In this bonus episode of Search With Candour, Jack Chambers-Ward and Mark Williams-Cook share their top recommendations for talks at the upcoming Brighton SEO conference.
Candour’s dynamic duo discusses talks that cover the value of human connection in digital PR, and explore the intricacies of AI, machine learning, and attribution models in SEO.
Whether you're attending Brighton SEO or simply interested in staying updated with the latest in the SEO world, this episode is packed with invaluable information and expert commentary.
Jack’s recommendations
- John Iwuozor - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/vector-embeddings-for-everyday-marketers
- Yordan Dimitrov - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/forget-seo-vs-ai-build-a-brand-people-trust-or-get-left-behind
- Tom Capper - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/measuring-aio-impact-was-anyone-clicking-anyway
- Myriam Jessier - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/making-all-content-machinereadable-geo-beyond-text-optimization
- Lazarina Stoy - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/aipoweredormlenabled-semantic-keyword-research-for-the-ai-era
Mark’s recommendations
- Tom Rawle - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/ai-is-dead-for-digital-pr-long-live-the-humans
- Dixon Jones - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/what-ai-knows-about-your-brand-and-what-you-can-do-about-it
- Luke Carthy - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/lastclick-attribution-is-broken-and-its-hurting-seo
- Adam Gent - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/how-googles-search-index-works
- Will Kennard - https://brightonseo.com/events/october-2025/talks/everything-you-need-to-know-about-react-server-components
00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview
00:38 Catching Up with Mark
02:11 Candour's Recent Projects and Developments
03:27 Upcoming BrightonSEO and Personal Updates
07:59 BrightonSEO Talk Recommendations
08:50 Mark recommends: Tom Rawle
11:27 Jack recommends: John Iwuozor
13:14 Mark recommends: Dixon Jones
17:10 Jack recommends: Yordan Dimitrov
20:04 Mark recommends: Luke Carthy
22:58 Jack recommends: Tom Capper
24:51 Mark recommends: Adam Gent
28:22 Jack recommends: Myriam Jessier
32:18 Mark recommends: Will Kennard
36:25 Jack recommends: Lazarina Stoy
38:53 Final Thoughts
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