SEO Trends & Insights from the Web Almanac 2025
Mon Feb 02 2026
In this episode of Search With Candour, host Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by SEO experts Chris Green and Amaka Chukwuma to discuss the SEO chapter of the Web Almanac 2025.
Together, they delve into the process behind writing the chapter, trends in SEO, impacts of AI and LLM crawlers, structured data adoption, and the importance of resisting hype in the SEO industry.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
00:27 Discussing the Web Almanac 2025
01:38 Welcoming the Guests
03:15 SEO Chapter Insights
04:09 Data Analysis and Process
11:37 SEO Trends and Surprises
20:11 Robots.txt and Web Standards
30:11 Bing Bot and AI Crawlers
35:50 Legacy SEO Practices and Their Impact
38:16 The Rise of AI Crawlers
39:58 Adoption and Implementation of LLMs
48:59 Structured Data and Schema Markup
56:36 The Future of SEO and the Web
01:03:12 Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Topics
📖 The SEO Chapter of the web almanac 2025: https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/seo
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🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaka-chukwuma-jubilee/
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🔗 Website: https://www.torquepartnership.com/
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgreenseo/
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In this episode of Search With Candour, host Jack Chambers-Ward is joined by SEO experts Chris Green and Amaka Chukwuma to discuss the SEO chapter of the Web Almanac 2025. Together, they delve into the process behind writing the chapter, trends in SEO, impacts of AI and LLM crawlers, structured data adoption, and the importance of resisting hype in the SEO industry. 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 00:27 Discussing the Web Almanac 2025 01:38 Welcoming the Guests 03:15 SEO Chapter Insights 04:09 Data Analysis and Process 11:37 SEO Trends and Surprises 20:11 Robots.txt and Web Standards 30:11 Bing Bot and AI Crawlers 35:50 Legacy SEO Practices and Their Impact 38:16 The Rise of AI Crawlers 39:58 Adoption and Implementation of LLMs 48:59 Structured Data and Schema Markup 56:36 The Future of SEO and the Web 01:03:12 Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Topics 📖 The SEO Chapter of the web almanac 2025: https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/seo Follow Amaka: 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaka-chukwuma-jubilee/ Follow Chris: 🔗 Website: https://www.torquepartnership.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgreenseo/ 🔗 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/chris-green.net