A look at the gold rush for firms claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, via tactics like hiding instructions behind “Summarize with AI” buttons
Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires.
Remember that viral report about Google traffic to tech sites plummeting? It was massaged data from a firm selling “AI SEO” which just wanted attention - and search referrals! — @miasato.bsky.social reports on the shady new ways SEO hustlers are trying to game search www.theve…
When ads came to ChatGPT, users were mad — those who had been using it as an editor or therapist suddenly saw ChatGPT as vulnerable to manipulation by brands and marketers. — The reality is that it was happening the whole time. I wrote about the new SEO gold rush: — www.thev…