Grumpy SEO Guy

About Grumpy SEO Guy

Everything I've learned in 14 years of running an SEO agency. Learn how to get, and keep, websites at the top of the search engines. If you listen to this podcast you will know more about how the SEO industry works than 99% of SEO "professionals."

Publisher

Grumpy SEO Guy

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 May 2023

Latest episode

15 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

147 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Apr 2026

   Should You Use AI Content in 2026 - Episode 145

   Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy (https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy) Should you use AI content? What people have told me. What I do. Search engine land article: https://searchengineland.com/ai-generated-content-google-search-experiment-472234 (https://searchengineland.com/ai-generated-content-google-search-experiment-472234) ahrefs article: https://ahrefs.com/blog/ai-generated-content-does-not-hurt-your-google-rankings/ (https://ahrefs.com/blog/ai-generated-content-does-not-hurt-your-google-rankings/)

2. 

   25 Mar 2026

   Can You Rank Without Backlinks? (SHORT VERSION) - Episode 144

   4 cases where people say they can rank without backlinks. Is this correct? Do you actually need backlinks? Penalty episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElGAxpB8q1A) Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy (https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy)

3. 

   20 Mar 2026

   Bad Answers to A Popular Question - (SEO Is Not About Your Website) - Episode 143

   Please help keep this podcast free: https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy (https://www.patreon.com/grumpyseoguy) It's not "what can I do to my website?" It's "how does my SEO compare to my competitors?" There is very little you can do to your new websites to improve your SEO. Because that's not how SEO works. Luckily for you, we explain what that is in this episode.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

77,285

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

25 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

127 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

85

Engagement

85

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