Shalin Siriwardhana

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

The New Google Business Profile Playbook for AI Local Search: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 22, 2026

The New Google Business Profile Playbook for AI Local Search

The Death Of The Static GBP: Why Dynamic Profiles Are The New Local Ranking Factor Review Signals Gain Influence In Top Google. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google’s AI Search Data Is Growing, but the Gaps Remain: the Strategic Visibility Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 21, 2026

Google’s AI Search Data Is Growing, but the Gaps Remain

The report is called AI performance insights, and Google's help documentation describes it as showing how a brand is discovered. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google’s Liz Reid Discusses Persistent Autonomous Search: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 21, 2026

Google’s Liz Reid Discusses Persistent Autonomous Search

In the interview, Reid talks about how Google's making it easy for people to ask hard questions in the classic search box and. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

How Category Framing Changes Which Brands AI Recommends: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 21, 2026

How Category Framing Changes Which Brands AI Recommends

João da Silva and I conducted a study of 12 athletic apparel brands in the U.K. over seven days, with 14,140 API runs. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Schema for AI Search: How to Identify and Prioritize Entity Gaps: the Strategic Visibility Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 21, 2026

Schema for AI Search: How to Identify and Prioritize Entity Gaps

A knowledge graph stores entities as nodes and relationships as edges, so machines can understand context and meaning rather than. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google Must Share Anonymized Search Data with Rivals: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 21, 2026

Google Must Share Anonymized Search Data with Rivals

Google is required to share anonymized data on rankings, queries, clicks, and views from both free and paid Search results under. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

How AI Search Is Reshaping Link Building Strategy: the Strategic Visibility Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 21, 2026

How AI Search Is Reshaping Link Building Strategy

The data is clear: Backlinks are still a valuable part of any SEO strategy. Even in 2026, digital marketers still rely heavily on. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.