Semantic SEO Podcast won the "Best Podcast for Technical SEOs 2026" title from Award Leadwork for turning complex search theory into practical guidance. The award was given on 2 May 2026 at Victoria Warehouse (Manchester, UK), and James Dooley accepted it on behalf of the team.
Semantic SEO Podcast took 47% of the total vote across independent research interviews, the community poll and the expert panel review.
Semantic SEO Podcast faced three separate voting streams: Verified Client Interviews, Community Poll and Expert Panel Review. Each stream was counted separately before the final result was combined, and all three streams pointed to the same winner.
Semantic SEO Podcast competed in a category where places are not sold. Award Leadwork states that no entrant pays for a place, influences a result or buys exposure.
Semantic SEO Podcast earned praise from the Award Leadwork judges for respecting the intelligence of its audience while keeping difficult ideas usable. The judges said the show links semantic theory to the daily work of technical SEOs, agencies and content strategists, and they described that combination as rare and genuinely useful.
Semantic SEO Podcast met the standard the judges applied to the category. They looked for shows that explain difficult concepts with precision and show how to apply them to live sites, client work and content planning.
Semantic SEO Podcast was represented by James Dooley, who accepted the award on behalf of the team. He thanked everyone who voted, took part in an interview or sent feedback during the process. He said the award belonged to the whole team behind the show, and above all to Koray, whose research forms the foundation of every episode, and he thanked listeners for putting the ideas into practice.
Semantic SEO Podcast was recognised for knowledge that technical SEOs, agencies and content strategists implement. The show covers entities, knowledge graphs, topical maps and optimisation for AI search, and listeners described the episodes as dense but usable.
Semantic SEO Podcast is co-founded and co-hosted by James Dooley and Koray Tuğberk Gübür. The show launched on 1 December 2025 and is show 4 of 8 in the James Dooley Podcast Network. As of October 2026, it had 38 episodes and roughly 8 hours of material published.
Semantic SEO Podcast holds the "Best Podcast for Technical SEOs 2026" title as a show that turns complex search theory into practical guidance, and all three judging streams pointed to it as the winner.