I had the privilege of being invited to speak in Rotterdam at Traverse Events's #Traverse18. Met some wonderful bloggers, influencers and industry bods. I had Room 1, with seating for >180. Here are my slides. My SEO traffic has plateaued or dropped. What should I do? #Traverse18 from Adrian Land Here is a short video.
Plus, 8 common pitfalls to avoid! SSL certificates and encryption has been around, well, since long before online transactions, with many sites using it for bits and pieces that need protecting like account settings. In recent years, malware, hijacking, hacking and cybercrime are all terms that the mainstream public have become familiar with. This is something the media has cottoned on to, leading to a tendency to report on issues surrounding online security. And, due to the increase in public awareness, as well as the willingness of search engines and software providers to call it out, some much needed changes have come [...]
Last week Adrian was interviewed by Paul Dow of Traverse Events about SEO. Episode 3 answers Traverse's community's questions they put forward.
Fresh from a dynamic, exciting and thoroughly enjoyable weekend at the Traverse ‘17 conference, SESOME’s founder and CEO Adrian Land is here to share his knowledge on all things SEO and influence. Adrian was one of the event’s key speakers, guiding a captive audience through his own areas of expertise and how they intersect. Below is his slideshow presentation, packed with information and inspiration for influencers looking to optimise their content for today’s digital environment - enjoy! SEO - what you need to know in 2017 from Adrian Land Tweets from after the presentation The room is packed 10 minutes [...]
Google’s Gary Illyes Explains On Monday the 16th of January, Gary Illyes, the Google Webmaster Trend Analyst tweeted about a blog post he had just posted: Wanna know what Googlebot thinks about "crawl budget"? If the answer is no, I don't buy it, so head over to https://t.co/mMIOCkyibi — Gary Illyes ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ (@methode) 16 January 2017 For any technical SEO, the concept of ‘crawl budget’, ‘pagerank’, ‘link juice’ or any of numerous other alias have been commonly bandied around for years. All of the above are regular terms that a client will likely ask about when embarking on [...]
Plus, a whole bunch of ready to go find-and-replace-formulas for you! I have combined two in the title of this piece. “Intrigue" and “Smug”. Did you notice? If you are reading this, you are either someone who is interested in this field, a content writer, in a creative team, or work around those who are. In this article you may learn something OR you will have an opinion on whether I am right, or not! Either way, you are still reading this [thank you!]. So, welcome. Here at SESOME, we produce content. A lot. Some with our name on it, [...]
The run-up to Christmas and New Year is renowned for many reasons: mince pies, fairy lights and television adverts that have budgets rivalling Hollywood blockbusters. However, in the wonderful world of marketing, the end of the year is also synonymous with one other activity: allocating the following year’s budget. As well as being daunting, this process is one of both precision and conjecture – having to guess at the most effective methods without having a firm grasp of the trends of the coming twelve months. We look at this for our own projects and to understand (and answer) our clients [...]
For anyone even slightly invested in the digital world, it’s hard to imagine it without ‘the blogger’. Rarely is a new product launched or promoted these days without a recognisable face from online realms merrily endorsing it, and social channels would be nothing without regular visual updates of influential blog writers’ latest exploits. Rewind even a mere five years however, and the term ‘blog’ was only really associated with weekend hobbyists, unchecked ‘Livejournal’ templates and monthly posts about recalcitrant pet cats. In an almost unprecedented ascent of the digital media ladder, bloggers have gone from overlooked dabblers, straight to the [...]
Although undeniably important, link-building is just part of increasing brand awareness. Here at SESOME, we like to focus on reputation rather than just link building - we believe achieving links is just a happy byproduct of designing and delivering engaging campaigns. Link building for its own sake used to be the preserve of the lone (and slightly myopic) SEO, and in all honesty, few purely SEO-based endeavours are likely to succeed. With the increasingly negative perception of link-building, not to mention the threat of penalties, this silo-ed approach is now neither recommended nor effective. These days, ranking in Google directly [...]
Reading everyday, and reading a variety helps me keep learning, keeps me questioning things and being connected to the ever-changing world. In an attempt to pass my passion for the written word onto the rest of the office, I started my very own library initiative in the SESOME office for everyone to share good reads that are relevant to our dynamic and fast-paced industry. Here are my all-time favourites! The Lean Start-Up by Eric Ries Quite simply put, this book is about how to think differently. When I did my degree back in the 90’s, there was a lot of [...]
