Shalin Siriwardhana

Search, growth, and digital strategy notes.

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

European Search Strategy Goes Beyond Google & Bing: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 30, 2026

European Search Strategy Goes Beyond Google & Bing

AI Overviews have been deployed in most EU markets well after the U.S. and 200+ other countries. Many of the new features shown. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

AI Halftime Report: H1 2026: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 30, 2026

AI Halftime Report: H1 2026

In the H1 2025 report, I predicted Google would roll AI Mode out further, and that turned out to be true. AI Mode is now a click. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Ghost Citations: Why AI Search Cites Your Content, Not Your Brand: the Strategic Visibility Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 29, 2026

Ghost Citations: Why AI Search Cites Your Content, Not Your Brand

A citation means an AI answer links to your page as a source. It may appear as an inline reference, a footnote, or a link inside. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google’s Mueller: Fix Conflicting Metadata, Don’t Test It: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 29, 2026

Google’s Mueller: Fix Conflicting Metadata, Don’t Test It

Availability is easy to get out of sync because a site can serve one value in a page's initial HTML, render a different one after. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google’s Open Knowledge Format Adds Five Trust Signals: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 29, 2026

Google’s Open Knowledge Format Adds Five Trust Signals

Google introduces a new "sources" field that records where the information in a concept came from. This enables consumers to. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

What 15.7 Million AI Mode Citations Reveal About Getting Quoted: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 29, 2026

What 15.7 Million AI Mode Citations Reveal About Getting Quoted

Those 15.7 million citations resolved to 4.6 million unique highlighted passages across 2.7 million pages. Most passages (80.9%). The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

How Prompt Injection Puts Your Brand and AI Workflows at Risk: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jul 29, 2026

How Prompt Injection Puts Your Brand and AI Workflows at Risk

ChatGPhish is the clearest example. Attackers embed malicious payloads in ordinary webpages (your blog, your help center, and. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

A Practical Way to Scale SEO Content Updates with Claude Code

Notes / SEO / Jul 29, 2026

A Practical Way to Scale SEO Content Updates with Claude Code

One of the brands I manage is a ground transportation marketplace with pages covering airports, resorts, and popular routes. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.