Shalin Siriwardhana

Search, growth, and digital strategy notes.

Personal notes on SEO, AI search, content strategy, and durable organic growth.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 18, 2026

I Made My Website Charge AI Agents a Penny Per Page, Then I Watched Claude Pay It

On August 4, during Agents Week, Cloudflare announced Wallets and opened handle reservations. Claiming a handle is free. I. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 18, 2026

Google Updates Mediapartners Google Crawler Guidance: Less About AdSense

Google described the change to the Mediapartners Google documentation as a generalization in which it made the documentation less. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

Does My Product Page Copy Still Matter If Agents Read Feeds and Schema?

Think of it like TikTok. It allows conversions directly on the platform ( similar to the ChatGPT and Shopify deal ), but just. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

A Working Framework for Predictions for 2027, and Why You Won’t Be Able to Check Them

Alphabet reported Q2 2026 on July 22. Google Search and other advertising revenue came in at $63.3 billion, up 17% year over. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

Google Search Profile Badges Expose the Publisher Traffic Crisis

What would be even better is if Google used the follower data to influence what other users see, thereby helping publishers gain. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

MIT, Anthropic & OpenAI Sent the Same Warning, Get Your Evidence House in Order Now

On September 8, Laurie Sullivan at MediaPost wrote about an MIT Media Lab study that used EEG caps to compare the brain activity. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

Google Search Profiles Now Available at 10,000 Followers

The count is per account, so 10,000 followers on any one of YouTube, Instagram, X, or TikTok qualifies. Badr wrote: "More U.S. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

It Was There a Minute Ago

MemToC's researchers can compare the final answer with the model's earlier response and the controlled tool return. That lets. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

Are You Building Software Instead of Doing Marketing?

Rank tracking, citation monitoring, brand mention tracking, crawl diagnostics, and content scoring are not unique to you. Despite. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Sep 17, 2026

A Working Framework for GEO Pillars: LLM Readability, Brand Context, Agentic Commerce

GEO can be divided into three distinct areas: LLM readability optimization: How is your content understood by language models and. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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