Author: Mark Porter

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Mark is a self-confessed geek who has always had a love/hate relationship with blogging, coupled with an addiction to buying domain names. Outside of SEO, Mark loves Manchester United, gadgets and games. If anyone can beat him at FIFA he will happily buy them a drink.

14 November, 2023 by Mark Porter

BrightonSEO San Diego '23

Some of the Screaming Frog team and myself recently returned from San Diego, where we exhibited at BrightonSEO's debut US event. It was also our first time exhibiting on US soil, running our 'crawling clinic' where people can ask us questions, request new features, diagnose issues, talk about our agency...

7 September, 2023 by Mark Porter

The brightonSEO Crawling Clinic September ’23

Back in April we had great fun exhibiting at the iconic brightonSEO, chatting about all things crawling and handing out our highly coveted merch. We're pleased to say that we'll be back again next week, and running our crawling clinic! We're in the same place as last time (spot 33,...

29 June, 2023 by Mark Porter

Screaming Frog T-Shirt Giveaway

Longtime users of the SEO Spider will know that over the years, we occasionally offer up the chance for you to get your hands on our highly coveted merch. We receive countless requests for SF swag (which our support team can absolutely attest to), and we’re pleased to announce that...

Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge are rapidly closing in on a big milestone: version 100. While this sounds like a cause for celebration, it could result in endless headaches for a small number of websites, due to the bugs and compatibility issues that come with a triple-digit user...

Unbelievably, it's been 2 years since our last trip to the UK Search Awards, so you can imagine how excited the team were to be in attendance. The ceremony celebrates the very best achievements in the search industry and we were delighted to win three awards on the night. We...

2 September, 2021 by Mark Porter

Screaming Frog Charity Auction

Update: This Auction Is Now Closed! Take a look at the totals here. Believe it or not, one the most common questions we get asked isn't related to our services or the SEO spider, it's related to our merch. Whether it's via email or Twitter DM, people regularly get in...

15 August, 2019 by Mark Porter

The Do's and Don'ts of Chasing for a Link

It’s happened to all of us. You bag another piece of coverage for your client’s content piece on a top-tier publication, which you’re ecstatic about. However, after a quick scroll through your elation is suddenly offset by a small twang of disappointment. There isn’t a link to your client. Getting...

Last Thursday evening some of the Screaming Frog team and I headed into London for the annual UK Search Awards. The event, hosted at the Bloomsbury Big Top, recognises the very best in UK search and ended up being a perfect way to sign off what has been a tremendous...

A few months ago I posted an article that outlined some of the tools & techniques we use at Screaming Frog for coming up with content ideas. Within that post I touched upon several websites that are worth visiting when you’re in need of inspiration, and I wanted to expand...

The time has finally come. You’ve poured your blood, sweat, and tears into your most recent content piece, and it’s ready to be packaged up and sent to the client to be pushed live. After a few final checks and only a handful of back and forth emails, your shiny...