brightonSEO Avril 2026
The world's largest search marketing conference, twice a year in Brighton
brightonSEO Avril 2026
This edition is over. The information is kept for reference.
Overview
Started in 2010 as a meetup above a pub, brightonSEO now brings 4,000+ attendees to the Brighton Centre for two days of talks. Hundreds of sessions cover technical SEO, AI search, content and digital PR, with a training day beforehand and the MeasureFest analytics track included. Organised by Rough Agenda (RoughAgenda Ltd).
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Who is it for?
In-house SEOs, agencies, freelancers and digital marketing managers, from beginners to seniors
Topics
Watch
SEO Has a Measurement Crisis - James Yorke - BrightonSEO - Spring 2026 · The video is hosted by YouTube and only loads when you click.
Speakers
186 speakers announced
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Head Of Organic Performance · ROAST
« The Organic Discoverability Framework: Connecting SEO, GEO, Content & PR »
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Janaina Barreto-Romero
« AI search reality check: Making sense of change with imperfect signals »
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Phil Clark
Managing Partner, Performance · Rise at Seven
« Turning Search Data into Work that Delivers »
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CEO · OtterlyAI
« GEO Experiments 2026: What We Tested, What Failed, and What Actually Works »
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C.S.O (Chief SEO Officer) · Hedgehog Digital
« Entity SEO, Topical Authority and Information Gain in the Age of AI Searches »
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Knowledge Graph Manager · Waikay and InLinks
« Entities speak louder than words: Getting actionable data for AI visibility »
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Tom Smeaton
SEO Manager · Squarespace
« Why AI Recommends Some Businesses-and Ignores Others »
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Rich Clifford
Founder · Helium
« Is International SEO Dead in the Age of AI? Rethinking Global Strategy for AI Search »
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Founder · MLforSEO
« The sustainability issue with AI and what we can change as marketers »
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Website Copy \u0026 SEO Content Writer · Alice Rowan Content Marketing
« Content strategy vs AI slop: how we compete with the machines »
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Co-Founder \u0026 CEO · Promptwatch
« What Site Structure Does AI Search Favor - A data analysis of 5000 websites »
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Chief Operating Officer · SearchLab Digital
« Google reviews: The secret sauce for local visibility »
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Co-Founder \u0026 Local SEO Architect · GMBapi.com
« From red pins to vibe coding: building an \\ »
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Principal Solution Engineer · Uberall
« AI Search & GEO: How Multi-Location Brands Stay Visible »
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Nathan Griffiths
Account Executive · Birdeye
« From SEO to GEO: How to Win AI Search as a Multi-Location Brand »
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Benjamin Wenner
Growth Hacker · Benjamin Wenner
« Can AI Agents manage PPC accounts autonomously? »
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Cindy Ebner
Head of Paid Search · KKP GmbH
« The New Rules of Google Ads: Redefining Search Marketing in the Age of AI »
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Director of Digital Operations · Somebody Digital
« The New Rules of PPC: 5 Principles to Survive the AI Traffic Collapse »
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Anni Kristiina Salo
CEO · Tracklution
« How to train ad algorithms to drive more conversions »
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Chris Winterhoff
Growth Director and Co-Founder · Deep Growth
« Google ads auction forensics - Reconstruct competitor strategy from fragmented data »
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Emanuela Mafteiu
Head of Digital and Demand Generation EMEA · Ping Identity
« Winning in a demand gen world where every pound must work harder »
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Senior Performance Marketing Manager · MPB
« AI doesn’t kill paid media, bad strategy does! How to win with creative signals, not hacks »
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Robert Evans
Founder · Magnetize
« PMax fraud detection: A lead gen survival guide »
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Head of Search · Anything is Possible
« How to prove SEO works when it no longer drives traffic »
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Head of International SEO · Marketfully
« Defining your content North Star in a zero-click world »
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Chief Product Evangelist · Pi Datametrics
« From Clicks to Conversations: Preparing for Zero-Click Search in an Agent-Driven World »
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SEO Ambassador · Fasterize
« The SEO roadmap is dead. The future of search is decided in real time. »
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Consultant \u0026 Founder · Dave the SEO \u0026 Co.
« Built For Today, Built for Tomorrow: Future-proofed Migrations (When we don't know what the future of Search & AI Search holds). »
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SEO Consultant \u0026 Founder · Orainti
« Redefining Success Metrics for the AI Search Era »
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Director of Marketing and Sales · Originality.ai
« Data, Creativity & Digital PR: Turning Research Into Links, Headlines & LLM Mentions »
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Ganesh Sankar
« Harnessing the power of geospatial data for increasing regional outreach with Data Driven Digital PR »
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Darko Brzica
Brand Advisor · PressWhizz
« What Actually Moves Rankings: Links, Mentions & AI Signals »
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International Ecommerce SEO Consultant · Searchind
« How I Fixed 10,000+ GMC Product Disapprovals: An International Ecommerce Case Study »
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Dr. Greg Fletcher
CTO \u0026 Co-Founder · Ocula Technologies
« When Machines Go Shopping: Optimising Product Discovery for the Age of AI Agents »
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Connie Ballantyne
Head of Paid Media · Shaka Social
« Stop chasing audiences, start creating them: The power of creative in paid social »
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Dhea Mohammed
Paid Media Executive · Forrest Digital
« The platypus effect: Why reddit ads don’t fit social or search »
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Sveva Coltellacci
Head of Performance Marketing · Pro Web Consulting SA - Cerved Group
« Dominating the potential of first- and third-party data in LinkedIn ads »
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Head of Paid Social · Impression
« When to Hand Over Control to the Robots (and when to take it back) »
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Myra Ahmed
Freelance Copywriter · Myra Copywriting Co.
« How to write LinkedIn ads: Use raw stories, not boring sales pitches »
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Jaye Cowle
Founder \u0026 CEO · Launch
« Why Your Best-Performing Campaigns Are Killing Your Growth »
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Business Director, Data \u0026 Strategy · McCANN
« What Spongebob taught me about confidence (and being a better marketer) »
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SEO Consultant · Freelance
« Become a content scientist: A qualitative framework for creating and optimising user-first content »
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Senior Content Marketing Manager · Moz
« How to create demand-led content that builds affinity »
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Founder · Aira
« Semantics, Storytelling, and Superpowers: Why Keywords are in the Past »
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Emina Demiri-Watson
« Before cosine and fan-out, there is audience »
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Cosmin Negrescu
Founder \u0026 CEO · SEOmonitor
« AI Search: Are We Building Strategy on the Right Foundations? »
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SEO Team Leader
« SEO Stakeholder Management: Improving Client Relations Through Strategic Buy-In »
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Managing Director · Digitaloft
« Organic traffic is down. Here's how to talk about it with senior stakeholders... »
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Valentina Stragliotto
« Fake It Till You Rewire It: Learn to Speak Up Even When Imposter Syndrome Screams ‘Shut Up’ »
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Director · KRM Digital Marketing Ltd
« When the sh*t hits the fan - debugging tracking issues »
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SEO \u0026 Digital Strategy Consultant · Freelance
« SEO Has a Measurement Crisis (And Nobody Wants to Admit It) »
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Senior Marketing Analytics Manager · Connective3
« Stop screaming into the void: How to make measurement impossible to ignore »
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Jason King
Charity digital marketer · Jason King
« Google ad grants in 2026-New opportunities for charity advertisers »
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Ramial Aqeel
PPC Freelancer · Rank Media
« Every penny counts: How to run effective PPC on small budgets »
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Founder · Marketing Made Social
« How to scale your Meta ads impact without scaling your spend »
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Chris Nightingale
Director · Can-Do Digital Marketing
« Feeding the Beast: How We Turned a 10,000 SKU Construction Store into a Profitable Shopping & Lead Machine »
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Chris Avery
Co-founder \u0026 Commercial Director · JudeLuxe.
« Every SKU has a job. Most Google ads accounts get It wrong »
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Ben Homer
Digital Director · Anything is Possible
« The cold light of data: Making your ad strategy into a growth strategy »
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Senior Paid Media Manager · Reflect Digital
« The Cost of Human Effort in Modern Discovery - How Psychology and AI Are Reshaping Profitable Growth In Search »
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Director · IDHL Performance
« From Answers to Ads: Protecting User Trust in AI‑Driven Discovery »
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Nick Beck
CEO · Tug Agency
« Beyond the Prompt: Interrogating LLMs to Map Your Brand’s Invisible Barriers »
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Director · Cedarwood Digital
« E-E-A-T 2.0: The Trust Layers That Drive Rankings In Modern Search »
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Audience Operations Manager · Bauer Media
« EEAT Everywhere: Applying EEAT Beyond Search »
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Facilitator, Speaker and Coach · I am a sole trader, my brand is Coachonaboat
« Lights, Camera, Awkward: The Real Reasons People Avoid the Camera (and how to fix them) »
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SEO Mindset Coach · AV Coaching
« LinkedIn $$$ Engine: Landing High-Paying SEO clients without cold pitching »
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Performance Marketing · TalentDistro
« Pinterest isn't social media. It's a visual search engine you're ignoring. »
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Rick Tousseyn
GEO/Content Strategist \u0026 Researcher · OtterlyAI
« 5.5M AI Citations Later: What YouTube Teaches Us About AI Search »
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Podcast host \u0026 Coach · ZOKRI
« Aren’t we all a little bit ADHD? Beyond labels. »
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Founder · Revu
« The Marketing Mental Health Crisis: Why It Matters for Everyone, From Execs to CEOs »
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SEO Account Director · KINESSO
« The Game is Gone: How AI Search Rewards Teams, Not Tactics »
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CMO \u0026 VP of People · Adthena
« Google AI overviews: Paid search impact and protecting visibility »
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Freelance Facebook \u0026 Linkedin Ads Specialist · Sarah sal marketing
« Why rising costs in 2026 could be the best thing that ever happened to your paid social ROI »
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CEO \u0026 Founder · Diginius
« Beyond the Feed: Breakthrough Ad Innovations Across Microsoft, TikTok & Programmatic ABM »
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Alavi Sumaia
Paid Media Manager · The MTM Agency
« Problematic briefs meet programmatic: How connected TV (CTV) complements your campaigns »
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Ladi Fagbola
ECommerce Account Director · Monks
« Video Advertising with Amazon; Why, What & How! »
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Harriet Fitzgerald
Head of Programmatic · Impression Digital
« Priming the Search: The Programmatic Path to Search Efficiency »
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Founder and Managing Director · Isoline Communications Limited
« From content chaos to cohesion: structuring your content ecosystem for AI-driven lead generation »
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Founder · Emily Hill Training
« Breaking the template: Subverting AI copywriting frameworks for SERP differentiation »
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Director of Strategy · Propellernet
« From Keywords to Conversations: Winning in an AI-First Search World With Audience-Focused Content »
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Claudia O’Shea
« Measuring what matters: Brand building in an AI‑driven search world »
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Bogdan Babiak
Chief Marketing Officer · SE Ranking
« Beyond LLM traffic: Proving AI visibility impact with correlation signals »
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Founder · Women in Tech SEO
« How To Launch, Grow, and Scale a Community That Supports Your Brand »
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Founder · Michelle Goodall Ltd / Damn Fine Greetings
« What 6,000 communities can tell us about human behaviours and motivations »
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Coach \u0026 Podcaster · TS Coaching \u0026 The SEO Mindset Podcast
« The power of connection. Why community is key to sustainable success »
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Visible Leadership and LinkedIn Strategy Expert · Be Your No.1 Cheerleader
« Voice Over Volume: How to Build a Brand People Trust in an AI-Driven World »
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Victory Umurhurhu-Michael
« Reddit's Influence in AI Search and Building Brand Authenticity »
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Charlie Terry
CEO and founder · CEEK Marketing
« The Rise of TikTok Shop as D2C Alternative to Market Products »
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Head of Search Marketing · SOZO
« Spend less, win more leads: A technical GA4 setup that cut ad waste by 50% »
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Tracking Specialist \u0026 Founder · SyncTag
« Where did my paid clicks go? Five post-click leaks you can plug with cloudflare »
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CEO, Founder · Two Trees
« Server-side tracking: The unsexy foundation saving your ROAS »
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Simran Harichand
Paid Media Lead · Hallam
« Why people ignore most ads and how yours can be different »
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Sylwia Lysakowska-Lombari
« Your Ads Aren’t the Problem - Your Landing Pages Are: Why PPC Performance Lives or Dies After the Click. »
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Tom Cox
« Everything You Need for Better Ads Actually Exists Outside Ads Manager »
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Managing Director · Women in Tech SEO
« The future of SEO is trust-centered - & this is how you become the trusted answer »
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Alex McKenna
Head of Sales · VISEON.IO
« Search: The Next Generation »
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Founder and CEO · Writesonic
« We Sent AI Agents to Win AI Search. Here's What Actually Happened. »
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Founder \u0026 CEO · Reflect Digital
« Human-First Discovery: Designing the Future of Search »
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AI Consultant \u0026 Digital Transformation Leader · Azahara Corrales
« Mind the Gap: How AI Could Leave People Behind (and How We Can Stop It) »
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Chief of Growth · Tribal Impact
« How to Help Your Internal Experts Share Knowledge Online (and Boost Your Brand Visibility & Trust) »
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Tamara Novitović
« Why Search Systems Disagree »
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Rebecca Peel
Senior Account Director · Tank
« AI search runs on journalism. But is journalism running out? »
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Principal SEO · Yoast (also FireCask)
« From Schema to Conversation: How NLWeb Transforms Structured Data »
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Technical SEO Manager · Footprint Digital
« The Technical Sitemap: A Migration Saviour »
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CPO \u0026 CMO · Peec AI
« How ChatGPT shops: 1 million product carousels and the hidden fan outs that power them »
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EVP, International Sales · Yext
« Win AI Search in retail with what you already have »
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Chief Commercial Officer · Trendos
« The Invisible Shelf: How AI Decides Which Products Consumers See »
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Everest Nwagwu
Product Marketing Manager · Procode Technology
« Scaling ROI through advanced PPC & SEO integration »
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Kat Sale
Co-founder · House of Performance
« How to media plan like a boss In 2026 »
Directory tools represented
These European publishers from the directory are among the speakers: a chance to meet their teams on site.
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SEOmonitorwith Cosmin Negrescu
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Peec AIwith Malte Landwehr
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Advanced Web Rankingwith Bogdan Babiak
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OtterlyAIwith Thomas Peham, Rick Tousseyn
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Promptwatchwith Gijs de Groot
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InLinkswith Genie Jones
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My Ranking Metricswith Bogdan Babiak
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Ranking.nlwith Bogdan Babiak
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Trendoswith Gintarė Rimolaitytė
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Waikaywith Genie Jones
Latest replays
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Scaling ROI through advanced PPC & SEO integration - Everest Nwagwu Hero Conf UK April 2026
16 September 2026
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Built For Today, Built for Tomorrow: Future-proofed Website Migrations - Dave Cousin - brightonSEO
9 September 2026
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brightonSEO & Hero Conf San Diego 2026: Your Questions Answered
28 August 2026
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What Spongebob taught me about confidence (and being a better marketer) - Sarah Clarke
24 July 2026
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LinkedIn $$$ Engine: Landing High-Paying SEO clients without cold pitching -Adrijana Vujadin
8 July 2026
Frequently asked questions
When is brightonSEO Avril 2026?
brightonSEO Avril 2026 takes place on 30 April - 1 May 2026 (2 days).
Where does brightonSEO Avril 2026 take place?
brightonSEO Avril 2026 takes place at: Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2GR, Royaume-Uni, Brighton, United Kingdom.
How much does brightonSEO Avril 2026 cost?
The price of brightonSEO Avril 2026 has not been announced yet.
What language is brightonSEO Avril 2026 in?
The talks at brightonSEO Avril 2026 are given in English.
Can I attend brightonSEO Avril 2026 online?
No, brightonSEO Avril 2026 is in person only.
Who is speaking at brightonSEO Avril 2026?
186 speakers have been announced, including Haider Ali (ROAST), Janaina Barreto-Romero, Phil Clark (Rise at Seven), Thomas Peham (OtterlyAI), Felipe Bazon (Hedgehog Digital).
Who is brightonSEO Avril 2026 for?
In-house SEOs, agencies, freelancers and digital marketing managers, from beginners to seniors
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