OpenAI DevDay 2026: What Small Businesses Should Actually Pay Attention To
OpenAI made more than 20 announcements at DevDay 2026. Here are the ones that matter for small businesses, from always-on AI agents to cheaper models and new privacy controls.
Sponsored Answers Are Coming to AI Search: How to Make Sure Your Business Still Shows Up Organically
Google is testing sponsored links that blend right into AI Mode answers. Two new experiments show what actually earns a business an organic citation, and most of it happens on other people’s websites.
Search Is Changing Fast: What You Should Know About SEO and AEO Right Now
September brought big shifts in SEO and AEO, from thinner AI Overview citations to changing AI traffic share. Here is what it means for your visibility.
Google Maps Just Released ANOTHER Update (And Your Business Needs to Pay Attention)
Google Maps just got AI upgrades. Learn why your local business visibility depends on optimizing your Google Maps profile now.
Goodbye Q&A, Hello Ask Maps: What Google’s Latest Update Means for Your Business
So, your Q&As are (possibly) gone…. now what? If you logged into your Google Business Profile this week and noticed that your Q&A section vanished, you’re not imagining things. As of Monday, November 3rd, Google officially removed the Q&A feature from many business profiles. In its place, a new feature called Ask Maps is rolling […]
The Wild Origins of SEO and What They Tell Us About Today’s Alphabet Soup (GEO, AEO, LLMO, GSO, & More)
Discover how 5 people invented SEO in 1997 without knowing it. From Jefferson Starship’s angry manager to today’s GEO and AIO confusion.
The Reality Check SEOs Need About AI Overview Citations
New research shows AI Overview citations perform like position 6 rankings. Here’s the data SEOs need about traffic reality.
Publishers Are Finally Getting Some Control Over AI Training (But Will Anyone Listen?)
Cloudflare’s new Content Signals let publishers block AI training while keeping search visibility. Will Google actually comply?
Why Your Brand’s SEO Game Just Got a Major Plot Twist (Spoiler: It’s All About Video)
The SEO landscape just shifted beneath our feet yet again, and most brands haven’t even noticed yet. While brands have been perfecting their keyword strategies and chasing backlinks, Google quietly rewrote the playbook on what constitutes authoritative source material. The change? Video content has evolved from a nice-to-have marketing asset into the primary fuel powering […]
GEO Best Practices That Actually Work in 2025
Remember when finding information online meant scrolling through pages of blue links, hoping one would have what you needed? Those days are quickly disappearing. Now, when you ask ChatGPT about the best marketing tools or search Google for “how to start a podcast,” you get complete answers right there in the search results. No clicking […]