
SEO in 2025
SEO is continuing to change at an alarming pace. And yet, in some sense, the principles of good SEO remain the same.
Hello, and welcome to SEO in 2025 – a significant repository of current thinking from many of the world’s leading SEOs.
We're pleased to be able to welcome you to the fourth book and fourth series in this podcast, now well and truly an annual tradition, brought to you by Majestic.
“Consider this book the Bible of SEO—a comprehensive, fresh, and highly actionable resource that sets the standard in the industry each year.”
PAM AUNGST CRONIN
President/Owner, PamAnnMarketing.com
“SEOin2025 is the best up-to-date, comprehensive resource out there to understand the main SEO trends and how to stay ahead next year.”
ALEYDA SOLIS
International SEO Consultant & Founder, Orainti
“I’ve been participating in this series for years now and have found the value to be consistently high!”
KEVIN INDIG
Growth Consultant, Kevin-Indig.com
“The ‘SEO in’ series has become my annual touchstone to get an overview of what some of the best in the industry are thinking.”
MARK WILLIAMS-COOK
Director, AlsoAsked/Candour
“The SEO in 2022, 2023, 2024 and now 2025 is by far my favorite way to refresh my SEO knowledge and get some inspiration before the new year. It is also super helpful for planning priorities or things to test in the following year. That's the book for December! Thank you for this initiative. I don't think this is definitely the best of the best books with SEO tips.”
OLGA ZARR
SEO Consultant at SEOSLY
“David's annual edition where the world’s leading SEOs share their number 1, actionable tip is an essential book for any digital marketer who wants to create actionable and valuable strategies for the year ahead and am honoured to be part of 2025's edition. The different skillsets of selected SEOs mean you'll be spoilt for choice on the different approaches to SEO and how they are valuable to you, your business and you clients.”
ALEX MOSS
Principal SEO, Yoast & Co-Founder, FireCask
“Once again, David has brought together some of the brightest minds in the industry and squeezed them together to produce raw, distilled insight. This is a must-read for anybody wanting to get ahead online.”
JONO ALDERSON
Independent Technical SEO Consultant
“The annual SEO book by Majestic and David is truly the ultimate SEO cheat code of the year! It's packed with timeless strategies and smart approaches—no shortcuts here, just solid insights for sustainable success. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, this book has something for everyone. I'm honoured to be part of a community of elite SEOs sharing our knowledge to help others succeed. This is a must-read!”
DRE DE VERA
Host/Producer, SEO Video Show
Latest episodes

Jan 19, 2024 • 15min
The new AI landscape flips around the technical SEO rules - with Ulrika Viberg
Ulrika Viberg and David Bain discuss how the new AI landscape we all have found ourselves in flips around the technical SEO rules.Discussion points include:What are the rules for technical SEO in 2024?How has AI altered this?How do we focus better on semantics on how does this assist AI?How do we better position our AI for AI?How do we mark up our content better for machines?Can we automate the marking up of our content?

Jan 18, 2024 • 19min
The resurgence of BrandSEO due to the rise of SGE - with Miracle Inameti-Archibong
Miracle Inameti-Archibong and David discuss the resurgence of BrandSEO due to the rise of SGE.Discussion points include:What does brand SEO actually mean?How do you improve your brand SEO?How do you work closely with other marketing teams to promote the brand?What does brand SEO success look like?How do you measure brand SEO performance?What brand SEO opportunities does SGE offer?Any other SGE opportunities?Any SGE concerns?

Jan 17, 2024 • 17min
Combatting cannibalisation and utilising the reviews system to take advantage of Google’s updates
In this episode, David and Charlie discuss why you should be combatting cannibalisation and utilising the reviews system to take advantage of Google’s updates.Topics include:- What are the biggest cannibalisation issues?- How does cannibalisation impact SEO?- How does this impact content?- What do you mean by utilising the reviews system?- How do reviews positively impact SEO?

Jan 16, 2024 • 16min
Use Connected Schema Markup to prepare your organization for AI - with Martha van Berkel
Martha van Berkel and David discuss how to use connected Schema Markup to prepare your organization for AI and build your company's knowledge graph.Discussion points include:What does optimizing your site and using schema markup in a connected way mean?What are your 3 tips for doing "connected" schema markup? Why does this matter?Why this is important for what's changing in Search - (SGE, ChatGPT/Bing)?How does this position SEO to be the hero in preparing marketing data for broader AI initiatives? What does this mean for the future role of SEO?

Jan 15, 2024 • 19min
The Importance of Visual Elements is going to be more important than ever - Mufaddal Sadriwala
Mufaddal and David discuss the Importance of how visual elements are going to be more than ever in the new world of SGE.Discussion points include:Why are visual elements becoming more important?What are examples of the visual elements you mean?How do you optimise these visual elements?Where do they appear?What measurable result does this deliver?

Jan 12, 2024 • 17min
Consider Google’s incentive to index your site and prepare for the next chapter of the internet – with Jono Alderson
Independent Technical SEO Consultant Jono Alderson advises that you cast an impartial eye across your site, asking why Google would want to crawl, index, and rank what you’re offering.

Jan 11, 2024 • 18min
Keep a closer eye on the ever-changing SERPs – with Julia-Carolin Zeng
Julia-Carolin Zeng from Charlie on the Move would like to share that the opportunity you are optimizing for is constantly evolving, thanks to the shifting SERP.

Jan 10, 2024 • 15min
Don't forget the power of TikTok when planning your SEO strategy - Mathilde Høj
In this episode, David and Mathilde discuss why you shouldn't forget the power of TikTok when planning your SEO strategy.Discussion points include:- How does TikTok work as a search engine?- How do you determine if your audience is on there?- Do you conduct keyword research?- How do you optimise your content?- What is the best publishing schedule?- Any other ways to optimise content?

Jan 9, 2024 • 21min
Watch out for better, AI-powered technical SEO tools – with Pam Aungst Cronin
In addition to using services like ChatGPT natively, you should also keep an eye out for better, AI-powered technical SEO tools launching in the near future, says Pam Aungst Cronin from Pam Ann Marketing.

Jan 8, 2024 • 16min
Build your own prompt libraries for your clients – with Victoria Olsina
SEO Consultant and Speaker Victoria Olsina says that having a single prompt library might not be enough. You need multiple prompt libraries, one for each client.
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