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2026-07-20 · 2 min read

What is GEO? Generative Engine Optimization, explained for founders

AI assistants now answer buying questions with three names, not ten blue links. Here's how those names get chosen — and how to become one of them.

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2026-06-24 · 4 min read

What a 90-day GEO install actually looks like

A week-by-week walkthrough of installing a generative-engine-optimization system: scan, structure, seed, score — and what shows up when.

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2026-06-03 · 4 min read

What Rufus and COSMO changed about Amazon listings

Amazon's AI shopping assistant and its semantic intent engine reward listings written for real questions, not keyword-stuffed titles. Here is the shift.

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2026-05-15 · 4 min read

The real math of a missed call

A missed call is not a missed conversation. It is a job that went to the competitor who picked up. Here is the arithmetic, and the cheapest ways to fix it.

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2026-05-14 · 3 min read

The Zero-Click Brand — Winning When Buyers Never Visit Your Site

Buyers now decide inside answers, marketplaces, and recommendations — and visit your site last, if at all. Here's the strategy for that world.

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2026-04-29 · 4 min read

How procurement actually finds suppliers now

Engineers and buyers research suppliers differently than they did five years ago. Here is how shortlists get built in 2026, and what puts a firm on one.

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2026-04-09 · 5 min read

How AI Picks Which Local Business to Recommend

When someone asks their phone for the best physio or plumber near them, a few signals decide who gets named. Here is what they are and what to fix first.

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2026-04-08 · 4 min read

Share of answer: the metric replacing rank tracking

Rank tracking measures a world where people scrolled ten blue links. When AI names two or three brands, share of answer is the number that matters.

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2026-03-18 · 5 min read

The Entity and Schema Layer for a Shopify Store

A practical guide to the structured data AI engines read from your Shopify store, the mistakes that hide you, and how to verify it worked yourself.

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