Matt Davies
@mdavies.me
Dad. SEO consultant. Poker player. Toy collector. Miniature painter. 3D Printer. Guitar strummer (poor). Alan Partridge / Simpsons gif afficionado.
https://www.slingshotsearch.co.uk/
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Matt Davies
@mdavies.me
· May 21
Hello everyone. Dropping in to tell you I've opened an Etsy shop. I'm starting off by selling 3D printed backlit photos... or at least, I'd love to get my first sale and review to get things kicked off.
They make lovely gifts, should you be shopping for one!
Shop at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/3DPr....
They make lovely gifts, should you be shopping for one!
Shop at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/3DPr....
Feels increasingly relevant.
Big fan of SEO consultants that tell other SEO consultants that the trick to being a good SEO consultant is to stop doing SEO and become a brand consultant. Very helpful people.
May 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Feels increasingly relevant.
Hello everyone. Dropping in to tell you I've opened an Etsy shop. I'm starting off by selling 3D printed backlit photos... or at least, I'd love to get my first sale and review to get things kicked off.
They make lovely gifts, should you be shopping for one!
Shop at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/3DPr....
They make lovely gifts, should you be shopping for one!
Shop at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/3DPr....
May 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hello everyone. Dropping in to tell you I've opened an Etsy shop. I'm starting off by selling 3D printed backlit photos... or at least, I'd love to get my first sale and review to get things kicked off.
They make lovely gifts, should you be shopping for one!
Shop at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/3DPr....
They make lovely gifts, should you be shopping for one!
Shop at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/3DPr....
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Immediately suspicious of these spring rolls
February 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Immediately suspicious of these spring rolls
Reposted by Matt Davies
This is the hardest I’ve laughed in a long time.
February 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This is the hardest I’ve laughed in a long time.
Google always understates links.
Google's @johnmu.com on losing lots of links fast; "SEOs often overestimate links" www.seroundtable.com/google-link-... via @mehdioudjida.bsky.social
#google #links #seo #googlelinks #googleseo
#google #links #seo #googlelinks #googleseo
January 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Google always understates links.
All back to usenet, I reckon.
Maybe the kids are right. Maybe Discord is the only viable online social space left.
January 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
All back to usenet, I reckon.
Me listening to my normy friends' opinions on Transformers One.
December 31, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Me listening to my normy friends' opinions on Transformers One.
This website has just been "reactivated" in the last 24 hours after "Google shut it down".
They say they'll be posting fewer news articles and focus on "complex commentary, recommendations, discussion, and opinions".
No mention of their plan for ongoing celebrity nude content.
They say they'll be posting fewer news articles and focus on "complex commentary, recommendations, discussion, and opinions".
No mention of their plan for ongoing celebrity nude content.
There's an "independent publishing" guy on the other site complaining that his "independent entertainment news and geek commentary" site has lost most of its traffic and that means SEO is dead.
Thing is, this site has been bolstering its traffic by optimising for celebrity nudes for years.
Thing is, this site has been bolstering its traffic by optimising for celebrity nudes for years.
December 31, 2024 at 1:54 PM
This website has just been "reactivated" in the last 24 hours after "Google shut it down".
They say they'll be posting fewer news articles and focus on "complex commentary, recommendations, discussion, and opinions".
No mention of their plan for ongoing celebrity nude content.
They say they'll be posting fewer news articles and focus on "complex commentary, recommendations, discussion, and opinions".
No mention of their plan for ongoing celebrity nude content.
This site is still begging for donations under threat of closure. They're about 33% of the way toward the target they NEED to hit or they'll shut down FOREVER, tomorrow!
I predict (a) they fail to hit their target, (b) they don't shut down and (c) they'll run the same grift this time next year.
I predict (a) they fail to hit their target, (b) they don't shut down and (c) they'll run the same grift this time next year.
Continuing down the "sad independent publisher" rabbithole... I've just seen the publisher of this site asking for donations since their traffic has, supposedly, dropped from 100,000 visits a day to 700.
Can't claim to have checked all their rankings but those I have seem to be holding up.
Can't claim to have checked all their rankings but those I have seem to be holding up.
December 31, 2024 at 1:51 PM
This site is still begging for donations under threat of closure. They're about 33% of the way toward the target they NEED to hit or they'll shut down FOREVER, tomorrow!
I predict (a) they fail to hit their target, (b) they don't shut down and (c) they'll run the same grift this time next year.
I predict (a) they fail to hit their target, (b) they don't shut down and (c) they'll run the same grift this time next year.
Continuing down the "sad independent publisher" rabbithole... I've just seen the publisher of this site asking for donations since their traffic has, supposedly, dropped from 100,000 visits a day to 700.
Can't claim to have checked all their rankings but those I have seem to be holding up.
Can't claim to have checked all their rankings but those I have seem to be holding up.
December 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Continuing down the "sad independent publisher" rabbithole... I've just seen the publisher of this site asking for donations since their traffic has, supposedly, dropped from 100,000 visits a day to 700.
Can't claim to have checked all their rankings but those I have seem to be holding up.
Can't claim to have checked all their rankings but those I have seem to be holding up.
There's an "independent publishing" guy on the other site complaining that his "independent entertainment news and geek commentary" site has lost most of its traffic and that means SEO is dead.
Thing is, this site has been bolstering its traffic by optimising for celebrity nudes for years.
Thing is, this site has been bolstering its traffic by optimising for celebrity nudes for years.
December 19, 2024 at 2:13 PM
There's an "independent publishing" guy on the other site complaining that his "independent entertainment news and geek commentary" site has lost most of its traffic and that means SEO is dead.
Thing is, this site has been bolstering its traffic by optimising for celebrity nudes for years.
Thing is, this site has been bolstering its traffic by optimising for celebrity nudes for years.
Got my Bluesky ranking (bye bye Twitter). My handle is a .me domain that redirects to my business site. Interestingly (for people who's job it is to be interested) Google has described the listing with the opening paragraph from my business site. No doubt someone clever than me can explain why.
December 18, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Got my Bluesky ranking (bye bye Twitter). My handle is a .me domain that redirects to my business site. Interestingly (for people who's job it is to be interested) Google has described the listing with the opening paragraph from my business site. No doubt someone clever than me can explain why.
The response to this story over on LinkedIn has been WILD to witness. So many business wankers circling the wagons to protect one of their princes.
There's probably a discussion to be had about the general audience of podcasts and the utter bullshit that is sold on so many of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 1:32 PM
The response to this story over on LinkedIn has been WILD to witness. So many business wankers circling the wagons to protect one of their princes.
Big fan of SEO consultants that tell other SEO consultants that the trick to being a good SEO consultant is to stop doing SEO and become a brand consultant. Very helpful people.
December 17, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Big fan of SEO consultants that tell other SEO consultants that the trick to being a good SEO consultant is to stop doing SEO and become a brand consultant. Very helpful people.
I have unapologetically loved so much of the Marvel series. Even as the reliability has dropped off in recent years, I'm all in on it.
But it will be so funny to watch James Gunn and DC totally eat their lunch in 2025.
But it will be so funny to watch James Gunn and DC totally eat their lunch in 2025.
December 16, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I have unapologetically loved so much of the Marvel series. Even as the reliability has dropped off in recent years, I'm all in on it.
But it will be so funny to watch James Gunn and DC totally eat their lunch in 2025.
But it will be so funny to watch James Gunn and DC totally eat their lunch in 2025.
There's probably a discussion to be had about the general audience of podcasts and the utter bullshit that is sold on so many of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 1:49 PM
There's probably a discussion to be had about the general audience of podcasts and the utter bullshit that is sold on so many of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tory Desk now, with Colin Poppshed.
December 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Tory Desk now, with Colin Poppshed.
Just completed a productive working lunch while eating a steak, as one does when they are not a wimp.
December 12, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Just completed a productive working lunch while eating a steak, as one does when they are not a wimp.
My printer can do Warhammer, too.
3D printing is awesome, guys.
3D printing is awesome, guys.
December 12, 2024 at 1:20 PM
My printer can do Warhammer, too.
3D printing is awesome, guys.
3D printing is awesome, guys.
I don't generally have many opinions about transforming toys these days but I find the way this new toy is a bit bad to be a bit more bad than the way the older toy was a bit bad. If you see what I mean.
Nothing to see here, just a normal plane that isn't a robot in disguise
December 6, 2024 at 1:33 PM
I don't generally have many opinions about transforming toys these days but I find the way this new toy is a bit bad to be a bit more bad than the way the older toy was a bit bad. If you see what I mean.
It's all computer game critters and Black Country punk this year I'm afraid.
December 4, 2024 at 4:32 PM
It's all computer game critters and Black Country punk this year I'm afraid.
So I hear there's a new car from Jaguar.
December 3, 2024 at 2:14 PM
So I hear there's a new car from Jaguar.
Anyone managed to make an AI platform do a good job of keyword mapping? Spent a couple of hours last week trying to get ChatGPT to review a list of keywords and assign them to the pages on a site but it was either beyond its capabilities, or my prompting skills were lacking on that occasion.
December 2, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Anyone managed to make an AI platform do a good job of keyword mapping? Spent a couple of hours last week trying to get ChatGPT to review a list of keywords and assign them to the pages on a site but it was either beyond its capabilities, or my prompting skills were lacking on that occasion.