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The Intersection of SEO,
GEO & AI Search

Research on SEO strategy, GEO architecture, AEO execution, and the tools, frameworks and workflows behind the results.

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AI & SEO talk title slide: From the fundamentals of GEO to AI-powered automations and building with AI
GEO
AI and SEO in 2026: The 3-Tier SEO Automation System (From GEO to Agents and Vibe-Coding)

My Pune Digital Marketing Meetup talk, written up in full: GEO fundamentals, a 26,631-citation ranki…

Search in 2026: 68% of searches are zero-click, AI Overviews cut clicks 58%, ChatGPT leads AI traffic
SEO
SEO Statistics 2026: 50 Fresh, Source-Backed Stats (Including AI Search)

50 current SEO statistics for 2026, every stat linked to its source, with a full section on AI searc…

Traffic drops after a Google core update, then recovers once quality improves
SEO
How to Recover from a Google Core Update in 2026 (Traffic-Drop Playbook)

Lost rankings after a Google update? The Helpful Content Update is now part of the core algorithm. H…

One answer-first format wins the featured snippet, the AI Overview, and the ChatGPT citation
SEO
How to Optimize for Featured Snippets in 2026 (and Win AI Overviews Too)

Featured snippets are being absorbed by AI Overviews. Here is how to win position zero in 2026, and …

Old SEO tactics decline while GEO and AI search rise — SEO is evolving, not dead
AI-SEO
Is SEO Dead in 2026? An Honest, Data-Backed Answer (and the Future of SEO Jobs)

Is SEO dead? No, but the old playbook is. Here is the honest, data-backed 2026 answer, what is actua…

ChatGPT reads your raw HTML, then cites you in its answer
AI-SEO
ChatGPT SEO: How to Rank and Get Cited in ChatGPT (2026)

ChatGPT drives most of the AI traffic that reaches your site. Here is how it finds, trusts, and cite…

Query fan-out: one question becomes many searches that an AI synthesises and cites
GEO
What Is GEO? A Practitioner’s Guide to Generative Engine Optimization (2026)

GEO is the new layer on top of SEO that gets you cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. A practit…

ai-seo
SSR Inspector, A Free Chrome Extension t
AI-SEO
SSR Inspector, A Free Chrome Extension to Audit SSR vs CSR in 30 Seconds

I've shipped SSR Inspector, a free Chrome extension that runs a 3-way audit comparing raw HTML, live…

seo
18 Steps to Perform an Enterprise SEO Au
SEO
18 Steps to Perform an Enterprise SEO Audit in 2025

A complete 18-step enterprise SEO audit framework: crawl-budget, indexation, site architecture, inte…