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AI Optimization Test: Footers are back like 2003

After dropping my Nudie Jeans vs Banana Republic examples of AI rewarding high quality companies vs spammy tactics - I decided to go all in on optimizing with s…

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Failed AI Projects: The real ROI isn't on the P&L...

I hope you invest less in AI projects after the MIT report...cause I won't be The MIT report claiming 95% of AI projects have zero return has been making waves,…

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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…

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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…

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Claude MCP + My bad prompts = GOLD

So often I think people think... "Wil, you are good at AI" and I'm like no I'm not, I have two beliefs... 1 - Things are figureoutable

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Closing Our San Diego Office

Opening a second office was scary, I like being close with my people, but we ventured out west and set up an outpost almost 10 years ago in downtown San Diego. …

60+ people building 200+ AI automations, here's how we're doing it.

A couple months back, I'm sitting here thinking, "Damn, we're not adopting AI company-wide like I expected.”

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Use Reasoning Models to research why you aren't visible in AI search

The lifelong question of every optimizer of an algorithm is why, for for SEO's the why is ... why is Google showing these answers.

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How to Track your Search vs AI vs Social Disruption in Looker Studio & what to do...

I believe that as people search "search engines" less, they don't have fewer questions they are just going to new places to get those answers. From WhatsApp to …

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Seer POV: 1 Day with OpenAI’s Operator - Is the Agent Future Here?

Clouds to Clay: The 1 minute download. OpenAI’s Operator is here, is 2025 the year to double down, not so fast. I spent a day pushing it. The hype is real, but …

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ChatGPT + Memory Mike King, Simo Ahava, Britney Muller

Using ChatGPT's Memory to contextualize thought leader advic

Let's keep it real. We are getting inundated by new content, some of it we get right to, but sometimes the topic area is a bit over our heads, so we read it onc…

Want to Rank in ChatGPT? Brute force repetition beats thought leadership, today.

How to Rank in ChatGPT - a step by step walkthrough for my keywords About a year ago, I started my journey on “how to rank in ChatGPT”, so I figured I would sta…

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