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Measuring When AI Assistants and Search Engines Disagree
Suggesting a Marketer’s math framework to test where assistants and search overlap.
Oct 19
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Your Brand Is Being Cited by AI. Here’s How to Measure It.
Measuring brand visibility in the answer layer above search
Oct 12
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2026: When AI Assistants Become the First Layer
ChatGPT reaches mass adoption in 4 years. Google took 9. Visibility is moving upstream.
Oct 5
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Oct 2
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September 2025
Vector Index Hygiene: A New Layer of Technical SEO
How clean chunks and embeddings decide if your content gets retrieved in AI answers.
Sep 29
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When Agents Replace Websites
How Agentic Systems Devalue Websites and Domains
Sep 21
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A Hidden Risk in AI Discovery: Directed Bias Attacks on Brands?
LLMs don’t really verify the truth, and that opens the door for subtle reputational attacks marketers can’t afford to ignore.
Sep 15
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Bias in Search: Visibility, Perception, and Control
You can’t eliminate bias in search, but you can manage its impact on your brand and reputation.
Sep 8
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Let's Look Inside An Answer Engine and See How GenAI Picks Winners
Modelling weights across lexical retrieval, semantic retrieval, re-ranking and clarity to help visualize how an AI-powered answer is chosen.
Sep 1
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August 2025
SEO Has Been Tactical for 20 Years. GenAI Forces the Strategy Question.
Calling SEO “strategic” was comfortable. AI strips that away and forces a truer alignment.
Aug 26
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Semantic Overlap vs. Density: Finding the Balance That Wins Retrieval
Retrieval isn’t about short or long. It’s about balance. Overlap gets you seen, density keeps you credible.
Aug 19
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The Verifier Layer: Why SEO Automation Still Needs Human Judgment
Is AI Content Automation Creating Legal Liability at Scale?
Aug 12
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