Senior Search Scientist @Moz and @getstat. Distilled alum. Follow for digital marketing insights, unfollow British politics. Mainly on Bluesky.

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Final webinar of the year with three of the best SEOs @THCapper @amandanat and Dr. Pete Meyers Commentary style, no holds, no-frills conversation What's not to love? moz.com/webinars/seo-hot-top…
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We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat. Some of those stories may even be true! But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇
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Oh, and @THCapper's excellent research on Brand Authority Probably the most cited articles on the conference circuit ATM moz.com/blog/helpful-content…
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This is what happens when you have an ageing population - with more people requiring more pensions and more healthcare paid for by fewer workers
The thing about "the UK’s tax burden is now at a record high", is that this is also true for almost all countries 📈
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Leaving SFO and the google summit on the redeye with very mixed emotions (a thread)
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Interesting that this Google article includes a link to the 100 countries they'll be expanding to. But unless I am missing something, none of those 100 countries include countries in the EU or Middle East!
They're expanding again, but this time to 100+ countries. Whoa -> AI Overviews in Search are coming to more places around the world "With this latest expansion, AI Overviews will reach more than 1 billion global users every month." And languages -> "As part of this update, we’re also extending language support across the board. If you’re in any country with AI Overviews, you can now get them in any of the currently supported languages, including English, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish." blog.google/products/search/…
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Went to a gig last night, wanted to look up the supporting acts and ohhhhhh Google
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🎙 @THCapper, Senior Search Scientist at @Moz, will join us at #Digitalzone24 with his talk "Search Intent & The Marketing Funnel"! Learn how to strengthen your marketing funnel. Register for free 👉 bit.ly/4dZUFma #digitalmarketing #SEO #searchintent #webinar
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Did you get a chance to see @THCapper's data-packed talk on search intent and the organic funnel in 2024 @brightonseo? Get the deck -> getstat.com/bright24 And be sure to catch Tom at the STAT booth on Friday, 10:40am - 11:10am.
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We’re set up and ready for day one here at @brightonseo — we can’t wait to hear today's speakers including STAT's very own @THCapper!
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If you're heading to @brightonseo tomorrow, our SEO & Data Manager @Aaron_James_uk is speaking at the GreenSEO event about carbon emissions measurement when auditing - brightonseo.com/activities/g… #BrightonSEO
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Here's your regular reminder that sometimes your site is fine, and Google just has no idea what's good and what isn't. (No changes in approach, links etc. No content purge yada yada yada. Just Google's March and Aug updates deciding completely different things.)
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I had a theory from the Google leaks: The HCU is not about content. It's about brand:links ratio. I've looked at the last 3 updates, ~2m keywords, and tens of thousands of sites, trying to prove it. Results are a lot clearer than I expected.
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Excellent data via @THCapper showing sites hit by Google's Helpful Content system tend to have lower ratios of "Brand Authority" to "Domain Authority" Over-simplified layman's terms: When your *brand* is weaker than your overall link profile, you may be at risk to Google's HCU
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Tom Capper retweeted
But don't get too excited - a 12% gain in one update isn't worth much when you're 80% down YoY. This is based on about 500 sites which are very clear HCU losers, btw.
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Great summary from @dr_pete that will interest anyone who liked my stream: moz.com/blog/google-antitrus…
We have some breaking news to discuss in my regular livestream this week: with the judge in the biggest US antitrust case against Google deciding against them. Starting now: xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1RDGlyjLE…
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One of the all time great case studies on site performance. To prove that site speed impacted revenue, The Financial Times intentionally SLOWED DOWN their site.
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This example from @TheEconomist's latest article on crypto mining in Texas is crazy.
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🚨 AI Overviews are now appearing on *logged-out* SERPs (and in STAT!) AIOs hit logged-out SERPs on Friday — showing up almost exclusively in the US-en market on desktop. Numbers remain small, but we did see quite the surge today 👀 Thoughts on whether they're here to stay?
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