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Search engine optimization in the AI-search era. Technical, content, link-building — the playbook that still works after the Helpful Content Update.

22 essays tagged seo

How to write a blog post that ranks AND gets cited by AI engines (2026)SEO

How to write a blog post that ranks AND gets cited by AI engines (2026)

Most 'how to write for SEO' guides are still optimizing for the 2019 Google. Here's how we structure every post across our 11-brand portfolio so it ranks in Google AND gets pulled into AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity citations.

MAY 24, 2026
How SEO actually works in 2026: the GEO-aware playbookSEO

How SEO actually works in 2026: the GEO-aware playbook

SEO didn't die in 2024 — it absorbed GEO. This is the full 2026 playbook for ranking in Google AND getting cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. No fluff, no theory.

MAY 26, 2026
B2B video marketing in 2026: the YouTube playbook that feeds pipelineVIDEO

B2B video marketing in 2026: the YouTube playbook that feeds pipeline

70% of B2B buyers now use video in purchase decisions, and YouTube's December 2025 algorithm overhaul changed the game. Here's the Shorts-first discovery system, the four video types that drive pipeline, and how to measure ROI without living in vanity metrics.

JUN 20, 2026
Programmatic SEO in 2026: scale without getting demotedSEO

Programmatic SEO in 2026: scale without getting demoted

Programmatic SEO can build thousands of pages that rank — or thousands that get your whole site demoted as spam. The 2026 line between the two is sharper than ever now that AI makes mass page generation trivial. Here's how to scale on the right side of it.

MAY 30, 2026
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