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10 things Semrush One lets you do that you couldn’t do before

Semrush One introduces new tools that enable marketers to monitor AI visibility, track prompts, assess brand sentiment, and streamline content creation.

Laiba Siddiqui | Feb 20, 2026 at 12:40 pm ET
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How to vibe-code an SEO tool without losing control of your LLM

Vibe coding isn’t just prompting. Learn how to manage context windows, troubleshoot smarter, and build an AI Overview extractor step by step.

Dave Davies | Feb 20, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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AI agents in SEO: A practical workflow walkthrough

A practical look at how AI agents like n8n automate SEO workflows, from scraping to structured delivery – and where they fall short.

James Allen | Feb 20, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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LLM consistency and recommendation share: The new SEO KPI

Traditional SEO metrics miss recommendation-driven visibility. Learn how LCRS tracks brand presence across AI-powered search.

Bharath Ravishankar | Feb 19, 2026 at 11:00 am ET
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Retire these 9 SEO metrics before they derail your 2026 strategy

Organic traffic, average position, and DA won’t prove SEO ROI. Here’s what to retire – and the revenue-focused metrics to track instead.

Adam Heitzman | Feb 19, 2026 at 8:00 am ET
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The authority era: How AI is reshaping what ranks in search

From PageRank to AI Overviews, Google’s understanding of authority evolved. Here's why brand legitimacy now drives sustainable visibility.

Ben Wood | Feb 19, 2026 at 7:00 am ET
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44% of ChatGPT citations come from the first third of content: Study

ChatGPT pulls most from early sections, favoring direct definitions, balanced tone, and dense entities, new research finds.

Danny Goodwin | Feb 18, 2026 at 12:47 pm ET
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AI search KPIs: Focus on inclusion, not position

AI users consider 3.7 businesses per response, and 60% decide without clicking. Here’s what that means for your AI visibility strategy.

Frank Olivo | Feb 18, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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How to apply ‘They Ask, You Answer’ to SEO and AI visibility

AI rewards clarity over spin. Map real buyer questions on pricing, problems, and reviews to win trust, citations, and sales.

Marcus Miller | Feb 18, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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How to build AI confidence inside your SEO team

From shared tool selection to celebrating wins, here are four practical ways to reduce fear and turn AI into a strategic partner.

Andrea Schultz | Feb 18, 2026 at 8:00 am ET
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Why AI optimization is just long-tail SEO done right

LLMs still rely on search, shifting SEO from head terms to the long tail. Here’s how to use AI to uncover real customer questions and win.

Steve Liu | Feb 17, 2026 at 10:56 am ET
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Rand Fishkin proved AI recommendations are inconsistent – here’s why and how to fix it

AI outputs vary because confidence varies. Corroboration and entity optimization turn inconsistent AI visibility into consistent presence.

Jason Barnard | Feb 17, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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Cloudflare’s Markdown for Agents AI feature has SEOs on alert

Cloudflare will auto-convert HTML to Markdown for AI crawlers, cutting tokens by 80% — but it may encourage cloaking.

Danny Goodwin | Feb 13, 2026 at 1:25 pm ET
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If SEO is rocket science, AI SEO is astrophysics

AI search runs on entity mass, not surface signals. See how citations and extractability shape AI Overviews and LLM visibility.

Carolyn Shelby | Feb 12, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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How social discovery shapes AI search visibility in beauty

Beauty brand visibility in AI search is increasingly shaped by social discovery and third-party validation.

John Morabito | Feb 12, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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Why video is the canonical source of truth for AI and your brand’s best defense

A five-minute video provides more data for an LLM than most blog posts. Here’s how to maximize your brand’s surface area for AI retrieval.

Myriam Jessier | Feb 11, 2026 at 1:00 pm ET
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Generative engine optimization (GEO): How to win AI mentions

A comprehensive guide to generative engine optimization, covering strategy, structure, metrics, and how AI discovery really works.

Leigh McKenzie | Feb 11, 2026 at 12:02 pm ET
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How AI-driven shopping discovery changes product page optimization

Product pages supply the data AI uses to recommend products. Learn which details matter most for AI shopping discovery.

Jen Cornwell | Feb 11, 2026 at 11:00 am ET
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What 4 AI search experiments reveal about attribution and buying decisions

AI search rarely appears in analytics, yet it shapes trust, shortlists, and sales velocity. These experiments show where measurement breaks.

Lawrence Hitches | Feb 11, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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Bing Webmaster Tools officially adds AI Performance report

New insights include total citations, average cited pages, grounding queries, page-level citation activity, and visibility trends over time.

Danny Goodwin | Feb 10, 2026 at 12:34 pm ET
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How SEO leaders can explain agentic AI to ecommerce executives

Agentic AI is entering executive conversations. Here's how to explain what's changing, what isn't, and how ecommerce brands should respond.

Dan Taylor | Feb 10, 2026 at 8:00 am ET
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What repeated ChatGPT runs reveal about brand visibility

Running the same 12 prompts 100 times shows how inconsistent ChatGPT brand recommendations are – and why AI visibility tracking falls short.

Mike Sonders | Feb 10, 2026 at 7:00 am ET
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What Google and Microsoft patents teach us about GEO

Search patents reveal how AI search systems interpret intent, evaluate content passages, and build brand understanding in generative results.

Olaf Kopp | Feb 9, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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Why GA4 alone can’t measure the real impact of AI SEO

Relying on GA4 alone leaves AI SEO analytics lost in the Bermuda Triangle of measurement. Learn what’s missing – and what to track instead.

Jes Scholz | Feb 9, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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Why content that ranks can still fail AI retrieval

AI systems don’t evaluate pages the way search engines do. Learn how extraction, embeddings, and structure determine reuse.

Lauren Busby | Feb 6, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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How PR teams can measure real impact with SEO, PPC, and GEO

A practical approach for tying earned media to search behavior, downstream conversions, and visibility in AI-generated answers.

Greg Jarboe | Feb 6, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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How AI is reshaping local search and what enterprises must do now

AI now mediates how customers discover and choose local services. Learn how AI systems evaluate trust, data quality, and relevance.

Benu Aggarwal | Feb 5, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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What higher ed data shows about SEO visibility and AI search

Search behavior has evolved, but many SEO strategies have not. New research reveals what’s actually working to build visibility in AI search.

Will Scott | Feb 4, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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SEO

LinkedIn: AI-powered search cut traffic by up to 60%

LinkedIn says Google’s AI Overviews cut non-brand B2B awareness traffic, forcing a rethink of how discovery works.

Danny Goodwin | Feb 3, 2026 at 10:41 am ET
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Are we ready for the agentic web?

The agentic web is emerging fast. Definitions, practical applications, and pros and cons help clarify what readiness really looks like.

Navah Hopkins | Feb 3, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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Advanced ways to use competitive research in SEO and AEO

Learn how to combine SEO and AEO competitive research to uncover demand, shape positioning, and influence AI visibility before the click.

Adam Tanguay | Feb 2, 2026 at 8:00 am ET
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What 2 million LLM sessions reveal about AI discovery

From finance to SaaS, different LLMs win different jobs, which is why a single-platform AI strategy won’t work in 2026.

Jordan Koene | Jan 30, 2026 at 10:00 am ET
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7 custom GPT ideas to automate SEO workflows

How custom GPTs can be used in SEO, with example prompts for planning, analysis, reporting, and technical work.

Roslyn Ayers | Jan 30, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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Is SEO a brand channel or a performance channel? Now it’s both

AI Overviews and zero-click SERPs have broken the traffic model. SEO ROI now depends on brand strength, not just rankings.

Gaetano DiNardi | Jan 30, 2026 at 8:00 am ET
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How to optimize for AI search: 12 proven LLM visibility tactics

A roundtable of SEO’s most trusted voices explains how LLMs really surface brands, why shortcuts fail, and what's working now.

Nicola Agius | Jan 29, 2026 at 1:39 pm ET
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AI local visibility is up to 30x harder than ranking in Google: Report

Data shows AI assistants recommend only 1% to 11% of locations, revealing a massive gap between Google rankings and AI visibility.

Danny Goodwin | Jan 28, 2026 at 3:27 pm ET
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AI recommendation lists repeat less than 1% of the time: Study

AI recommendations vary widely, even when prompts are identical. New data shows intent is consistent, but position tracking is mostly noise.

Danny Goodwin | Jan 28, 2026 at 11:20 am ET
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The future of search visibility: What 6 SEO leaders predict for 2026

AI search now handles discovery, decisioning, and transactions. Here’s what that means for SEO strategy in 2026.

Nikki Lam | Jan 28, 2026 at 11:00 am ET
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How to optimize video for AI-powered search

Learn which video signals AI relies on, and how visuals, audio, transcripts, and schema shape search visibility and brand accuracy.

Myriam Jessier | Jan 28, 2026 at 9:00 am ET
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How to train in-house LLMs on your brand voice

Learn how to teach your in-house AI to write in your brand voice, with step-by-step guidance and free prompt templates to get started.

Jolissa Skow | Jan 26, 2026 at 1:37 pm ET
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