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		<title>Perceptive Marketer: Can We Trust AI in SEO, Writing, &#038; Moderation?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Lorenzo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Heyo, I am still in the boat that we can trust AI… with a human babysitter.  And the news is constantly reiterating this point. Catch the specifics below. ⬇️   Prompt research: the next layer of SEO and GEO. SEL shares some insights on how prompt research can identify opportunities for new content  ...</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am still in the boat that we can trust AI… with a human babysitter. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And the news is constantly reiterating this point. Catch the specifics below. ⬇️</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://searchengineland.com/prompt-research-seo-geo-strategy-471399"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prompt research: the next layer of SEO and GEO</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">SEL </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">shares some insights on how prompt research can identify opportunities for new content with intent-based clustering to help map your current content strategy. </span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://martech.org/most-consumers-use-ai-but-few-fully-trust-it"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most consumers use AI, but few fully trust it</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> — only 13% according to a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">MarTech</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> study.  Sorted into four AI personas: Enthusiasts, Evaluators, Skeptics, and Holdouts. Knowing  the general buckets in which your audience falls can determine SAIO strategy.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you&#8217;re thinking about jumping on the mass-produced, AI content bandwagon, please read this article first: </span><a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/youre-not-scaling-content-youre-scaling-disappointment/569235"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“You&#8217;re Not Scaling Content. You&#8217;re Scaling Disappointment.”</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> It includes a historical timeline of how volume-content plays have consistently failed for one basic reason: the &#8220;qualitative wall.&#8221; Quality</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> always </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">matters over quantity. A-L-W-A-Y-S.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google is testing </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/google-search-ai-headline-rewrites-test-472146"><span style="font-weight: 400;">regenerating page titles</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> through AI in traditional search results. This could be a real </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">eeeek</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> if the new title doesn’t accurately represent what the article is about. If that’s the case, Google could be </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">causing</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> clickbait, something it has been actively fighting against with each Google Core Update.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-replaces-moderation-staff-with-ai-expands-access-to-ai-support-bot/815268/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meta’s content moderators</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are being replaced by AI. As there weren’t enough human moderators to the amount of flagged content, this makes sense in a way. This does not come without risks, as a rogue AI agent exposed sensitive Meta employee data. I’m curious to see how human oversight will be implemented, because it seems we still need that. </span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/meta-horizon-worlds-metaverse-vr.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meta’s Horizon Worlds</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, their virtual reality social network, is shutting down on VR to be just a standalone mobile app. It seems Meta is shifting focus from the metaverse to AI. Honestly, it may have been too early to introduce </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ready Player One,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> sci-fi concepts and may stay a dream for when VR is more readily used and available.</span></li>
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</div></div></div></div></div><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right-small:10px;--awb-padding-left-small:10px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">Do Good Spotlight: American Bird Conservatory 🌟</h2></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-4" style="--awb-text-transform:none;"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Habitat loss is the single largest threat to birds. For 30 years, the American Bird Conservancy has been championing the bird conservation movement throughout the Americas. They innovate and build on rapid advancements in science to halt extinctions, protect habitats, eliminate threats, and build capacity for bird conservation. Check them out: </span><a href="https://abcbirds.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">American Bird Conservatory</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If I could sum up total presentness, it would be in the band Jungle’s music videos.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From each coordinated dancer to the camera person running around to get it all in one take — they are all completely engrossed in their art. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What things in your life cause you to forget time and live mindfully? And can you do more of them?</span></p>
<p style="--fontsize: 26; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left; --fontSize: 26;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">For your viewing and listening pleasure: </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsfftwLUf0"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Busy Earnin’</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-lWzQd_xeQ"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keep Moving</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, &amp; </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4LkSRXrK34"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Heavy California</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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		<title>Perceptive Marketer: Social AI Prompts, ChatGPT Ads Update Signup, &#038; Query Visibility</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Lorenzo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi all – Ready yourself for Perceptive Marketer: Friday Edition. 😎  *Commence playing "Oh Yeah" by Yello.*   Remember when you could look at the queries that ChatGPT used to generate its response? Well, it looks like ChatGPT queries are no longer visible. 😢 While sad, at least you can still see grounding  ...</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ready yourself for Perceptive Marketer: Friday Edition. 😎 </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">*Commence playing &#8220;Oh Yeah&#8221; by Yello.*</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember when you could look at the </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/klaas-foppen_query-fanounts-are-gone-from-chatgpt-with-activity-7435634280929751040-nRbP"><span style="font-weight: 400;">queries that ChatGPT used to generate its response</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">? </span><b>Well, it looks like ChatGPT queries are no longer visible.</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 😢 While sad, at least you can still see grounding queries in </span><a href="https://www.bing.com/webmasters/about"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bing Webmaster Tools</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> through the AI Performance tab.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://openai.com/advertisers/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ChatGPT Ads</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 📢: You can sign up online to stay informed as they expand their advertising capabilities.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube is the 2nd biggest Social Media source used by AI (next to Reddit) according to </span><a href="https://otterly.ai/blog/the-youtube-citation-study-2026/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Otterly AI</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. What videos are getting cited? </span><b>Long-form videos with timestamps</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></li>
</ul>
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<li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curious how Google Search &amp; Discover pick images for thumbnails? Be clear in schema markup and use meta tag best practices to make sure the best images are selected! More </span><a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/image-thumbnails-google-search-google-discover-41017.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What could you do with </span><b>✌🏾</b> <b>SEO Vibe Coding </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">✌️? Hreflang matching, content decay, find related pages to link. Moz gives a </span><a href="https://moz.com/blog/vibe-coding-seo-tools-whiteboard-friday"><span style="font-weight: 400;">top-level</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and here’s a </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/vibe-code-seo-tool-469657"><span style="font-weight: 400;">step-by-step example</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Best article title I’ve seen in a while: “</span><a href="https://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2026/54389/human-first-ai-b2b-marketing-strategy"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Oz Paradigm: Why AI Still Needs a Human Behind the Curtain</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">”. Y’all know I’ve been on Team Human for a while. </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebevilacqua/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Steve Bevilacqua’s</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> article reminds us that</span><b> AI </b><b><i>still</i></b><b> makes mistakes and doesn’t produce new ideas</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as it only predicts the best response to your prompt.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now, seemingly contradictory to the previous article… here are over </span><a href="https://sproutsocial.com/insights/templates/social-media-ai-prompts/"><b>70 AI prompts for social media</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Why? Because yes, you can still </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">USE</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> AI but just be wary about letting it do it all without human review.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Three strikes —  your site is out! ⚾ Nothing makes a Google Ads marketer’s heart race like a warning or *gulps* a suspension. Here’s a case study from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">SEL</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-three-strikes-system-470575"><b>appealing a strike</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> if you are not violating policies.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-tests-links-in-post-captions-for-paying-users/814763/"><b>Captions in Instagram posts???</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> *jaw drop 😲* Yes, it’s a test for paying subscribers. Will it increase the chance you’ll subscribe to Meta Verified?</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Life moves pretty fast. If you don&#8217;t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s okay to look up from your desk. It’s okay to take a walk on an early spring day. It’s okay to leave the phone in the car when you’re out with friends. In fact, these things should be encouraged.</span></p>
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<p><b>Life is worth the pause to acknowledge it.</b></p>
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		<title>Perceptive Marketer: AI Poisoning, Social Mythbusting, &#038; Brand Storytelling</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Your favorite digital marketing newsletter with a mindful twist has arrived! You have permission to get pumped!   AI Recommendation POISONING? 😲 AKA a new SAIO black-hat technique — it’s when “an external actor injects unauthorized instructions or “facts” into an AI assistant’s memory. Once poisoned, the AI treats these injected instructions as  ...</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You have permission to get pumped!</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-11 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-ai-prompt-injection-attacks-40980.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AI Recommendation POISONING</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">? 😲 AKA a new SAIO black-hat technique — it’s when “an external actor injects unauthorized instructions or “facts” into an AI assistant’s memory. Once poisoned, the AI treats these injected instructions as legitimate user preferences, influencing future responses,&#8221; as Microsoft wrote. Because Microsoft wrote that, it means all the major search/AI platforms are catching on and it won’t work much longer.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are using AI to create your content, you may be falling into a &#8220;sameness&#8221; trap that won&#8217;t differentiate your content enough to gain competitive visibility advantages in SEO and AI. </span><a href="https://martech.org/how-to-keep-your-content-fresh-in-the-age-of-ai/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to make your content stand out in the age of AI</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> explains this issue in greater detail and offers solutions that may not sound new. One of the solutions we leverage is &#8220;refresh before you create&#8221;. Even small adjustments to existing content can attract reindexing by search engines and AI crawlers to improve visibility!</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Updates on the </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/acceleration-in-chatgpt-ad-activity-spotted-470346?mkt_tok=NzI3LVpRRS0wNDQAAAGgPYQU0i-6FeZavN8j2jk6Q64s-bW3EsTZ_OdVHIQzK0eGicBBlk9x7mWkj8AeoAQhS1ZKLFhLEj27qHUBywAITVhbDmn0bJfCOTZyPSTUTZS54Q"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ChatGPT Ads test from SEL</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (originally from </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ashleyfletcher_update-adthena-chatgpt-ad-monitoring-activity-7432512832572813315-5JYQ/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ashley Fletcher’s LinkedIn post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">):</span>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Note </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">that ChatGPT ads are being piloted with a select group of brands and are not available to everyone yet (</span><a href="https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ChatGPT statement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Placements seemed to fire on the first queries.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ads appeared on simple prompts with strong commercial intent such as “I need to buy a new phone.”</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Brands appearing in this test included Best Buy, Enterprise, Expedia, and Pottery Barn.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Most people will agree that the best marketing doesn’t feel like marketing.” That&#8217;s the magic of </span><a href="https://kiraklaas.substack.com/p/your-brand-really-needs-better-copy"><span style="font-weight: 400;">well-written copy</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, according to VP of Corporate Marketing at Later, Kira Klaas. In this piece, she shares some ingenious copy from campaigns and even microcopy that connects, engages and entertains!</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In that vein, Cyndi Zaweski breaks down the art of </span><a href="https://www.cyndizaweski.com/articles/storytellingcontentcreation"><span style="font-weight: 400;">storytelling content for brands</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 3 steps: (1) How to find ideas, (2) The 4 essential must-haves, (3) how to actually write the content. Because people don’t want random facts without context. Stories are the glue that connects the facts and holds your listener’s attention.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://futuresocial.beehiiv.com/p/10-social-media-myths-that-are-killing-our-industry"><span style="font-weight: 400;">10 social media myths that need to die</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This newsletter post by Jack Appleby mythbusts popular beliefs on Instagram shadowbanning (not real), posting too much (you can’t), hashtags (doesn’t increase reach), and more.</span></li>
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<p><b><i>Hot take</i></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">🔥: We (not just you) weren’t listening in the first place. The person’s mouth moved — breathing the shape of their name, but our brains weren’t paying attention.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The next time you meet someone new, truly listen when their name is said and repeat it back three times in your conversation with them. Validate you’re listening and make a connection while you’re at it!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s get down to the digital marketing business. 💼</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-16 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Highlighted Perspective💡</span></h2></div><div class="fusion-image-element fusion-no-small-visibility" style="text-align:center;--awb-max-width:40%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:8px;"><img decoding="async" width="1080" height="1080" alt="a social post from DBE with the words, &quot;Social SEO in 2026: Why it matters &amp; How to implement it&quot;" title="Social SEO in 2026" src="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Overview-1.png" class="img-responsive wp-image-10343" srcset="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Overview-1-200x200.png 200w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Overview-1-400x400.png 400w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Overview-1-600x600.png 600w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Overview-1-800x800.png 800w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Overview-1.png 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1080px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-26" style="--awb-text-transform:none;--awb-margin-top:20px;"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Are your social posts working *for you*?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social SEO is becoming increasingly important as AI platforms leverage social signals in citations and social algorithm resets are on the rise. Your content needs to be clearly labeled, so it can be found by both algorithms and people.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dive in with social media SEO tips to uplevel your social account&#8217;s findability: </span><a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2026/02/24/social-seo-in-2026-why-it-matters-how-to-implement-it/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social SEO in 2026</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google’s got a new </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/google-ads-adds-roas-based-tool-for-valuing-new-customers-469247"><b>ROAS-based tool</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that suggests conversion values to help advertisers bid smarter for new customers</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. (You may have heard it first from our VP </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7430277756355215360"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marc Engelsman</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.) We love it because it is a reminder of an oft-overlooked metric that every marketer should be using when making budget allocations and assessing results: Life Time Value (LTV). We know it&#8217;s not always easy to get alignment on LTV data especially in today&#8217;s multi-channel universe. That doesn&#8217;t mean you shouldn&#8217;t at least try to come up with some framework or assessment that will help guide decision-making.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reminder: </span><a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-force-indexing-40963.html"><b>forced indexing</b></a><b> through Google Search Console is discouraged</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, according to John Mueller. Here’s why:</span>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forced indexing is not feasible for large sites with many pages.</span></li>
<li>Again, create good, useful content by following Google’s E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authority, Trust) or DBE’s one-step-up <a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2025/06/04/ai-automated-social-ad-campaigns-seo-success-thoughts-on-google-ai-mode/">H-E-E-A-R-T (Human, Experience, Expertise, Authority, Relevance, Trust)</a> acronym. This will keep your content result-worthy.</li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Let’s compare </span><b>organic, top 10 Search Engine Result Page (SERP) URLs vs AI-powered citations </b><a href="https://moz.com/blog/ai-mode-features-and-ranking-whiteboard-friday"><b>overlap rates</b></a><b> for the same queries/prompts</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">:</span>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s an </span><b>88%</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> overlap between AI Overviews and top 10 organic SERP URLs beneath.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In AI Mode, there’s only a </span><b>12%</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> overlap with the top 10 SERP result URLs. (This makes sense as AI Mode searches broader keywords/topics outside just the one typed by the user.)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2">What does this mean? You <i style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">may</i><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> be picked up by just AI Mode, AI Overviews, or just the SERP. Our best advice is to use the most popular terminology on your site and add in variations when relevant.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What&#8217;s a T-shaped team? A team that has deep functional expertise (as represented by a T&#8217;s vertical bar) and the broad contextual understanding that allows the team to connect the dots across business functions (represented by the T&#8217;s horizontal bar). Put it together, and you get the idea behind this article &#8220;</span><a href="https://martech.org/the-ai-era-needs-strategists-grounded-in-expertise-and-guided-by-context"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The AI era needs strategists grounded in expertise and guided by context.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8221; Full disclosure: the author is using this foundation to make a case for agencies that are more likely to be T-shaped than in-house teams. We don&#8217;t subscribe to this notion. We do believe that the best teams — internal or external — need strategic thinking to best leverage AI to solve problems and drive success quickly.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://x.com/XEng/status/2013471689087086804"><b>X is open source now</b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, opening up its code every 4 weeks for 7 days. If you know coding and are passionate about X, you could make your mark!</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Big brands who are </b><a href="https://sproutsocial.com/insights/post-performance-report-february-2026/"><b>reacting to cultural moments </b><b><i>the right way</i></b></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. My favorite from the list from Sprout Social is Dr. Pepper’s new theme song (partly because I can’t get it out of my head).</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Warning: If you take a </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">gander</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and see the show or listen to the </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6SisHkIpxo4JN5kRcBEv9Z"><span style="font-weight: 400;">soundtrack</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, have your tissues ready.</span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>“TikTok made me buy it.” “I found it on Reels.” When you ask your buddy where they got that portable blender, you might expect one of the replies above. Whether found in their feed or through a quick search, your friend was connected with products/brands that resonated with them. As a brand, cracking this code  ...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" ></div><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-21 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-20 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-34"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“TikTok made me buy it.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I found it on Reels.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When you ask your buddy where they got that portable blender, you might expect one of the replies above. Whether found in their feed or through a quick search, your friend was connected with products/brands that resonated with them. As a brand, cracking this code of algorithmic visibility is dependent on two things:</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People genuinely enjoying your content (watching, sharing, engaging, etc.)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Algorithms understanding </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">what</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> your post is about (AKA social SEO)</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Platforms like YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and X have also morphed into search engines with billions of their own daily searches. Ignoring SEO for your social media means losing visibility, authority building opportunities, and audience reach.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ll cover the whys and the hows of social media SEO, so you can stay</span> at the top of the feed and social search results<span style="font-weight: 400;">. Skip to a section if that suits your fancy:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve known for years that search engines use social signals (mentions, engagement, cross-platform presence) as authority indicators, boosting discoverability. Now, we’re finding AI models are leveraging social signals for their citations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Optimized social profiles with consistent branding, keywords, and strategic links also generate referral traffic and trust signals.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is also urgency. As in content creator educator Modern Mille’s </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G46h7MkqMpM"><span style="font-weight: 400;">2026 social media trends video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, she predicted the rise of algorithm resets based on the </span><a href="https://about.instagram.com/blog/announcements/reset-instagram-content-suggestions"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram recommendations reset</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7543604772348271109&amp;category=web_account"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TikTok For You feed reset</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> features. An algorithm reset means your posts will have to work harder to be recommended in feeds and search results. Whether or not more social platforms offer resets, you still need your posts and account to act like a labeled folder on your laptop or a filing cabinet (whichever metaphor you prefer). Social SEO gives your post/account a clear label so the algorithm can show your content to interested users.</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-menu-anchor" id="general-social-seo"></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-36"><h2 id="toc_How_Do_You_Implement_Social_SEO" class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="--fontsize: 35; line-height: 1.14;" data-fontsize="35" data-lineheight="39.9px"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Do You Implement Social SEO?</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Believe it or not, implementing social SEO can be simple ((with the right know-how and tools)). When a concept for a post is conceived, relevant keywords should also be taken into account. Free tools like </span><a href="https://business.google.com/en-all/ad-tools/keyword-planner/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Keyword Planner</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and </span><a href="https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/tools/planning/keyword-planner"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Microsoft Keyword Planner</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> can help you gauge popularity via average search volume. AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity can help you brainstorm keyword variations. Also, be sure to do a quick search of that keyword in the respective social platforms to see what comes up. You want to make sure that keywords are being used with the right connotation/context.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now that you have targeted your one or two very closely related keywords (i.e., tips for singers, singing tips), you want to include them in the following parts of your post. Make sure the keyword mentions are natural and not forced. (Keyword stuffing will not fool anyone.): </span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Profile Bio/About</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Make sure your profile includes the top keywords that describe the content and account overall. These 1-2 keywords will most likely be broader than the keywords on your posts as it needs to cover your overall content. It needs to be mentioned naturally without seeming forced.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Caption</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Mention your keyword 1-2 times in your post caption with the first mention in the beginning. Again, you want to keep your caption natural, so include the keyword where it is relevant. No one wants to read a caption like (*clears throat*) “My grey hiking beanie is my favorite part of my closet. I love to wear my grey hiking beanie when I hike because my grey hiking beanie is fun.” The rules of good content creation </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">always</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> apply. Social SEO is an added sprinkle on top.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Hashtags</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Hashtags were once used to categorize content, but algorithms are much smarter now, categorizing content on their own. Whether you still believe in them, they are still being used in some cases (discover those </span><a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2025/01/14/2025-hashtag-strategy-are-they-relevant/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">hashtag use cases here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">If</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> you do use hashtags, keep it minimal for all platforms and include the target keywords in the list!</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Alt Text</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Not only an accessibility standard, alt text can also be used for social media SEO. Some social scheduling platforms (like Sprout Social and Hootsuite) allow you to do this in the scheduling process. If you don’t use those, you can find the </span><a href="https://www.perkins.org/how-to-add-alt-text-on-social-media/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">alt text setting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the actual social platforms, as well. Be cautious of staying relevant though. You should describe what is in the image in or under the platform character limit.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Title</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Some platforms like YouTube and LinkedIn allow you to title videos (YouTube &amp; LinkedIn) and carousel documents (LinkedIn only). Include your top keyword here as well!</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Links</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: If you are including a link, make sure the webpage is also optimized for the keyword in your post, this will further cement your brand’s authority across the web.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Want more on <a href="#youtube-seo-optimization">YouTube SEO</a>? We have a whole section on that!</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are a few more hot tips for you:</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TikTok can parse on-screen text, audio, and spoken words, so be sure to integrate your keyword in your video scripts.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">X hates excessive hashtag usage. Just don’t do it.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Stay consistent with messaging across platforms to reinforce your brand authority.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">When repurposing content for multiple social platforms, you may need to slightly vary your optimization strategy based on the available areas to optimize. I.e., on LinkedIn, you can add a title to your carousel document, but Instagram does not allow that (as of now).</span></li>
</ul>
</div><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-max-width:80%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:8px;"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="1200" alt="General Social SEO Cheatsheet (what&#039;s written in the article)" title="General Social SEO Cheatsheet" src="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1.png" class="img-responsive wp-image-10339" srcset="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-200x160.png 200w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-400x320.png 400w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-600x480.png 600w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-800x640.png 800w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1-1200x960.png 1200w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1.png 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1500px" /></span></div></div></div><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-23 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-menu-anchor" id="youtube-seo-optimization"></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-37"><h2 id="toc_Why_Does_Social_SEO_Matter_in_2026" class="" style="--fontsize: 35; line-height: 1.14;" data-fontsize="35" data-lineheight="39.9px"></h2>
<h2 id="toc_How_Do_You_Implement_YouTube_SEO_Optimization" class="" style="--fontsize: 35; line-height: 1.14;" data-fontsize="35" data-lineheight="39.9px"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Do You Implement YouTube SEO Optimization?</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ah, welcome to our YouTube SEO section. You see YouTube videos embedded into Google search results and used in </span><a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2026/01/26/seo-saio-visibility-hacks-and-when-they-may-not-work-for-you/#youtube"><span style="font-weight: 400;">citations on AI platforms</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, so it’s a great place to build visibility. The </span><a href="https://www.tubebuddy.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TubeBuddy Chrome extension</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a great place to do competitive YouTube keyword research.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like all social platforms, your content quality matters, but social SEO helps people find good content. YouTube&#8217;s structure for videos provides more opportunities for keyword optimization beyond the <a href="#general-social-seo">bio and hashtags components</a> mentioned above. Here are the optimizable elements to provide consistent alignment for your target keyword(s):</span></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>YouTube Title</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Diving further into this, yes, you should include your keyword in the title as naturally as possible, BUT the title still needs to be catchy. (Watch this awesome video on creating better </span><a href="https://youtu.be/cF0wTWOQE1s?si=TDEw2Y22wEZYNRJS"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube Titles</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to learn more.)</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Description</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Write the target keyword into the description ~1-2 times, with the first mention at the beginning (again, be natural). Include the URL to the keyword-optimized page, as well. We recommend adding subscription information in the description of each video. If it makes sense, include </span><a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9884579?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">timestamps/video chapters</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on important parts of the video. You need at least 3 timestamps for them to work in the description.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Keyword Tags</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: We recommend ~5-8 keyword tags per video.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Video File Name</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE YOUTUBE TITLE</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Users do not see the file name, but algorithms do and it can only be changed when uploading a new video to YouTube. DON’T remove previous videos, simply just be conscious of naming new video files with your target keyword.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Relevant C<i>a</i>tegories</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: If not done already, make sure your account is in relevant Categories. Easy instructions are in this </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Gz--6OyQwbA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube Short</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Video Transcript</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Most platforms will autogenerate these for you. Be sure your keyword is mentioned multiple times in your script. The option to upload your own transcript is available for brands that are not trusting of the auto-generated transcripts.</span></li>
</ul>
</div><div class="fusion-image-element " style="text-align:center;--awb-max-width:80%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);"><span class=" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none" style="border-radius:8px;"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="1200" alt="YouTube SEO Cheatsheet (listed in article)" title="YouTube SEO Cheatsheet" src="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2.png" class="img-responsive wp-image-10340" srcset="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2-200x160.png 200w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2-400x320.png 400w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2-600x480.png 600w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2-800x640.png 800w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2-1200x960.png 1200w, https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2.png 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1500px" /></span></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-38"><h2 id="toc_How_Do_You_Implement_YouTube_SEO_Optimization" class="fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="--fontsize: 35; line-height: 1.14;" data-fontsize="35" data-lineheight="39.9px"><span style="letter-spacing: -1.26px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">How Do You Measure Social SEO Impact?</span></h2>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Track the performance of your new SEO-optimized posts through your normal social KPIs and measure visibility (impressions/reach) over time. Then, every 3-6 months, perform a social SEO audit to ensure links, profiles, and metadata are aligned with brand goals. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember that social SEO helps with post/profile findability, but great content makes people stay. Explore the ways to give your audience value, entertain them, or both!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy optimizing!</span></p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2026/02/24/social-seo-in-2026-why-it-matters-how-to-implement-it/">Social SEO in 2026: Why It Matters &#038; How to Implement It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com">Digital Brand Expressions</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hello! How goes it in the land of digital marketing? So glad you asked!   How do you know if Google is indexing all the content on a longer page? Google’s John Mueller confirmed you can paste a quote from the bottom of a website page into Google. If a result pops up,  ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2026/02/11/perceptive-marketer-2026-social-media-trends-brand-generosity-discover-core-update/">Perceptive Marketer: 2026 Social Media Trends, Brand Generosity, &#038; Discover Core Update</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com">Digital Brand Expressions</a>.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How goes it in the land of digital marketing? So glad you asked!</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-22 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
<div class="fusion-text fusion-text-40" style="--awb-text-transform:none;"><ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>How do you know if Google is </b><a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-check-if-entire-document-is-indexed/566661/"><b>indexing </b><b><i>all</i></b><b> the content on a longer page</b></a><b>?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Google’s John Mueller confirmed you can paste a quote from the bottom of a website page into Google. If a result pops up, you’re in the clear!</span></li>
</ul>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firefox will let you </span><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/firefox-will-soon-let-you-block-all-of-its-generative-ai-features/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">block GenAI features</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Yes, they are still investing in AI features, but they know some people are not on board with AI. That’s a broader lesson in itself — </span><b>How can you accommodate the people in your brand’s audience who are not thrilled with AI?</b></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/google-releases-discover-core-update-february-2026-468308"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feb 2026 Discover Core Update</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> will be prioritizing </span><b>locally relevant content while reducing clickbait</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. You may see some fluctuations or you may not… as always, we’ll keep an eye on it.</span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/garretcaudle_linkedin-posts-are-now-ranking-in-google-share-7423001079954665472-VLXb/"><b>LinkedIn posts</b></a><b> (not just articles) are ranking on Google now</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, so keep optimizing your posts, y’all!</span></li>
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<div class="fusion-text fusion-text-41" style="--awb-text-transform:none;"><ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><b>Why isn’t leadership as thrilled with social meda results as you are?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Have you tried really telling the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">story</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">… picking out the most important metrics without being granular… leading with patterns instead of volume? This article from </span><a href="https://later.com/blog/why-social-metrics-arent-impressing-leadership/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Later</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a delightful refreshed take on data storytelling.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTuber Modern Millie released an excellent </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G46h7MkqMpM"><b>2026 social media trends breakdown</b> </a><span style="font-weight: 400;">with predictions. One of which was how the algorithm reset/preferences function may become more widespread. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">WHAT THIS MEANS</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Creators and brands must be clear what their content is and who they are creating it for. How do you do that? *cough cough* </span><a href="https://blog.hootsuite.com/social-seo/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social SEO</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ad-meter/2026/02/09/best-super-bowl-2026-commercials-ad-meter-ranking/88584787007/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Super Bowl 2026 Ads</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Some were okay. Others were meh. In terms of the </span><a href="https://sproutsocial.com/lp/the-big-game/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">social scoreboard</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Pepsi got the most mentions. What was your favorite ad?</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nor can AI fully understand the impact that moment had on the traveler’s mind for years after.</span></p>
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<p><b>Generosity goes far for brand loyalty</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and leadership has to trust in its power without knowing the exact ROI. Reid Holmes describes this beautifully in their Martech article “</span><a href="https://martech.org/the-brand-moments-algorithms-will-never-understand/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The brand moments algorithms will never understand</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”</span></p>
<p style="--fontsize: 26; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zoom out of marketing for a bit: </span><b>Generosity goes a long way (period)</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Helping someone, paying for another’s coffee or holding the door, could have profound impacts on how another’s day unfolds. Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of kindness to reset another’s mood. 😊</span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hey y’all, Digital marketing news going live in 3, 2, 1…   Which AI-driven shifts in consumer behavior will most impact digital advertising over the next 2-3 years? EMARKETER offers survey results that puts "Reduced use of traditional search engines like Google" at the top of the list. Note it's only saying reduced  ...</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Digital marketing news going live in 3, 2, 1…</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-27 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.emarketer.com/content/marketers-expect-ai-chip-away-google-s-search-dominance"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Which AI-driven shifts in consumer behavior will most impact digital advertising over the next 2-3 years?</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> EMARKETER offers survey results that puts &#8220;Reduced use of traditional search engines like Google&#8221; at the top of the list. Note it&#8217;s only saying reduced use not that AI is going to replace search. It&#8217;s really just more reinforcement of the need to have a complementary SEO/SAIO strategy.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.marketingcharts.com/digital/seo-237567"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How are in-house marketers preparing for AI search</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">? “Creating content designed for AI and conversational search” tops the list. One other thing popped out to us — &#8220;Agency professionals are likewise preparing for AI changes to search, to an even greater extent than their in-house marketer counterparts.&#8221;</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Did ya hear &#8220;</span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/apple-siri-google-gemini-deal-467404"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple is finally upgrading Siri, and Google Gemini will power it</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;? Can you say &#8220;Siri search SAIO&#8221; 3x fast?</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “TikTok Next” report predicts 2026 will be ruled these 3 trends:</span>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reali-TEA – it’s not about perfection, but real experiences</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Curiosity Detours – people will try to learn and grow their knowledge/skills on TikTok</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emotional ROI – brands will need to give consumers more of a “why to buy” that is conscious of emotional ROI as well as financial cost</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get the </span><a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-shares-2026-trend-predictions-for-marketers/809651/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">summary</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> or the </span><a href="https://newsroom.tiktok.com/introducing-tiktok-next-2026-our-trend-forecast-for-marketers-for-the-year-ahead?lang=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">full report</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another trends report? You betcha! This one is for </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/2026-ppc-trends-466067"><span style="font-weight: 400;">PPC in 2026</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The big takeaway is “pairing rapid AI advancements with strong fundamentals and human oversight,” which seems to be a broader echo of business initiatives. Keep the user in mind and AI features in control.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“71% of US marketers say establishing </span><a href="https://www.emarketer.com/content/marketers-insist-on-ethics-ai-agents-reshape-shopping"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ethical and privacy standards</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> should be the top priority when preparing for a future where consumers delegate tasks to AI agents.” Makes sense, does it not? In the same survey 53% of marketers are optimizing content for conversational AI. (Who’da thunk?)</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">🦔 African hedgehogs and crocodiles stay inactive in a cool spot during hot, dry seasons.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">🐸 Wood frogs </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">freeze solid</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for up to 8 months of the year.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nature knows the </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">kind</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of rest she needs for recovery.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is proof enough that you need rest, too. And by rest, I don’t </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">just </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">mean sleep. (Learn about the other types of rest in the P.S.)</span></p>
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<div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-31 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">P.S. Sleep is rest, but not all rest is sleep</h2></div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-54"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith defines </span><a href="https://ideas.ted.com/the-7-types-of-rest-that-every-person-needs/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">7 types of rest</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emotional</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sensory</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creative</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To be your most productive, not-burned-out self, you need to first figure out your rest deficit. If you’re solving problems at work and home, you can schedule breaks throughout the day to close your eyes and breath for mental and sensory reprieve.</span></p>
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		<title>Perceptive Marketer: Tracking SEO Value, 2026 Marketing Priorities, and AI Slop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks for tuning in to the first Perceptive Marketer of 2026! You’re pretty awesome if we do say so ourselves. Let’s dive into the digital marketing mania.</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-32 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How can you prove SEO&#8217;s value when organic search traffic gets miscategorized as direct or unassigned due to cookie consent refusals? We’re glad you asked. It’s all about traffic </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">quality</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">! Get the full download from our VP Marc Engelsman: “</span><a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2026/01/08/seo-analytics-treasure-hunt-tracking-the-hidden-value-of-your-organic-search-traffic/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">SEO Analytics Treasure Hunt: Tracking The Hidden Value of Your Organic Search Traffic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://business.google.com/us/think/future-of-marketing/marketing-predictions-guide-2026"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What will matter in 2026</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">? According to 10 seasoned marketers in this Think with Google article, 2026 will be about integrating AI more effectively and efficiently in your marketing strategies. The old stalwart is the importance of ✨Branding✨. &#8220;Brand matters more than ever&#8221; and &#8220;Brand is back as the growth engine, supercharged by tech but differentiated by humanity&#8221; are our quote highlights.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;</span><a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-mueller-weighs-in-on-seo-vs-geo-debate/564583"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google&#8217;s Mueller Weighs In On SEO vs GEO Debate</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8221; is the headline. The gist? Examine your referral traffic and research your audience to see how they are using AI search platforms. Oh, and Google continues to indicate that AI optimization and traditional Search optimization share similar infrastructures so &#8220;you probably don’t need a separate framework, but you do need to understand how discovery is changing.”</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Top 2026 marketing priorities, according to the </span><a href="https://www.usertesting.com/blog/annual-marketing-priorities-survey#https://www.usertesting.com/blog/annual-marketing-priorities-survey#"><span style="font-weight: 400;">UserTesting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> study of marketing professionals, include (1.) strengthening brand authenticity &amp; trust, (2.) driving measurable ROI, and (3.) mastering GEO. They describe their approach to GEO as (1.) actively optimizing content for AI search/discovery and (2.) piloting GEO strategies in select campaigns. Where do your GEO (aka SAIO) priorities lie?</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The next time you post on your brand’s socials ask yourself: “Would someone who doesn’t have a clue who I am share this with a colleague?” Tom Boston, Brand Growth Manager at MySalesCoach, encourages us to ask if the content we’re producing provides enough value. This is one of the quotes from </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sprout-social-inc-_pin-this-to-your-social-vision-board-activity-7415048488016855041-QehJ?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAACC_ZhYBnoc3Y7heZEOSeZY8O4towsWTlQs"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sprout Social’s Inspiration worksheet</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m not sure you’re ready for this Meta madness.… Meta is testing limiting certain Facebook users to sharing two links per month in organic posts, unless you pay for a Meta Verified account. The truth is… link posts didn’t receive much engagement in the first place. If one of your accounts has been chosen, you have a few options according to </span><a href="https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-considering-charging-business-pages-to-post-links/808099/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social Media Today</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">: choose the best 2 links per month, try posting links in the first comment, post Reels instead, pay for Meta Verified, or stop posting on Facebook.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A large corporate brand poking fun at </span><a href="https://www.marketingdive.com/news/almond-breeze-jabs-at-ai-generated-slop-with-the-jonas-brothers/808851/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">AI slop</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">? Yes, please! Almond Breeze teamed up with the Jonas Brothers to develop a delightfully quirky commercial on the technology’s flaws. How can we add more levity to our content in the midst of AI’s takeover? More importantly, how can we use it to develop the brand authenticity needed to be successful in this era of business?</span></li>
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<p>Last night? This morning?</p>
<p>Now here’s a trickier question: When was the last time you washed your dishes without thinking about anything other than washing the dishes?</p>
<p>Thich Nhat Hanh talks about this in his book <a href="https://www.parallax.org/product/the-miracle-of-mindfulness/"><em>The Miracle of Mindfulness</em></a>. When was the last time you were fully present to experience just this moment, instead of mulling over moments previous or upcoming?</p>
<p>Mindfulness seems like a momentous goal, but really it is just practice of steps… steps like washing the dishes and focusing solely on that.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy Wednesday,</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-61" style="--awb-text-transform:none;--awb-margin-top:10px;"><p><em><span style="color: var(--awb-custom_color_1);"><b>Natalie</b></span></em></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You are allowed to change directions.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The full response is </span><a href="https://chatgpt.com/s/t_69612f0e73188191ab7d834eccf87829"><span style="font-weight: 400;">here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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		<title>Perceptive Marketer: Studies on AI and Social, Plus Adaptability in Writing and Life</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Lorenzo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 08:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>What’s going on, you ask? There’s always something going down in digital marketing — here’s your update!   Why every AI search study tells a different story is a fascinating look at the state of research around AI search. Bottom line, a review of 5 different studies conducted by major SEO platforms and  ...</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" ></div><div class="fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-39 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling" style="--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-right-small:10px;--awb-padding-left-small:10px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;" ><div class="fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap" style="max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% / 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% / 2 );"><div class="fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-39 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column" style="--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;"><div class="fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column"><div class="fusion-text fusion-text-63" style="--awb-text-transform:none;"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What’s going on, you ask?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s always something going down in digital marketing — here’s your update!</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-37 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://searchengineland.com/why-every-ai-search-study-tells-a-different-story-465511"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why every AI search study tells a different story</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is a fascinating look at the state of research around AI search. Bottom line, a review of 5 different studies conducted by major SEO platforms and agencies reveals there is a &#8220;core consensus that isn&#8217;t a consensus.” Each study is flawed by its design, its sources of data, and the biases of each company&#8217;s intentions to validate its POV and solutions. Before you start panicking, the solution offered is a regimen of &#8220;rigorous self-measurement&#8221; of what is specific and relevant to your brand (and, we would add, your competition).</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">While there is no consensus on AI search data, there does appear to be a growing consensus on how SEO and SAIO (aka  AIO, AEO, or GEO) optimization strategies are not just complementary but intertwined. Take this blog on </span><a href="https://www.onely.com/blog/optimizing-for-ai-search"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Optimizing for AI Search: Why Classic SEO Principles Still Apply</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as another example of what we ourselves have said before and reported on here:</span>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is a correlation between AI citation probability with high Google rankings.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google&#8217;s E-E-A-T framework for organic search also impacts citations — directly and indirectly through rankings.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Topic coverage beats keyword optimization.</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tech elements like schema and content formats like FAQs are more likely to support gaining citations.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Tis the season, so </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Search Engine Journal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> offers thoughts on </span><a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/how-cmos-should-prioritize-seo-budgets-in-2026-q1-and-h1/561824"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How CMOs Should Prioritize SEO Budgets in 2026 Q1 and H1</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The suggested allocations are to &#8220;protect a baseline allocation for core SEO,” &#8220;create a separate experimental pot for AI discovery,&#8221; and &#8220;invest in measurement that explains real user behavior.” Or you could wrap it all under one umbrella initiative like we do for our clients.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube is the most popular social platform among Americans. Surprised? Probably not. How about that half of U.S. adults say they use Instagram? If you’re managing socials, this </span><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pew Research Center study</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has some interesting findings.</span></li>
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<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Writing content? Have you heard of the </span><a href="https://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2022/48188/writing-gps-writing-framework-ann-handley"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Writing GPS</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">? Ann Handley covers how the process is, yes, very messy, but it’s your own. Change. Retry. Adapt (more on this one later). See how you can create a process that rolls with inspiration while staying locked in toward the final goal.</span></li>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The Warrior of Light sometimes behaves like water, flowing around obstacles he encounters.</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Occasionally, resistance might mean destruction and so he adapts to the circumstances. He accepts, without complaint, that the stones in his path hinder his way through mountains.</span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Therein lies  the strength of water: It cannot be touched by a hammer or ripped to shreds by a knife. The strongest sword in the world cannot scar its surface.”</span></i></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adapting is in our nature and we hone it to find the best path forward… toward our goals and dreams.</span></p>
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		<title>Perceptive Marketer: Refreshing Evergreen Content, GEO Rush, &#038; Tell Me Without Telling Me</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie Lorenzo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 08:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Hi,  *Natalie unapologetically slaps a briefcase on the table while simultaneously unclasping the locks and opening the lid with a thwack. She pulls out a stack of neatly stapled articles and slides them across the table toward you.* After a review of the marketing material (AKA articles), here’s what you need to know.   ...</p>
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<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">*Natalie unapologetically slaps a briefcase on the table while simultaneously unclasping the locks and opening the lid with a thwack. She pulls out a stack of neatly stapled articles and slides them across the table toward you.*</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After a review of the marketing material (AKA articles), here’s what you need to know.</span></p>
</div><div class="fusion-title title fusion-title-42 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two" style="--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color5);"><h2 class="fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated" style="margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.14;">SEO &amp; SAIO 🔍</h2></div>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Gather up your SEO tools — we’re in a “</span><a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-microsoft-perplexity-geo-rush-40457.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GEO Rush!</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” Here’s what search representatives have to say about it as quoted from </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Search Engine Roundtable</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">….</span>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Danny Sullivan from Google: “Are you doing things that are useful for human beings?&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what we want to reward.”</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Krishna Madhavan from Microsoft: “Think beyond keywords to user intent, question‑answer structure, and machine‑readable cues that make your content easy to parse.&#8221;</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesse Dwyer from Perplexity: &#8220;AI removes the &#8220;friction&#8221; of search and lets people buy things just by asking for them. As a result, building a strong brand will become increasingly important, he said.&#8221;</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The AI optimization name game remains without consensus yet. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Search Engine Land</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> provides a </span><a href="https://searchengineland.com/seo-geo-aso-new-era-brand-visibility-ai-research-464936"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recap of its research into the 10-12 acronyms</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> currently in play based on a survey of their subscribers, search trends, LinkedIn/Reddit positive sentiment usage, and labor market job postings. AISO (AI Search Optimization) — which is awfully close to DBE&#8217;s SAIO (Search AI Optimization) — isn&#8217;t as well known but seems to be gaining relevance. For our take on the naming kerfuffle, read Marc Engelsman&#8217;s most recent blog &#8220;</span><a href="https://www.digitalbrandexpressions.com/2025/11/26/whats-in-a-name-search-ai-optimization/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What&#8217;s in a name? That which we call SAIO by any other name would smell as sweet success</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.&#8221;</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You know how food shelf life seems to be growing longer? Welp, that may not be happening with your site’s </span><a href="https://martech.org/why-evergreen-content-expires-faster-in-an-ai-search-world-and-what-to-do-about-it/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">evergreen content</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. As AI platforms look for the latest information, older content starts to look… well, stale. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">MARTECH</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> recommends keeping evergreen content on a 90-day refresh cycle.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">MARTECH</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> covers </span><a href="https://martech.org/consumers-want-less-digital-more-real-world-from-brands-in-2026/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">two key 2026 strategic priorities</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from the recent Association of National Advertisers Masters of Marketing Conference: &#8220;bring back real-world brand experiences and get ready for AI-led discovery.&#8221; You’ve heard a lot about AI from us, so we&#8217;ll focus on the IRL experience priority. Harris Poll data shows &#8220;physical brand encounters now serve as social signals&#8221; for the Gen Z and Millennial generations. What the article doesn&#8217;t mention is sharing those experiences digitally can also be useful to extend your brand visibility and authority IRL and online.</span></li>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href="https://annhandley.com/tiktok-writing-advice/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tell me without telling me</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">… a social media trend that teaches the world’s best writing advice. How can you say something without</span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> saying it directly</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">? Try it in your marketing copy — it&#8217;s a fun exercise!</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to the moment. We’re glad you’re here.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[Do this multiple times a day to ground yourself in the present.]</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Not-As-Obvious: Yoga Nidra can teach you how to rest. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s a simple, guided meditation that often starts with a simple body scan. Try it out! (Here’s the </span><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9033521/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">scientific proof</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.)</span></p>
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