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Kevin Gibbons

CEO, Co-founder

Kevin Gibbons is founder and CEO of Re:signal – a strategy-driven SEO and content marketing agency in London. 

Winner of 15x UK/EU Search Awards, he was named search personality of the year at the UK Search Awards (2018) and listed in BIMA’s top 100 people shaping the digital industry (CEO and leaders category) in 2019. 

He has helped to grow Re:signal into a fast growth digital marketing agency, as recognised by Deloitte Fast 50 UK & EMEA (2017) and the FT 1000 fastest growing companies in Europe (2018). Working with clients including Expedia, Auto Trader, Pottery Barn and Deloitte. 

Kevin has spoken at over 100 events internationally over the last 10 years, including; Search Marketing Expo (SMX), Pubcon, ClickZ / SES, BrightonSEO, SAScon, State of Search, Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference (RIMC), Content Marketing Association (CMA), Performance Marketing Insights, SEMCamp and many more… 

Columnist writer at Econsultancy, Search Engine Watch, The Drum, Fast Company and Search Engine Land. Judge at US / MENA Search Awards, The Drum Content Awards and DADI Awards. 

Kevin’s presentations can be found on Slideshare.

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Re:commerce 2024 – Recap

I’ll start where Re:commerce2024 ended, with a speaker quote that struck a chord, and sums up some our of the thinking behind our Re:commerce event –

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Complete list of SEO conferences in 2024

We have just updated our list of SEO/Ecommerce events and conferences to attend in 2024 and publicly shared as a Google Sheet.

Please feel free to use / make a copy, and if you’d like to suggest any we may have missed, please do so here.

P.S. We have a lot planned for 2024, with networking events coming up in London, Manchester, Amsterdam and more. Plus our very own 1-day Ecommerce SEO conference in London on 15th March 2024. Stay up to date with all our Re:signal events by following us on 𝕏.

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What is NOT going to change in SEO?

A lot has changed in the world of SEO in just the last six months. The future is exciting, a little scary and has many unknowns. 

The only constant we can be sure of is change. You have to be continually experimenting, innovating and improving, because what got you here won’t get you there… 

I really like this comment from Jeff Bezos:

“I do get asked, quite frequently: ‘what’s gonna change in the next 10 years?

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KPMG: 2023 UK retail sector trends & forecast

At the start of March, Paul Martin (Global Retail Lead & UK Head of Retail at KPMG) kindly joined me for a video interview to talk about the trends of the UK retail sector since we last discussed the topic in early 2022. In this interview, Paul and I looked back at how the UK retail sector fared in 2022, amid a number of unique market challenges. We also discussed the main category movements witnessed so far in 2023, and provided a forecast for the next 12 months of trading!

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Introducing Re:commerce – our 1-day SEO conference

We’re delighted to announce that on 10th March next year, we are running a 1-day eCommerce SEO conference in London!

This will be hosted at the stunning Ham Yard Hotel, and we’ve been working very hard to secure what is an incredible line-up of 15 speakers, 5 breakout session leaders, 4 moderators, 1 emcee and a partridge in a pear tree…

I genuinely believe we’ve curated the conference line-up of our dreams, and we’re very proud to share this with you.

Keynote speakers:

  • Rory Sutherland: I first saw Rory speak live at an A4U Affiliate Marketing event about 12 years ago. I’m showing my age a little here… At the time, it was the best talk I’ve even seen live, he was captivating. It still hasn’t been topped yet!
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What makes a Great RFP?
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[Template] What Makes a Great SEO RFP or Brief?

This is a topic which I feel agencies and brands alike are perhaps never the biggest fan of, but it can play an important role, especially for larger enterprises, in order to select the best partner to help support your objectives. 

What is an SEO RFP?

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eCommerce Update 2022 - Winners & Losers
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2022 update: winners & losers in eCommerce SEO

We’ve just updated our eCommerce SEO Report based on Sistrix organic visibility data, showing which brands have seen visibility changes in 2022, and providing a look back at how industry trends and challenges have impacted the market over the last 12 months.

I recently interviewed Paul Martin from KPMG to discuss the market movement and industry trends we have seen so far in 2022.  It’s been fascinating to see how the sector has had to navigate through a huge range of obstacles, including geopolitical and macroeconomic. pressures, supply chain problems, and the cost-efficiency agenda. During this time we’ve seen lots of fluctuation in the visibility within a number of categories. We’ve picked out some eye-catching insights below.

 

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KPMG: 2022 UK retail sector trends & forecast

Last week, Paul Martin, Global Retail Lead & UK Head of Retail at KPMG kindly joined me for a video interview to talk about the trends of the retail sector since we last discussed this in 2020, what’s to come in 2022 and where we should be focusing our attention/efforts in order to be successful.

Kevin Gibbons and Paul Martin Interview 2022 eCommerce

Key themes retailers need to focus on: 

1: Geopolitical implications and COVID-19 impact

  • COVID-19 is still affecting large parts of the world, especially Asia –
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2022 update: winners & losers in travel SEO

We’ve just updated our travel SEO report, based on Sistrix organic visibility data, in order to show the latest trends from Jan 2022, and look back at progress over the last 12 months.

We launched the report in March 2021, and during that time the trends show packages and travel guides have seen the slowest growth / the biggest declines. Whilst transport, hotels + flights are increasing in visibility.

Overall leaders: 

Re:signal Travel SEO Report - Sistrix Visibility Index

  • Tripadvisor.co.uk have maintained a clear lead in organic visibility, despite a dip which has recently started to recover.
  • Expedia has seen the biggest drop in organic visibility (58%), which takes them from 3rd to 5th overall.
  • Tripadvisor.com, Trivago and Travelsupermarket all drop out of the top 10. Replaced by Hotels.com, Skyscanner and British Airways.

Biggest winners:

Re:signal Travel SEO Report Visibility Table - Sistrix - Biggest Winners

  • Hotels.com have grown by 52% and are the biggest winners (based on visibility points increased over the last 12 months).
  • Transport sites (TFL and National Rail) have performed well, which possibly indicates a reflection with increased search demand on 2021 vs 2020.
  • Equally, flights have seen a big increase (EasyJet and British Airways both increasing their visibility).
  • Within packages, it’s interesting to see a comeback for the relaunched Thomas Cook, alongside increases for TUI, Love Holidays and IHG (hotel group).

Biggest losers: 

Re:signal Travel SEO Report Visibility Table - Sistrix - Biggest Losers

  • Expedia has seen a significant drop in organic visibility (58%) over the last 12 months.
  • TripAdvisor despite retaining a strong position as market leaders, have seen the 2nd biggest drop when you combine their .co.uk and .com domains.
  • This appears to be a trend across price comparison OTAs, with Trivago, Booking.com, Lastminute.com, Kayak, and On the Beach struggling too.
  • It also wasn’t a great year for content sites / guides, with Lonely Planet seeing a large drop, as did Culture Trip and Trip Savvy.

Key categories:

Within specific categories, you can see the progress vs closer competitors for each brand.

  • Flights: you can see Sky Scanner and British Airways have started to pull away from the rest of the pack a little:Re:signal Travel SEO Report - Sistrix Visibility Index - Category: Flights
  • Hotels: you can see Hotels.com have performed very well, whilst Trivago have struggled. IHG have gained visibility recently:Re:signal Travel SEO Report - Sistrix Visibility Index - Category: Hotels
  • Packages: the whole category has struggled to grow.Booking.com have dropped but retain their position as clear market leaders. Expedia have the biggest drop, which has seen LastMinute.com overtake them and TUI close the gap. Re:signal Travel SEO Report - Sistrix Visibility Index - Category: Packages
  • Luxury: interestingly, Kuoni who have always been very dominant in this category have significantly dropped in organic visibility. Audley and Trail finders have closed that gap now, in what could be an important year for luxury, seeing there are many predictions of people going / spending big in 2022: Re:signal Travel SEO Report - Sistrix Visibility Index - Category: Luxury

You can see more on the full report here.

 

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How to make your content king!
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How to Create an SEO Data-Driven Content Strategy

How To Create an SEO Data-Driven Content Strategy

Content strategy is a hugely important part of the SEO process. Quite often it’s not given the level of attention it deserves, but done right it can be a significant driver of organic revenue and customer acquisition.

To create an SEO data-driven content strategy that works, we need to understand what good content looks like. To do that we need to look at data and conduct research. It sounds time-consuming and expensive, which might put many businesses off. But actually, you can create an SEO data-driven content strategy in just 3 steps. 

How to create an SEO data-driven content strategy from Kevin Gibbons

Thanks to Illiya for help with the presentation slide design.

The Value of Content for SEO 

When we talk about SEO, we used to work on the principle that creating content was about making it work for Google. That meant content that was littered with keywords, known as keyword stuffing, and didn’t necessarily provide any value to its readers. As long as it was on topic, it ranked. 

SEO content best in google

But now it’s about creating content for people. Content needs to answer questions, provide content, be accurate, and add value. It should still have the essence of keywords, but you can’t just take a keyword and hire a copywriter on the cheap anymore. It’s all about quality – creating quality content that is accurate and adds real value. And that doesn’t come cheap, you need to invest in it.

Why Invest in Your Content

Creating content needs investment to make an impact. But when it comes to it being part of an SEO strategy, it feels like the content is under-rated and under-invested.

It seems like SEOs and marketers are aware of the value of content. If you look at our LinkedIn poll of where people see the best results from their efforts, we can see that 50% of us get the best results from content rather than technical SEO or digital PR. But this isn’t reflected when we think about where our businesses spend their marketing budgets.

Linkedin activity on organic search performance poll by Kevin Gibbons

We need to address this problem of under-investment in content for SEO because the benefits are endless. Even without any extra search traffic, the pay-off of additional content could be significant. Creating content can drive better user metrics, more clicks, and can also support the traffic you drive from your other marketing channels like social media and email. But if you can level up and create high-quality content that provides better information than your competitors and attract better user metrics, the benefits are even greater. Your content will be more likely to outrank your competitors in the SERPs, giving you the potential to gain additional impressions, increased clicks, and ultimately more conversions. That is without considering the benefit your content can have on your other SEO efforts, like generating backlinks.

Everyone knows content is King

So investing in the right quality of content should pay for itself several times over. But we still see that most of SEO spend goes on fixing technical aspects of a website (page speed, structured data, etc.) or on link acquisition and PR to improve authority and brand reputation. But why are we consistently overlooking the importance of having a strong content strategy and delivery plan?

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