The Link Digital marketing blog

In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) has completely transformed how businesses approach search engine optimisation.

Your website ranks number 1 for your target keyword, but your organic traffic has mysteriously dropped by 30%. Around 60% of global searches ended in zero clicks in 2024, fundamentally changing how users interact with search results.

A customer searches “florist near me” on their phone whilst walking through a busy shopping area. They need flowers today. Two results appear at the top of their screen – an online giant’s same day delivery service and a local florist just 200 metres away.

Your customers are making purchasing decisions on their phones right now. They’re searching for your services during their lunch break, comparing prices while watching TV, and are ready to buy before they even get home. .

If you’re a UK business owner watching competitors climb Google’s rankings whilst your website remains invisible, you’re not alone.

A potential customer finds your website through a Google search, clicks through with genuine interest in your product or service, and then…

You’re spending £500, £2,000 or even £5,000 per month on Google Ads. Yet every time you search for your target keywords, the same competitors appear above you, seemingly with unlimited budgets

Picture this: your website ranks on page one of Google, drives thousands of visitors monthly, yet your conversion rates remain disappointingly low. Sound familiar?

Picture this: Your potential customer starts their journey watching a “how-to” video on YouTube, compares prices on Amazon…

Why do some Google Ads get clicked instantly whilst others are scrolled past without a second glance?

Thousands of UK businesses are unknowingly overpaying for their ads because they’ve missed one game changing factor: Quality Score.

The marketing funnel is one of the most well-known concepts in marketing, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. You’ve probably seen the familiar triangle shape dozens of times, labelled from Awareness at the top to Conversion at the bottom.

Email marketing has long been one of the most powerful assets in any brand’s growth strategy, serving as a core component of digital marketing. It’s direct, measurable and personal.

For more than a decade, hashtags have been a reliable tool for content categorisation and discovery across platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and LinkedIn.

While Google’s algorithm remains a closely guarded secret, enough has been tested, analysed and confirmed to give marketers a fairly strong idea of what helps a page climb the rankings.

Since its launch, Instagram Threads has emerged as a promising space for real time conversation—a quieter, cleaner alternative to X (formerly Twitter). Threads offers a range of new features, including real time updates, public conversations and content sharing.

Click-through rate, or CTR, is often treated as a quick indicator of how well a campaign is performing. It measures how many people clicked on your link out of everyone who saw it.

If you’ve already claimed and verified your Google Business Profile (GBP), you’re off to a good start. But the real question is—are you making the most of it? In a world where local search is often the first (and sometimes only) interaction people have with your business; your GBP is more than just a digital listing.

Running an eCommerce brand isn’t what it used to be. With more competition, higher ad costs and increasingly demanding customers, even the most experienced business owners find themselves facing growth challenges when selling online.

Since its launch in 2021, TikTok Shop has gone from a new entrant to a major player in UK e-commerce. By combining entertainment, community, and shopping in one place, it’s grabbed the attention of both consumers and brands.