Chris Turnbull: Navigating The Changing Landscape of Local SEO

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The Unscripted SEO Interview Podcast

Jeremy Rivera

100 episodes

2 days ago

Hosted by Jeremy Rivera: A 17 year career expert in the SEO industry and his cohost Keith Bresee. Get insights, action items and anecdotes from experts like Lilyray, Kevin Indig, Rand Fishkin, Matt Mellinger and more in the SEO industry, who are not only well-respected, but have really interesting stories to share. 100% unscripted, 100% unrehearsed, 100% unedited, and 100% real. Guaranteed to provide those golden nugget lightbulb moments.

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Chris Turnbull: Navigating The Changing Landscape of Local SEO

The Unscripted SEO Interview Podcast

42 minutes 28 seconds

1 month ago

Chris Turnbull: Navigating The Changing Landscape of Local SEO

Episode: Unscripted SEO Podcast Host: Jeremy Rivera - Unscripted Podcast Guest: Chris Turnbull, Founder of Catalyst Marketing Duration: ~45 minutes Episode Description Join Jeremy Rivera as he sits down with Chris Turnbull, founder of Catalyst Marketing, for an unfiltered discussion about how SEO has evolved over the past 13 years. From Google's monopolistic behavior to the rise of AI overviews, this conversation explores why local SEO has remained surprisingly stable while broader search continues to fragment across multiple platforms. Chris shares insights from his journey from apprentice SEO to agency founder, specializing in performance marketing for local service businesses. The duo dives deep into the breakdown of traditional content marketing, the rise of user-generated content, and why Reddit posts now carry the same weight as backlinks from 2015. Key Topics Covered The Google Monopoly & Search Evolution How Google evolved from "organizing the world's data" to "being the world's data" The enshitification of search results and AI overview accuracy issues Why we've become "beta testers" for tech corporations The removal of search liaison positions and lack of feedback loops Local SEO: What's Changed vs. What Hasn't Why local SEO fundamentals from 2008 still work today The continued importance of Google Business Profile, citations, and reviews How LLMs heavily weight reviews and local mentions Digital PR as the evolution of community involvement The Content Creation Paradox Google's contradictory demand to "create content for humans" while using bots to consume it The problem of trillion duplicate articles from marketing agencies How algorithm updates have created unsustainable content cycles The information contamination problem with...