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SaaS companies live and die by discovery. When a potential customer asks an AI assistant ‘What’s the best project management tool for remote teams?’ or ‘Which CRM has the best automation features?’, the brands in that answer win demos. The brands not in it don’t even exist. I’ve worked with SaaS companies from early-stage to … Read more

For 20 years, link building was the backbone of SEO authority. In the GEO era, citations are the new links. When an AI model cites your brand as a source in its response, that&#8217. S an ai citation — and it’s worth more than most backlinks. The audience is more targeted, the intent is higher, … Read more

Every few years, someone declares SEO dead. It never is. But this time, the shift is real. Generative Engine Optimization isn’t killing traditional SEO — it’s evolving it. After 16 years in this industry, I can tell you: the brands that understand what changes and what stays the same will dominate both channels. The ones … Read more

You can’t optimize what you can’t measure. That’s been true in SEO for two decades, and it’s equally true in GEO. The problem: traditional SEO tools don’t track AI citations. Google Search Console doesn’t show you whether ChatGPT mentioned your brand. Ahrefs doesn’t track Perplexity citations. You need purpose-built GEO monitoring — and the market … Read more

Local businesses have a massive, underexploited opportunity in GEO. When someone asks an AI assistant ‘What’s the best Italian restaurant near downtown Austin?’ or ‘Find me a reliable plumber in Dubai Marina,’ the AI generates a list of recommendations. Those recommendations are increasingly replacing Google Maps and local pack results as the primary local discovery … Read more

I’ve spent 16 years watching search evolve. I’ve seen Google go from ten blue links to knowledge panels, featured snippets, and now AI-generated answers. Each shift created winners and losers. The GEO shift is the biggest yet — and it’s just beginning. Here are my predictions for how AI search and GEO will evolve over … Read more