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Perspectives and practical strategies for competing and winning in an answer driven landscape.

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PR Leaders Share Which Metrics Matter in the Age of AI Answers

Feb 2, 2026

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PR Leaders Share Which Metrics Matter in the Age of AI Answers

PR experts at the Generative Pulse Summit argued that traditional metrics must be replaced with AI-centric measures like visibility and narrative impact to reflect influence in an era where AI systems generate direct answers.

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Case Study Proves the Power of Entity Linking to Boost AI Overview Visibility

Jan 31, 2026

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1 min read

Case Study Proves the Power of Entity Linking to Boost AI Overview Visibility

The case study demonstrates that consistent entity linking and schema markup can materially improve a brand’s visibility in AI-generated answers by making content easier for models to understand and trust.

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Your Best Pages for Influencing AI Answers May Not Be Major Traffic Drivers

Jan 28, 2026

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2 min read

Your Best Pages for Influencing AI Answers May Not Be Major Traffic Drivers

SingleGrain argues that many pages shaping AI answers never perform in traditional SEO metrics, so brands need to look beyond rankings and traffic to understand true AI visibility.

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Inside the GEO Analysis That Ranked 127 Beauty Brands for AI Visibility

Jan 22, 2026

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2 min read

Inside the GEO Analysis That Ranked 127 Beauty Brands for AI Visibility

Yotpo’s analysis shows that in AI-driven beauty discovery, clinically detailed skincare brands outperform legacy names because clarity, depth, and expert validation matter more than traditional SEO signals.

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How Noindex Pages Still Influence AI Answers & What to Do About It

Jan 21, 2026

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2 min read

How Noindex Pages Still Influence AI Answers & What to Do About It

Noindex does not stop AI systems from using content, so brands need more deliberate controls to shape how AI understands and represents them.

Strategy

Microsoft Publishes New Guide to Navigating AEO and GEO

Jan 19, 2026

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2 min read

Microsoft Publishes New Guide to Navigating AEO and GEO

Microsoft’s guide argues that retail visibility now happens inside AI reasoning systems, making AEO and GEO focused on structured data, clarity, and trust essential as clicks matter less.

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Nike vs New Balance: A Case Study in Competing AEO Strategies

Jan 19, 2026

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1 min read

Nike vs New Balance: A Case Study in Competing AEO Strategies

The Nike vs New Balance case study shows that heavy JavaScript hydration can break AI crawler access, making fast, plain server-rendered HTML a safer default for AEO.

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Why Schema May Become the New Ad Quality Score in ChatGPT

Jan 18, 2026

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1 min read

Why Schema May Become the New Ad Quality Score in ChatGPT

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