Overview
About Daniel
Daniel Foley Carter is one of the founders of Assertive. Daniel's SEO expertise dates back to 1998/1999 so with over 24+ years of experience Daniel is able to deliver across all aspects of SEO - with strong technical, strategic & analytical skills.
Daniel has extensive experience building SEO businesses, he's also worked on SEO campaigns for large, global and corporate clients including Sky, Sage, Easyjet, BNP Paribas, Virgin, Qantas & more. With over 24+ years in the SEO industry, Daniel enjoys sharing SEO tips, tricks, studies and SEO tests online via LinkedIn and X.
Experience
- Co-founded Assertive Media in 2007 and has spearheaded its growth ever since
- 24+ years of SEO experience, dating back to 1998/1999
- Strong technical, strategic and analytical SEO skills across every niche
- Creator of the SEO Stack toolset used by thousands of SEOs worldwide
- Regular writer and tester on AI search, technical SEO and Google updates
Background
Daniel's Background
Daniel Foley Carter, born 1987 has been in the SEO industry since 1998-1999. His background started out as a web designer and programmer, Daniel was designing and building websites in the late 1990s before becoming an SEO.
Daniel worked for a variety of companies over the years, starting out with Odyssey UK (a Luton based web design / seo company). Daniel started as a junior web designer but quickly took over the SEO. In 2004 Daniel worked for Michael J Alexander group doing SEO for a series of mortgage broker websites. In 2006/2007 Daniel worked for an SEO agency in London called Netizen Digital (part of the accord group) before finally moving on to Intelligent Positioning in 2008 until 2010.
In the meanwhile, Daniel had founded Assertive Media in 2007, but was doing this on the side until he went full time focusing on the agency from 2010 onwards. Assertive Media became incorporated in 2012, Daniel has since worked extensively on building the SEO agency out.
In 2020 Daniel launched a dedicated SEO Consultancy at https://www.danielfoley.co.uk, Daniel got the consultancy to number 1 in Google for SEO consultancy. Daniel also launched SEO Audits IO (https://seo-audits.io) in 2020 and SEO Stack (https://www.seo-stack.io) in 2020.
Daniel has since pivoted back to focusing on the agency, getting rankings back and building our client portfolio.
Web Design & Development
Technical SEO
SEO Strategy & Testing
AI Search & GEO
Agency Leadership
Daniel's Experience
- SEO Experience from 1998-1999
- Web Design Experience - 1998+
- Programming Experience - 1998+
Daniel has strong SEO experience but also has worked heavily on website design, website building and application development. Daniel has a background in programming having started in the 1990s programming in Visual Basic.
Daniel's Hobbies
- SEO
- Fixing Cars & Motorbikes
- Motorsports
Daniel's Education
- MCSA in IT Systems Administration (Comptia)
- Degree in Computer Science (University of Beds)
Insights
Articles by Daniel
GOOGLEDoes Google Use User Behaviour, Website Design & Layouts in SEO Rank Assessments?
In this article, I look at patents in Google that have been filed in relation to "document evaluation" as well as user behaviour. I look at the patents and share my thoughts on how user behaviour, website design and content layout can impact SEO.
4 August 2026
SEOSEO Ranking Factors for 2026 - What you need to know
In this article I cover the most important ranking factors for 2026, what you need to know, what you should be paying attention to and more.
17 July 2026
SEOHow SEO Helps Solicitors Compete in Local Search
Local SEO helps solicitors appear where prospective clients are already searching for legal support.
15 July 2026
CONTENTWriting Medical Content for SEO - The Do's and Don'ts
In this article I cover the do's and don'ts of writing medical content for SEO, the things to consider, be aware of along with a downloadable checklist.
13 July 2026
SEOCan AI Agents Run SEO Autonomously? AI SEO Agents Do They Work?
In this SEO Experiment I set out to answer the question, can AI SEO Agents REALLY run an SEO campaign autonomously?
30 June 2026
GOOGLEHow to fix Non Indexed Page Reasons in Google Search Console
In this article I cover the non indexed page reasons in Google, what they are and how to fix them.
28 June 2026
SEOB2B SEO - What is Business to Business SEO & Why It's Important for your Business
In this article I look at what B2B SEO, what makes it unique and why it's important in todays search market.
21 June 2026
GOOGLECould Query Fan Outs Impact Google Trends Demand Data?
In this article I look at Google trends and whether query fan outs could be polluting trend data?
18 June 2026
AI SEARCHGoogle Search Console is getting AI Overview & AI Mode Reporting!
Google is launching insights for AI overviews and AI mode into Google Search Console - but, will it give us the click and query data we've been asking for?
3 June 2026



















