How SEO Changed in 2024: The web almanac with Jamie Indigo

In the first episode of 2025, host Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by Jamie Indigo, an expert in technical SEO and an overall delightful human being. Jamie guides Jack through the findings from the 2024 Web Almanac's SEO chapter including technical data changes over recent years, offering insights and predictions for the future. Jamie also highlights AI's rising influence, the importance of robots.txt, Core Web Vitals updates, and structured data advancements. Follow Jamie: Website: https://not-a-robot.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-indigo/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/not-a-robot.com Rich Snippets: https://trafficthinktank.com/rich-snippets/ Resources Web Almanac 2024 - SEO Chapter: https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/seo Performance chapter: https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/performance Maggie Appleton Dark Forest: https://maggieappleton.com/ai-dark-forest https://youtu.be/1OvasjokuaA?si=UBNiK07uyWHjd2HX by Jess Sankhavaram-Peck Chapters 00:00 Welcome to 2025: Kicking Off the New Year 01:11 Sponsored by SE Ranking https://seranking.com/?sou1=influencers&gr1=podcast&tg1=search_with_candour&kw1=com_first_ad&utm_source=influencers&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=com_first_ad_search_with_candour 02:45 Introducing Jamie Indigo: Technical SEO Expert 03:56 What is the Web Almanac? 04:43 Exploring the Methodology: Data and Analysis 13:47 Dynamic Rendering and Robots.txt: Trends and Changes 20:44 Meta Robots Directives: New Data Insights 29:03 Canonical Tags Explained 29:37 Consistency in SEO 33:53 JavaScript and SEO Misconceptions 34:51 Structured Data Insights 39:34 The Role of Knowledge Graphs 46:10 Core Web Vitals Update 50:05 Wrapping Up and Future Plans