HIVE MCR Upcoming May 2026
HIVE MCR Manchester All Stars
I will be taking part in the SEO conference that thinks it's a festival HIVE MCR! Joining as part of a Manchester All-Star Panel
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I speak about the SEO stuff most people find too technical, too weird, or too simple.
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Based in Manchester, I've spoken at Brighton SEO, Tech SEO North, and Manchester DM
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Upcoming talks
Past talks
Manchester DM March 2026
NavBoost: What the f**k is it?
NavBoost is one of Google's most significant ranking signals — and until recently, one of its best-kept secrets. Using evidence from the 2024 Google API leak and DOJ antitrust trial testimony, this talk breaks down what NavBoost actually is, how it uses user behaviour to influence rankings, and what that means for how you think about and measure SEO performance.
Slides available on request Brighton SEO October 2025
How to get your tech tickets signed off by key stakeholders
A practical, process-driven talk on moving technical SEO work through approval and into development. How to write tickets that engineers want to pick up, how to get sign-off from people who don't understand SEO, and how to stop being the person whose Jira tickets sit untouched for six months.
Slides available on request Tech SEO North May 2025
Getting buy-in for technical SEO
Technical SEO work fails far more often in the boardroom than it does in the codebase. This talk covers how to build the internal case for technical investment — understanding what motivates stakeholders, framing SEO in business terms rather than search terms, and turning a backlog of ignored recommendations into work that actually gets prioritised.
Slides available on requestTopics in development
Actively building new material — if any of these fit your audience, get in touch.
Google's internal ranking systems — a deeper dive
NavBoost was the start. Mustang, Twiddlers, CompressedQualitySignals, and what the leaked documentation tells us about how Google really evaluates pages.
Building SEO tooling your team will actually use
Custom dashboards, automated reporting, and the case for building your own rather than paying for platforms that don't quite fit.
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