Joshua Wendt is a Triaza partner who writes about SEO, AI search, content marketing, digital advertising, and marketing strategy.
Platforms now pick an audience for every post, so you can test organic content without ads: how many versions to make, how long to wait, how often to post and how to keep the brand intact.
Google released the September 2026 spam update on September 24, 37 days after August's, with a rollout of up to two weeks. What's known, what isn't, and how to check your site.
Why focused topic depth, entity clarity, credible evidence, and recognition beat isolated keyword chasing in AI search, plus a practical authority framework.
Where AI search stands in August 2026, and the five shifts founders should make with the rest of this year's budget: content, AEO, brand, paid, measurement.
Google released the August 2026 spam update on August 18, 55 days after June's. What spam updates target, how they differ from core updates, and how to check your site.
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Google moves Local Services Ads into Google Ads as pay-per-lead Performance Max starting August 2026. Your historical LSA reports don't come with you. Here's what to export and when.
A retrospective on Google AI Mode and AI Overviews from I/O 2025 to today: what changed, which pages lost clicks, what held up, and what to do now.
Google's May 2026 core update ran May 21 to June 2. Learn how to diagnose a ranking drop, avoid quick fixes, and prioritize meaningful improvements.
A practical 2026 guide to improving citation eligibility in ChatGPT Search, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot.
A tactical AEO checklist: 25 sourced fixes to improve how ChatGPT search, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity find and cite your content. No fluff.
Schema, entity signals, llms.txt, and crawler control: what the evidence actually supports for AI search visibility, and what it does not.
How to sequence a 2026 startup marketing budget when pipeline is the goal: what to fund first, what to fund once it works, and what to cut.
How topical clusters, entity SEO, internal linking, and schema turn a blog into a source AI answer engines actually cite.
A practical guide to the marketing-to-sales handoff for startups: shared lead definitions, routing, response SLAs, and closed-loop reporting.
Learn how contractors can manage Google visibility, reviews, service areas, city pages, and project proof without risky shortcuts.
How manufacturers can organize technical content for engineers, buyers, and dealers without duplicating product data or creating crawl traps.
AI Overviews pushed organic below the fold. How paid teams respond: map AI Overview exposure, defend brand terms, and measure past the last click.
Audit review requests, incentives, insider disclosures, testimonials, and suppression risks under the FTC's consumer review rule.
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How AI companies can turn technical capabilities into credible proof for technical evaluators and economic buyers.
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Where AI belongs in your content pipeline, where a human stays, and the QA checklist a lean marketing team can run before hitting publish.
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Platforms now pick an audience for every post, so you can test organic content without ads: how many versions to make, how long to wait, how often to post and how to keep the brand intact.
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Google released the September 2026 spam update on September 24, 37 days after August's, with a rollout of up to two weeks. What's known, what isn't, and how to check your site.
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