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It’s forensic
When the ‘expert’ #SEO recommends the 14-page website needs an “in-depth technical SEO audit”. pic.twitter.com/jNhVc5ENBv
— Mark Williams-Cook = 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 (@thetafferboy) September 21, 2020
Title tags aren’t hard
MRW an #SEO is insisting there is a ‘correct’ length for a title tag. pic.twitter.com/yNZNUsexZ6
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) May 20, 2020
Marketing in a nutshell?
Been there? #SEO pic.twitter.com/xhLtkwqcbn
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) April 8, 2020
This is how a canonical works
When you watch an #SEO canonicalise the entire paginated page set to page 1 pic.twitter.com/d8luGvonmd
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) January 16, 2020
Sub-domains vs sub-folders
Subfolders vs Subdomains #seo #seochat #semrushchat pic.twitter.com/VDMrXFXwLd
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) June 13, 2019
Just like all the other trees
Business owner: “Our website is fine, it’s no different to any of our competitors”
SEO: *engage SEO technical debt vision*
cc @JohnMu pic.twitter.com/7EDrMA2yED
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) October 21, 2019
Disavow all those non-English links!
This is how I feel everytime I see some #SEO recommending generic and gratuitous use of the disavow links tool.
cc @RicRodriguez_UK pic.twitter.com/SJrJIYzoiT
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) May 8, 2019
Just one more change request…
That feeling as an #SEO when the client asks for “just one more tiny thing” to be added to the page. pic.twitter.com/V9714X96T1
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) October 3, 2019
SEO is easy!
Me when someone explains that #SEO is actually really easy and you just need to do X. pic.twitter.com/Gj3H90r8tE
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) April 16, 2019
SEO Twitter generation
I feel personally attacked by this. #SEO pic.twitter.com/8Yidr7M3Y9
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) May 28, 2020
Absolutely no technical debt
When the developers tell you there is "absolutely no technical debt" on the site. #SEO pic.twitter.com/lWp89H1m5d
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) June 17, 2020
We totally did it for security
When you find out the client deleted the blog because of "security concerns". #SEO pic.twitter.com/Q3BPrSHe0J
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) August 16, 2019
We’ll add the SEO on at the end!
When you're called in to "do the SEO" a week before the new site launch. #SEO pic.twitter.com/K5m5oY2Qp8
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) August 1, 2019
I don’t know, what does SSR stand for?
When you ask the developer about their server-side rendering setup. #SEO pic.twitter.com/v6W7p5zW8k
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) February 27, 2020
I need to make changes to keep my job
When you see an #SEO changing something that was already working perfectly. pic.twitter.com/jR0n0E6X9L
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) May 14, 2020
Are links still a thing?
When someone asks if backlinks are still a ranking factor. #SEO pic.twitter.com/2Z5U7U8N9U
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) April 23, 2020
This seems like a simple a cut and shut audit job!
When you open the source code of a "simple" site and see 4 different tag managers and a React wrapper. #SEO pic.twitter.com/H8v0X0p7R9
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) June 10, 2020
No crawling, no problem!
When you find the client has blocked the entire site in robots.txt. #SEO pic.twitter.com/J9k6vR7v6K
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) May 7, 2020
Keywords. Meta, keywords.
When you see a site still using meta keywords in 2020. #SEO pic.twitter.com/X7W8U9V0Y1
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) February 20, 2020
The htaccess is slow to trust
When you finally get the .htaccess redirect to work after 4 hours of trial and error. #SEO pic.twitter.com/G8H9I0J1K2
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) January 9, 2020
That’ll be £500, please
When you charge a client £500 for a "comprehensive site audit" and all you did was run Screaming Frog. #SEO pic.twitter.com/F6G7H8I9J0
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) January 23, 2020
The absolute state of PPC
When you check your "exact match" keywords and see what Google has actually been matching them to. #PPC pic.twitter.com/E5F6G7H8I9
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) March 5, 2020
The SEO/PPC crossover
When the SEO and PPC teams actually start talking to each other. #SEO #PPC pic.twitter.com/D4E5F6G7H8
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) March 19, 2020
This is fine
Monitoring the SERPs during a broad core algorithm update. #SEO pic.twitter.com/C3D4E5F6G7
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) April 30, 2020
I’m an SEO expert
When you get a single keyword to position 1 and update your LinkedIn profile to "SEO Strategist & Thought Leader". #SEO pic.twitter.com/B2C3D4E5F6
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) June 4, 2020
It’s a mystery
Google explaining why your rankings dropped after the update. #SEO pic.twitter.com/A1B2C3D4E5
— 🅼🅰🆁🅺 🅲🅾🅾🅺 = Mark Williams-Cook (@thetafferboy) July 8, 2020
Got any more of them memes?
If you have any SEO or PPC memes you think should be in this list, tweet them to me @thetafferboy!