ai-search

How to create a diy tweetdeck replacement

How to create a DIY Tweetdeck (X Pro) replacement using Chrome Tab Groups and Split View

I’ve been using Twitter since April 2008, so I’ve been a long-time user of the social network. And to organize the chaos of keeping track of my favorite accounts, keeping an eye on notifications, direct messages, etc., I’ve been using Tweetdeck since ~2011. Note, Tweetdeck changed to “X Pro” after Elon Musk acquired Twitter in … Read more

ChatGPT links in Google Search Console

ChatGPT links in Google Search Console: How to Discover Real User Conversations That Cite Your Content

There are many AI prompt tracking tools on the market now. Some of those tools track prompts that you enter, while others generate prompts based on the topic at hand. Many of those prompts are not from real people… Instead, they are synthetic prompts. And that questions the power of tracking those prompts at all. In … Read more

Ask Maps in Google Maps

Ask Maps in Google Maps – When Local Search Meets Gemini AI

“Ask Maps” is like having AI Mode in Google Maps. You can now have conversations with Maps to plan trips, research local businesses, and much more. Google just announced out a new and powerful feature in Google Maps called “Ask Maps”. I’ve had access to the feature for the past week and have been heavily … Read more

SEO versus AEO straight from the source

Straight From the (AI) Source: Is AEO/GEO different than SEO? Google, Microsoft, and others explain how to be visible in AI search [Quotes, videos, articles, and more]

Ever since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, marketers have tried to understand if being visible in AI Search requires the same type of strategy and tactics as being visible in organic search. In other words, is what you were doing for SEO enough for AI Search or AEO/GEO or are there unique things you need … Read more

Rel canonical is just a hint for Google

Rel Canonical Is Just A Hint – A Reminder That Google Can Make Its Own Decision (And That Decision Can Cascade To ChatGPT And Other AI Platforms) – Case Studies

It’s always fascinating to see SEO issues that can pop up across large-scale and complex websites. When you are dealing with a large site, technical problems can often scale quickly and yield issues impacting millions, or tens of millions of urls across a site. And some of those technical problems can yield quality problems (if … Read more

Personal Intelligence in Gemini and AI Mode

The Power of Personal Intelligence in Gemini and AI Mode – Another big step towards Jarvis, the impact to SEO and AI Search, and the inherent tracking challenge

AI Search is growing and advancing at a rapid clip. Google, OpenAI, and others are driving forward with new features and functionality at an incredible pace (maybe too fast, but that’s for another post). While helping clients, I’m often asked where this is all headed… And when that question pops up, I bring up my … Read more

Google's December 2025 broad core update

‘The Core Before Christmas’ – Google’s December 2025 Broad Core Update – Analysis and Findings From The 18 Day Rollout

I cover the December 2025 broad core update, which was a huge Google algorithm update that rolled out right in the middle of the holiday season. My post covers heavy YMYL impact, AI Overviews and AI Mode visibility changes, a big tremor on 12/20, the power and importance of Navboost, news publisher impact, forums impact, … Read more

AI Search, hreflang, and translated content.

AI Search, hreflang, and translated content. How do ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude handle multilingual queries?

I’ve worked on many international SEO projects over the years, including structuring that content in various ways. For example, sites providing content in different languages on the same domain, content in different languages across separate domains, content in the same language targeting different countries, and more. And now that AI Search is growing, I’m helping … Read more

Block Ai tools, crawlers, and bots via Cloudflare

Stop the AI Tool and scraper madness – Set up Cloudflare today and watch expensive automated traffic disappear [Case Study]

I cover the absolutely insane, frustrating, and expensive AI tool, bot and scraping situation and what site owners can do right now to mitigate the problem. You’ve likely heard about the crazy amount of crawling going on by AI scrapers, AI search tools, bots, and others now that AI Search has arrived. But have you … Read more

AI Search and the need for strong core ranking systems.

AI Search and the growing importance of developing strong core visibility systems, site-level quality scoring, and anti-spam systems

As AI Search platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude continue to grow, I’m seeing more and more recommendations for improving visibility through tactics that seem risky as heck. And not just risky for AI platforms, but for Search as well (Google, Bing, etc.) On that note, I wrote a post a few months ago explaining how … Read more

AI Search and Syndicated Content

AI Search and Syndicated Content – How syndicating content can impact visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini

In 2023, I published a case study showing the impact of syndicated content on rankings across Google surfaces (including the 10-blue links, Top Stories, the News tab in Search, Google News, and Google Discover). The results underscored the importance of maintaining control over indexing when syndicating content and how that could impact which version of … Read more