Question

What are some go-to SEO resources that are less obvious? Not talking SEJ, SEL, Roundtable or Google patents, but rather some hidden gems.  

Answer 1

People only hate Neil because he’s a hustler then others jump on the bandwagon ‍♂️‍♂️

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@miletus3 No it's because he isn't an SEO and never has been and all of his stuff if not the majority of it is written by other people who know what they are talking about. He's a great marketer but not an SEO which is why he gets a lot of stick.  

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We should all be like Neil. No SEO marketers that rank on the 1st page for thousands of high volume keywords.  

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@stoops Without a doubt, he's got a great team, great marketing, a great plan, etc, etc. But @punchball59914 is right IMO, he is not an SEO. All of the money in the world and all of the rank that his team gets him, isn't going to change that. An SEO is somebody who actually performs SEO, he does not.  

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I’m not a fan because his content seems to drone on and on.  

Answer 2

@serpasil’s newsletter/notebook is killer.  

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@frottage +1

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+1 Steve's the man

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Is it possible to get the past weeks notes? I only just signed up today.  

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Wow - thanks! I've had a glance at a few of them, they all look super high quality. Thanks for sharing @serpasil

Answer 3

Why so much hate for Neil Patel in this group?  

Answer 4

I really enjoy @serpasil’s SEO Notebook What the AFF  ^ yes that’s my referral link I want to see what’s in the fb group lol But honestly the hidden gem is going out and meeting people. I’ve learnt more from my network that I could ever imagine learning from a course / blog etc.  
http://ref.wtaff.co/ref/Ug31997240/

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@kumquat such an amazing newsletter!  

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@kumquat 2nd vote for seo notebook!  

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signed up!  

Answer 5

Glenn Allsopp, Brian Dean's backlinko or STW, SEO By Sea etc. No self promotion BS as they simply dont need it.  

Answer 6

Dev. to because it's geared towards developers

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@vasquez +1

Answer 7

@titanium76907 Abdul Muqsit lol :-P

Answer 8

Kyle Roof IMG group is good

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@aldenalder95576 just joined and loving it!  

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Free to join!  

Answer 9

Try to think for myself to be honest lol

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@punchball59914, that is irrelevant. Of course you need to think for yourself, that is not even up for discussion. However, I would expect you to still get information from several sources and THEN make up your mind, right?  

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@sst Yes very true point taken. There's just so much noise in this industry I find it hard to even want to look at some of it. I get spammed every day in work from managers trying to look like they know something who constantly share stuff from SEL, SEJ, Roundtable or Moz in groups or from that bloody nuzzle newsletter. That I've just started switching off from it all.  

Answer 10

Authority Hacker and the Ahrefs blog - decent content on there as well

Answer 11

I’d rather concede  

Answer 12

Trial and error and testing stuff yourself instead of reading what the latest guru tells you what works or what doesn't.  

Answer 13

Neil knows something though most seos ignore. Go run his site through Gtmetrix. com and it's flawless. Run digitalmarketer. com or billygeneismarkering. com and you'll see what I mean. Whole industry ignores that better website speed and performance drastically impacts SEO. Not complaining though, we outrank any campaign easily because of this "hidden" gem.  

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This doesn’t exactly prove that, though. Show me the correlation between performance improvement and the score. I don’t think people ignore it, but I would say there is doubt about the strength of its correlation as you have stated it. We would all welcome more clarity around it

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Because it doesn't exist.  

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@touchback for those that DO understand SEO you just made it blatantly obvious that you don't.  

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Yet my company consistently outperforms any other SEO company on the industry. Light years ahead of all of our "SEO" competition. There is a solid correlation between user experience, performance, speed and ranking. As long as the industry fails to grasp this, just makes our jobs easier over here.  

Answer 14

SEO by the Sea? lol. yea, that's how I roll

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@deathless great guide on local maps algo there!  

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Why is it bad?  

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@assembly, what do you mean? No-one said it was bad. Quite the opposite.  

Answer 15

What's that woman who does the breakdowns of all the updates? I forgot her name and it's lost in the bookmarks but I used her a lot in 2018.  

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@malefaction Marie Haynes? She’s great!  

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Lol in every update she has 'tons' of clients implementing her "E-A-T recommendations" and recovering and even surpassing their previous traffic stats  

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Brandon, is that bad?  

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@malefaction Seems suspicious to me. That and the fact she became some kind of Google's spokeswoman have made me pay less attention to what she says. ‍♂️

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I found her very useful back then. BTW, how the **** does your company have 19K FB likes for a digital marketer?  

Answer 16

Slack channel: Traffic Think Tank is quite good

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@toady is there a join link?  

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@bowyer673 sure -  but it is not free though  
https://trafficthinktank.com/

Answer 17

This group (SEO Signals Lab). The information I find here is unmatchable. It's like a one stop shop for all types of SEO needs. Hats off to the admin for running it so successfully.  

Answer 18

This meme  

Answer 19

Then you are probably wrong anyway. No win for you!  

Answer 20

I'll be honest, I still enjoy rand fishkin videos. Less for the SEO facts and more on the UX ideas

Answer 21

“And you know wa? ”

Answer 22

Kevin Indig

Answer 23

I dont get it why so much hate to neil? As a beginner I find his yt videos useful. Seo pro's please enlighten me

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@anthropophagy8058 most of his blog is stolen material.  

Answer 24

Edward Kubaitis Kyle Roof @bowyer673 these 3 and their guests crack the hard shell of SEO on a weekly basis. They are my preferred filter of truth and relevance, they are my rankbrain.  

Answer 25

I’m learning a bit from quick sprout. I get that he’s not the guy for hardcore seo shit but as a broad overview of digital marketing, I’m getting value.  

Answer 26

IMG  

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Would like to add any team or group of SEO's who are using SEO tests to reverse engineer the algorithm, on a constant basis, what ranks today may not rank tomorrow.  

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Also does it help if my profile picture is SEO fight club on Roku?! Lol

Answer 27

*by Neil Patel's ghostwriter

Answer 28

My business partner and i give out free info and do a podcast on  
https://sirlinksalot.co/seo-blog/

Answer 29

The Neil Patel jokes never get old

Answer 30

Fb groups, your own data, friends

Answer 31

Here is What I do: I optimize a few keywords and revamp content, design, navigation, technical portion of page, anything else, etc. And rank that page better than what it used to be. This way my Client trusts me and do not need proof of any change I propose. Why not do something they can actually see results and save yourself from wrong. I personally read all of them and I still do: NP, Barry, john Mu, SEORoundtable, SEJ, Moz, rankFishkin, etc. Personally I feel there is not much to learn after 2-3 years of learning. Now any thing new you just naturally come up with solution or strategies.  

Answer 32

@grainger5 Woodward all day err day

Answer 33

A thing called SEO Notebook

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I tried to join some but got rejected lol

Answer 34

The meme is killing me!  

Answer 35

Stop trying to prove to other SEO's what works. Challenge them to a SEO duel like the rest of us living in 2020 lol

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@roadway, why an SEO duel? Why not a deathmatch?  

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@sst death doesn't prove anything. A duel proves who's strategy works or works better.  

Answer 36

To be fair, he is a marketeer, not an SEO