

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!
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Sep 28, 2020 • 26min
Episode 80: Shipping schema, GMB messaging, ads affecting SEO
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:
Shipping schema: New options for e-commerce retailers in search
GMB messaging: Google rolls out more in-depth update messaging in GMB
Ads affecting SEO: Do ads or the type of ads impact rankings?
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Sep 21, 2020 • 31min
Episode 79: Google HTTP2, cheap hosting and rankings and ITP in iOS14
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:
Googlebot moving to HTTP/2: What does this mean for SEOs and webmasters?
Cheap hosting and SEO: A recent study suggests that cheap, shared hosting could be bad for your rankings.
ITP in iOS14: The latest headline notes on Intelligent Tracking Prevention and iOS14
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Sep 14, 2020 • 39min
Episode 78: The PPC bumper episode of updates
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook and Rob Lewis talking about:
Shopping ads showing in any country: A Google Shopping update that can show products in any country, depending on language.
Update in location reporting: Google removing actual physical location data
Search terms report data: Rob's approach to dealing with missing search term data
Microsoft Ads updates: The raft of new features coming to Microsoft Advertising
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Sep 7, 2020 • 30min
Episode 77: Search term keyword data reduced, price hikes and Q&A
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:
Search terms report data slashed: Google has reduced the amount of data that is going to be accessible to Google Ad advertisers. What could this mean for the future?
Google Ads price hides: In response to new digital taxes, Google has passed the price increase onto advertisers.
Listener Q&A: Your SEO questions, on Javascript, indexing, and internal linking answered!
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Aug 31, 2020 • 24min
Episode 76: Content with more crunch with Elodie Partridge
What's in this episode?
In this episode, you will hear a SearchNorwich recording of Elodie Patridge giving her talk "Content with more crunch". Elodie explores how Google's changing focus away from keywords and towards entities should affect your SEO strategy.
You can watch the full video the talk and see slides at https://search.withcandour.co.uk and learn more about SearchNorwich at https://searchnorwich.org

Aug 24, 2020 • 40min
Episode 75: Women in Tech SEO with Areej AbuAli
What's in this episode:
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking to Areej AbuAli, founder of Women in Tech SEO for a conversation about getting starting in the SEO industry, the Women in Tech SEO community, speaking opportunities, mentor programmes and how anyone that identifies as a woman, can become involved.
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Aug 17, 2020 • 40min
Episode 74: Google glitches, GMB updates, GPT-3 and Q&A
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:
The big Google glitch: Another problem at Google this year led many SEOs to believe there had been one of the biggest algorithm changes in the last few years.
GMB updates: New ways to update Google My Business information and new insights are coming
GPT-3 thoughts: A brief look at GPT-3 and some of its content generation uses
Listener Q&A: Your SEO questions, answered!
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Aug 10, 2020 • 32min
Episode 73: GSC API changes, quality rater update and what is not a ranking factor
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:
GSC API updates: If you're using the Search Console API, Google is making changes you need to be aware of.
Quality rater information: Google has published an up to date guide on their search quality raters.
What is not a ranking factor: Barry Schwartz has published a cited list of ranking factors Google has said they do not use.
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Aug 3, 2020 • 33min
Episode 72: Buy with Google, Internal ranking documents and infinite scroll CLS
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:
Buy with Google: Google opening up their checkout to third parties
Internal ranking documents: Have Google been lying to us about how they use click data?
Infinite scroll and CLS: Tips on how to improve your CLS score with infinite scroll sites
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk

Jul 27, 2020 • 23min
Episode 71: News in GSC, Weird SEO and Google Web Stories
In this episode, you will hear Mark Williams-Cook talking about:
News in GSC: The new 'News' filter being added to Google Search Console
Weird SEO: A thread of the weirdest things you've been told about SEO
Google Stories: An overview of the Google Stories AMP project and new open beta Wordpress plugin.
You can get the full transcription and links to resources at https://search.withcandour.co.uk