How I got into SEO
From the beginning, when I was writing blogs about watches, I was told to write a page title and a meta description for my content. Looking back, they weren't great. But they weren't bad, either. I was told to keep my page title short and to the point, and my meta description as well, and that I could use the seomofo tool to check the length of my writing - an amazing tool with an amazingly rude name! Subsequently, I've realised that I should take the date that usually appears on the SERP next to blogs, so I've shortened and updated my meta descriptions.
However, it took me two more years to feel confident in my SEO knowledge. Which, in hindsight, should've happened earlier.
In 2019, I decided that I need to learn more, and be more involved in learning about updates and changes. I started to follow a lot of SEO accounts at the beginning of 2019, trying to focus on the top tools and resources, and the most admired people in the industry. I started to read everything I found on the platform on my commute to work (and I had a long commute - at least an hour an a half each way). I joined the Women in Tech SEO Facebook group sometime in the summer of 2019, and I attended my first meetup with them at the September 2019 BrightonSEO event.
The first retweet I made on Twitter was on the 6th of Feb 2019 - it mentioned both UX and SEO, and I'm not sure which of them I retweeted for.
My big SEO-only retweet was on the 6th of April 2019, and it was a tweet by Moz. And then I started to consistently tweet and retweet about this subject.
My first (and only!) blog post about SEO was posted on the 20th of August 2019 and it was about Top Resources for SEO Beginners. But it took me ages to write, rewrite, delete, and I'm still not fully happy about it.
But now I've decided to write more - I know SEO and I want to prove it, mostly to myself. I've recently changed my job (starting on the 6th of January 2020!), and I'll be an SEO Specialist. At my former job, I was in charge of SEO changes and implementation and all my decisions were trusted completely. In 2020, I plan to do all the courses I can find online, starting with SEMrush Academy Courses. I also want to start making “fake” presentations, in order to prepare to apply to do real ones at real events, possibly starting with a Women in Tech SEO talk in early 2021.
A final shoutout to people who’ve believed in me, listened to me be frustrated about SEO, listened to me being passionate about SEO, shown me the SEO light, and generally just let me talk on and on about the subject, even though they weren’t sure what SEO even stands for. Thank you.