Marketing & SEO

Uncover proven tactics in digital marketing, content strategy, and search engine optimization. This category highlights actionable insights, case studies, and tools that help brands grow online visibility.

SMX Now: Build better site architecture for SEO, AI, and users

Advanced architecture is no longer just technical structure. It determines whether your content can be found, understood, and surfaced by search engines and AI systems. Our next SMX Now on July 15 features Shari Thurow, co-founder, information scientist, and search…

6 SEO priorities to rethink for AI search

Yes, SEO and AEO have plenty of overlap, but they aren’t the same. Sticking with your tried-and-true SEO approach won’t get you as far in AI search visibility. So what needs to change? Rather than revisit content structure for AI…

How to measure prompt-level visibility in AI search

AI search doesn’t work like traditional search. A prospect might ask ChatGPT for the best CRM for manufacturing companies, compare options in Google’s AI Mode, refine their requirements over several follow-up questions, and make a shortlist — all without ever…

Paid media is becoming an SEO investment in AI search

The lines between paid media, PR, and SEO are officially gone.  Investing in baked-in YouTube sponsorships, native UGC, and third-party review incentives is the modern equivalent of buying a high-DA backlink. When you fund these channels, you’re investing in information…

Why Meta AI could become search’s sleeping giant

Not enough people are treating Meta AI as a serious AI search contender. The SEO crowd talks about Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and RAG, and sure, those things matter. But Meta AI already has something most AI…