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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.

68%

of US Google searches ended with no click at all in early 2026 (SparkToro, Similarweb data)

39×

more sessions from organic search than from all AI assistants combined (The SEO Works, 95 sites)

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

Recent reads

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Hands typing on a laptop showing the Google homepage, with a tablet and a smartphone on the desk

AI Overviews SEO: What works, what doesn't and how to check your site

Google has put it in writing: no special file, schema or writing style gets a page into AI Overviews. Here is what the evidence supports, and how to find which of your pages are exposed.

3 October 2026Read the analysis →

Zero-click searches: What they mean for your small business

A 68% zero-click rate sounds fatal for a small business. The searches that bring you customers behave differently, and they need a different measure than traffic.

Organic26 Sep 2026

SEO advice: Why most of it doesn't apply to your site

Tactics go out of date, and plenty were never meant for a site like yours. A short filter for deciding which ones deserve your time.

SEO Tips22 Aug 2026

Why your organic traffic is dropping right now

Four unrelated forces are landing on the same dashboards at once. Working out which one is yours is most of the fix.

Organic24 Apr 2026
More from the archive
SEO Tips

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.

08 Mar 2026
AI Search

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.

07 Mar 2026
Reporting

SEO metrics that actually matter

Traffic charts feel like progress and mean nothing alone. Eight numbers that predict revenue, and how to track each one.

02 Feb 2025
PPC

Paid vs organic traffic

Paid works today and stops with the budget. Organic is slow, then compounds. Here's when each one earns its budget.

02 Nov 2024
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 an 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.