Here is the slides to my talk from Brighton SEO, Sept 2023. The talk was about how & why the history of SEO will help us plan for the future of search.

1. How & why the history of
SEO will help us plan for
the future of search
Tom Vaughton
Varn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomvaughton/
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2. What 24 years working in SEO has
taught me about what comes next
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4. The search engines completely changed
how we discovered information
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5. There has been huge change
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But some things always stay the same

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“I very frequently get the question
‘What’s going to change in the next 10
years?’
I almost never get the question
‘What’s not going to change in the next 10
years?’ ”

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Catching the next SEO wave

9. The principles of impactful SEO have
stayed the same
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10. The eight principles of long term SEO
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11. 1. The point of search engines was to
make information easy to find
That’s still the same today
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12. 2. Over time you WILL make more profit
with organic search over paid
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13. 3. Relevant high quality content still rules
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14. 4. Always align with Google’s roadmap
Don’t try to trick it
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15. 5. There is no silver bullet
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16. 6. Never stop learning
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17. 7. Link building is irrelevant
unless you build your brand
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18. 8. Competition, Competition,
Competition
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19. The past has taught me to be aware of
these important constants
AND to be looking ahead
of what’s changing
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20. SEO will always evolve
We need to evolve with it
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21. Constant change in how people find
information means people will question the
importance of SEO
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22. The six trends I’m keeping an eye on
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23. 1. Predictive SEO analytics
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24. 2. AI & machine learning
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25. 3. Ways of searching
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26. 4. Local SEO
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27. 5. Search engines are becoming more
personalised
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28. 6. How Google understands content
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29. Some final thoughts
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30. The SEO world is getting bigger
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31. Don’t forget good SEO is about people
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32. In a nutshell
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33. SEO has Imposter
Syndrome
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34. THANK YOU
Tom Vaughton
https://www.linkedin.com/company/varn/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomvaughton/
https://www.slideshare.net/varnmedia
Varn