'We need very few links to rank pages... Over the years we've made links less important.' Gary 鯨理／경리 Illyes (so official, trust me) #serpconf2024

Content that works. The 4th Edition of Visibility Leaders will be launched at BrightonSEO.
See you on Thursday morning 9:30am, Skyline room, if you're there.
Topic: Women's Fashion SEO, which has to be the most interesting digital marketing challenge out there. Fascinating.

Motorcyclists, I reviewed the Calimoto routing and tracking app after 4500km of usage.
Recommended? Yes!
#calimotour

meetmobility.com/reviews/calimo…

No Lidl in Deutschland germany. It's crumbly, not crunchy. CRUMBLY.

I've found some very revealing trends!

Wingshot. CGN. 20 degrees.

This is a real photo of someone doing a voiceover at #mwc
I'm not joking. Ok, it was a nine years ago but I guarantee that journos still do this today in their hotel rooms. It works! Nicole Scott was this you?

HMD: '...this summer, you will see the return of an iconic Nokia device.'

I'm not sure which Nokia I'd like to see. The pink one is the Barbie phone I guess. What's an iconic Nokia phone though?

hmd.com/en_int/blog/hu…

#mwc

How much power does music streaming take from your smartphone? It's impressively efficient according to my tests.
Nerdy data here:

umpcportal.com/2024/02/stream…

Including the Top 100 sub-reddits. I also have some notes on the real competitors for Reddit and some of the more popular sub-reddits.

My wife just got her PayPal account locked for sending funds marked for Cuba.

What actually happend is that she sent payment to a school reunion at the Kultur Bahnhof in Germany.

PayPal now want en explanation as to why funds are marked for 'Abi Party Kuba'

SEO via Reddit. This is the second time (out of two attempts) where it has provided the page 1 visibility. I do provide exceedingly niche and unique content though!

User-generated content is working for some. Reddit, Medium, Quora, LinkedIn all up in 2023. In a seperate set of data I see that general retail underperformed compared to direct-to-consumer/brand websites. I'll share some of that soon on LinkedIn.

My mobile creators kit 2023. Nothing new here, but it's under 2.5KG / 5.5lb and I've been using it for a while now. Video overview included.
I haven't done one of these kit videos since 2015, when I was using a Nokia Lumia 830!

umpcportal.com/2023/12/mobile…

My son, 13, has started taking pics for my hobby video thumbnails. Apparently I'm 'sh*t at thumbnails.' 🤷‍♂️

I quite like the pic to be honest.

Thanks Nick Paine (He doesn't use it. I created his account before he was born with the misguided idea that it might be useful!)

There's some worrying stuff here 🤣

Thanks to Nicole Scott for all the amazing trends in 2023.

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USB PD 12V trigger cable to an Echo dot.

Yeah it cost me more than a simpler, better looking battery dock, but that's not the point!

I put some data together to help authors in the climate change space. Slipping this in under the category 'helpful marketing'! #COP28