Google Just Said AEO Is ‘Still SEO.’ Here Is What That Actually Means for Your Business
Google recently published new guidance telling business owners that optimizing for AI search is ‘still SEO,’ and that you do not need special markup, an llms.txt file, or any secret schema to show up in AI Overviews. That is technically true. It is also the kind of half-answer that gets a small business owner to […]
Your Website Looks Modern. Here Is How AI Actually Reads It
A wave of AI website builders has made it trivial to launch a site that looks clean, modern, and professional in an afternoon. The problem is that looking good to a human and being readable to an answer engine are two completely different tests, and most of these sites only pass the first one. Why […]
Why Your Google Business Profile Is Now Your Most Important AI Asset
Most owners still think of their Google Business Profile as the thing that shows their hours and a map pin. In 2026 it has quietly become one of the most important signals deciding whether AI recommends you at all. The profile is now an identity anchor When someone asks Google’s AI or another engine for […]
How AI Decides Which Business to Recommend
When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google’s AI which company to hire, the engine hands back a short list of names. Being on that list is the whole game now. So how does an AI actually decide who makes the cut? It is not the same as ranking Old search ranked pages. AI recommendation […]