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David Quaid

SEO practitioner and consultant specializing in technical SEO, crawling, indexing, and authority; returns as a guest to explain XML sitemaps, indexing behavior, and programmatic SEO strategies.

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20 snips
Dec 24, 2025 • 2h 4min

SEO Isn't Dead: The AI Search Holiday Special

David Quaid, a seasoned marketing and SEO practitioner, and Gagan Ghotra, a digital marketing expert focusing on topical authority, delve into SEO's evolving landscape. They discuss the confusion surrounding GEO and AEO strategies, predicting that traditional SEO principles still apply amidst AI's rise. The duo explores the growing significance of video content, backlinks' defensive role, and the impact of user-generated content on rankings. They also highlight the need for granular topical authority, suggesting companies rethink their SEO tactics for 2026.
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Oct 28, 2025 • 1h 53min

The SEO Playbook That Actually Works: PageRank, Topical Authority & Real Results

David Quaid, a seasoned SEO expert with over 26 years of experience, shares his insights on effective SEO strategies. He discusses the enduring impact of PageRank on Google rankings and the importance of building topical authority through structured content. David explains common issues like 'Crawled Not Indexed,' practical steps for improving visibility, and the value of internal linking. He highlights using AI for content generation and offers tips for ethical link-building while simplifying the SEO process to focus on what truly drives results.
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9 snips
Mar 15, 2026 • 55min

Exact Match Domains Still Work (Most SEOs Are Wrong)

David Quaid, SEO veteran and consultant known for practical search strategies and experimentation. He explains why exact match domains still matter and when they outperform branded sites. Short takes cover using multiple domains for reputation control, automating satellite sites, risks of machine-scale content, and how GEO overlaps with traditional SEO.
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9 snips
Mar 9, 2026 • 1h 14min

Can You Rank on Google Without Backlinks? Legendary SEO David Quaid Answers

David Quaid, an experienced SEO and growth strategist known for hands-on experiments and technical SEO, breaks down whether sites can rank without backlinks. He discusses content scaling, internal linking and topical authority. He explores programmatic SEO, site-level quality signals, pogo-sticking, exact match domains, and risks of large-scale AI content. Practical examples and real experiments drive the conversation.
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8 snips
Jan 16, 2026 • 49min

Schema Is Useless for SEO (and Probably for AI Too)

Join David Quaid, an SEO consultant known for busting myths, and Jake Hundley, a local SEO specialist, as they tackle the misconception that schema markup is vital for SEO rankings and AI visibility. They dissect how search engines and AI handle content, revealing that most sites don’t benefit from schema and might even face risks with its misuse. The duo also highlights when schema can be useful, such as for structured feeds, while emphasizing the importance of clean HTML and effective content structuring over complex schema strategies.
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8 snips
Nov 22, 2025 • 20min

Free SEO Tools That Actually Work: David Quaid On Bing, Backlinks & Ranking Fast

In a deep dive with SEO expert David Quaid, discover the underrated power of free tools like Bing Webmaster Tools. David highlights hidden features and how to quickly leverage them for fast ranking without spending a dime. He breaks down the significance of backlinks for indexing and shares tips on using Microsoft Clarity and SEO Site Scan for effective analysis. Learn how to navigate Bing’s keyword research and backlink monitor, ensuring you stay ahead without relying on costly subscriptions!
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7 snips
Feb 16, 2026 • 40min

How to Use Bing's AI Performance Data to Get More LLM Citations

David Quaid, an SEO and digital marketing strategist focused on search and AI, returns to break down Bing's AI Performance report and grounding queries. He explains how LLMs generate grounding query fan-outs and why surprising citation spikes happen. Short, tactical talk on spotting grounding-language, when to build new pages, and using this data as a fresh keyword layer for AI visibility.
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7 snips
Jan 8, 2026 • 32min

XML Sitemaps Don't Fix SEO (Authority Does)

David Quaid, an SEO practitioner focused on technical SEO, crawling, indexing, and authority, returns to demystify XML sitemaps. He explains what sitemaps actually do and why indexing is driven by authority, not file lists. Short takes cover crawler behavior, client-side rendering limits, when HTML sitemaps help, and programmatic SEO challenges around link equity and index rates.
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6 snips
Feb 9, 2026 • 18min

He Invented a Term - and Got Google & AI to Believe It

David Quaid, SEO practitioner and founder of Primary Position, returns with a bold experiment. He explains how he coined the term 'funfluencer' with a two-sentence post and watched Google and AI systems treat it as real. Short, surprising lessons on inventing keywords, minimal content ranking, and how AI expands tiny sources into definitions and citations.
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5 snips
Nov 10, 2025 • 53min

AI & LLM Visibility: A Practical Guide for Ranking in AI Results

David Quaid, an SEO consultant and founder of Primary Position, dives into the intricate world of large language models (LLMs) and their impact on webpage visibility. He explains how LLMs retrieve real-time data, debunks myths about schema's importance, and discusses the significance of PageRank in search results. Key insights include understanding query fan-outs, prompt drift, and how to detect LLM-driven impressions using Google Search Console. David offers practical steps for optimizing content to enhance visibility in LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude.

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