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SEO F**king What - Get Found on Google and make money from your website with practical SEO tips

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This podcast exists because you deserve better than the SEO bollocks currently being sold to you. Every week, I'll give you 10-15 minutes of straight talk about SEO. Practical advice that actually works for B2B websites trying to get found on Google/search and make money. The kind of stuff that's been proven over years, not dreamed up last Tuesday by some LinkedIn tosspot. Real SEO from someone who's been doing this since dial-up was considered fast. I'll tell you what works, what's complete nonsense, and which tactics will get your website buried faster than you can say "guaranteed first page rankings." I'm calling out the bullshitters. The agencies promising the world and delivering fuck all. The LinkedIn gooroos flogging courses about things that don't actually exist. The AI SEO "hacks" destroying perfectly good websites. The expensive tools you don't need. The "experts" who learned SEO from a YouTube video three months ago. If someone's talking bollocks about SEO, you'll hear about it here. More importantly, I'm telling you what to do instead. Every rant comes with actual, practical steps you can take. Real actions that get results, not theory that sounds clever but does bugger all for your rankings. "Do this, then do that, and you'll see movement." That's it. That's the format. You're running a B2B business or managing a B2B website. You've probably been burned by an SEO agency before. Maybe they took your money and delivered a fancy report full of words that meant absolutely nothing. Or they promised first page rankings and disappeared after six months of bugger all results. You're sick of reading blog posts that say nothing in 2000 words. You're tired of SEO "tips" that are either blindingly obvious or completely bizarre. You want someone to cut through the crap and tell you what actually matters for your business, not what works for some massive ecommerce site with a budget the size of a small country. You don't need a PhD in technical SEO. You need to know what's worth your time and what's complete bollocks. You need to know which tactics will actually bring in leads and which ones are just expensive ways to make yourself feel busy. That's what I'm here for. This isn't some sanitised, corporate-approved SEO podcast where everyone's lovely and we pretend all tactics are equally valid. They're not. Some are brilliant. Most are pointless. And some will actively fuck up your website while the "expert" who recommended them is off selling the same dodgy advice to the next poor sod. I swear. A lot. If that bothers you, there are plenty of other podcasts out there with hosts who never offend anyone. Go find them. They're very nice. They're also very boring. This also isn't a podcast that assumes you're stupid. You're not. You're just busy running a business and don't have time to decode the latest algorithm update or work out which SEO tactic is legitimate and which one's complete fantasy. Fifteen minutes. One topic. I'll tell you what's pissing me off this week in the SEO industry, why it matters to your website, and what you should actually do about it. Then I'm done. You can get back to running your business. New episodes drop weekly, because the SEO industry creates fresh bullshit faster than I can rant about it. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss the next time some gooroo invents a new problem to sell you the solution to. Welcome to SEO F**king What? Let's fix your website.

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Episode thumbnail for Why Good SEO Means Ignoring Content 'Advice' From Business Coaches

August 2, 2026

Why Good SEO Means Ignoring Content 'Advice' From Business Coaches

<p>The business coach told you to stop giving your knowledge away for free. That advice is keeping your website invisible, and I'm about to explain exactly how.</p><p>Hi, I'm <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkipilkington/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nikki Pilkington</a>. My site is <u><a href="https://nikki-pilkington.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nikki-pilkington.com/</a></u> and in this episode of "SEO F**king What", I'm coming for the business coaches — specifically the ones telling you that publishing your best stuff for free trains people to do it themselves and costs you work. It's bollocks. Absolute cast-iron, weapons-grade bollocks. And the funniest part is that they're delivering that bollocks to you via free LinkedIn posts, free newsletters and free webinars, because they want you to buy their expensive thing.</p><p>Here's what I'm covering: — The bit nobody says out loud: everyone telling you free content devalues your expertise is telling you that in free content — What "don't give away your best stuff" actually means in practice — publish things that look clever but can't be acted on — and why that's much worse advice — Why Google has nothing to rank when your site is four pages of "bespoke solutions tailored to your client's unique requirements" — Why the person who reads your guide and does it themselves was never going to hire you in the first place — How free content does your lead qualifying for you, and why the alternative is a market that competes on price alone — The line between free resources and free labour, and why "free SEO audits" sit firmly on the wrong side of it — Why nobody has ever read a recipe and become a chef</p><p>I also give you a proper piece of homework. Four jobs, actually. Not the "might do that one day" kind. The actual do-it-this-week kind, starting with one page that will probably outrank your services page inside a couple of months.</p><p>If you know someone who's been told to keep their expertise to themselves and can't work out why their website is invisible, send them this. It might be the thing that finally makes it click.</p><p>Get found. Make money. Stop stressing. Give your shit away.</p><p><strong>Links mentioned: </strong></p><p>Non-Wanky SEO Courses (free at the moment): <u><a href="https://nonwankyseo.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nonwankyseo.com</a></u></p><p>Episode 33 — The Truth About "Free" SEO Audits (Don't Get Conned): <u><a href="https://seofuckingwhatpodcast.co.uk/episode/the-truth-about-free-seo-audits-dont-get-conned" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://seofuckingwhatpodcast.co.uk/episode/the-truth-about-free-seo-audits-dont-get-conned</a></u></p><p><a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/hollycchristie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Holly Christie</a>, Websites Made Simple: <u><a href="https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://websitesmadesimple.co.uk/</a></u></p><p>Follow Nikki:</p><p>LinkedIn: <u><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkipilkington/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkipilkington/</a></u></p><p>Instagram: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikkipilkington/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/nikkipilkington/</a></u></p><p>Bluesky: <u><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nikkipilkington.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/nikkipilkington.bsky.social</a></u></p><p>Mentioned in this episode:</p><p><strong>ICN Network</strong></p>

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July 26, 2026

The SEO Industry is Fu... errrmmm... Eating its Own Future

<p>I'm going to say something that's going to piss off anyone currently building their entire SEO career on AI prompts: if you've never done the boring stuff manually, you can't tell when the AI is lying to you. There. I said it.</p><p>Hi, I'm Nikki Pilkington. My site is <u><a href="https://nikki-pilkington.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nikki-pilkington.com/</a></u> and in this episode of "SEO F**king What", I'm talking about the thing that's actually keeping me up at night — not a Google update, not a dodgy agency tactic, but a slow-motion skills crisis the SEO industry is bringing entirely on itself.</p><p>It started with a LinkedIn post from the brilliant <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jo-furnival-65613325" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jo Furnival</a> at <a href="https://sitebulb.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sitebulb</a>, about junior SEOs feeling like they're falling behind because they're not building elaborate AI workflows. She's right that the boring work still wins. But it got me thinking about something bigger: a whole generation of SEOs and copywriters are being handed AI tools before they've ever learned how any of this actually works — and that's a problem for all of us, not just them.</p><p><strong>Here's what I'm covering:</strong></p><ul><li>Why you can't judge whether an AI's SEO advice is right or catastrophically wrong until you've done the work yourself</li><li>The difference between operating a tool and having actual judgment — and why only one of those survives contact with a messy real website</li><li>Why the same skills gap is opening up in copywriting, not just SEO</li><li>Where the "it's just a calculator" argument for AI falls apart if you don't understand the maths</li><li>What happens to the industry in three years' time when a whole generation skips the learning stage</li><li>Four practical things to do right now if you're early in your career (or managing someone who is)</li></ul><br/><p>And yes, there's homework. Not the "might get round to it one day" kind — the pick-one-thing-and-learn-it-properly-this-week kind. I walk you through exactly what to do in the episode.</p><p>If you're managing a junior SEO, or you are one, and you've been handed a stack of AI tools with no actual training — send them this. It might be the thing that stops a very expensive skills gap from becoming their problem in three years' time.</p><p><strong>Get found. Make money. And for the love of all that is holy, learn the fucking basics before you let the AI do the thinking for you.</strong></p><p><strong>Links mentioned:</strong></p><p>Non-Wanky SEO Toolkit (free for now, usually £200): <u><a href="https://nonwankyseo.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nonwankyseo.com</a></u></p><p>Sitebulb (Jo Furnival's website crawler): <u><a href="https://sitebulb.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sitebulb.com</a></u></p><p><strong>Follow Nikki:</strong></p><p>LinkedIn: <u><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkipilkington/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkipilkington/</a></u></p><p>Instagram: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikkipilkington/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/nikkipilkington/</a></u></p><p>Bluesky: <u><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nikkipilkington.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/nikkipilkington.bsky.social</a></u></p><p>Mentioned in this episode:</p><p><strong>ICN Network</strong></p>

Episode thumbnail for The Truth About "Free" SEO Audits (Don't Get Conned)

July 19, 2026

The Truth About "Free" SEO Audits (Don't Get Conned)

<p>That free SEO audit is not free. It's a sales pitch with a spreadsheet on top. It took them 20 minutes, and it's about to cost you a whole lot more. There. I said it.</p><p>Hi, I'm Nikki Pilkington. My site is <u><a href="https://nikki-pilkington.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nikki-pilkington.com/</a></u> and in this episode of "SEO F**king What", I'm pulling apart one of the sneakiest tricks in the industry — the "free SEO audit" that lands in your inbox looking like a favour and is actually a lead-generation funnel with your URL on the cover. Most of them aren't audits at all. They're crawl reports with branding on top, engineered to scare you into signing a contract before you've had time to think.</p><p>Here's what I'm covering: — Why most "free SEO audits" are lead-gen tools in disguise, not audits — How a 10-minute crawl gets dressed up in red and orange to look like a catastrophe — Why every website "fails" a crawl — and why that's completely normal — The manufactured urgency trick, and why an agency that's never spoken to you can't possibly know if Google is penalising you — What a genuine free audit actually contains: full disclosure, what's working, prioritised fixes and zero panic — The three questions to run every free audit through before you take it seriously — Why the free audit is their best foot forward, and what that tells you about the work you'd pay for</p><p>I also give you a proper piece of homework. Not the "might do that one day" kind. The actual do-it-this-week kind.</p><p>If you know someone sitting on a scary-looking "free audit" PDF, wondering whether to panic and sign, send them this. It might save them thousands.</p><p>Get found. Make money. Stop stressing. And stop falling for a sales pitch dressed up as a service.</p><p>Links mentioned: Non-Wanky SEO Course: <u><a href="https://nonwankyseo.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nonwankyseo.com</a></u></p><p><strong>Related listening</strong> — <a href="https://seofuckingwhatpodcast.co.uk/episode/what-the-fk-your-seo-is-actually-charging-you-for-and-why-its-a-scam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Episode 9</a> (the agency red flags you should be running from) and <a href="https://seofuckingwhatpodcast.co.uk/episode/dont-be-conned-into-paying-for-an-ai-search-optimisation-audit-ffs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Episode 15</a> (the paid audit that cost a client thousands and still missed the basics)</p><p><strong>Follow Nikki: </strong></p><p>LinkedIn: <u><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkipilkington/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkipilkington/</a></u></p><p>Instagram: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikkipilkington/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/nikkipilkington/</a></u> Bluesky: <u><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/nikkipilkington.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/nikkipilkington.bsky.social</a></u></p>

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What is SEO F**king What - Get Found on Google and make money from your website with practical SEO tips?

This podcast exists because you deserve better than the SEO bollocks currently being sold to you.

Every week, I'll give you 10-15 minutes of straight talk about SEO. Practical advice that actually works for B2B websites trying to get found on Google/search and make money. The kind of stuff that's been proven over years, not dreamed up last Tuesday by some LinkedIn tosspot.

Real SEO from someone who's been doing this since dial-up was considered fast. I'll tell you what works, what's complete nonsense, and which tactics will get your website buried faster than you can say "guaranteed first page rankings."

I'm calling out the bullshitters. The agencies promising the world and delivering fuck all. The LinkedIn gooroos flogging courses about things that don't actually exist. The AI SEO "hacks" destroying perfectly good websites. The expensive tools you don't need. The "experts" who learned SEO from a YouTube video three months ago. If someone's talking bollocks about SEO, you'll hear about it here.

More importantly, I'm telling you what to do instead. Every rant comes with actual, practical steps you can take. Real actions that get results, not theory that sounds clever but does bugger all for your rankings. "Do this, then do that, and you'll see movement." That's it. That's the format.

You're running a B2B business or managing a B2B website. You've probably been burned by an SEO agency before. Maybe they took your money and delivered a fancy report full of words that meant absolutely nothing. Or they promised first page rankings and disappeared after six months of bugger all results.

You're sick of reading blog posts that say nothing in 2000 words. You're tired of SEO "tips" that are either blindingly obvious or completely bizarre. You want someone to cut through the crap and tell you what actually matters for your business, not what works for some massive ecommerce site with a budget the size of a small country.

You don't need a PhD in technical SEO. You need to know what's worth your time and what's complete bollocks. You need to know which tactics will actually bring in leads and which ones are just expensive ways to make yourself feel busy. That's what I'm here for.

This isn't some sanitised, corporate-approved SEO podcast where everyone's lovely and we pretend all tactics are equally valid. They're not. Some are brilliant. Most are pointless. And some will actively fuck up your website while the "expert" who recommended them is off selling the same dodgy advice to the next poor sod.

I swear. A lot. If that bothers you, there are plenty of other podcasts out there with hosts who never offend anyone. Go find them. They're very nice. They're also very boring.

This also isn't a podcast that assumes you're stupid. You're not. You're just busy running a business and don't have time to decode the latest algorithm update or work out which SEO tactic is legitimate and which one's complete fantasy.

Fifteen minutes. One topic. I'll tell you what's pissing me off this week in the SEO industry, why it matters to your website, and what you should actually do about it. Then I'm done. You can get back to running your business.

New episodes drop weekly, because the SEO industry creates fresh bullshit faster than I can rant about it. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss the next time some gooroo invents a new problem to sell you the solution to.

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