Cookie Policy
This page lists every cookie and similar storage item SEO uses, why we use it, who sets it, and how to control or delete it. We do not use cookies for advertising, behavioural profiling, or cross-site tracking.
Summary
SEO does not set tracking cookies. The site uses a small amount of first-party browser storage for functional purposes (theme preference, subscription memory, cookie-notice acknowledgement). The sponsor inquiry form at /sponsor uses Cloudflare Turnstile, a third-party bot-prevention service, which may set its own functional storage as part of the challenge.
First-party browser storage
These items are written by the SEO website to your browser's
localStorage. They stay on your device and are not transmitted
to us. You can delete them at any time by clearing your browser's storage
for searchengineoptimization.blog.
| Name | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
aii.theme | Remembers your light or dark theme choice so the site loads in the same mode next time. | Functional (first-party) | Until cleared |
aii.subs | Remembers the email addresses you have already subscribed with from this browser, so the signup form does not re-prompt returning visitors. | Functional (first-party) | Until cleared |
aii.cookie-ack | Remembers that you have seen and dismissed our cookie notice, so we do not show it again. | Functional (first-party) | Until cleared |
Third-party storage (sponsor form only)
The sponsor inquiry form at /sponsor uses Cloudflare Turnstile to verify that submissions come from humans rather than bots. Turnstile is provided by Cloudflare, Inc.
| Where | Provider | Purpose | Privacy notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| /sponsor (form load only) | Cloudflare, Inc. | Bot detection. The challenge may set cookies and analyse browser signals. | cloudflare.com/privacypolicy |
Turnstile loads only on the sponsor page. It does not run on the homepage, article pages, edition pages, or the newsletter signup form.
What we do not use
- No advertising or marketing cookies.
- No analytics cookies (Google Analytics, Plausible, Fathom, Cloudflare Web Analytics, etc.).
- No social-media tracking pixels (Meta Pixel, X pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, etc.).
- No fingerprinting or device-identification cookies.
- No cross-site or cross-context tracking of any kind.
How to control cookies and storage
In your browser
You can delete cookies and local storage at any time from your browser's settings or developer tools. For searchengineoptimization.blog specifically, clearing the site's storage will remove all three items above. Most browsers also let you block third-party cookies globally, which prevents Turnstile from functioning on the sponsor form (the form will still work for the most part but bot prevention is degraded).
From the cookie notice
The first time you visit the site, we show a small notice at the bottom of
the page explaining the storage above. Clicking "OK, got it" sets
aii.cookie-ack so the notice does not reappear. The notice is
purely informational. Dismissing it does not enable any additional tracking
because we do not set additional tracking.
Changes
If we add a new cookie or storage item, this page will be updated and the cookie notice will reappear so that returning visitors can re-acknowledge the change.
Contact
Questions about cookies can be sent to hello@searchengineoptimization.blog. The full privacy notice is at /privacy.