SEO 101

In this episode of the SEO 101 Podcast, Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte dive into Google's AI Overviews, shifting search behaviors, and declining organic clicks. They discuss Gemini 3's global rollout, AI's growing influence on user queries, crawling and indexing challenges, Googlebot file limits, and potential crackdowns on self-promotional listicles, while emphasizing strategies for visibility amidst these major changes.

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In this episode of the SEO 101 Podcast, Scott Van Achte covers the latest on ChatGPT paid ads, organic search traffic trends, and the impact of AI overviews; especially misinformation in health topics. He discusses local keyword search behavior in ChatGPT, core web vitals' limited effect on AI rankings, LLMs.txt usage, and key insights on impressions in Google Search Console.

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In this episode of the SEO 101 podcast, Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte review their 2025 SEO predictions, discuss Google's December 2025 core update, analyze the growing impact of AI on search and content creation, address local SEO challenges, the evolution of search layouts, and share key predictions and practical advice for thriving in the rapidly changing SEO landscape for 2026.

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In this episode of SEO 101, Ross Dunn and Scott Van Achte dive into the rapid evolution of AI in SEO, Google's underinvestment in AI, core SEO quality factors for AI search, AI overviews in search results, and their impact on click-through rates. They also discuss local SEO issues, Google business profile review bugs, and actionable strategies for small business success in 2026.

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In this episode of SEO 101, Scott Van Achte covers the December 2025 Google core update, ongoing search ranking volatility, and changes to Google Search Console including AI-powered configuration and new social insights. He also discusses the relevance of LLMs.txt, a study on AI mode and transactional queries, and best practices for structured data in Google Shopping.

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