Andrew Optimisey

Today's the day! The inaugural #SEOPundayMonday! Today's theme: COUNTRIES & CAPITALS IN AFRICA Need some help? Countries: www.afro.who.int/countries Capitals: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor... #SEOPundayMonday go! === Wanna know what it's all about/how to play: bsky.app/profile/opti...

I was feeling a little testy that day... #sorrynotsorry

Andrew Cock-Starkey (@optimisey.com) believes that AI is taking over top-of-funnel exploration, with users returning to traditional search once they know what they want, so you should focus your content on their next questions, not the ones they start with. maj.to/3PkS4f3

One good way to show that you have no idea what you’re talking about is to compare SEO to GEO/AEO and put “E-E-A-T” as something that only matters in the GEO column.

48hrs to go... you ready? #SEOPundayMonday

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

A very cool and interesting weekend read/view: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Photography as photo-journalism and document of our times and cultures.

Meta gets permission from [checks notes] Meta, to steal even more data from businesses, including data not in their Meta systems. www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...

Great article. And it’s amazing how much both formats get out of a few kb. Honestly unless I zoomed in really, really close, and flicked back and forth I couldn’t really tell difference between low quality and the top one! 100kb is more than enough for most web images IMHO. And maybe even 30-50kb?

Study reveals Nonce Gogg... sorry 'Meta Glasses' were recording conversations they weren't meant to! www.techspot.com/news/114214-...

How I arrived on Bluesky

Here's the best website you'll open today. You're welcome! 🫣 destroy.spritefusion.com

Wary of asking this pretty much anywhere else but... anyone got any recommendations for domain drop catching services? Basically, a client wants to watch [x] domains and if they become available buy them or at least get a heads-up.

You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.

Name a better product for when you're feeling rubbish and full of cold. I'll wait...

Some assorted photos from SearchNorwichXL yesterday. Such a great event. Well done to @markwilliamscook.com and the team. Greatly enjoyed @divingfor.fun's "Angry German Man" rant about the state of the web - though it was more a call-to-action to build the web we want. ❤️ #SNXL

So nice to see @guaca.bsky.social using their BSky.handle in their searchnorwichXL talk, not 'the other place'. 👏👏 #SNXL

Correction email from a prominent tech firm: "Sorry, there was a glitch in the last version -- try this link now. Sorry! Sorry!" The link:

Stabbed myself in the base of the thumb with a screwdriver (opening tins of paint). Y'know when you hit yourself SO hard with something (in a non-fleshy part) and for a *second* it doesn't bleed and you think: "Oh, I got away with it..." And then you didn't. Yeah. That.

It’s easy to see why the AI companies wanted to hide this from the public. The statements are some of the most damning indictments of the ways LLMs were trained, how they work, and the immediate threat they pose to human labor. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...

$2400 just to enter the country with art -- that you may or may not sell. Bonkers. The grown-ups truly have all left the building. It just toddlers in charge.

you really should and I need to do it more too ohhelloana.blog/tell-the-spe...

Modern life is rubbish part 304: Jesus wept remortgaging is PAINFUL. Login to this portal; register on that platform; prove your ID on this system; upload that document NO NOT THAT ONE!!! F. F and indeed S. I'm the same person I was the last 93 times I did this and paid on time for 20+ years. 🙄

A sad story in 3 images. 1. remove.bg (free background removal tool) is "moving to Canva" aka acquired 2. Canva's 'BG Remover' tool is only available to subscribers 3. Minimum is £13 a month. Sigh. Capitalism. "A competitor's doing something cool, for free. Quick buy them and monetise it!"

Had a lot of fun going on DealerPod -- a podcast *outside* of SEO and marketing. It's a pretty slick production and edit too! Would love to know what you think? youtu.be/azi-6itfHck?...

Is there anything more satisfying that *FINALLY* 'birthing' a splinter that's been stuck in you for *too long*? I've had the tip of a thorn lodged in my thumb for just over a week until finally... this morning...

And for at least a bit of real world data, Bluesky continues to be the largest single source of traffic (after search) to @techdirt.com. I don't think Threads has ever shown up in any list of referrers. Ever.