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๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผย ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜

The one in which out I gave out Marks and Sparks food, Greggs and ranted for far too long about GEO grifters. Also featured my daughter's speaking debut.

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Wayne Barker

October 28, 2026

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  1. <the fourth nobody asked for> Wayne Barker | SEO &

    Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  2. <What he do?> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing

    Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  3. <american restaurateur> <ran restaurants at MOMA> <general manager Eleven Madison

    Park 2006> <Eleven Madison Park #1 on the Worldโ€™s Best Restaurants 2017> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  4. "Service is black and white; hospitality is colour" Wayne Barker

    | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  5. <the NYC street hot dog> Wayne Barker | SEO &

    Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  6. <the beach in the dining room> Wayne Barker | SEO

    & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  7. <he broke down silos> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital

    Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  8. <he broke the rules of fine dining> Wayne Barker |

    SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  9. <he rebelled by being human> Wayne Barker | SEO &

    Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  10. <what weโ€™re not going to talk about today> Wayne Barker

    | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  11. <so what we talking about, wayne?> Wayne Barker | SEO

    & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  12. <big disclaimer> <this is specifically about GEO grifters and not

    AI Search> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  13. <marketing term kinda invented by a vc and software vendor>

    Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  14. big fuckin disclaimer <yes the following GEO โ€œtacticsโ€AI images are

    on purpose and I donโ€™t think they're good, they're just to make a point and I havenโ€™t drank water for a week to offset this> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  15. โ€weโ€™re going to write an article on our site that

    gathers all our competitors and somehow - by magic - weโ€™re the best at what we do?โ€ Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  16. โ€weโ€™re going to pump out a load of words, with

    no care whatsoever - and the exact same kind thing that we currently block out cos we know its shit?โ€ Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  17. โ€Don't lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it

    and move on. Just don't do it again. Everโ€
  18. โ€okay it's like AI content - which we just humanised

    together - but a fuck ton more of it that nobody will read either?โ€ Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  19. โ€so weโ€™re gonna take the words that our copywriter/seo put

    together with years of experience and break it up and make it read shit?โ€ Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  20. โ€Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have

    no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferentโ€ฆโ€
  21. โ€So weโ€™re gonna pay someone to add shit to our

    site and then do shit like spam reddit and then buy fuckin links as well?โ€ Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  22. <that's a lot of opinions, wayne> Wayne Barker | SEO

    & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  23. <turns out a lot of the GEO vendors are not

    that great at SEO or marketing> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  24. <the forgotten XML sitemap> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital

    Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  25. <the forgotten XML sitemap> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital

    Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  26. <the forgotten case studies> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital

    Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  27. <the hold up our hands story> Wayne Barker | SEO

    & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  28. <iโ€™m not the only one with this - ahem -

    hobby> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  29. <a lot of what is getting pushed is spam> Wayne

    Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  30. <youโ€™ve got to look to the past in SEO too

    see what's going to happen in the future> Wayne Barker 2023/24/25/26 Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  31. <penguin 2012 - 2016> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital

    Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  32. <remember Will from earlier> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital

    Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  33. <his restaurant succeeded by breaking the rules and making human

    connections> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  34. <and those lessons can be applied across your digital marketing>

    Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  35. <when everyone is AIโ€™ing the shit out of stuff> Wayne

    Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  36. <when businesses think they're making progress by jumping on the

    shiny object> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  37. <thatโ€™s whats gonna make the difference when everything is beige

    as fuck> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  38. <that's the thing that most people miss> Wayne Barker |

    SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  39. <so, letโ€™s quitely delve into a conclusion> Wayne Barker |

    SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  40. <be a rebel> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing

    Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  41. <even if being a rebel is really just about being

    more human> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77
  42. <oh, and hire my dad cos putting me through university

    is gonna be bloody expensive> Wayne Barker | SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant barkerwayne @wayneb77