347 posts on growth, marketing, sales, processes, business, SEO, GEO, and AI agents — written from the operator's seat.
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Surfer SEO is a content-optimization tool that scores drafts against top-ranking pages for a target keyword and recommends structural and term improvements. In 2026 it’s added AI-search structural recommendations (TL;DR placement, FAQ guidance). The guide below covers using Surfe
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Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Google Autocomplete is still a fast, free keyword-research signal in 2026 — and it’s now part of a richer ecosystem that includes ChatGPT autosuggest, Perplexity related-questions, and Google AI Overview’s ‘People Also Ask’ panel. The classic Autocomplete tactics in this post sti
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Featured snippets — Google’s ‘position zero’ answer boxes — were a major SEO target through 2023. In 2026 they’ve largely been absorbed by AI Overviews on informational queries, though they still appear for some query types. The post below covers featured-snippet optimization; th
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: The growth-hack stack that took alejandrorioja.com to 250,000+ monthly visits still works in 2026 — long-form content, content layering, smart repurposing — but the distribution surface has shifted. AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude) now route a meaning
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: JavaScript SEO — making sure crawlers can render and index your JS-heavy site — was historically a Google-specific concern. In 2026 it’s also an AI-engine concern, because LLM crawlers vary in how well they render JavaScript. The fundamentals below still apply for Google; the GEO
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Keyword research in 2026 is bifurcated. Google search demand is still measured the classic way — Ahrefs, SEMrush, Google Search Console — and the keyword universe below still applies. But AI search demand has its own signal: prompts. The new section covers how to research the pro
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Local SEO — Google Business Profile, local citations, location-specific landing pages, reviews — still moves the needle for local businesses in 2026. AI search adds two new surfaces: AI Overview’s local pack and Perplexity/ChatGPT location-aware queries. The local fundamentals be
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Competitor analysis — figuring out what’s working for the sites ranking ahead of you and where they’re vulnerable — is still the highest-ROI SEO research activity in 2026. What’s new is the AI-search dimension: which competitors are getting cited in AI engines, what their citatio
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Mobile-first indexing has been Google’s default since 2019; in 2026 it’s just ‘indexing.’ The mobile-specific mistakes in this post are still worth avoiding. The GEO section adds what mobile means for AI search — most AI-engine queries originate on mobile, and the structural move
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: The content marketing trends below — long-form, video, original research, repurposing — are still active in 2026. The dominant trend that wasn’t on the radar when this list was first written: AI-search-driven content (TL;DRs, FAQs, schema, llms.txt). The GEO section adds it. What
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: Off-page SEO — backlinks, brand mentions, social signals, third-party citations — still moves the needle for classic Google rankings in 2026. For AI-engine citations, the parallel currency is third-party mention volume in trusted sources (Wikipedia, news sites, established blogs)
Updated for AI Search (May 2026) TL;DR: The 11 on-page tips below still rank pages on Google in 2026. For AI engines, you also need three additional structural moves: a quotable TL;DR, a numbered step-by-step block, and an FAQ section. The GEO section explains why and how to add them without disrupting the rest of…