Shalin Siriwardhana

Search, growth, and digital strategy notes.

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

Deindexing Reports Keep Coming, Google Sees Nothing Unusual: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 20, 2026

Deindexing Reports Keep Coming, Google Sees Nothing Unusual

The current wave traces to a late April question from Pedro Dias, a former Google employee. He asked whether others were seeing. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

We Need to Change Our Approach to AI Prompt Tracking: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 20, 2026

We Need to Change Our Approach to AI Prompt Tracking

One approach is sample design, as outlined by Kevin Indig on his LinkedIn post. We need to approach AI prompt tracking through. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google Research Shows How AI Spam Can Be Detected: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 19, 2026

Google Research Shows How AI Spam Can Be Detected

The system succeeds because it looks for the organizational structure of an attack, which is the mass reuse of a specific. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

AI Citation Share Ships, New Data Doubts LLMS.txt – SEO Pulse: the Operator's View

Notes / SEO / Jun 19, 2026

AI Citation Share Ships, New Data Doubts LLMS.txt, SEO Pulse

Microsoft is rolling four new features into the Bing Webmaster Tools AI Performance dashboard. Citation Share, Intents, Topics,. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google, Microsoft Back Draft AI Agent Discovery Spec: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 19, 2026

Google, Microsoft Back Draft AI Agent Discovery Spec

The spec sets out to solve a coordination problem. Today, an agent has to be wired to each tool, MCP server, or API it uses ahead. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Rank and AI Citation Aren’t the Same Number: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 18, 2026

Rank and AI Citation Aren’t the Same Number

A search index matches a string. A language model interprets one. Those are different jobs, and they reward different input. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Turn Your SEO Process into AI-powered Tools: the Operator's View

Notes / SEO / Jun 18, 2026

Turn Your SEO Process into AI powered Tools

You don't need a computer science degree here, but a basic understanding of how AI works helps explain the benefits of this. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.