Search Lead

Francesca Hume

Francesca makes brands easier to find and harder to ignore. She keeps search channels tuned to client goals, turning visibility into pipeline and pipeline into revenue.

Francesca Hume’s posts

Cover From keywords to entities Why SEO now depends on brand
Blog 16 July 2026

“Google stopped reading your page, and started reading your brand.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

From keywords to entities: Why SEO now depends on brand.

gsc social
Blog 9 July 2026

“Google has just handed marketers the evidence social SEO has always deserved.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

Your social search data is in. Here’s what to do with it.

ask youtube
Blog 18 June 2026

“Google no longer just knows your video exists. It can reach inside it and pull out the answer.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

What Ask YouTube reveals about Google’s understanding of video.

AI SEO Guide
eBooks 3 June 2026

SEO in an AI world.

Cover Google Marketing Live 2026 What it means for your Google Ads campaigns
Blog 28 May 2026

“Google keeps taking over the execution layer. The advertiser's job is getting more strategic, not less.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

Google Marketing Live 2026: What it means for your Google Ads campaigns.

Cover Google Marketing Live 2026 Everything that actually matters
Blog 28 May 2026

“With so much changing in 2026, there was a lot to cover. ”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

Google Marketing Live 2026: Everything that actually matters.

Cover What the AI Search updates mean for your organic visibility
Blog 22 May 2026

“Google I/O 2026 confirmed what the data already showed – search is growing, and the winners are the brands AI can cite.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

Google I/O 2026: What the AI Search updates mean for your organic visibility.

Cover ChatGPT SEO How to optimise your website to rank on ChatGPT
Blog 24 February 2026

“You can't rank in ChatGPT. You can only be worth mentioning.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

ChatGPT SEO: How to get your business cited by ChatGPT.

SEO Checklist
eBooks 18 February 2026

Creating new website pages: A basic SEO checklist.

Cover Navigating Google AI Mode 
6 changes you should expect
Blog 30 June 2025

“Search has stopped being something you can hand to your SEO team and walk away from.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

Navigating Google AI Mode:
6 changes you should expect.

Cover What does Google AI Mode
mean for SEO strategies
Blog 27 June 2025

“AI Mode hasn't killed SEO - it's made brand the price of entry.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

What does Google AI Mode
mean for SEO strategies?

Cover What is Google AI Mode
Blog 24 June 2025

“AI Mode doesn't rank your page. It decides whether your brand is worth mentioning.”

Francesca Hume

Search Lead

What is Google AI Mode?