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News publishers will not be happy to learn that AI Overviews seem to be ranking for breaking news more and more. I noticed this several times recently and shared about it on X yesterday. When the AIO shows up, Top Stories are pushed down, which is a key way that news publishers drive traffic for those stories. Here is what I shared on X:Focus on news SEO? -> AI Overviews are now triggering for breaking news more often… When that happens, Top Stories drops below the AIO. Not good for news publishers covering those stories. See below. pic.twitter.com/m7vwsj5aBE— Glenn Gabe…

You’re probably drowning in content creation. I get it. Between blog posts, landing pages, product descriptions, and social updates, the demand for optimized content never stops. And if you’re a founder, corporate marketer, or content creator trying to rank in Google while also showing up in AI search results, the pressure just doubled. Here’s what I’ve learned after years as a fractional CMO working with dozens of companies on their digital strategy: the right AI SEO tools don’t replace your expertise. They multiply it. They handle the grunt work, whether that’s research, technical fixes, tracking, or content optimization, so you…

The model breaks visibility into four quadrants:Open areas known to your brand and customersHidden areas you haven’t communicated to your audienceBlind spots you’ve missed about how customers perceive your brandWhat is unknown to bothEach requires a different response:Open areas: strengthen entity confidenceThis is your core brand identity so, you need to reinforce entity recognition. Gus Pelogia has a guide to building an Entity Tracker that measures how strongly your brand is associated with specific topics. If confidence drops below certain thresholds, you risk exclusion from knowledge graphs.Use the same terminology repeatedly to improve consistency across board and enforce semantic precision. LLMs…

1. SemanticSo number 1, semantic. This is obviously one we’re very familiar with from conventional keyword research. Instead of wireless mice, what about cordless mice or other similar sorts of synonyms? 2. EntityNumber 2, entity. I might bring in a specific brand or product. Is Pulsar a good pick-up for gamers? 3. Follow-upNumber 3, follow-up. What might I be likely to ask next? How long do wireless mice last? Their battery, presumably. 4. AttributeNumber 4, attribute. How important is DPI, the sort of sensitivity of the mice? Is higher always better, or is there some sort of limit to how useful this can…

As digital technology continues to influence how people find services, dentistry is experiencing a shift in patient acquisition. Online search has become one of the main ways people evaluate dental practices. It is now common for patients to compare services, read reviews, and research provider credentials online before determining where they feel the most confident seeking care. This change in behavior is making search engine optimization (SEO) an increasingly important part of how dental practices build brand awareness and attract new patients.  Many dental practices are challenged by the lack of new and returning patients, which is influenced by…

How smart DTC brands are using gifting to build creator trust, generate authentic UGC, and unlock a content engine that paid campaigns can’t buy.If you’ve read our piece on product seeding, you know that sending products to creators is quietly outperforming many paid strategies. But there’s a more specific question most brand marketers are asking: How do you actually make influencer gifting work?Not just ‘send product and hope for a post’ — but a repeatable gifting program that produces authentic content, builds lasting creator relationships, and drives measurable ROI.This post digs into that. Consider it the practitioner’s guide to influencer…

Google is testing a new label in the Discover feed that reads “Google News Showcase.” This was spotted on X by Damien: I think it’s a new “Google News Showcase” display on Google Discover with a “see more” link, like X post and AI Overview.CC @gaganghotra_ @rustybrick #googlediscover pic.twitter.com/xI4oXkTzAR— Damien (andell) (@AndellDam) March 18, 2026 You can see the label in the button’s left corner of the image, which should make it stick out on the feed more, which in theory would translate into more clicks. At the same time, this card test also shows a short description…

Dropdowns often work perfectly until they’re placed inside a scrollable panel, where they can get clipped, and half the menu disappears behind the container’s edge. Godstime Aburu explains why this happens and offers practical solutions to fix it.The scenario is almost always the same, which is a data table inside a scrollable container. Every row has an action menu, a small dropdown with some options, like Edit, Duplicate, and Delete. You build it, it seems to work perfectly in isolation, and then someone puts it inside that scrollable div and things fall apart. I’ve seen this exact bug in three…

Avoid prompts that create false positivesSeparate prompts into three types: branded, comparison, and non-branded.Branded prompts trigger your brand name and inflate visibility, which doesn’t tell you whether you’re being recommended naturally. For example, if I ask a question like “Do Toyotas have good resale value for families?”, the natural response will be to mention Toyota, because the question is about Toyota. If I’m measuring mentions, then every single question that starts and centres on my brand name is a wasted prompt.  I could simply increase the number of questions that include my brand name and thereby improve my mentions.  Branded prompts definitely…

OverviewFounded nearly 15 years ago in 2010, Sprout Social has grown to something much bigger than what its name would imply. It’s hardly a sprout at this point, but it also never stops growing. In 2023, the social media management platform averaged an update every 1.2 days, a culture of change that’s been there from the beginning. Look at this article published in late 2011, on the topic of Sprout’s major overhaul of its code base and interface less than two years after launch. The article quotes founder Justyn Howard explaining why this is: “We’re perfectionists with big ambitions.”Now it’s…