The retrieval layer between users and LLMs has its own preferences for what gets cited, and they don’t map neatly onto traditional SEO signals. A debate keeps surfacing in marketing circles that reveals how poorly the industry understands what’s actually happening inside AI search. One side says: stop trying to optimize for LLMs, they’re just … Read more
Paste Your Prompt Twice
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Pasting your entire prompt twice in a single message gives the LLM a structural advantage, and one study saw accuracy jump from 21% to 97% with zero extra effort. Here’s a prompting technique that takes zero effort and genuinely improves results: copy your entire prompt and paste it twice in the same message. Send the … Read more
Google Search Console Is Not Proof Your LLM Strategy Is Working
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Someone in my network posted a Google Search Console screenshot last week to prove their “AI search strategy” was driving results. Clicks and impressions from Google. As evidence that their client was winning in ChatGPT. This is not a one-off. It’s becoming the standard proof point in GEO and AEO pitches. And it’s completely nonsensical. … Read more
The Tactics Work. They Just Don’t Compound Without a Story.
A recent Ahrefs video by Sam Oh walks through the standard playbook for growing a new website from zero: get listed in directories, build free tools, start an email list, show up in forums, pursue sweat-equity partnerships. It’s solid advice. Every tactic on the list works. And none of them, on their own, will build … Read more
The Number That Should Bother You in Ahrefs’ Billion-Data-Point AI Study
Ahrefs analyzed a billion data points across eleven AI search studies, and the clearest signal is that AI visibility tracks with how much people talk about your brand, not how much content you publish. Ahrefs just published eleven studies analyzing over a billion data points on AI search. There’s a lot in there. YouTube correlations, … Read more
ChatGPT Has an English Problem. Non-English Markets Should Be Paying Attention.
Allegro.pl is Poland’s dominant e-commerce platform. It’s not a niche player or an upstart. It is the market leader, full stop. So when a Polish user, searching from a Polish IP address, asks ChatGPT in Polish for the best auction portals, you’d expect Allegro to appear prominently in the results. It doesn’t. In many cases, … Read more