How Brands Block AI Crawlers & Then Pay To Get Seen: The Protection Paradox
Modern marketing is full of good intentions that quietly sabotage themselves. Nowhere is this clearer than in what I call…
SEO Is Filed Under Marketing — That’s The Whole Problem
Every technical SEO has a version of this meeting. The migration shipped on Friday. The redirects went in. Someone on…
B2B Buyers Choose A Vendor Before They Reach Out – 3 Ways To Be Visible When It Counts
The fundamental question for 2026 is not how visible you are in search, but how wide the gap has grown…
Comparison Of AI Citation Patterns Offers Strategic SEO Insights
BrightEdge published new data showing the different kinds of sites five AI search surfaces tend to show in generated answers….
Why Your Content Isn’t Being Cited in AI Answers (& How to Fix It)
When a customer asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or another AI tool a question, that system selects a short list of sources…
OpenAI Crawl Activity Tripled Since GPT-5, Data Shows
OpenAI’s automated crawl activity is estimated to have roughly tripled after the launch of GPT-5, according to a new analysis…
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Boost your skills with Growth Memo’s weekly expert insights. Subscribe for free! I normally write about strategy and search behavior,…
APAC Search Strategy Goes Beyond Google & Baidu
If you approach the Asia-Pacific search strategy as simply an extension of your U.S. or European Google strategy, you will…
Which Content Formats Earn AI Citation
AI-generated answers are capturing intent before the click, and that changes where to invest, what to measure, and which formats…
How To Benchmark Website Performance by Industry
This post was sponsored by DebugBear. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Which performance metrics actually affect…