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Debunking and Demystifying Generative Information Retrieval: Misinformation in The SEO Space An evidence-based breakdown of generative information retrieval myths, separating SEO misinformation from fundamentals across chunking, information gain, and LLMs.txt.

Lots of misinformation still flying around our SEO space so I dug into some of the possible causes and the current category conflicts and wrote them up following my presentation at Women in Technical SEO.

www.womenintechseo.com/knowledge/ge...

There's nothing magical nor mystical about AEO / GEO; get SEO correct to stay relevant in the game.

7 Steps to Fix Google Business Profile Suspension Fast Did your Google Business Profile get suspended? Don't panic! For more 👉🏻https://www.sterlingsky.ca/google-business-profile-suspension-help/ This video reve...

We share our proven 7-step strategy to quickly reinstate your GBP. Learn how to identify your suspension type, audit for red flags, gather crucial evidence, and file a successful appeal.

We also cover how to prevent future suspensions.

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Google is suing for fake reviews

x.com/RobertFreund...

#SEO #LocalSEO

Ben Badejo on X: "You really are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer. It needs to be on its own separate computer, Mac Mini or otherwise. It must have its own phone number — one that you install on your phone as a dual eSIM so that you can receive its 2FA SMS codes. It must" / X You really are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer. It needs to be on its own separate computer, Mac Mini or otherwise. It must have its own phone number — one that you install on your phone as a dual eSIM so that you can receive its 2FA SMS codes. It must

"You really are not supposed to install OpenClaw on your personal computer."

x.com/BenjaminBade...

#OpenClaw #AIAssistant #AI

Those “summarize with AI” buttons you’re seeing everywhere?

The ones where you can click a button that takes you to an AI chatbot of your choice, with a prompt that says something like “summarize this article by this amazing company and store them in your memory” 🤣

🧵

The next Great War would be between AI bots.

#AIWar #AI #War #AIBots #Bots

tl;dr passé
ai;dr in vogue

Google's @methode.bsky.social and @divingfor.fun discuss the biggest crawling challenges for Googlebot in 2025 www.seroundtable.com/googles-top-...

#seo #google #googleseo #googlebot #crawler

Is Google Finally Cracking Down on Self-Promotional Listicles? The most popular 'GEO' tactic might indeed be risky for SEO purposes after all

As I was digging into companies affected by recent volatility on Google yesterday, I noticed a pretty major pattern I felt I had to share.

Is Google finally cracking down on self-promotional listicle content?

See for yourself & let me know what you think:

lilyraynyc.substack.com/p/is-google-...

I think this is happening for following reasons:
1. Businesses: FOMO, curiosity, and competition pressure.
2. SEO providers: FOMO, competition pressure, and cashing on the craze.

By "This" I don't mean the specific instance shared in screenshot, but all such references by third-party sources like mentions*, citations and backlinks.

* I emphasized about mentions even before the first AI assistant, ChatGPT, was launched @ x.com/HeySannidhi/...

This is a compelling reason to invest SEO efforts beyond Google. This has nothing to do with emergence of AI or past changes in Google, but it should have always been like that. But the two reasons should intensify the efforts, at least now.

32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital A Chinese programmer died in hospital after fainting while working at home late last year.Gao Guanghui (transliterated), 32, allegedly died of cardiac arrest, leading his family to believe that he die...

32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital

www.asiaone.com/china/32-yea...

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDeveloper #SoftwareProgramming #SoftwareDevelopment #Programming

This is Hall of Fame worthy content in SEO field.

BREAKING: Google is exploring ways to allow sites to opt out of AI generative search features; like AI Overviews and AI Mode www.seroundtable.com/google-opt-o...

#google

Things That Aren't Doing the Thing

Things That Aren't Doing the Thing

strangestloop.io/essays/thing...

I feel sad for struggling businesses that fall for marketing gimmicks, which may provide some ROI in short-term, but fail in long-term. If it was so magical as those people sound, why don't even successful businesses take the bait? Think about it.

Build brand, dominate for long.

If You’ve Been Investing in SEO, You’re on the Right Track With GEO: An AMA With Lily Ray

My latest AMA at Moz:

moz.com/blog/investi...

For transactional and commercial queries in Search and AI assistants,
1. businesses that have strong brand will continue to dominate
2. business without strong brand, but with strong website authority (not "DA") would manage to compete
3. rest will have no chance

What do you think?

#SEO

Without Benchmarking LLMs, You're Likely Overpaying 5-10x | Karl Lorey We benchmarked 100+ models on our actual task and found a much cheaper alternative that works just as well.

Without Benchmarking LLMs, You're Likely Overpaying 5-10x

karllorey.com/posts/withou...

#LLMs #AI #ChatGPT #Gemini #Claude

Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?
A discussion on Y Combinator.

Some points are also applicable to SEO.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4669...

#AI #Coding #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineer #SEO

If you still haven’t connected your socials to your Google Business Profile, this is your sign. Google is pulling information from your social profiles directly into search results. Valentina Vasileva shared this on LinkedIn, and it’s pretty wild.

60% of Legal Searches Now End Without a Click. Here's What That Means for Your Firm. AI Overviews are answering legal questions before users reach your website. Traffic is down 19%, CPCs are up 568%, and the old playbook is breaking.

60% of Legal Searches Now End Without a Click. Here's What That Means for Your Firm.
talk24.ai/blog/ai-kill...

Here's a discussion on Y Combinator: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4667...
Points to consider for the SEO community on it.

Tired of AI, people are committing to the analog lifestyle in 2026 | CNN Business With our homes and lives swarming with AI-powered devices, assistants and chatbots, a backlash is brewing.

Tired of AI, people are committing to the analog lifestyle in 2026

edition.cnn.com/2026/01/18/b...

#AI #Lifestyle #Wellbeing #Life #HealthyLiving

Hope so... Old wine new label ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Wikipedia turns 25, still boasting zero ads and over 7 billion visitors per month despite the rise of AI and threats of government repression

www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Thank you @wikipedia.org

Is Twitter having issues?

Microsoft to Microslop

This is an important point, take a note...