David Sottimano comes from a varied background in Corporate Marketing and Professional Sales. His love affair between the internet and marketing has finally found the perfect balance at Distilled, where he *almost* always shares insider secrets.

Blog posts by David Sottimano:

Advanced SEO troubleshooting: Why isn’t this page indexed?

UPDATED: APRIL 3RD 2013 Some of you seasoned pros will likely find this post of n00b status, but chances are that you’ve made a silly mistake at one point (or two) in your SEO career. This happened to me and Continue reading »

Proxy server essential information for SEO’s

The internet is notorious for tracking users, from behaviour to the finer details of who we are. Sometimes, we just don’t want to disclose our identity and protect our privacy. While proxy servers are no secret to most of the Continue reading »

Google ccTLDs and associated Languages & codes Reference Sheet

Current as of August 14th 2012 My theory is simple. If you’re going to do International SEO on a global scale, do it properly and get the right information. My theory also states that the company who is most likely Continue reading »

SEO Diagnosis for non SEOs

Note: This post was formerly called SEO Diagnosis Dinosaur, but I’ve recently changed it (2013 – Jan) because it was dumb Professional SEO agencies receive quite a few enquiries when something goes wrong. Maybe you’ve noticed a traffic drop or Continue reading »

What is Neuromarketing and how does it relate to SEO?

Why did you choose to come to this page? Short answer is I don’t know, and you’d probably have a hard time explaining it too. I could probably make educated assumptions, but like many of you, I like to see Continue reading »

Hey MC Hammer, you should come to London for Searchlove!

Hey Hammer, I know this sounds crazy, but when I heard you were launching a search engine I thought you were crazy too. Crazy = originality and in my opinion we need more of it A bit about me: I’m Continue reading »

Catch Will & Dave speaking at A4U London (18-19 October)

Testing, please ignore I’ve always heard great things about A4U Expo, and this year I’m extremely honored and privileged to be speaking with a great group led by Samuel Crocker. Have to say I feel pretty lucky to be sharing Continue reading »

Reputation Management – Tactics that still work

What is reputation management? Specific to SEO and in laymen’s terms it’s about removing negative listings from search results for specific keywords. All of what’s been detailed here has been tested within the last 3 months (the age of Panda) Continue reading »

The ImportXML Guide for Google Docs

The Importxml guide for Google Docs has been written to primarily empower SEOs, SEMs and digital professionals across the world to create their own tools.  Inspiration, innovation and all around ingenuity can be attributed to the talented engineers at Google Continue reading »

SMX ADVANCED LONDON 2011 PREVIEW – PART 2 OF 2

Even if you’re an experienced SEO, conferences are still the best places to learn new tricks. SMX London is coming up May 16-17th and it’s going to be a  great opportunity to meet some of the most talented SEOs in Continue reading »