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Parasite SEO in 2026 for Third Party Corroboration (James Dooley Interviews Charles Floate)

June 19
9 mins

Episode Description

In this episode of the James Dooley Podcast, James Dooley sits down with SEO expert Charles Floate to discuss the current state of Parasite SEO in 2026. They break down how parasite SEO has evolved over the past few years, Google’s site reputation abuse policy, and why high-authority news domains, forums, and third-party platforms are still ranking for competitive keywords. Charles Floate explains how SEOs can leverage trusted domains to rank quickly for difficult queries, how the parasite SEO landscape changes with algorithm updates, and why constant research is needed to identify the best platforms to use. The conversation also explores how parasite SEO can influence AI search systems, synthetic query fan-out, and consensus signals used by AI Overviews and large language models. It’s a deep dive into one of the most debated strategies in modern SEO and how it can still be used to drive rankings, visibility, and traffic in 2026.


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