Owain Lloyd-Williams

The video of my talk from Shenzhen SEO Conference a few weeks ago on "How to Get SEO Moving Inside Large Organisations". www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf7j...

My name is Owain Lloyd-Williams though

I didn't attend this September's edition of #BrightonSEO but I did do a talk at the preceding event in April. This is slightly overdue, but here's a write-up of this talk, which was entitled "Technical SEO Traps to Avoid in Ecommerce Migrations". www.owainlloydwilliams.com/technical-se...

This is about as upset I get with LLMs, namely Claude, when they provide just URL slug endings in output and not the full structure and protocol.

The moment when that person says "isn't our website already SEO-optimised?"

Back at my desk in the UK fresh from a week in China which now already feels like a fever dream. I'm already eyeing up the conference for 2027, but in the meantime, here are my slides from Shenzhen SEO Conference last week. speakerdeck.com/owainlw/how-...

Thanks for having me, Shenzhen SEO Conference! The personalised message from JP Zhang and the beautiful gift of a bouquet of flowers was a really thoughtful touch. Slides to follow!

A couple of distance shots from Shenzhen SEO conference with fascinating talks from @methode.bsky.social and @lilyray.nyc

🌿 GreenSEO is back at @brightonseo.com in October, exploring sustainability in the AI age. 🍻 Join us for a free night of SEO, sustainability and AI, with talks from Kiri Nowak-Smith, Ed Chinn and Jimmy Dorrell. 🎟 Tickets in comments. Proudly sponsored by @screamingfrog.co.uk and Climbing Trees.

I spent a few hours "vibe coding" (ugh) a hobby site into a semi-automated (more ugh) content pipeline running on largely GitHub Actions. Here's a full warts-and-all writeup on what I built, what went wrong, and whether it was actually worth it www.owainlloydwilliams.com/vibe-coding-...

I forgot to smile at the start of this video, but I am excited, I promise. If you want to get a sense of my upcoming talk at Shenzhen SEO Conference in September, then check out the video below. Watch to the end for some rusty Cantonese, too.

Pedro Porro scoring a crucial goal in a World Cup semi final is a surreal sight as a Spurs fan.

Guillermo Ochoa em sua SEXTA Copa do Mundo! 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Very pleased to be the first SEO Consultant who instead of rebranding himself as a "GEO Bro", I am instead a "GEODUDE".

This is good stuff from Starmer. I also can't escape the sick irony of Farage wearing a tie that resembles the Rage Against the Machine "Renegades" album cover by using the murder of a young man to whip up racial hatred-driven riots on our streets. Get in the bin.

Big news! Google is going to start showing us GSC info on how our site is performing in AI Overviews and AI Mode.🦾 It's only rolling out to a subset of sites for now. On a quick check, I don't see it on any sites yet. support.google.com/webmasters/a...

Enterprise SEO teams are often the last to know when a site change goes live. SEO changelogs fix that, and they're more than a monitoring tool. My piece for @searchengineland.bsky.social. searchengineland.com/seo-changelo...

Happy to be of service....

A slightly dicey last couple of games weeks but a gamble in the final round of fixtures paid off and I'm pleased to have finished top of the SEO Fantasy Premier League. Henry Keegan very nearly pipped me at the last!

CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND* *1961.

Creating custom Gemini Gems whereby wine review data from my Vivino account is ingested and then recommendations are created from photos of giant wine sections in supermarkets whenever I weekend in France is a fine use of my business Google Workspace.

It's far too easy to laden such publications with snarky and critical comments. This is really good to see. Thanks to the @searchliaison.bsky.social (forgive me if I've tagged the wrong account) for putting this out. developers.google.com/search/docs/...

Some work-related fun in the context of a spoken word performance I gave a couple of days ago. www.linkedin.com/posts/owain-...

Somewhat miraculously, I am, at the time of writing (Everton play Man City tonight) just outside the top 500 out of 10 million players globally in #FantasyPremierLeague. My previous all time high was position 2,814 in the 2022/2023 season. Can I beat this in a few weeks' time? #FPL

Willy’s, Margate, Kent: ‘It chortles in the face of small plates’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk at @brightonseo.com yesterday. Always a pleasure to catch up with some fine people. Link to my slides: speakerdeck.com/owainlw/tech... #BrightonSEO

A @brightonseo.com for the ages. Sun soaked and resplendent. Thanks to all who came to my talk and who saw me murder Green Day at live karaoke. Slides to come. Good to see some lovely people!

Exciting. Pre-orders are now available for the book I have been commissioned to write. The AI SEO Playbook a.co/d/0b46vFFB

No - these messages got sent out because of a technical issue in the messaging system. It's unrelated to anything else. Sorry!

After nearly 15 years in the SEO industry, I am very pleased to announce that I am one of the selected early adopters of a hot new tool called "Google Search Console".

Magyar says his government will work for a ‘free, European’ Hungary in break with Orbán era – Europe live

I will hold my nose on my general disdain for populist vibe based politics and the general fundamental problems with the Greens' positions on NATO among various other things (this was just a local county council election, however) and say well done, and thank god Reform didn't win.

As I cascade into median age I am very happy to enter my wine and book pairing influencer era. www.instagram.com/reel/DW3b_eE... More importantly, some friends of mine are opening a new book shop in Bristol in the spring. Do give the account a follow.

Spent January working in Koh Samui, Thailand with the young family. Wrote up honest thoughts on the pros and cons from a personal and professional perspective. www.owainlloydwilliams.com/working-in-t...

Thousands march against far right in London in biggest ever multicultural protest

I'd just like to put in on record that I have never been to Ipswich and think Norwich is a lovely place.

Wider Lloyd-Williams clan doing fine things for the environment once more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In which we get a glimpse into Andrew Tate's somewhat blinkered interpretation of Google Trends/search data. youtube.com/shorts/LgX6M...