Technical SEO is crucial to organic success and a part of the SEO job description that many in the industry enjoy. Many technical SEOs have also found ways to use their skills to look into automation opportunities and rethink the ways in which different SEO tasks are carried out.

Luke Davis is one such person. A technical specialist here at Impression, Luke has also taught himself Python and applied it to a range of different activities. If you're considering specialising in technical SEO yourself, or you're simply interested in hearing other people's views on how this area of the industry is developing, Luke's thoughts and experiences are a fantastic place to start.

He joined us on the podcast to discuss his route into technical SEO, and what he sees as important in the field right now.

Like always, you can listen to every word of our conversation with Luke via the player at the top of this page, or by finding the RankUp podcast on your app of choice. You can also keep reading to see write-ups of some of our highlights from the conversation.

If you want to hear more from Luke, you can find him on Twitter at @LukeDavisSEO. As he mentions in the episode, Luke is also a prolific blogger – find his work at Sampleface, Cultrface, LOGiCFACE, Playrface, Distant Arcade and Pandog.

Twitter is also the best place to find the rest of the RankUp team: Edd (@EddJTW), Ben (@BenJGarry) and Liv (@seoliviamae).