Freelance Digital Marketing Consultant
I used to write a year-in-review piece for the digital marketing agency I worked at for nearly eight years until January 2025, as their only multi-disciplined digital marketer and writer. This year I’m doing it for myself. 2025 was the year that AI-powered search became even more mainstream, the year Google delivered on its promise … Read more
As we reach the final days of 2025, Google delivered one more significant update to keep us on our toes. The December 2025 core update, the third of the year, is currently rolling out as I write this on 29th December, and it’s already causing substantial ranking shifts across numerous industries. Let’s look back at … Read more
Now that we’re just into December, it’s an appropriate moment to reflect on what’s been an extraordinary year in search. November itself brought some interesting developments, but more importantly, it continued to shed perspective on how dramatically the search landscape has shifted in the year so far… Let me walk you through what happened in … Read more
October 2025 brought some significant developments in how search is evolving, with Google’s major voice search upgrade, mysterious ranking volatility that had everyone speculating about hidden updates, and a sobering reality check on AI referral traffic. It was a month that reminded us the search landscape continues to shift in both expected and unexpected ways. … Read more
September 2025 was yet another fascinating month in SEO that challenged some assumptions about AI search whilst reinforcing others. The August spam update finally completed after a lengthy 27-day rollout, Google made a technical change that broke numerous SEO tools, and research showed that traditional search remains far more dominant than the hype might suggest. … Read more
It’s time for another monthly roundup, folks. What happened in the SEO world in July 2025 and how is it going to affect my clients and their websites? Well, July 2025 brought us the completion of the Google June 2025 core update, some fascinating research on AI search traffic quality, and a number of interesting … Read more
We’ve been skirting around the subject for a while now, about this very specific SEO question- what do we call the art and science of optimising your website for the AI Overviews in Google Search? I wrote an article for the digital marketing agency I worked for at the time and I didn’t know either. … Read more
June 2025 brought us the second confirmed official Google core update of the year, arriving not far behind the Google March 2025 core update. Combined with the continued expansion of AI features, a major Google Cloud outage, and some genuinely eye-opening research on zero-click searches, June 2025 was a month that kept all of us … Read more
Google rolled out its June 2025 core update yesterday, the second of the year, and the SEO community is, as usual, running around wondering what’s going to happen this time. What Actually is a Google Core Update? While Google tweaks its algorithm constantly, core updates are the big ones! These are the updates that can … Read more
Have you ever thought about applying the concept of the Keynesian Multiplier in SEO? Anyone who knows me understands that I take a great interest in almost everything. However, two subjects I am currently involved in on a daily basis are economics and SEO. I’ve recently read “Poor Charlie’s Almanac” by Charlie Munger. He was … Read more