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SEO Manager · UK-based · 15+ years reading SERPs

Most SEO advice
is noise. Here's the signal.

No dashboards for their own sake, no "10 tips" filler. Just what's actually moving your rankings right now, explained by someone who's been watching this data for fifteen years — and telling clients the truth about it.

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Organic · Algorithm24 Apr 2026
29 articles archivedupdated weekly
53%

of average site traffic still starts as organic search — the channel everyone underinvests in first

70%

of clicks the top five organic results take, even with AI Overviews sitting above them

15+

years reading SERPs, from early keyword-stuffing days to today's AI-driven search

4

separate forces hitting most traffic dashboards right now — most panic is only one of them

From the desk

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OrganicAlgorithmReporting

Why your organic traffic is dropping right now

Four unrelated forces are landing on the same dashboards at once — a measurement correction, a reshaped SERP, the March core update, and tighter indexing. Working out which one is actually yours is most of the fix.

How to humanise AI content so it reads like you wrote it

AI drafts get caught by rhythm, not grammar. A three-pass edit built from hundreds of rewrites, with the tics to cut first.

SEO Tips12 Apr 2026

AI for small businesses in 2026: what works, what fails

The same tools sold as a productivity shortcut are reshaping the results your business ranks in. A field report, not a hype piece.

AI Search15 Mar 2026

SEO quick win: boost rankings with one content update

Not every gain needs a content calendar. One FAQ block on the right page-two post moves faster than most six-month plans.

SEO Tips08 Mar 2026
More from the archive
Organic

Increase traffic to a small website that's stuck

A three-stage way past the 10k-visitor plateau: content built to last, fundamentals done properly, then distribution — so one update can't take the whole strategy down.

30 Apr 2026
Organic

Top mistakes hurting your organic traffic

Five habits still quietly capping rankings, from keyword stuffing to a backlink profile too thin to carry any authority.

30 Apr 2026
Reporting

SEO metrics that actually matter

Traffic charts feel like progress and mean nothing alone. Eight numbers that predict revenue — and why the top five results still take ~70% of clicks.

09 Mar 2026
PPC

Paid vs organic traffic

Paid buys you a Tuesday. Organic buys you a February. Neither wins outright — here's when each one earns its budget.

09 Mar 2026
What I cover

Six lanes, no filler

01 / Organic

Organic Traffic

What actually moves it, and why the dashboards lie about how.

02 / Tips

SEO Tips

Tactics tested on real client sites first, written up second.

03 / Algorithm

Algorithm Updates

Plain-language reads on every core update, the week it lands.

04 / Reporting

Reporting

GSC and Ahrefs numbers translated into decisions, not just charts.

05 / CRO

CRO

Traffic that doesn't convert is a vanity metric with better branding.

06 / Paid

PPC

Where paid earns its budget alongside organic — and where it doesn't.

SEO explained the way I'd explain it to a client over coffee — not the way it reads in a agency deck.
— Dan Cozma, SEO Manager

Ready when you are.

An audit, a content strategy, or just a straight conversation about what your data is actually telling you.