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Perplexity, Stealth AI Crawling, and the Impacts on GEO and Log File Analysis

AI Tools Are Quietly Skipping Your Robots.txt and Firewall Rules Perplexity AI has been observed using stealth crawling techniques: rotating IPs and ASNs, spoof…

Ai / Geo

The Next 'Big Thing': AI Browsers & What Marketing Leaders Need to Know Now

Over the last year AI search has rapidly evolved. AIOs, GEO, and even agentic workflows are now a part of almost every marketing conversation. And while we’re s…

Ai

This is what losing your job to AI looks like & what to do about it

I built an MCP and after I stepped back, I realized what I just did ... I improved our follow up process (client value) and also realized that I might never hir…

Ai

Study: AI Brand Visibility and Content Recency

Do you remember that year in SEO where everyone was convinced that simply updating the publish date of your content would improve your organic performance? The …

Ai / Chatgpt / Llm / Ai Study

4 Ways Marketers Are Using NotebookLM to Move Faster and Think Smarter

Fact: Most marketers live in docs. Kickoff notes, meeting recaps, SOWs, strategy decks, creative briefs... the list is endless. So when it’s time to remember th…

Ai / Project Management / Tools

AI Overviews - Analyze, Strategize, Prioritize in 1 Simple Chart

It's no secret, I've been working on joining PPC and SEO data for 7-8 years now trying to find unique value that siloed teams miss and bring that thinking and e…

Ai

Is AI Failing You or Are You Failing AI?

A few months ago, I had a tedious task to pull cost info from hundreds of web pages. Perfect, I figured AI could knock it out in minutes. What followed was hour…

Ai

Case Study: 6 Learnings, 1 site - How Traffic from ChatGPT Converts

We analyzed real data from a single Seer client and uncovered a powerful signal: AI-driven visitors convert at a much higher rate than those from traditional or…

Case Study / Ai / Ai Study

From Mockups to Mindshare: How We’re Using AI to Close the Creative Gap

Creative is an impactful lever for paid media performance, but when timelines are tight or resources are limited, the “good enough” visuals often win out.

Paid Media / Ai / Ad Creative Refresh

Google AI Mode: Hypotheses + Tips on How to Measure Impact for Your Site

AI Mode is out of the lab and into the hands of the public, and we should expect that some version of AI Mode becomes the default search experience on Google wi…

Google / Ai

Do You Need to Write Meta Descriptions Anymore? Probably Not.

"Seven out of ten snippets we write never reach a single searcher."

Seo / Ai / Seo Strategy

How AI is Changing Paid Search in 2025

TL;DR In paid search, AI Overviews push ads lower or replace them, but when a client’s brand appears in the Overview, paid CTR rises from 7.89% to 11%. ChatGPT …

Paid Media / Ai