Content about AI’s impact on search: AI Overviews, ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), zero-click searches, and the future of search

Trash Cat’s Guide to Black Boxes: Jamie Indigo on AI Assumptions at Tech SEO Connect

Jamie Indigo from Cox Automotive delivered the most quotable talk of Tech SEO Connect. Her premise: we’re making dangerous assumptions about AI, and we need to be “feral trash cats”—resourceful, clever, and resilient—to figure out what’s actually happening. “I really don’t care what you want to call it—AEO, LMO, EIAO, noodle,” she said. “I would…

Internal Linking at Scale: Serge Bezborodov’s Open Source Solution at Tech SEO Connect

“What is a technical SEO conference without a topic about internal linking?” Serge Bezborodov asked. Fair point. But his talk wasn’t the usual internal linking advice—it was about solving the problem that makes internal linking nearly impossible on large sites: scale. Bezborodov, who’s been obsessing over internal linking for a decade, spent months hitting walls…

Five Technical Decisions That Actually Matter: Alex Haliday’s Practical Guide at Tech SEO Connect

Alex Haliday from AirOps took a refreshingly practical approach at Tech SEO Connect: five questions his team gets asked constantly, with direct yes-or-no answers and the reasoning behind each. With 20 years of building companies and growth teams—including the zero-to-one SEO story at Masterclass—Haliday has the credibility to cut through the noise. His talk was…

Test Everything, Fail Fast, Own AI: Jori Ford’s Experimentation Framework at Tech SEO Connect

Jori Ford took a different approach at Tech SEO Connect. While other speakers gave us frameworks and theory, Frost showed us how to run experiments—and wasn’t afraid to share the ones that failed. Her core message: SEOs are scientists, and right now we’re in a stone age. The AI landscape is a black box, and…

Inside Microsoft’s AI Pipeline: What Krishna Madhavan Revealed About Visibility at Tech SEO Connect

I’ve been saying for a while now that “being mentioned is the new click.” After attending Krishna Madhavan’s presentation at Tech SEO Connect, I’m more convinced than ever. Madhavan—who leads the team responsible for maintaining what he calls “the freshest, most comprehensive copy of the internet” for Bing, Copilot, and partners like OpenAI and Meta—pulled…

Chatly for SEO & AI: How WordPress Sites Can Use Advanced Chatbots for Search Marketing Success

Here’s the thing about modern SEO: user experience signals now account for over 40% of ranking factors, and if your WordPress site isn’t engaging visitors within 3 seconds, you’re hemorrhaging both traffic and rankings. That’s where Chatly comes in: not just another chatbot, but a comprehensive AI-powered platform that’s fundamentally changing how search marketers approach…

7 Signs Your SEO Consultant Isn’t Ready for Generative Search

Here's the brutal truth: 73% of businesses are still paying for outdated SEO strategies that won't work in the age of AI search. While you're burning budget on keyword rankings that matter less each month, your competitors are optimizing for ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity: where your customers are actually finding answers. If your…