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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 29/09/2026

Introducing Aqualung our new Ai:

Homeless disheveled man painting that is the cover of Jethro Tulls album Aqualung.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 24/09/2026

I'm seeing multimodal searches in GSC. Not many of course, but it's alive!

GSC graphs filter by new multimodal filter.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 03/09/2026

At the bottom of the section when you search for branded or non branded queries you will see this statement: Query classification is powered by AI and may mislabel branded and non-branded queries. Probably get tweaked quite a lot and bound to be mistakes! Interesting though.

Query classification is powered by AI and may mislabel branded and non-branded queries.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 13/08/2026

Spot the eclipse! Data from my weather station yesterday.

Chart showing Solar Radiation (watts/m²) peaking at 600 at 1.10pm and there is a sharp near verticle drop from 5.49pm

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 11/08/2026

Looking forward to Jono's webinar - I'm sure it won't be eclipsed by anything.

Jono Alderson eclipsing the sun. - because his talk is a couple of hours before an eclipse of course. Didn't you realise that? Bumpkin.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 30/07/2026

Have been on an exciting saga today. Went to Canterbury and visited the Smallfilms collection in the Beaney museum to see the wonderful illustration work of the late Peter Firmin and then went to view his work that’s being auctioned soon.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 29/07/2026

I will, and just to prove it’s mine have a copy of SEO in 2026 in the background!

Sorapot teapot - horizontal cylindrical glass tube with a curved polished metal body fitting over the ends and tapering at the top of the arch in the middle to form a handle above the glass. Spout at the left end. On a white tablecloth with a book behind the teapot - SEO in 2026 by David Bain - I’m in that, me.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 17/07/2026

No. But got this - interesting!

GSC Search type drop down box with a new field in it for Andrews Optimisey.com

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 09/07/2026

Interesting data from Bing. Here is a site - classic search traffic dwindling away and yet it's being picked up in a lot of citations and that appears to be increasing recently. If you are not using Bing Webmaster tools then get on them asap. #ontheseotools #seo

Bing Webmaster Tools. Search traffic slowly dwindling. Clicks 717, impressions 78.3k.

Bing Webmaster Tools. Citations traffic increasing a lot since last month. Citations 430, avg citiated pages 4 (but 76 pages cited altogether in 6 months)

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 09/07/2026

Flood of emails this morning as Bing Webmaster Tools make some changes to accounts brought through automagically from GSC. Have changed my Read permission to Admin. #seo

Microsoft email with title of Changed in User Role.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 08/07/2026

If only I could bottle all Nikki's knowledge - oh Google have done it already! #seo

Nikki Pilkington in a 16oz clear jam jar, probably not made by Pilkington glass, which is a little ironic really.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 06/07/2026

All I get is this: 🤣🤣

Little green Luke figure crouched with both arms out and in right hand is holding a sign that sys NO.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 30/06/2026

Small update to my OKF experiment - 442 visits to the markdown pages and Meta of course if the greedy one. www.simoncox.com/post/2026-06...

Table and pie chart showing visits to my markdown pages

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 29/06/2026

Tut tut, Boots The Chemist. If I am going to keep receiving markeing email, that I don't remember agreeing to receive, for the next 28 days while your systems wait for the next batch of coal to power them, I am very, very likley to mark them as spam, as are others. Not a great tactic. Think again.

Any changes will take 28 days to process.
Please select your preferences:
(ticked box) I wish to unsubscribe from Boots Marketing emails

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 25/06/2026

Here is a screenshot of the JSON of the Andy Burnham Mayor of a Town story...

JSON code of the Andy Burnham story where Trump thinks he is the Mayor of a Town.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 24/06/2026

Two power cuts this morning- hopefully back on permanently now. Meanwhile I labelled up our fine spray bottles - don’t wan’t to be mixing these up! These are great for spraying yourself in hot weather.

Three white topped mist spray bottles. All three have clear plastic bottoms with clear liquid in them. Two are labelled water and one isopropanol.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 23/06/2026

In other news - just got myself a little retro thermal printer!

Niimbot B21Pro thermal printer in green.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 23/06/2026

Oh i forgot my screenshot:

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 20/06/2026

i just spotted to the South East on the horizon is a spectacular thunder storm. I checked my lightning app and I can see it a huge storm stretching from Amiens to Lille in France - 140 miles away across the Channel! #weather #lightning #france

Dark night photo with horizon across middle of image with bright orange lightning showing up a cloud 140 miles away.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 16/06/2026

Loving the new types of queries my site is getting impressions for. This query returns nothing for a web seach but for an AI, Gemini, search returns "-1" – which I am struggling to work out why it's in any way useful! But it must be as there are 28 impressions for it, even with the typo. #seo

Query:
email_domain: brainsbrewery.com company_domains 2
['siba.co.uk', bain.com’]. only return the index of the position.

Weekly Impressions: 28

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 10/06/2026

This weeks sourdough. Not quite the rise I was hoping for but not a bad taste for a left over mix of flours! #seobread #sourdough #yeastmasters

Round sourdough loaf, with markings left from the banneton, with wide open cut and nice ear. Darker brown with ivory coloured light rye flour dusting.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 09/06/2026

Ooooh. Thank you @semrushofficial.bsky.social *Other SAAS platforms are available, but they need to send me swag.

A box of Semrush swag - T-shirt, socks and charging disk - all branded.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 02/06/2026

Just knocked up a couple of sourdough baguettes - not perfect by a long way, but there will be ham, cheese and Dijon mustard in there tomorrow. #yeastmasters #seobread

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 01/06/2026

Claude is less verbose for me.

how are you today I asked.
Claude answered: less of that.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 29/05/2026

Aha there you are! Happy Friday!

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 28/05/2026

Love it. Well at least I'm there.

How many i's in Simon Cox

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There are 2 'i's in the name Simon Cox.

Here is where they appear:

Simon Cox

If you meant a specific Simon Cox (like the Republic of Ireland footballer or the UK- based SEO consultant), let me know and | can help you find more information about them! @ www simoncox.com +1

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 26/05/2026

Was there an #SEO tipping point over the last week? SEOtesting.com sends me reports of new queries found in GSC and they have gone a bit bonkers. So a very timely post by the highly respected Suganthan Mohanadasan just dropped and it's worth a read! suganthan.com/blog/how-to-...

GSC weekly impressions showing crazy queries such as:

### analysis task analyze the following web page to identify all applicable schema.org types from the provided allowed list. ### input data **page url (for context):** https://www.larkindependent.com/events/not-found/clarence-ward-iii-dat-feel-good-and-aa

### analysis task analyze the following web page to identify all applicable schema.org types from the provided allowed list. ### input data **page url (for context):** https://www.larkindependent.com/events/fairfax-county/paw-patrol-live-the-great-pirate-

### analysis task analyze the following web page to identify all applicable schema.org types from the provided allowed list. ### input data **page url (for context):** https://www.larkindependent.com/events/not-found/aaem-annual-scientific-assembly-546706

### analysis task analyze the following web page to identify all applicable schema.org types from the provided allowed list. ### input data **page url (for context):** https://www.larkindependent.com/events/not-found/kathleen-madigan-do-you-have-any-ranch
cloudflare redirect rules url forwarding docs

"scrape sitemap" "anterior.com" "lastmod"
cloudflare pages redirects _redirects file official documentation
similarweb api to google data studio

### analysis task analyze the following web page to identify all applicable schema.org types from the provided allowed list. ### input data **page url (for context):** https://www.larkindependent.com/events/tulum/locus-festival-set-to-bring-biggest **full

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 26/05/2026

Despite the 30º heat I baked yesterday. What was I thinking! I had a bag of eikhorn flour that i wanted to try but had forgotten. Turns out you don't need as much water or proofing, it's sticky and I had to use a tin to get some shape. Very crumbly, has little gluten, and tastes really good!

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 20/05/2026

Today’s bread. Pleased with this sourdough - took all day because I was patient and waited till each stage was ready. #seobread

Round sourdough with a lovely open ear and prominent bannaton rings.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 14/05/2026

Well as at 23:20 Wes Streetings new website wesforleader.com is now redirecting to wesstreeting.org so either he didn't build it and his team got it shut down or Andy Burnham stood up. So, no more of these graphics. (Luckily i made some earlier.)

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 14/05/2026

Of course not! No one would do that.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 14/05/2026

So looks like Wes is about to bid for the leadership. His site is locked down, except this page where you can create graphics for the socials. www.wesforleader.com/endorse/succ...

For a stronger England
NigelForage's with Wes

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 03/05/2026

Wait… that’s no cloud

A huge cloud looking ominously like a Imperial destroyer is about to erupt from it.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 01/05/2026

Listening to @dr-pete.bsky.social give the keynote at #brightonseo wearing a fabulous tee-shirt!

Dr Pete Meyers at BrightonSEO wearing a t-shirt that reads “I’m here because I was told there would be tea”.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 01/05/2026

Cox and Co hanging with @women intechseo.bsky.social crew at #brightonseo

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 30/04/2026

Classic #brightonseo lunch at the Fortune of War with chums!

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 29/04/2026

Now in the pub to round off a great pre #brightonseo warm up. I know you have FOMO but this is the way.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 29/04/2026

Great session tonight at the SEOMindset / search with Candour joint podcast - lots of friends here too! #brightonseo

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 29/04/2026

Had a great lunch today to kick off #brightonseo Thanks @eikhart.com for the invite!

Some folk sitting around tables having lunch!

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 27/04/2026

How do you turn this thing off?

OSX notification:
Weekly Report Available
Last week you averaged 24 hours of screen time per day on this device.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 24/04/2026

Well thats SEO Office Hours done for this month - great fun and many thanks to all who attended the live session and filled the chat with their takes, humor and outrage. Apologies if i didn't read out your brilliant repost from the chat - it's actually really hard work! #seo #seoofficehours

Brighton SEO blue badge with tex around the round picture in the middle saying I'm socialing at |30 April & 1 May 2026 BrightonSEO. The image is of a man with a big beard on a small boat powered by an impulse rocket.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 23/04/2026

Tomorrow is the 100th edition of SEO Office Hours! Hurrah! If you have never attended before - now's the time! All (some) of your SEO questions answered, probably, by either the guests or other SEO's in the chat, if they are not larking about. www.goodsignals.com/seo-office-h...

Jo, Natalie, Alison and Simon are answering SEO questions Friday 24th April on SEO Office Hours at 09.30 BST.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 23/04/2026

The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

Tog and Pippin from Pogles Wood - or is it Grogu and The Mandalorian???

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 17/04/2026

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