
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Every Monday, Jack Chambers-Ward has in-depth conversations with SEO experts from around the world.
Covering topics from attribution in GA4 to networking tips for introverts and everything in between.
Search With Candour the perfect way to kickstart your working week!
Covering topics from attribution in GA4 to networking tips for introverts and everything in between.
Search With Candour the perfect way to kickstart your working week!
Episodes
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Mar 7, 2022 • 32min
Keyword Insights v2 launch, English to regex tool, errors in Google Search Console, SISTRIX TrendWatch March 2022 & Google Shopping Stories
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 regex tool
SISTRIX TrendWatch March 2022
More on Google Shopping Scorecard
Google Shopping Stories
You can get the full transcription and show notes at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Feb 28, 2022 • 37min
BERT, new Google Shopping experience scorecard, Page Experience update for desktop and a WordPress plugin vulnerability
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 desktop
A vulnerability found in a popular WordPress plugin
SISTRIX Academy
New Google Shopping experience scorecard
You can get the full transcription and show notes at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Feb 21, 2022 • 41min
Google Search Console data loss, Google Analytics ruled illegal, SectorWatch and GA4 attribution models
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 Inspection API
Google Analytics ruled illegal by an EU court
SISTRIX's SectorWatch - Project management software
Google Analytics 4 attribution models
You can get the full transcription and show notes at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Feb 14, 2022 • 34min
Google Search Console URL Inspection Tool API, SISTRIX IndexWatch UK retail edition, query strings and paid links and the new Bing automotive marketplace
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 - https://www.sistrix.com/trends/
Are utm and query strings paid links?
Bing's new automotive marketplace
You can get the full transcription and show notes at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Feb 7, 2022 • 57min
Tom Critchlow, Tom's SEO MBA course, Google Search Console's URL Inspection API and Deepcrawl launching on Wix
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
SISTRIX TrendWatch February 2022
And the main event: An interview with the fantastic Tom Critchlow.
Tom's website: https://tomcritchlow.com/
Follow Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow
SEO MBA course: https://seomba.com/
SEO MBA blog/newsletter: https://seomba.substack.com/
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Jan 31, 2022 • 41min
Indexifembedded - a new robots tag, ContentKing's log file analysis, real-time reporting in GA4 and Google Ads' new Experiments page
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 - indexifembedded
IndexWatch 2021 - US Winners - https://sistrix.com/swc
Real-time reporting in Google Analytics 4
Google Ads introduces a new Experiments page
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Jan 24, 2022 • 40min
Yoast on Shopify, average position in Google Search Console, IndexWatch biggest losers and how to uncover more of your direct traffic
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
What average position on Google Search Console actually means and how it's calculated
IndexWatch 2021: The biggest losers
How to find 'hidden' organic traffic in your direct traffic on Google Analytics
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Jan 17, 2022 • 47min
Page Experience update for desktop, tracking featured snippets & redirect chains and IndexNow
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 out for desktop next month.
Tracking featured snippets & redirect chains: Valentin Pletzer's cool bit of JavaScript allows tracking of text fragments (and therefore featured snippets) and redirect chains in Google Analytics.
IndexNow: A new WordPress plugin for IndexNow for Bing.
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Oct 4, 2021 • 8min
Episode 131: The end of season 1!
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, Alex Holiman, Gianna Brachetti-Truskawa, Sophie Brannon, Bille Geena, Joe Lenton, Daniel Foley Carter, Dixon Jones, Dom Hodgeson, Jason Barnard, Judith Lewis, Chris Green, Simo Ahava, Krista Seiden, Mordy Oberstein, Roman Sadowski, Lily Ray, Areej AbuAli, Patrick Hathaway, Dawn Anderson, Andrew Optimsey, James Brockbank, Dan Taylor, Kristina Azarenko, Luke Carthy, Kevin Indig, Natalie Mott, Seb Atkinson, Aleyda Solis, Steven van Vessum, Sean Clark, Michael Curtis, Lexi Mills, Andrew Smith, Tom Haczewski.
We'll join you for season 2 in early 2022, where Mark Williams-Cook will be joined by co-host Jack Chambers.

Sep 27, 2021 • 24min
Episode 130: Title updates, Cloudflare signed exchanges and new Google Ads transparency and ad types
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 specific use-cases.
Cloudflare signed exchanges: Cloudflare has launched one-click SXG allowing webmasters to improve performance.
Google Ads updates: New advertiser pages and attractions ads for ticket sellers.
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk