Nowadays, SEO AI tools are a dime a dozen. There’s always a new platform vying for our attention and offering the best of the best in SEO analysis. But even though the market is flooded, there are still leaders that set the standard and drive innovation forward. Here, we’ll talk about 30 of those leaders […]
More of your customers are using AI to research products before they buy. Are you prepared? To put this into perspective: Last year, you might’ve searched “best bed sheets” on Google and scrolled through a few links or a Shopping ad. This year, you’re asking ChatGPT: “I sleep hot and have sensitive skin. Can you […]
What is social media SEO? Social media SEO is the strategic optimization of your social media profiles and content to improve visibility both on social platforms and in search engine results. By implementing proven optimization techniques like keyword research, content optimization, and technical best practices across social channels like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X, brands […]
In December of 2024, Vercel published an article explaining how most AI platforms were not rendering JavaScript. Based on their tests, they found that ChatGPT, Perplexity, Anthropic, and others were not rendering client-side JavaScript, meaning that content could not be seen by those platforms. And that can obviously cause big problems for sites heavily relying […]
Updated on July 27th, 2025 Although there’s a very high overlap in principles to optimizing for AI vs traditional search, there are certainly differences due to the changes in retrieval style (single-query match with pages vs Query fan-out and content synthesis), optimization target (page content and metadata vs content chunks and factual spans), results presentation […]
Barry Schwartz is the CEO of RustyBrick and a technologist, a New York Web service firm specializing in customized online technology that helps companies decrease costs and increase sales. Barry is also the founder of the Search Engine Roundtable and the News Editor of Search Engine Land. He is well known & respected for his […]
Writing the right SEO title or meta description can be time-consuming, especially when unsure what works best. That’s where Yoast AI Generate comes in. Now, all Yoast SEO users can try it with 10 free Sparks. What does Yoast AI Generate do? Yoast AI Generate suggests SEO titles and meta descriptions based on your content […]
Generative engine optimization (GEO) tools provide insights into your brand’s visibility in AI search engines like ChatGPT and features like Google’s AI Mode. I’ve handpicked and reviewed the top GEO software available in 2025. In this guide, you’ll find the best GEO tools for tracking AI citations, monitoring mentions, analyzing competitors, and optimizing your presence. […]
Like all the best stories in 2025, this one starts with a post in a Facebook Group. I’m a proud regular at Hershey Park and have gotten a ton of helpful info (and some juicy gossip) from a few Facebook Groups. The scuttlebutt of late has been that a long standing ride, Wild Mouse, was […]
Like I said in my previous post about AI Search traffic, AI Search is here, it’s growing, and it’s important to analyze. It’s still a tiny piece of traffic for most sites (less than 1%), but again, it’s growing. Based on that growth, many site owners are extremely interested in understanding their visibility in AI […]