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02.10.2023

32 min listen

With Jack Chambers-Ward & Mark Williams-Cook

Season 2 Episode 89

Helpful content update fallout and do links still matter in 2023?

Podcast episode artwork for Search With Candour podcast featuring the host, Jack Chambers-Ward, and his co-host Mark Williams-Cook

The duo of Jack Chambers-Ward & Mark Williams-Cook reunite once again to bring you the latest SEO news, updates and hot takes.

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This week, Jack Chambers-Ward is joined once again by Mark Williams-Cook to discuss:

September 2023 helpful content update - https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-september-2023-helpful-content-update-changes-to-the-algorithm/496454/
SISTRIX's analysis of the HCU fallout - https://www.sistrix.com/blog/google-helpful-content-update-september-2023/
"Links are no longer a top 3 ranking factor" - Gary Illyes from Google - https://searchengineland.com/links-google-search-ranking-factor-gary-illyes-432422

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Mark Williams-Cook (holding Snoop the dog) and Jack Chambers-Ward standing together, smiling. Jack is wearing an Opeth t-shirt. They are a cool Scandinavian metal band, apparently.