Canonical Chronicle

Ross Tavendale

The Canonical Chronicle is a digital marketing podcast covering the weird and wonderful world of search engine optimisation, social media, technology and business. Hosted by Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media.

  • 45 minutes 26 seconds
    How we are restructuring our agency

    Structure is very important. In this episode we discuss how we are making sure we have the right seats and career progression at Type A. 

    20 November 2022, 8:42 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    How much money did we make this quarter?

    In this episode we talk about marketing, sales and lead generation. 

    20 November 2022, 8:25 pm
  • 43 minutes 16 seconds
    The numbers are in from our Quarterly Business Review

    In this episode, we go deep on the financials for Type A and some of the things we are talking to the team about as part of our quarterly business reviews. 

    20 November 2022, 5:09 pm
  • 5 minutes 49 seconds
    SEO News as Told by Scott Pilgrim - Canonical Chronicle

    Get this weeks Canonical Chronicle slide deck: http://email.typeamedia.net/  

    A free information pack with all this weeks search news, google updates and insider tips to circulate round your team to keep them informed. 

    =TIMESTAMPS=  

    0:00 Intro 

    1:30 Someone hacked the Twitter account of prominent people in order to launch a bit coin scam.  

    2:15 Google will now notify GMB owners about suspension 

    3:13 Google AI for Churned Users 

    4:04 John Muller Says Search is not a Science    


    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net  

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle  

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube   


    WHO AM I?  

    I'm Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.    

    GET IN TOUCH  

    I'd love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected]  If you're interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP.

    23 July 2020, 11:53 am
  • 8 minutes 15 seconds
    Final diagnosis of the May 2020 Google algorithm update | Canonical Chronicle

    In this week Canonical Chronicle we will be diving into:

    1. A 60 second super cut of what happened in search this week

    2. Final diagnosis of the May 2020 algorithm update - Early speculation appears to suggest that it a role back to pure page rank with many thinking that machine learning will kick in and start altering the SERPs even more over the coming weeks.

    3. Common but avoidable javascript indexing mistakes from Google Engineer Martin Splitt

    4. New search console reports and Bug’s in Google discover

    5. Lastly, we diagnose Google’s response to a webmaster saying that 50% of their traffic is gone due to dodgy links - We get Craig Campbell opinion on this, as well as how to protect from Negative SEO from a SEMRush representative


    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube


    WHO AM I?

    I'm Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.


    GET IN TOUCH

    I'd love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected]


    BECOME A CLIENT

    If you're interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP.

    22 May 2020, 4:27 pm
  • 7 minutes 18 seconds
    Google’s May 2020 core algorithm update majorly affects the SERPs | Canonical Chronicle

    The SEO team at LinkedIn removed most of the domain from search by using the URL removal tool in search console to get rid of the HTTP version.

    Google revealed the fastest growing Ecommerce categories are household items and puzzles as more people are stuck at home. Google have also started surfacing recommendations for your previous searches.

    Google’s May 2020 core #algorithm update majorly affects the SERPs in particular, Real Estate, Travel, Finance and Health.

    == LINKS ==

    https://searchengineland.com/googles-may-2020-core-update-was-big-and-broad-search-data-tools-show-334393

    https://twitter.com/hellemans/status/1259764189289160704

    ALeydaSolis.com

    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube

    WHO AM I?

    I'm Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.

    GET IN TOUCH

    I'd love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected]

    BECOME A CLIENT

    If you're interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP.

    14 May 2020, 3:29 pm
  • 7 minutes 1 second
    Listing Products in The Google Shopping Tab is now FREE | Canonical Chronicle

    Get this weeks Canonical Chronicle slide deck: http://email.typeamedia.net/

    A free information pack with all this weeks search news, google updates and insider tips to circulate round your team to keep them informed.

    == IN THIS VIDEO ==

    In a recent reddit thread, a Google Engineer, has decided to have a little bit of fun with the community by giving intentionally bad SEO advice - If you would like some more hilarious bad advice from Google engineers, they have an entire compilation of them.

    Google makes it free to sell products in search. They announced it will be free for merchants to list products in the Google shopping tab in search results, they are actually turning Google shopping into an organic play again.

    This could be because of Amazon taking more market share and eyeballs from them so they are making a play to dilute their market share by offering up products.

    Now is a great time for merchants to take advantage of the free capital Google can get their hands on in order to maintain market dominance. Just don't expect it to be around for very long.

    Google launches their first lightening talks videos...and they are pretty damn good

    The first of their lightening talks videos was with Martin Splitt talking about javascript and SEO.

    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube

    WHO AM I?

    I'm Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.

    GET IN TOUCH

    I'd love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected]

    BECOME A CLIENT

    If you're interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP.

    7 May 2020, 10:39 am
  • 9 minutes 25 seconds
    Survey Says SEO will boom during the Downturn | Canonical Chronicle

    Get this weeks Canonical Chronicle slide deck: http://email.typeamedia.net/

    A free information pack with all this weeks search news, google updates and insider tips to circulate round your team to keep them informed.

    == IN THIS VIDEO ==

    Hello everyone and welcome to the Canonical Chronicle. We are 3 weeks into the lockdown and we are seeing the industry getting back to work and some news trickle through... finally!

    So in this episode we discuss Google's decision to postpone changes to the partner program, which will mean agencies can retain partner status whilst helping their clients get back on their feet and pivot into a new online environment.

    We go over a new survey by Conduct that says SEO will Boom during the downturn and we discuss what we feel you should be doing as a Business Owner in these uncertain times:

    . Look for constants and build around those

    . Build assets with compounding value

    . Make your money work harder and build cash moats around your

    business

    We hear about a  UK high court judge telling Google they need to show an SEO person their ranking algorithm documents or withdraw them as evidence against their alleged “search bias” in the search results.

    We also take a look at how Google is changing the appearance of Featured Snippets and the ramifications and we see Google issue new advice on generating structured data with Javascript.

    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube

    WHO AM I?

    I'm Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.

    GET IN TOUCH

    I'd love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected]

    BECOME A CLIENT

    If you're interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP.

    16 April 2020, 2:19 pm
  • 10 minutes 59 seconds
    Our 6 months plan against the Coronavirus Pandemic | Canonical Chronicle

    Get this weeks Canonical Chronicle slide deck: http://email.typeamedia.net/

    A free information pack with all this weeks search news, google updates and insider tips to circulate round your team to keep them informed.

    == IN THIS VIDEO ==

    Hello everyone and welcome to the Canonical Chronicle. We are 2 weeks into the UK lockdown and like last week there has been zero SEO news. So instead of delivering you some meme infused SEO news , we decided to keep sharing with you our experience as we navigate these uncertain times and the measures we are taking to survive as a business the Coronavirus Pandemic.

    In This Video we cover:

    . How our clients responded to the "extra measures" email

    . Our in-depth sales plan for the next 6 months

    . The different product we’ll be offering and how we are increasing our streams of revenue

    . How we managed to save over $10,000 of monthly expenses in 2 weeks of culling and how you can do it too

    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube

    WHO AM I?

    I'm Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.

    GET IN TOUCH

    I'd love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected]

    BECOME A CLIENT

    If you're interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP.

    3 April 2020, 10:21 am
  • 13 minutes 53 seconds
    How our Business is Staying Afloat During the Pandemic | Canonical Chronicle

    Get this weeks Canonical Chronicle slide deck: http://email.typeamedia.net/

    A free information pack with all this weeks search news, google updates and insider tips to circulate round your team to keep them informed.

    == IN THIS VIDEO ==
    Hello everyone and welcome to the Canonical Chronicle. As you may have gathered there has been zero SEO news this week; in fact there has been zero news outside of pandemic news this week. So instead of delivering you some meme infused SEO news , we decided to tell you our agency experience and some of the measures we have taken to survive this period.

    In This Video we cover:

    . Personal Financial Changes I have made to ensure our long term success
    and a SEO spotlight on a leader that should be recognised

    . How we’ve communicated to our 20 strong team about what’s going on
    and the measures we’ve taken to make sure no-one is made redundant

    . What’s happened with our clients and the very real calculation to work out
    if we are going out of business

    . The exact letters and resources I have sent to our clients

    . What we are doing to make sure we still get press coverage for clients
    during this uncertain time

    . Some resources for coping with social isolation

    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube

    WHO AM I?

    I’m Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.

    GET IN TOUCH

    I’d love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected]

    BECOME A CLIENT
    If you’re interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we’ll get back to you ASAP.

    2 April 2020, 2:41 pm
  • 5 minutes 1 second
    Wordpress auto updates plugins | Canonical Chronicle

    Get this weeks Canonical Chronicle slide deck: http://email.typeamedia.net/ 

    A free information pack with all this weeks search news, google updates and insider tips to circulate round your team to keep them informed.

    ==IN THIS WEEKS VIDEO==

    Wordpress makes some much requested changes to fix hacked plugins and you can now install plugins and have them automatically update. GMB has released a statement saying that due to the Covid-19 pandemic things are going to be a little more delayed than usual. This week, John Muller gave us some additional clarity to how we should be thinking about page layout and tells us that Google doesn’t use W3C validation.

    ✉️ Sign up to the weekly search newsletter: https://email.typeamedia.net 

    🎙️ Our podcast: https://anchor.fm/canonical-chronicle 

    💻 Our website beautifully tagged up with UTM parameters: https://typeamedia.net/?utm_source=youtube 

    WHO AM I?

    I'm Ross Tavendale, the managing director of Type A Media, a creative search agency based in London. I make videos about business leadership, web technology, SEO, PPC and how I turned being a Type A personality into a business.

    GET IN TOUCH

    I'd love to hear from you. Tweeting @rtavs on twitter is the quickest way to get a response or you can email me on [email protected] 

    BECOME A CLIENT

    If you're interested in becoming a client of type A, email us on [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP.

    19 March 2020, 1:25 pm
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