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Why SOPs are the secret weapon for small SEO teams

Why SOPs are the secret weapon for small SEO teams

When you’re part of a small SEO team – or running solo – you don’t have the luxury of endless hours, duplicated effort, or constant rethinking. Every task matters. Every hour counts.  When you’re spinning plates between audits, content, reporting, and client management, systems are the difference between growth and chaos. That’s why SOPs (standard […]

Why your best content is invisible to AI search engines (and how to fix it in 30 minutes)

Why your best content is invisible to AI search engines (and how to fix it in 30 minutes)

When I searched for “Working Genius framework” to research a new tool for my company, something shocking happened.  The company behind the framework had to buy ads to show up for their own product. Their explanation of the six types of working genius was trapped inside a fancy widget that Google’s AI couldn’t read. While […]

Google DeepMind CEO: We’ll dominate AI search and assistants

Google DeepMind CEO: We’ll dominate AI search and assistants

Google isn’t picking between AI-powered search or AI assistants. The future of information retrieval isn’t either-or – Google intends to win at both, according to Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. Why we care. Google is radically reshaping search with generative AI – through AI Overviews and the newly launched AI Mode. Google apparently views this as […]

Google Ads In-Market Segments: Your guide to High-Intent audiences

Google Ads In-Market Segments: Your guide to High-Intent audiences

Wouldn’t it be great if you could click a button and magically reach everyone who’s interested in your products or services? Well, in-market segments in Google Ads are pretty close to that! This type of audience targeting allows you to reach people based on the products or services they’re currently researching. The goal is to […]

How to use competitive audits for AI SERP optimization

How to use competitive audits for AI SERP optimization

Your content might be great, but if AI platforms aren’t surfacing it, your audience won’t see it.  As generative search reshapes the SERP, staying visible requires more than keywords and backlinks.  You need a generative engine optimization (GEO) strategy powered by competitive audits – a way to: Examine what’s working for others. Understand why AI […]

Custom Vs. Template Website Design: Making The Right Choice

Custom Vs. Template Website Design: Making The Right Choice

When launching your business online you are faced with many decisions. One of these is whether to go with a template website such as WordPress, or invest in a custom design. This decision is critical because what you choose can define your business’s performance. It can also influence how your business grows online. Of course, […]

An In-Depth Guide To Apple Search Ads

An In-Depth Guide To Apple Search Ads

As paid media marketers, we often default to the “big” platforms: Google, Meta, and increasingly, TikTok. However, there’s a quiet powerhouse in the app marketing world that too many advertisers overlook: Apple Search Ads (ASA). If you work with apps or even if your business uses an app as a secondary conversion point, ASA is […]

Has double-serving made Google Ads Auction Insights obsolete? by Adthena

Has double-serving made Google Ads Auction Insights obsolete? by Adthena

Double-serving in Google Ads is a hot topic right now, but almost no one is talking about what’s really impacted: Auction Insights. With metrics like impression share getting diluted through the double-serving update, advertisers need to be careful about how they interpret competitor metrics in Auction Insights.  Here’s what’s changed, what it means for your […]

Claude’s Hidden System Prompts Offer a Peek Into How Chatbots Work

Claude’s Hidden System Prompts Offer a Peek Into How Chatbots Work

Anthropic released the underlying system prompts that control their Claude chatbot’s responses, showing how they are tuned to be engaging to humans with encouraging and judgment-free dialog that naturally leads to discovery. The system prompts help users get the best out of Claude. Here are five interesting system prompts that show what’s going on when […]