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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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Self-Promotional Content Works—Until It Backfires (AI SEO Experiment)

Ahrefs Blog
Two recent studies looked at how well this works. Glen Allsopp analyzed 750 ChatGPT prompts and found that “best [category]” listicles were the most frequently cited source type in AI-generated answers. In other words, AI systems clearly use this content … Read more &#8250 …

Domain matching search keywords

Reddit: r/SEO
I know Google stoped caring about this a while ago but I imagine there is still some benefit to match search queries. CONTEXT _________ Let's imagine I am building an app about let's say tables in Brazil. Looking at the Google search keywords I found that many people in ... …

GEO techniques and visibility monitoring is pretty much all snake oil

Reddit: r/SEO
I’ve worked on SEO my whole career (25 years). So naturally the current paradigm shift is extremely interesting. So I’ve been going in deep and found that there’s surprisingly little evidence for a lot of what is bandied about. It’s nostalgic in a way; it feels like the earl... …
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