Thursday 14th June 2018
Hosted By: Search Leeds
First Direct Arena
Oliver Brett- Senior SEO Consultant
Screaming Frog
Why SEO Wizards Need User Testing Hobbits
Last Week…
Screaming Frog
Agh!
Self-Promotional Talks= zzz
We’re real people
User Testing
“Just a quality update,
bro…”
Why SEOs are weirdos:
Hobbiton, NZ
Caroline
Green Dragon Inn
11:23:59
SEO Is Just Like LOTR
Technical SEOs
Creative Team
Bing and Yahoo
Google
PPC People
Screaming Frog
@LordOfTheSERPs
@lordoftheserps
How Do We Define
“Wildly Successful”?
0 Links
‘Known’ SEOs
Slide in the DMs
Okay…
Inspiration
Henley vs London
London
Leeds
Henley-on-Thames
www.thisseolife.com
What does
@LordOfTheSERPs
tell us about SEO?
GET CLIENT LINKS
Methodology
(Retweets x3) + Likes
TRUTH
No. of Tweets about the thing
=
(Unless it’s a weird outlier, then get rid.)
SEO’s Favourite Character
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Aragorn Sam Théoden Bilbo Gandalf Frodo Arwen Orcs Legolas Gimli Gollum Saruman Boromir Pippin Elrond
Interactions Per Tweet
Would Aragorn be a good SEO?
Good at stalking and tracking journalists
Thinks their content is king
Comes up with stupid plans that rely on
Google’s AI Algorithms
Can generate bot traffic when all else
fails
Good at stalking and tracking
Thinks he is king
Comes up with stupid plans that rely
on Frodo
Can summon ghost armies when all
else fails
SEO’s Most Loved/Hated Thing
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
SEO’s Favourite Conference
Search Leeds Brighton SEO Pubcon Search Love
Technical vs Content
Preferred type of SEO
Content Technical
SEO’s Favourite Tool
Favourite Tools
Screaming Frog Keywords Everywhere SEMRush Moz
83% like SEO
<3
SEOs are weirdos
“That’s nice dear.”
Ninjas, Growth Hackers, Wizards…
Existential Dread
SEO is… terminated
Phew..!
Users are weirdos, too
Users have
good insight
Standard Devices
Unconventional Software
Pain Points
3rd Party Feedback
Case Study Time
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Logo goes here
Location, email, phone, etc.
“Y’all need more links.”
https://www.usertesting.com
https://www.whatusersdo.com
https://usabilla.com
https://www.trymyui.com
“Feels quite clunky and
amateur compared to a
high-street brand.”
“It doesn’t feel chic.”
“All this crap at the top
is horribly distracting.”
“Oh, yuck.”
Homepage Before
Logo goes here
Homepage After
New Logo goes
here
Logo goes here
Category Page Before
Logo goes here
Category Page After
New Logo goes
here
Product Page Before
Logo goes here
Product Page After
New Logo goes
here
Basket Page Before
Logo goes here
Address/ Contact Details
Basket Page After
New Logo goes here
Address/ Contact Details
Ecommerce Conversion Rate
Site Update in October ‘17
50% Up YoY
Quick Fire Round
Out of Date Social Media Icons
Gradients
Aggressive SSL Icons
Crap Stock Photography
Crap Stock Photography
Annoying Animations
Colour Consistency
Font Consistency
Weird
Font
Logo
Aggressive Calls to Action
Too Little Content
Keyword Stuffing
Keyword Stuffing
Keyword Stuffing
Keyword Stuffing
Consistent Voice
Length of Forums/ Sign Ups
Shipping and Returns
VAT Number
Auto Play
Broken Checkout
Conclusions
Screaming Frog’s named after a screaming frog
User Testing is great
Make sure you’ve seen Lord of the Rings before going to New Zealand
SEOs are weird because they like Lord of the Rings memes
SEO’s favourite SEO tool is Screaming Frog
Users have insight we lack from the cognitive bias of being in the industry
You can massively boost your conversion rate by following user testing
Update your social media icons
Please follow my dumb LOTR Twitter account
Thank you!
oliver.brett@screamingfrog.co.uk
@OliverBrett
@LordOfTheSERPs

SearchLeeds 2018 - Oliver Brett - Screaming Frog