2026 SEO Predictions (Australia Version!)

Aaron is the General Manager at Prosperity Media, bringing a strong foundation in technical SEO and commercial leadership to this pivotal role. In his current role, Aaron is responsible for guiding revenue growth, enhancing profitability, and championing staff retention as the agency scales. With his blend of strategic insight and hands-on expertise, he's been speaking on many conference main stages.

Amanda is the Principal Consultant at FLOQ, an independent SEO consultancy based in Sydney. With over a decade of experience across Australia and the US, she specializes in technical SEO, content strategy and product-led organic growth. Amanda has worked with leading brands including Optus, Intel, and Bailey Nelson, helping integrate SEO into business and product teams for sustainable results. A regular speaker at international conferences such as SMX Munich and the Search Marketing Summit, she is known for her practical, business-focused approach to SEO and her passion for empowering teams to build search strategies that truly drive growth.

Dan specializes in machine learning for SEO including fine-tuning of custom models for classification of queries, intent, SERPs, user behaviour, traffic forecasting and algorithm-event correlations. Dan's recent accomplishments include development of an advanced internal link optimisation framework and deployment of the world's first fully pretrained industry-specific CTR prediction model.

Gaston is the Senior SEO specialist at Envato (acquired by Shutterstock). Lover of all Technical SEO and tactics for Extra large websites. Has been involved in all parts of SEO since 2012, from black hat, building a 300 website PBN and being a consultant for multi million dollar companies. Also is a Diamond Google Product expert for Search Central and a firm believer that without experimentation there's no SEO progress.

Jes is a Sydney-based growth marketing consultant and SEO futurist renowned for her work with global enterprise brands. She specializes in entity SEO, automated content distribution and data-driven strategies that drive brand salience and audience development. Jes was awarded the title of World Champion at the SEOktoberfest G50 Summit in 2022. She is a frequent speaker at major industry events and contributor to leading SEO publications, helping businesses translate emerging search an AI trends into measurable growth.

Peter is a highly experienced senior SEO consultant and digital marketing strategist through his company SEOWorkshop.com. Known as "The Godfather" of SEO in Australia, Peter has brought decades of hands-on expertise in technical SEO, content marketing, and online business growth since 1997. Peter is also a passionate advocate for the Australian SEO community.