Notes from the shop

Plain, useful notes on building and growing an online shop — no hype, no jargon, no invented numbers. Written by the person who does the work.

Field Notes

How much should a Shopify SEO audit cost in the UK?

How much should a Shopify SEO audit cost in the...

What should a Shopify SEO audit cost in the UK? A practical buyer’s guide to automated reports, specialist reviews and full strategic audits — including what should be included, warning...

How much should a Shopify SEO audit cost in the...

What should a Shopify SEO audit cost in the UK? A practical buyer’s guide to automated reports, specialist reviews and full strategic audits — including what should be included, warning...

Shopify product page on a laptop during SEO and AI search optimisation

How to optimise Shopify product pages for SEO a...

A practical 2026 guide to making Shopify product pages easier for Google, AI search systems and customers to understand — without stuffing them with keywords or adding schema for the...

How to optimise Shopify product pages for SEO a...

A practical 2026 guide to making Shopify product pages easier for Google, AI search systems and customers to understand — without stuffing them with keywords or adding schema for the...

Laptop showing website content being optimised for AI search visibility in 2026

How to optimise your website for AI search in 2026

AI search does not need a separate bag of tricks. The strongest foundations are still crawlable pages, clear answers, useful original information, strong internal linking and trustworthy business signals. Here...

How to optimise your website for AI search in 2026

AI search does not need a separate bag of tricks. The strongest foundations are still crawlable pages, clear answers, useful original information, strong internal linking and trustworthy business signals. Here...

SEO analysis dashboard and search data illustrating UK SEO costs for small businesses in 2026

How much does SEO cost in the UK? (2026 guide f...

What SEO really costs in the UK in 2026 — freelancer and agency rates, monthly retainers, one-off projects — and why most small businesses should buy foundations once, not a...

How much does SEO cost in the UK? (2026 guide f...

What SEO really costs in the UK in 2026 — freelancer and agency rates, monthly retainers, one-off projects — and why most small businesses should buy foundations once, not a...

Independent shop owner updating Google Business Profile details and taking storefront photos for local search.

Google Business Profile: the highest-return hou...

For any business serving a local area, one free listing routinely out-earns whole budgets. The one-hour Google Business Profile setup, done properly — plus the ten-minute monthly habit.

Google Business Profile: the highest-return hou...

For any business serving a local area, one free listing routinely out-earns whole budgets. The one-hour Google Business Profile setup, done properly — plus the ten-minute monthly habit.

Laptop showing Google search results and analytics dashboard with handwritten SEO notes for a small business.

SEO foundations for small UK businesses — what ...

Five foundations do most of the SEO work for a UK small business — technical basics, honest page titles, Google Business Profile, genuinely useful pages, and measured patience. Plus the...

SEO foundations for small UK businesses — what ...

Five foundations do most of the SEO work for a UK small business — technical basics, honest page titles, Google Business Profile, genuinely useful pages, and measured patience. Plus the...

Is something not working in the shop?

Start with the symptom. You do not need to know whether the answer is Shopify, CRO, Google Ads, Meta Ads or something else.