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How To Promote A Startup Online When Google Is Not The Only Search Engine
October 30, 2026·9 min read

How To Promote A Startup Online When Google Is Not The Only Search Engine

A channel guide for founders now that discovery splits across Google, AI engines, directories, and communities, with a bootstrapped 90-day sequence.

AI Search Readiness Checklist For B2B SaaS Websites
October 30, 2026·10 min read

AI Search Readiness Checklist For B2B SaaS Websites

A five-layer AI search readiness checklist: crawler access, rendering, extraction structure, entity trust, and measurement, with pass criteria.

Is llms.txt Worth It After ChatGPT 5.6?
September 18, 2026·9 min read

Is llms.txt Worth It After ChatGPT 5.6?

We tested llms.txt on 12 sites for 90 days and got nothing. After GPT-5.6 rewired retrieval, here's the honest verdict on the file everyone still asks about.

How to Publish AI-Optimized Content to WordPress
September 18, 2026·8 min read

How to Publish AI-Optimized Content to WordPress

Getting AI-search-ready content into WordPress: what the site needs, the three publishing paths, a per-post checklist, and the pitfalls to avoid.

How to Switch from Anyword to RankControl Without Losing Data
October 30, 2026·8 min read

How to Switch from Anyword to RankControl Without Losing Data

Moving from Anyword's AI copywriting to RankControl's visibility pipeline: what exports, what doesn't, and how to rebuild brand voice. A migration guide.

How Long Does It Take AI Search Engines To Learn A Brand?
October 30, 2026·8 min read

How Long Does It Take AI Search Engines To Learn A Brand?

Three separate clocks decide when AI search knows your brand: retrieval in days, corroboration in months, model training in cycles. The real timeline.

Reddit Citations After ChatGPT 5.6: What Changed For AI Search
September 17, 2026·9 min read

Reddit Citations After ChatGPT 5.6: What Changed For AI Search

The machinery behind ChatGPT's Reddit citation collapse: how retrieval fan-out changed after GPT-5.6, why Reddit rose first, and what it predicts.

How to Switch from The HOTH to RankControl Without Losing Data
October 30, 2026·8 min read

How to Switch from The HOTH to RankControl Without Losing Data

Moving from The HOTH's per-campaign SEO services to RankControl's pipeline: what to export, what maps to what, and what you keep. A migration guide.

AEO Content Calendar: A 90-Day Template for AI Search Publishers
October 30, 2026·10 min read

AEO Content Calendar: A 90-Day Template for AI Search Publishers

Averi's data puts AI-citation inflection at piece 11 and full traction at piece 14. Here's the 90-day content calendar template for a SaaS publishing 25-40 posts a quarter, with the mix, cadence, refresh discipline, and traps that actually earn AI citations.

How to Interview Experts for AEO Content That Gets Cited
July 18, 2026·10 min read

How to Interview Experts for AEO Content That Gets Cited

Digital Bloom's data found quotations lift AI citations 37% on Perplexity and 22% on ChatGPT. Muck Rack's Generative Pulse shows LLMs actively track named journalists. Here's how to run interviews that produce citable quotes.

The 10-Post AEO Sprint: How to Kick Off Your AI Search Strategy in Two Weeks
July 17, 2026·10 min read

The 10-Post AEO Sprint: How to Kick Off Your AI Search Strategy in Two Weeks

10 posts in 2 weeks won't guarantee AI citations, but it will get you a foothold. Here's the honest sprint framework with the 10 post archetypes that get cited, the daily cadence, and the measurement window.

The AEO Migration Checklist: Moving a Site Without Losing Citations
October 30, 2026·10 min read

The AEO Migration Checklist: Moving a Site Without Losing Citations

AI crawlers only tolerate 3-5 redirect hops versus Googlebot's 10. Sub-domain-to-subfolder consolidation lifts AI citations 2-5x. Here's the 2026 migration checklist for preserving citation share when you move a site.

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