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Tallest Tree Digital LLC
SEO strategy for publishers who care about journalism, not keyword games. Cord Blomquist breaks down entity SEO, Google's Knowledge Graph, and what actually drives traffic for editorial teams — with real data from real news publishers. Weekly episodes cover the intersection of structured data, internal linking, and Google Discover, drawn from hands-on work with publishers producing thousands of articles a year. No fluff, no growth hacks — just what's working right now for mission-driven publishers.
Google Updates & Search Ranking Systems
In this episode, Cord and Einar discuss Google's new status dashboard, the December 2022 link spam update, Google's visual guide to search elements, Lily Ray's latest tweet regarding Google updates, and Google's guide to its "search ranking systems."
Jan 2, 2023
1 hr 22 min
Think Tank Ranking Preview
In a short episode, Cord and Einar preview the new and improved Tallest Tree Think Tank Ranking. The new rankings will be automated, updated monthly, and incorporate more data than ever.
Dec 12, 2022
31 min
All About Links: JavaScript, HTTP/HTTPS, Link Rot, Ranking, and Link Networks
Cord & Einar discuss all things linking. Can JavaScript links pass PageRank? How do HTTP to HTTPS redirects work? Are old links irrelevant? Will links always be a ranking factor? What's a link graph?
Nov 14, 2022
55 min
How we do SEO audits
In this episode Cord & Einar discuss the ever-evolving Tallest Tree approach to SEO audits.
Nov 7, 2022
1 hr 14 min
A Real "Looker"
In this episode Cord & Einar discuss Google changing Data Studio to Google Looker Studio, SEO conferences, Kevin Indig's take on the latest Google updates, previously visited sitelink icons, and the trouble with timestamps.
Oct 14, 2022
54 min
Title Tags, "Link Juice," and the Death of AMP
In this episode Cord & Einar discuss the title tag length, "link juice," AMP is dead, measuring forms with GA4, how Googlebot handles iframes, and how to think about copies of original content on the web.
Oct 9, 2022
51 min
Mobile Search, iOS 14.5 makes the case for SEO, Core Update Winners/Losers
In this episode Cord & Einar discuss the changes to mobile search, iOS 14.5 makes the case for programmatic SEO, September core update winners/losers, changing URLs, website quality scores, and 4 ways to measure SEO effectiveness.
Oct 4, 2022
1 hr
Helpful Content AI, Exploring GSC Reports, & Yoast Errors
In this episode Cord & Einar discuss the Google September Core Update and how we can measure the effect it's had on website combined with the Helpful Content. We also talk about GSC reports and a fatal error caused by a Yoast plugin update.
Sep 26, 2022
46 min
"Helpful Content" Revisited, Core Web Vitals, Crawl Budget
Why is the "Helpful Content" not very helpful so far? We also discuss new reporting for Core Web Vitals, the worst SEO advice, open-sourcing Yoast schema, and Google's "Search Off The Record" podcast's recent statements on crawl budget.
Sep 7, 2022
43 min
Missing Data, MUM Consensus, Old Events, and Robots.txt
Where has Google's data gone? How to "align with consensus" according to the QRG. What Google says you should do with old events (probably delete them), and our thoughts about robots.txt.
Aug 20, 2022
47 min
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