Table of Contents Listen to Podcast The Seismic Shift in Search: Why Clicks Aren’t The Whole Story Anymore You’ve probably felt that familiar mix of awe and unease watching Google’s AI Overviews (AIOs) expand their reach. It’s cool and all, seeing instant, summarized answers right there in the search results. But that’s just it, isn’t…
Table of Contents Listen Post Podcast Introduction: a Strategic Crossroads You’ve probably felt that familiar mix of awe and unease lately—while conversational AI is exciting, the truth is, it could undercut your organic traffic. Google’s rollout of AI Overviews and AI Mode introduces chatbot‑style summaries that answer queries directly—often without any clicks through to your…
There’s no question that Google dominates the world of search. Its algorithms handle roughly 90% of all search queries worldwide. Its closest rival, Bing, has a market share of a paltry 3.33%; the next runner-up, Yahoo, clocks in at 1.34%. With the above in mind, it’s hardly a surprise that the majority of search engine…
We’ve all met at least one search engine optimization (SEO) snake oil salesman. You know the type. Grandiose and sweeping promises. Language bogged down with so much jargon it’s functionally meaningless. An endless barrage of gaslighting and cold opens. To hear these people talk, SEO is some sort of mystic art, and mastery means you’re…
We’re going to assume you’re already familiar with the four major search intents—transactional, informational, navigational, and brand. What you may not know is that as search engine optimization has continued to evolve, those intents have slowly started to lose relevance. To put it another way, a general idea of what a searcher wants is no…