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Google Just Put Links Back Into AI Answers. Here Is What Changed, and What It Is Worth.
AEO & AI Search

Google Just Put Links Back Into AI Answers. Here Is What Changed, and What It Is Worth.

On 15 October Google announced five changes that push links higher and more often inside AI Overviews and AI Mode. It attached no data to any of them. Here is what actually changed, why the timing matters, and the one free play almost nobody is running.

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How to Ask for Reviews Without Sounding Desperate: 30 Copy-Paste Messages That Get Replies
Local SEO

How to Ask for Reviews Without Sounding Desperate: 30 Copy-Paste Messages That Get Replies

Most happy customers never leave a review, simply because nobody asked them at the right moment, in the right way. Here are 30 ready-to-use messages for texts, emails, WhatsApp, in-person chats and printed cards, plus the timing rules that make them work.

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25 Story Ideas That Get Small Businesses Into the News (Fill-in-the-Blank Headlines Included)
Content Strategy

25 Story Ideas That Get Small Businesses Into the News (Fill-in-the-Blank Headlines Included)

Most businesses never get press coverage, not because they have nothing to say, but because they pitch the wrong thing. Here are 25 story angles journalists actually respond to, each with a headline template you can fill in today.

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Google Just Rewrote Its Rules on AI Content. Check Your Website Before It Costs You.
Content Strategy

Google Just Rewrote Its Rules on AI Content. Check Your Website Before It Costs You.

On 1 October, Google quietly changed two of its official guidance pages. It now calls manual fact-checking of AI content critical, including your titles, meta descriptions and alt text, and it names fake author profiles as deception. If you use AI to write anything on your site, here is what changed and the five checks to run today.

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Google Is Now Paying Websites to Feed Its AI. Read the Fine Print Before You Say Yes.
AEO & AI Search

Google Is Now Paying Websites to Feed Its AI. Read the Fine Print Before You Say Yes.

Google is quietly testing a program that pays websites when their content shapes answers in AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini. It sounds like the deal publishers have been demanding for years. Here is what it actually pays for, what it does not, and the catch most people are missing.

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