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Autocrat (darth_na)
@darth-autocrat.bsky.social
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Darth Autocrat:
Internet business consultant
(SEM (SEO/PPC), CM & SMM, with UX, CRO & ORM)

https://nseo.arclite.solutions/?ts=darth_na:x
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12/?

So, over time, what you should have,
is something that looks like the image below.
(You should reinvest and increase as you go, due to creating more profit ... so you can reach more, convert more, and earn more! (well, till you hit the ceiling :D))
Stacked Chart (black background, multiple coloured blocks per column). Has a "key" with 5 colours/labels. Key 1 : Publishing volume Key 2 : Performance/MQLs Key 3 : SQLs Key 4 : Closed / Won Key 5 : Deal size / Retention X/Horizontal axis : Campaign stages (by year, 1-5) Y/Vertical axis : Investment + Quantity + Coverage (time, effort, money, amount published and promoted, number of products or services covered) Each bar contains all 5 types (Publishing volume, Performance/MQLs, SQLs, Closed / Won, Deal size / Retention). Each type is roughly equal to each other in that stack. Each year, the stack gets taller, as more is done (Year 1 is the smallest stack column, progressing to larger until the 5th year, which is the largest)
March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🚨:: Bad Evolution of Content Marketing ::🚨

There's multiple issues here ...

Measuring by Traffic!
If you've got MQLs/SQLs etc. - then you're not likely an MFA (made for ad/affil revenue) ... so Traffic should not be a main metric, let alone a KPI!

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#ContentMarketing #SEO #DigitalMarketing
Screenshot - cropped - tweet: Ross Hudgens (@RossHudgens) 3:52 PM · Mar 6, 2025 Content marketing emphasis often starts with publishing volume, but real success comes from refining your focus. Over time, the best teams move from just creating content to driving leads, revenue & long-term growth. See the full evolution in the graphic below: <image> The image is a simple bar chart. (black background, red columns). X/Horizontal axis : Campaign stages - years (1-5) Y/Vertical axis : Traffic Bar 1 (Year 1) - highest traffic - Publishing volume. Bar 2 (Year 2) - 2nd highest traffic - Performance/MQLs Bar 3 (Year 3) - middle traffic - SQLs Bar 4 (Year 4) - 2nd lowest traffic - Closed / Won Bar 5 (Year 5) - lowest traffic - Deal size / Retention
March 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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:: Is Google showing Favouritism? ::

After years (and years) of complaints,
of people showing G examples of weak, bad, spammy, unhelpful, unsatisfactory content,
ranking on "brand sites" (particularly Large/Enterprise Publishers) ...

... G made the #SRA.

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X: x.com/darth_na/sta...
Chart - Showing sharp rise in "Organic traffic". X/Horizontal Axis : Time (measured in 4-day blocks, early February to early March). Y/Vertical Axis : Traffic quantity (measured in 400K bars). Chart shows a flat line until near the end of February, then massive increases over a matter of days (from 0 to over 1.5 Million, in approx. a week).
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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I can see my patience is going to run out very fast this year...

#SEO #Meme
Meme - Beckham-Posh- "Be Honest". 6 cell image (2 columns, 3 rows - pairs of Posh and David) Cell 1 : Posh : "I'm a professional SEO" Cell 2 : David : "Be honest." Cell 3 : Posh : "I use strategies and tactics..." Cell 4 : David : doesn't say anything, just waits. Cell 5 : Posh : "... fine. Keywords and Links!" Cell 6 : David : "Thank you."
February 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🏈🏈🏈 #SuperBowlLIX 🏈🏈🏈

Just watch the ads,
and remember - the ones by @Google,
are likely faked!

#Google #Gemini
Poster - Super Bowl 2025 Background is a level view of a football field, washed out and died red. Imposed over the top, is a modified LIX Super Bowl logo, followed by the sponsor (below). Reads: <Super Bowl logo> Super BowlSh!t Sponsored by <Google logo, and Google Gemini logo (changed to read "taurus")
February 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Image - Movie scene - Blade Runner (Orig). Someone is taking the Voight-Kampff test. 2 row-image. Top cell is the asker. Bottom cell is the potential Replicant. Cell 1: "You're hungry. You want pizza. You order pizza. What topping?" Cell 2: "Glue"
February 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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*runs away*
🤣
Screenshot - cropped and edited. Google Search Console "recommendation" report tool. Reads: You appear to have a "blog" Check if your site is new - as it may not need a "blog" This is a sarcastic take of a recent JM answer to whether a startup site needs a blog.
January 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
darth-autocrat.bsky.social
So ... any parenting tips on how to get a mullet off your kid?
(I can't bribe him, we've just had Christmas, and he's got all he wants!!!)
January 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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So what happened about Ad Quality?

I thought Google were meant to be (finally!) doing something about this?

I won't waste my breath on @searchliaison.bsky.social
...
... but maybe
@ginnymarvin.bsky.social (AdsLiaison)
would care to comment?

(14 years flagging this stuff!)

#GoogleAds
Screenshot (cropped). A web page (found via search) for an oven user manual page, with the intent to view/download a PDF file. There are 3 ads displayed, circled in "red crayon". Two the sides (sticky, always in view). One "in the content". All 3 can easily be mistaken as Calls to Action, and may be mistakenly clicked on by users.
January 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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x.com/darth_na/sta...
Meme - Olympic Shooting event. 3 Rows (Image on left, description on right). Row 1: Side on, along the shoulder pose. Wearing a red head-band, and a fancy looking red, black and grey cyber-punk like outfit, with the eye-gear on. Reads: Talks about... Chat GPT for * Data Analysis * Keyword research* Content creation * On-page tweaks * Code improvements Row 2: Black hoody (hood down), whit baseball cap, wearing eye-gear. Reads: Talks about... One weird trick Secret techniques Crappy link networks LSI Keywords Jumps on Buzzwords Row 3: Stood wearing a white t-shirt and glasses. No eye gear. No fancy clothes or silly poses. Reads: Talks about... Marketing Goals & KPIs Audiences Content Distribution Satisfaction Data Testing
January 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Meme - 2x2 Anakin and Padme, in a field. Cell 1 (Top Left) - Anakin (head and torso), facing slightly right. Reads: "AI Overviews are built to only show information that is backed up by top web results." Cell 2 (Top Right) - Padme, wearing a floral headband, hair in nets by her ears. Reads: "So there are multiple high ranking pages saying put glue on pizza." Cell 3 (Bottom Left) - Anakin, zoomed in on face, just staring in a challenging way. Cell 4 (Bottom Right) - Padme, looking unimpressed.
January 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Laughter Meme - Good Fellas. Reads: "... ensure that all sites have an equal opportunity to rank based on the quality of their content. ..." Description: Scene from the film Good Fellas. Ray Liotta (as Henry Hill), in a light/cream coloured suit - holding court, everyone is laughing with him.
January 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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You appear to have missed a few...

x.com/darth_na/sta...
Meme - Edited photo of Google's Sundar Pichai, kicking a football. The football has been removed, and replaced with a young lady laid on the astro turf, with a laptop in front of her. Sundar's face has been replaced with a block saying "HCU". The ladies face has been replaced with a block saying "Your site". Photo of laptop lady from https://www.pickpik.com/browsing-computer-female-floor-girl-internet-2934
January 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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2025 is coming ...

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Reads: 2025 Description: Landscape image of space (black with little white dots for stars). On the right is the Death Star (large battle moon). On the left, is the year (2025).
December 31, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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🎆 Happy New Year! 🎆
AI Generated image (MS Designer). Reads: Happy New Year Description: Illustration of a city, from the air. It's night time with a clear sky. The city glows with lights, and the sky is full of exploding fireworks.
December 31, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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Reads: Merry Christmas Happy Holidays Good Wednesday Description: AI generated (human edited) image. Beautiful night-time winter scene. Snow covers the ground and trees, and the roofs of houses in the distance. The night sky (at the top) is dark and starry, and lower down, gorgeous purple-hazed clouds fill the sky. A bright full moon (it's not a moon, that's the Death Star). In the distance you can see Santa and his reindeer flying off to the right ... apparently chased by TIE Fighters. Just peeking out above the well-wishing text, is the silhouette of an AT-AT, looming over a tiny little house.
December 24, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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If you see this, post a game character and pass it on

Bobble, from Bubble Bobble
"Bob" (Bobble) from the classic (old!) game "Bubble Bobble". Small, cute cartoon dragon. Head the same size as the body, large eyes, yellow triangles down the back. Body is mostly baby-blue in colour, with a white patch for the tummy. The arms and legs (hands/feet) are pink, with white claws.
December 15, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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I covered these on the 2nd December
:D
x.com/darth_na/sta...

But I'm utterly disgusted with G's favouritism/bias
x.com/darth_na/sta...
Edited image. Reads: Google Showing Favour to Big Publishing
December 7, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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#SEO #PSA #MobileOperator #SearchOperators

Don't reshare this one!

(Reverse psychology ... will it work? :D)
Public Service Announcement Mobile: operator mobile:example.com/dir/page This advanced search operator never existed! (saw a muppet on LinkedIn suggest it!) (Worse - saw people agree!!) If you see someone suggesting it, they’re clearly full of shit, and I advise you stop listening to them!
December 5, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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#SEO #PSA #CacheOperator #SearchOperators

Please, reshare

(yes, I know, cheeky to ask for a reshare ... but I want this info out there, as I'm sick of seeing "SEO Pro's" sharing "cheat sheets" that are actual "cheat shits", because of the amount of misinformation)
Public Service Announcement Cache: operator cache:example.com/dir/page This advanced search operator is now defunct! (G removed it several months ago :( ) If you see someone suggesting it, they’re not paying attention, and I advise you stop listening to them!
December 5, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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#SEO #LinkOperator #SearchOperators

Please, share

(reflutter, reflap, ... OMG I've got less clue about what these are called than I do on X!)
Public Service Announcement Link: operator link:example.com/dir/page This advanced search operator is dead! (It has been dead for (7+) Years!) If you see someone suggesting it, they’re clearly full of shit, and I advise you stop listening to them!
December 5, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Your Character Build🎮 If life was an RPG... Class: Lawful SEO Overlord Special Abilities: ⚔️ SEO Sorcery ⚔️ Technical Wizardry ⚔️ Community Engagement Charm Weaknesses: 💀 Over-optimization Syndrome 💀 Meme Dependency 💀 Technical Jargon Overload Quest Line: To ascend as the ultimate SEO consultant, ruling the digital landscape with meme magic and technical insights.
December 1, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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The Real You™ 🎭 Your online personality exposed Your Vibe: The Digital Wizard Keeping It Real Score: 85% Main Character Energy: * SEO Obsession * Technical Wizardry * Witty Commentary Secret Powers: ✨ Impressive Meme Creation ✨ Ninja-Level SEO Skills ✨ Digital Marketing Stratagems
December 1, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Okay - so I gave in, and went and played with
blueskyroast.com

... and yes - it has me giggling :D
Reads: Darth Autocrat: The SEO Sorcerer of Bluesky A consultant with a flair for dramatic rants about search rankings that even Yoda would admire. Where every post is a potential TED Talk, minus the applause.
December 1, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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If you've opted to follow me,
Thank you!

But please, don't just lurk,
join in!

#SEO #DigitalMarketing #EBusiness
Image : frontal head and torso of Darth Vader (owned by Disney), on the right, arms folded, staring forward. Words on the left (in white, over a dark blue/black background, with a little smoke drifting along the bottom) Reads: Please, join in, chat, ask questions, make jokes Don't just lurk.
November 29, 2024 at 7:53 PM