Second year at brightonSEO, and once again, it was amazing to spend three days thinking and talking only of SEO!
Some food for thought:
▶ Brand authority is becoming increasingly important. Even though we (in continental Europe) have so far been "spared" from AI-generated answers in Google, it's time to build your brand.
▶ How to use split testing in SEO to assess the impact of small changes at scale. I can't wait to put that into practice!
▶ More and more people are using TikTok as a search tool, especially for products. Make sure to diversify your marketing efforts.
▶ If other AI answer bots start taking over a significant portion of search traffic (a study from Gartner predicts search engine volume will drop 25% by 2026), these crawlers might not be as sophisticated as Google or Bing.
▶ And, because it still needs to be said — invest in quality!
Yes, use AI, please do. Use it for research, content creation, analysis, automation...
…but…
Make sure the work it delivers is of high quality! Don't just scrape the web for information and expect the AI to magically produce unique, distinctive content. Might it work in the short term? Sure, but how will you stand out from all your competitors doing exactly the same? So, feed that beast properly. If you provide it with the right nutrition, it will do its job well, and you'll be able to focus on the parts of your job AI will never be able to do.
On an AI-related note: I feel like there's already a lot happening in Belgium on this front, maybe even more so than in larger markets? Perhaps it's because we're used to working with small teams and managing a lot of work (hello, three languages!), which makes us eager to embrace anything that makes our workload more manageable. At least that's my perspective with our clients and our team at Us - Co-creating Digital Impact
I could keep talking about all things AI and SEO, so ;) send me a DM if you want to know more.