Shalin Siriwardhana

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

How Google May ‘Understand’ Unique Content: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 16, 2026

How Google May ‘Understand’ Unique Content

Google has multiple public and leaked systems that appear to evaluate originality, effort, and unique contribution, see. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Where AI Agents Get Stuck on Your Site: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 16, 2026

Where AI Agents Get Stuck on Your Site

The moment a prospect looks at pricing, they stop browsing and start comparing. High buyer intent, bottom of the funnel. That. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google Is AI Mode’s No. 2 Most-cited Domain: Report: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 16, 2026

Google Is AI Mode’s No. 2 Most cited Domain: Report

Google's AI Mode increased citations to google.com by 8.4x in about two months, making it the No. 2 cited domain in Profound's. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google AI Mode Ads Reach Nearly 30% of Queries: Study: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 16, 2026

Google AI Mode Ads Reach Nearly 30% of Queries: Study

Google's AI Mode showed text ads on 29.45% of commercial queries in a new SE Ranking study, less than a year after ads began. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google Says No SEO Penalty for Year-Long A/B Tests?: the Operator's View

Notes / SEO / Jul 15, 2026

Google Says No SEO Penalty for Year Long A/B Tests?

A/B testing is when one or more versions of a web page is shown to users. The reason for doing this is generally for testing. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google’s Mueller on First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 15, 2026

Google’s Mueller on First Link Priority & Link Obfuscation

"I suspect you're overthinking it, Google has practice dealing with lots of websites so I wouldn't expect you to see any visible. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Where Search Attention Is Going & How to Measure It: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 15, 2026

Where Search Attention Is Going & How to Measure It

Most searches nowadays often don't lead directly to a click on the open web. According to Rand Fishkin's analysis of Similarweb. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

The Real Reason Standard SEO Advice Fails for Travel Websites

Notes / SEO / Jul 15, 2026

The Real Reason Standard SEO Advice Fails for Travel Websites

In almost every other industry, the ultimate goal of SEO is to secure a high ranking organic text listing. In the travel sector,. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Visual Semantics: the Missing Piece of Topical Authority: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 15, 2026

Visual Semantics: the Missing Piece of Topical Authority

Visual semantics is a meaning model for segmenting, classifying, and understanding documents by working alongside textual. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.