September 23, 2026·11 min read
What I Learned From Publishing Thousands Of AEO Articles
Ten lessons from running an answer-engine content operation at scale: what compounded, what evaporated, and what I'd do differently starting today.
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October 30, 2026·11 min read
Is SEO Still Worth It In 2026? Yes, But Not If You Ignore AI Search
The honest yes-but answer: SEO still pays in 2026, the clicks math changed, and the version worth doing is the one that feeds AI answers too.
October 30, 2026·11 min read
GEO Spam Is Coming: How To Build AI Search Visibility That Survives
The spam industry is retooling for AI answers: citation farms, seeded threads, guaranteed-citation agencies. What survives the purges that follow.
October 30, 2026·12 min read
What Will AI SEO Optimization Look Like In 2026?
AI SEO optimization in 2026 has split from the hack era: what the GPT-5.6 shift, agent browsers, and per-engine measurement mean for the work now.
September 18, 2026·11 min read
GEO Is Dead, SEO Is Dead — What's Next? A Serious Answer
The GEO-is-dead / SEO-is-dead / AEO-is-the-new-thing acronym cycle is exhausting and mostly wrong. Here's the honest read on what's actually working in AI-era search optimization in H2 2026, why the acronym you use matters much less than the tactics you ship, and what a serious answer to 'what's next?' actually looks like.
September 18, 2026·11 min read
Is Perplexity Dying? Where SaaS Founders Should Focus in 2026
Perplexity's share of AI referrals fell from 19.7% to 6.9% while its ARR tripled. What's actually happening, and how SaaS founders should split AEO effort in 2026.
July 11, 2026·11 min read
Keyword Research Is Dead. Prompt Research Is Here.
Search volume can't see the buyers asking ChatGPT for recommendations. Why keyword research stopped mapping to real demand, and what replaces it.
October 30, 2026·12 min read
Agentic Engine Optimization: The New Term Reshaping AEO
Agentic engine optimization is the newest acronym in AI search. Here's what's hype, what's real, and what SaaS founders should actually do about agents.
October 30, 2026·11 min read
Why AI Search Is Killing Generic SEO Agencies and How Founders Can Stay Ahead
Most SEO agencies still report on keyword rankings while your buyers ask ChatGPT. Here's why the generic agency model is dying, and how to build a stack that works.
September 18, 2026·11 min read
GEO Tactics That Destroy Your SEO (And What to Do Instead)
Most GEO advice is reckless. Here are the specific tactics that tank your Google rankings, why killing SEO kills AI visibility too, and how to optimize for both.
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