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SEO Panel Agrees: Brand Is the New Backlink for AI SEO: the Operator's View

Notes / SEO / Jun 11, 2026

SEO Panel Agrees: Brand Is the New Backlink for AI SEO

The context of the first question to the panel was within the context of the recent announcement at Google I/O that the search. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google Is Adding Business Profile Tools to the Gemini App: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 11, 2026

Google Is Adding Business Profile Tools to the Gemini App

The Business Profile connection arrives in the coming weeks, Google says, and works with a single tap. Vishnu Sivaji, senior. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

What the Future of Google Looks Like: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 10, 2026

What the Future of Google Looks Like

Total revenue for 2025 came in at $402.8 billion, up from $350 billion in 2024, the first $400 billion year in Google's history. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Research Suggests AI Engines Assign Ranking Roles to Sources: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 10, 2026

Research Suggests AI Engines Assign Ranking Roles to Sources

The most important finding in the research is that the same source can be treated very differently depending on which AI engine. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

Google Search Sends 23% of Queries to the Open Web: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 10, 2026

Google Search Sends 23% of Queries to the Open Web

Data shows post search behavior going three ways: 39% of searches end with no further action. 29% lead to a new query in Google's. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

How Real People Actually Prompt AI — and What It Means for GEO: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 10, 2026

How Real People Actually Prompt AI, and What It Means for GEO

The biggest takeaway across both surveys is that the median AI user is still throwing a keyword over the wall and hoping for the. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

AI Search in 2026: Five Findings from 300 Enterprise Marketing Execs: the Strategic Visibility Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 10, 2026

What Enterprise Marketers Are Learning About AI Search

• Finding 1: SEO Isn't Dead & AI Search Is Additive (Not A Replacement) • Embrace The Fact That Consumer Behavior Is. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

US Publishers Demand Common Crawl Stop Scraping Their Content: the Practical Angle

Notes / SEO / Jun 10, 2026

Why Common Crawl Is Becoming a Publisher Rights Flashpoint

Digital Content Next, a trade body representing US digital publishers, has sent a cease and desist letter to the Common Crawl Foundation. The letter demands Common Crawl stop collecting publisher content and remove material...