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OpenAI's new Research Paper 'How People Use ChatGPT' is an absolute Goldmine. I've pulled out what I think are the 10 most fascinating insights and learnings
Read them here, now:
davetheseo.com/2025/09/open...
Definitely read the full paper at some point, but it's 63 pages.
It wasn't possible to go through everything in the course in this video so if you've got some questions to ask to check this is right for you? Message me or tag me in a comment
It wasn't possible to go through everything in the course in this video so if you've got some questions to ask to check this is right for you? Message me or tag me in a comment
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Yesterday was the kind of head down day where, I left my phone in the garden at lunchtime and didn't realise until bedtime; at least my phone is 'sun-ripened' now.
Actually as EV batteries are over the front wheels the weight of all that extra electricity increases traction, worth asking your electricity company if they can send you some of that extra dense electricity next time you're charging.
Shopify are doing their best to make MCP easier but it still needs some Dev time & controlling what can and can't be done by AI Agents & which Agents is important too
MCP is also only part of the challenge, I'm working on a project to bring easy to understand accessibility guidelines in to 1 place.
Yes I think that is what is going to be needed long term, but I worry too that a lot of site owners will have missed out by then, and some won't realise even then.
Even now I talk to companies who don't realise that SPAs are making half their site unindexable by Google so how will they fare?
If you didn't have time to read through by detailed SEO's guide to MCP I have now created a video version www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7D...
"In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king", problem is if you're blind it's tough to work out who's the one eyed man, genuinely telling you what they see, and who are the equally blind, just making up what they see to impress you.
The genuine 'experts' know how much they don't know though.
You should find out when you check in, so check in online as early as possible if you can. When you check in online it should check you have a valid ESTA so if it all goes smoothly then that indicates that, as John says, it is just based on the passport number or that the middle name is ignored.
I'm going to be posting a lot more about Machine(AI) Accessibility and the developing standards for this, but MCP is something that exists, is supported by many AI tools and agents and which you can start planning to implement now.
davetheseo.com/2025/06/what...
It's now less than a week to go until my SEO For Non Specialists 1 day course in London.
It's going to be a fantastic course and it would be a shame if there were seats unfilled, so right now if you buy 2 or more tickets for your team, or a friend, they're half price. davetheseo.com/etn/seo-trai...
Most people I'm connected with here are SEOs, my course in London on Mar 24th is SEO for Non-Specialists Ecom Edition. So if you work with anyone you'd love to see improve SEO skills e.g. e-Com Mngrs, copywriters, Devs give them this link & discount code save-50gbp-feb
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My most recent content: Top 8 (sort of 10) SEO Mistakes E-Commerce Teams, without an SEO, Make:
Read more and find the solutions: davetheseo.com/2025/02/top-...
Or listen to the Mp3: davetheseo.com/wp-content/u...
Sent by Canada as a pre-emptive strike
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It took relatively little time to fix & know that it has been max of 24 hrs, but my WP site went down, well in to 'Coming Soon Mode', got a sinking feeling followed by panic.
Don't understand why, flushed cache & didn't work, tried other things, didn't work, flushed cache but in hosting & fixed it
Some sucess, I asked it for recommendations for bands that are touring in 2025 I might want to see, some were good recommendations, but no matter how many times I say I can't stand Oasis it keeps recommending Oasis.
I shared a lot with ChatGPT, I want to see what the impact of this is with personalisation apparently an area that OpenAI have been working on.
I told it my age, relationship status, sexuality, favourite films, artists, bands, holidays, sports..
Will I find I get better more useful information?
I'm someone who struggles in winter normally so feel very lucky to be working here in Mexico City for a month over Christmas and staying with my partner's lovely family.
It was a bit cloudy first thing this morning but it's brightened up, so looks like I will be able to sun bathe on my lunch break.
I had a list of every known Rembrandt work and its location, ChatGPT helped me with the co-ordinates for every location and helped me create this map in Google Maps (so I can plan which conferences to attend accordingly). www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
If you say don't use Chat GPT for research, which seems to be trending, then you need to extend that to Google and AI Overviews.
Both can be used for research, just not answers, people need to understand the research process doesn't stop here.
My take on this: youtu.be/66_Yh7jgsqs
If your business' strategy for 2025 is to enter new markets then your SEO strategy is going to need to be updated for every market to be successful.
Read here to find out which 5 key areas I recommend you look at and how to update your strategy for each
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👋 Well it's a shortish plane ride away
Ah in Canadian terms we're basically neighbours then, a lot of SEO happening over there? Any good SEO or digital meetups in Vancouver?
Calgary Tower in Winter with tree in foreground
As many of you know I was based in Brighton UK, I am now still partly based in Brighton but also partly based in Calgary, Canada.
So where's all the Canadian SEOs? I hear they exist, apparently I keep missing them, maybe they're hibernating to escape the winter but otherwise help me find them please
