SEOWhat schema markup do top SaaS homepages use? A Cloud 100 study (2026)
We parsed JSON-LD on 92 Forbes Cloud 100 homepages: 74% mark up their Organization, 19 ship no structured data, 15 still declare a retired search box.
OCT 28, 2026
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78 essays on SEO, GEO, brand, PR, and content. Long-form. Operator voice. No fluff. Updated biweekly.
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SEOOnly 23 of the Forbes Cloud 100 pass Core Web Vitals on mobile (2026 data)
Real-user CrUX data for all 100 Forbes Cloud 100 websites: 23 pass Core Web Vitals on mobile. INP is the metric that fails them; 63 miss the 200 ms bar.
OCT 28, 2026
GEOWho uses llms.txt? Adoption across the Forbes Cloud 100 (2026 data)
We checked all 100 Forbes Cloud 100 websites for llms.txt. 58 of 94 readable sites (62%) publish one, from a 1.6 KB summary to a 369 KB link index.
OCT 28, 2026
GEOWho blocks AI crawlers? robots.txt rules of the Cloud 100 (2026 study)
We read the robots.txt of the 2025 Forbes Cloud 100. 7 of 96 block any AI crawler, 2 block GPTBot, and none block a search bot like OAI-SearchBot.
OCT 28, 2026
SEOHidden SEO tactics that still rank in 2026
Ten SEO tactics that survived AI Overviews and still move traffic in 2026 — not the obvious ones, the ones working operators are using quietly.
MAY 25, 2026
SOCIALHow to grow on Instagram in 2026 (the post-TikTok playbook)
Instagram growth in 2026 is not hashtags or follow-for-follow. It is Reels people finish and share. What Instagram says it ranks, and the playbook we use.
MAY 19, 2026
BRANDHow to promote a pickleball facility: the Pickleland marketing playbook
Pickleball facility marketing is local search, a cheap first visit and community, not paid ads. The playbook behind our 4.9-star, 918-review Austin club.
MAY 12, 2026
BRANDeCommerce UX in 2026: design that lifts conversion and ranking
70% of carts are abandoned, and the top reasons are design problems you can fix: surprise costs, forced accounts, long checkouts. A data-backed UX checklist.
MAY 21, 2026
B2BB2B Twitter marketing in 2026: is Twitter B2B still worth it?
B2B Twitter marketing, straight answer: X's B2B lead share fell to ~12% from 32% in 2020. What it is still good for, and the 2026 algorithm changes.
MAY 18, 2026