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Can AI responses be influenced? The SEO industry is trying
Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires. You use Google's AI Mode to search for suggestions, which quickly spits out a detailed answer…
SEO in 2026: Higher standards, AI influence, and a web still catching up
Is it possible to get an accurate view of the current state of SEO ? There have been multiple attempts to reach consensus on what works, predict what might be coming, and identify the factors that may play a role in “good” (or…
How AI Is Changing Lead Generation: 3 Key Things SEO & PPC Teams Need To Do Now
Each LLM and answer engine has different logic, leading to different outputs for the same prompts. It's important to understand which AI chatbots are aligned with your brand before making decisions that inform a larger AI search or SEO strategy.
The Top 6 Search Engines Market Share & The AI Search Engines To Watch
For more than a decade, Google's share of global search traffic barely moved. It hovered between 91% and 93%, and the SEO industry built its workflow around that reality. As of March 2026, StatCounter data shows Google at 90.01% of worldwide search…
GSC Logging Error Yielded Inflated Impressions Since May 2025
Google announced a logging error on Friday, April 3rd in the data anomalies report and explained that error prevented the accurate logging of impressions in GSC since May of 2025. That's right, almost a full year of inaccurate impressions. How bad…
Human content is 8x more likely than AI to rank #1 on Google: Study
Human-written content dominates Google's top rankings, appearing in the No. 1 position 80% of the time versus just 9% for purely AI-generated pages, based on a Semrush analysis of 42,000 blog posts. The details. Semrush analyzed 20,000 keywords and…
How to produce content that naturally builds AEO clout
For a long time, links were the primary signal of authority in search. If you wanted visibility, you built backlinks. If you wanted credibility, you earned placements. That still matters — but it's no longer enough. In AI-driven search…
6 side hustle businesses you can start with $0
While a side hustle can be a great way to start a business or boost your income, many options do have start-up costs. However, there are several that you can essentially start with just the tools and materials you already have (assuming you have an…
Guest post outreach in 2026: A proven, scalable process
Since 2021, I've worked on more than 350 published guest posts. In that time, I've refined a repeatable guest posting outreach process that consistently drives approvals without ever paying for a placement. Although guest blogging is becoming more…
How to design content that AI systems prefer and promote
Most guidance on optimizing for AI still focuses on how content is written. But AI systems don't read content the way humans do. These systems extract information, break it into parts, and reuse it in new contexts. What matters is whether your…
EWL: No Energy, Light On Tech, Premium P/E (NYSEARCA:EWL)
I maintain a Hold rating on iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (EWL) due to its premium valuation and mixed technicals. EWL trades at 18.1x earnings with a PEG near 3, limiting its current valuation appeal despite a 14.5% 12-month gain. The ETF is highly…
Bing, not Google, shapes which brands ChatGPT recommends
In this case study, we went deep instead of broad. We focused on one question: why wasn't a brand present in a single ChatGPT prompt across ~70 iterations? We chose one prompt: “What are the best hotels in New York City?” We analyzed…
GDX: New Macro Risks, Same Solid Valuation For Gold Mining Stocks (NYSEARCA:GDX)
VanEck Gold Miners ETF earns a reiterated buy rating, supported by a compelling 11.2x P/E and robust EPS growth expectations. GDX has outperformed both gold and the S&P 500 YoY, despite recent volatility and a 20% pullback from February highs.
How to Check If AI Search Engines Cite Your Brand (Free Open-Source Tool)
If you ask Perplexity or Google AI Overview to recommend a tool in your category, does your brand show up? For most businesses, the answer is: they have no idea. Traditional SEO tells you where you rank on Google. But in 2026, more users are…
SEMrush (NYSE:SEMR) Reaches New 1-Year High - Time to Buy?
SEMrush Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SEMR - Get Free Report)'s share price hit a new 52-week high on Monday. The stock traded as high as $11.96 and last traded at $11.9550, with a volume of 1046598 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at…
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