Chris Jones
@chrisjj.bsky.social
Pondering SERPs since 1996-ish. Old enough to remember how it began, too old to care how it ends.
In a sea of distraction it’s good to see how searchers gravitate to my well contrusted text Ads. 80% CTR is exceptional but around 10% is normal. Maybe searchers are tired of the distractions and text Ads are seen as more attractive because our B2B searchers want websites.
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In a sea of distraction it’s good to see how searchers gravitate to my well contrusted text Ads. 80% CTR is exceptional but around 10% is normal. Maybe searchers are tired of the distractions and text Ads are seen as more attractive because our B2B searchers want websites.
ChatGPT: You're in a very common situation for B2B websites — great performance, but low volume, which means Google knows nothing about you, even though Lighthouse shows perfection.
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
ChatGPT: You're in a very common situation for B2B websites — great performance, but low volume, which means Google knows nothing about you, even though Lighthouse shows perfection.
The return of the rank trackers?
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The return of the rank trackers?
It would be very handy if hovering showed the annotation without the need to click it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It would be very handy if hovering showed the annotation without the need to click it.
Am I doing something right? Good start to the day.
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Am I doing something right? Good start to the day.
I know it's only Thursday but just checkin'
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I know it's only Thursday but just checkin'
Hope, no. Fear yes.
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hope, no. Fear yes.
Sunday chocolate bot alert! GSC fun. Query filter is set to include " gb". Who is the gb bot?
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Sunday chocolate bot alert! GSC fun. Query filter is set to include " gb". Who is the gb bot?
Yes. On the product grid I see the image and caption as "most Newsworthy" and I'm also seeing how adding salient helpful details as thumb descriptions as "important details" helps ranking.
October 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Yes. On the product grid I see the image and caption as "most Newsworthy" and I'm also seeing how adding salient helpful details as thumb descriptions as "important details" helps ranking.
To hide or not to hide? Gemini says hide rich editorial content. Not sure I agree with that one. This comes after I suggested our visitors are only interested in navigating away from the category page to the product page. Maybe Gemini is trying to satisfy my opinion.
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
To hide or not to hide? Gemini says hide rich editorial content. Not sure I agree with that one. This comes after I suggested our visitors are only interested in navigating away from the category page to the product page. Maybe Gemini is trying to satisfy my opinion.
The problem with these fraudsters is they are so sophisticated. 😂
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The problem with these fraudsters is they are so sophisticated. 😂
It's Friday so here is my video optimization settings for watching Barry. What's your favourite setting?
October 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's Friday so here is my video optimization settings for watching Barry. What's your favourite setting?
This. And when I used Google Analytics it used to say only 12% of our visitors were mobile.
September 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This. And when I used Google Analytics it used to say only 12% of our visitors were mobile.
I have adjusted my conclusions of the UK impression surge of 2 Jul. It looks like global imps from tracker bots became designated as UK imps. Av Position collapsed since bots drill down to page 10 whilst real searchers don't. Disabling num=100 excludes bots so UK data becomes realistic again.
September 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I have adjusted my conclusions of the UK impression surge of 2 Jul. It looks like global imps from tracker bots became designated as UK imps. Av Position collapsed since bots drill down to page 10 whilst real searchers don't. Disabling num=100 excludes bots so UK data becomes realistic again.
Now I'm confused. dejan.ai/blog/gpt-5-m...
September 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Now I'm confused. dejan.ai/blog/gpt-5-m...
Shenanigans afoot.
September 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Shenanigans afoot.
The cat's out of the bag at ChatGPT
September 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The cat's out of the bag at ChatGPT
Yeah cos that would be a near duplicate of one on my favourite albums.
August 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Yeah cos that would be a near duplicate of one on my favourite albums.
This is how it dies. Everything.
July 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is how it dies. Everything.
Blimey. You’re an education. I needed a second opinion.
July 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Blimey. You’re an education. I needed a second opinion.
Some time ago I decided not to be disconcerted since my site is fab in every way. Still it would be nice for it to be recognised 😉
July 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Some time ago I decided not to be disconcerted since my site is fab in every way. Still it would be nice for it to be recognised 😉
Boring update. More GSCAP (Average position) amusement. Almost ambivalent about the "SEO secret" but I sense it's true. From an engineering perspective that's a nice damped oscillation. Should I wait with bated breath or update the page? I'll delay changes a bit more.
June 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Boring update. More GSCAP (Average position) amusement. Almost ambivalent about the "SEO secret" but I sense it's true. From an engineering perspective that's a nice damped oscillation. Should I wait with bated breath or update the page? I'll delay changes a bit more.
Update. Here that same thing a few days later and the rise has disappeared as expected.
June 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Update. Here that same thing a few days later and the rise has disappeared as expected.