Libby Day

Oooh... an idea for a future #SEOPundayMonday theme? Could we do puns AND jokes? Or would that be too much? 😄

#Edinburgh #Cats #Garden

One of my favourite accounts on Instagram and TikTok is Coding Kitty. The creator uses cats and kitty anecdotes to explain coding and breaks it down in a fun, comprehensive, and straightforward way. Their most recent video is about #PHP2Shell Source: vm.tiktok.com/ZN8DNRD6M/ 🐈

I might need a boat if I'm to run errands today 🌧️ - however here is a lovely fox I spotted in my newish garden yesterday. #Edinburgh #Foxes #ScottishWeather

If you're taking PHP sites down to schedule time to deal with "unplanned updates", use HTTP 503 instead of letting responses time out / 404 / 500. You can do this outside of PHP / point DNS elsewhere / CDN. developers.google.com/search/blog/... developers.google.com/search/docs/...

My cats of the day! Credit to @libby.day #seocharity #catoftheday Don't miss next week www.seocharity.com/upcoming-liv...

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#dudacon Oct 26, 27, and 28 Live, online 9 sessions, 25 experts dudacon.duda.co/agenda @greggifford.bsky.social @claudiatomina.bsky.social @libby.day @ulrikaviberg.bsky.social @duda.co

Issue 24 of The Nuance Brief: what’s actually different about AEO and what isn’t, why your ChatGPT traffic may be hiding in “direct”, and DudaCon on 28 October. mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

For those still wanting to scale via AI or programmatic content, Google is clearly trying to tell you something. :) BTW, I'm waiting for the QRG to be updated to reflect more of this language. And with all of these recent changes to the docs, and Googles presentations this past year...

I'm hosting all three Day 3 sessions at DudaCon '26: local AEO, turning leads into customers, and live design. It's free and online, on 28 Oct, 5pm UK / 10am PT. Register here ➡️ dudacon.duda.co/agenda

Tomorrow. Real builds, no feature tour. 6pm UK/10am PT.Register for free or to be sent the playback here → www.duda.co/webinars/bui...

Issue 22 of The Nuance Brief is out. WordPress 7.1.2 is a critical security release, Google is testing AI summaries inside Discover, and Meta's cost per ad is up 12% year on year. #SEO for Paws, and a #Duda webinar next Tuesday! mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

A good craftswoman doesn't blame her tools. But that assumes she chose it and knows its limits. With AI, none of that holds. Notes from the Edinburgh Futures Institute panel on research and AI. www.nuancecollaborative.com/good-craftsw...

Issue 21 of The Nuance Brief: AI crawlers don't render JavaScript, and Google's own indexing crawler isn't reliable at it either. New data, plus three signals from this week. www.nuancecollaborative.com/why-ai-crawl...

Just thinking out loud about the new CrUX ad metrics announced yesterday. Why introduce these now? We know Google already has powerful Navboost data for understanding the user experience, but with AIOs and AI Mode changing user behavior, Navboost data is clearly changing...

Two websites. One accessibility specialist business. A stronger search presence. This week's case study covers our work with Access by Design: merging two separate sites into one, cleaning up a spam-hit backlink profile, and getting lost pages back into Google's index. mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

#Edinburgh #LateSummer

Issue 19 of The Nuance Brief is out. This week's Signals: Search Console now splits out AI visibility from standard search performance, Chrome moves to a two-week release cycle from 8 September, and ChatGPT Ads has passed a $1bn run rate. Read it here 👉 mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

Publishers noticing pages disappearing from the Google News tab but showing find within Google web search www.seroundtable.com/google-news-... #google #googleseo #googlenews #publishers #content #seo

Is vibe coding polyester? Tested 4 AI website builders on a real charity build. Bolt failed outright, Duda Vibe won on output but ate a month of credits. What shipped: Editor 2.0 + Copilot, hand-finished. www.nuancecollaborative.com/ai-website-b... #VibeCoding #WebDev

Google Search Console generative AI performance reports and search AI controls are now fully and globally available www.seroundtable.com/google-searc... #googlesearchconsole #googleperformancereport

Focus on Local? Smart post from Phil Rozek -> How Can Filtered Reviews Help Your Local SEO & Marketing? Phil provides 12 ways you can use that filtered review: www.localvisibilitysystem.com/2026/08/31/h...

Took the train through to Glasgow yesterday and was greeted with some actual sunshine, no small thing at this point in August. This week's Nuance Brief - read it here: mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

#CatsofBluesky she got a new toy today…

Content publishers need to consider this aspect from Claude, to protect their interests: "When a supported Claude model generates text, it weaves an imperceptible watermark directly into the text itself." support.claude.com/en/articles/...

Jeff Dean's Google badge and laptop being turned in www.seroundtable.com/photos/jeff-... via @jeffdean.bsky.social

This summer has had me juggling elder family duties, running Nuance Collaborative, so The Nuance Brief is arrived fashionably late this week. Issue 15 out Friday: Why a proper digital audit beats a panic decision when your search visibility takes a dip mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

How Cats.txt Showed LLMs.txt Evidence Is GEO Astrology

If AI was animal it would be a cat, as they say you can tell a dog to fetch something and it brings it back - tell a CAT, it takes a message and gets back to you later. In haste to get a train last week, realized I had not posted the weekly blog Choo-choo! www.nuancecollaborative.com/googles-rela...

Issue 13 of The Nuance Brief is out. Search moved. Most strategies didn't. The new blog unpacks AEO for B2B - why it works differently, what good content looks like when AI tools are doing the research, and where the shortlist is actually being built now. mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

Measurement plans. Do then before you put your dirty little mits on GA! www.searchenginejournal.com/designing-a-...

Oh there you are human...#CatsOfBlueSky

New issue of The Brief: branding, window dressing, and what they taught me about AI search. Plus three real signals from this week. mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

Interesting read

Google Search Console can now track how your TikTok, Instagram, X and YouTube content shows up in Google Search. No website required. It's part of a bigger reporting stack expansion this month. Broke it down in Issue 11 of The Brief 🔗 mailchi.mp/nuanceme/the...

New issue of The Nuance Brief is live. Google's spam policy for AI content, new Search Console AI controls, and a London coffee brand's cheeky take on the whole AI search panic. mailchi.mp/64d50e86a7e6...

Organic traffic is now the least reliable number on your dashboard. Most of what shapes a decision happens before anyone reaches your site. New post: how to build a reporting stack that can actually see the AI era, layer by layer. www.nuancecollaborative.com/2026-reporti...

Been feeling a proud 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 seeing the reels, and hearing from clients in the US about the vibe they've brought to their cities, even inspiring some new content opportunities. #TartanArmy #WorldCup share.google/hBv52hBM3hRH...

🚨 Breaking Google News: Gemini can now help manage your Google Business Profile. You will soon be able to connect your Business Profile directly to Gemini and ask it to help with things that normally require going into the GBP dashboard.

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