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Episode Synopsis
Jack Chambers-Ward and Mark Williams-Cook reunite in the Candour studio to discuss the early reactions to SearchGPT, the helpful content update might not be what you think and how robots.txt can interact with redirects to cause indexing confusion.
Links and resources
SE Ranking SearchGPT research
Combined SearchGPT analysis on SEJ
The helpful content update isn't what you think it is
When robots.txt gets stuck in the middle of your redirects
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:12 - Sponsor: Optmyzr
00:04:02 - Live podcast in Brighton on 2 Oct 2024
00:06:01 - Early reactions to SearchGPT
00:26:26 - The helpful content update was not what you think
00:37:03 - What happens when redirect URLs are blocked by robots.txt?
00:43:00 - SEO is heading towards a big change
00:45:17 - Outro
Links and resources
SE Ranking SearchGPT research
Combined SearchGPT analysis on SEJ
The helpful content update isn't what you think it is
When robots.txt gets stuck in the middle of your redirects
Sponsors
Start your 14-day free trial of Optmyzr
Book your personalised Optmyzr demo
Get your free ticket for the live podcast in Brighton
Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:12 - Sponsor: Optmyzr
00:04:02 - Live podcast in Brighton on 2 Oct 2024
00:06:01 - Early reactions to SearchGPT
00:26:26 - The helpful content update was not what you think
00:37:03 - What happens when redirect URLs are blocked by robots.txt?
00:43:00 - SEO is heading towards a big change
00:45:17 - Outro
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