Learning About Search Since 2009
Started SEO in 2009. Still learning it every day.
I work as an e-commerce SEO consultant in Scotland and bring years of agency experience managing clients and search campaigns. I write about what confuses me, what breaks, and what fails. Things most people probably figured out years ago — I’m just getting there slowly. And somehow, still surviving.
About Me
I started in SEO back in 2009. I co-founded SERPBiz (a white-label SEO Agency) and spent over a decade on the agency side — leading teams, managing clients, and serving as Head of SEO for two US-based digital marketing agencies. 755 projects. A lot of lessons. A few failures I still think about.
In 2022 I made a deliberate move. I stepped away from agency life and joined Trespass — one of the UK’s well-known outdoor brands — as SEO Lead. Now I also work across Nevisport. My role covers traditional SEO and marketplace optimisation across Amazon, eBay, Decathlon, and Walmart.
Two very different worlds. Both still surprise me.
I write about what I learn, what breaks, and what I got wrong. Agency experience. In-house reality. Marketplace SEO. Client management. The stuff most people figure out years before I do.
Still figuring it out. Still surviving.
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