This was original published on BarnacleSEO.com on November 14, 2025 -- but bad news, that site has a manual penalty. Go figure. So I'm moving it here for your enjoyment. Executive Summary Businesses seeking to scale video production through AI platforms face a complex landscape of 10 major solutions with varying capabilities. This analysis examines …
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Google's new BlockRank research (covered in Search Engine Journal) shows how large language models can rank web pages by reading a query alongside multiple documents and determining which one best answers what the user's looking for. DeepMind calls this In-Context Ranking (ICR), and it represents a real shift toward evaluating pages based on meaning, not …
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The AI content licensing landscape transformed dramatically in September-October 2025, shifting from bilateral agreements to systematic marketplace infrastructure. This comprehensive analysis examines the major deals shaping AI search results, including OpenAI's $250+ million News Corp partnership, Reddit's $60-70 million annual agreements with Google and OpenAI, and the groundbreaking Real Simple Licensing (RSL) protocol. The $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement—the largest in history—established a $3,000-per-work baseline that fundamentally changed licensing economics. With 60% of major publishers now blocking AI crawlers and Cloudflare's Pay Per Crawl marketplace launching, the industry faces a critical inflection point. This deep dive reveals how licensing deals directly impact which content appears in AI search results reaching 800 million weekly users, the 93% zero-click problem threatening publisher revenues, and strategic implications for content creators navigating this rapidly evolving landscape.
When should I use sameAs versus knowsAbout in Schema.org markup to optimize a webpage for SEO, Google AI Overviews, and semantic indexing?
I was trying to get ChatGPT to render my most recent post on Search Influence as markdown so I could check a chunking tool I made -- copying one from Dejan, Dan Petrovic, (SEO Automation: How I Built an AI-Powered Question Discovery System with Make.com) and it was giving me a hard time, but it …
Most law firms are still stuck on outdated SEO strategies. Today, AI ranks brands based on clear entity relationships—not keywords. This guide breaks down what AI-driven SEO means for law firms, how to build trust signals across platforms, and the specific steps lawyers should take to win in local search.
Zenoti vs. HubSpot: Which Marketing Platform Is Right for Your Business? Marketing managers and business leaders must choose between a vertical specialist like Zenoti, designed for spas and salons, or a horizontal powerhouse like HubSpot, suited to any industry. Below is a concise, AI-optimized comparison followed by detailed insights and a practical FAQ. Comparison Matrix …
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One of the things I love about the modern AI engines is their ability to educate. I will often go to the tools – ChatGPT mostly – to answer a question I have. I was inspired to think through the following after listening to Andrea Volpini and Gianluca Fiorelli on The Search Session. They referenced Tim Berners-Lee's publication of "The Semantic Web." and it got me thinking about all the other developments that have gotten us to this point in AI search.
Imagine being THE authority on a topic and still losing the AI search. That’s exactly what’s happening to Working Genius. And the problem isn’t content quality. It’s design. A series of UX decisions are making their core message invisible to machines. Angie (my partner in all things) introduced me to the Working Genius model to …
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AI search—like Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Copilot—doesn’t just crawl keywords. It retrieves, reasons, and synthesizes answers from sources it trusts.
Will Scott 