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Why Your Competitors Don’t Invest in AEO: Can You Track Conversions from ChatGPT?

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Most businesses don’t invest in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) because they can’t track conversions from ChatGPT and other large language models the same way they track traditional SEO. When someone finds your business through ChatGPT, you typically won’t know what they typed into the AI or even that they came from ChatGPT at all. This […]

ChatGPT 5.1 vs Claude vs Gemini: Which AI Should You Use for Work?

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ChatGPT 5.1, Claude, and Gemini each excel at different tasks. For most business workflows involving content creation, Claude outperforms the others. For deep research and information retrieval, ChatGPT is the better choice. Gemini works well for brainstorming and creating structured documents like proposals. About 70% of our work at TJ Digital is done inside Claude, […]

2026 Local Ranking Factors: What Changed in SEO and AI Search

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The 2026 local search ranking factors report just dropped. This is the closest thing we get to a source of truth for how Google ranks businesses. Darren Shaw from Whitespark puts out this report every couple of years. He surveys the top local SEO experts and aggregates their responses. This year, 47 experts participated, including […]

How Google Pomelli Will Change Ad Agencies in 2026

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AI is getting scary good at graphic design. Google Pomelli can now create professional ad creatives from just your website URL, completely free. It’s better than most graphic designers you’d pay a few hundred dollars. This changes everything for small businesses and puts pressure on agencies that aren’t adapting. The reality is simple: you either […]

New Method of Ranking in LLMs: How Video Content Increases AI Visibility

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Google just made it way easier to repurpose your blog content into video, and this could be a massive marketing opportunity for any small business. With their recent integration of the Nano Banana image generation model into NotebookLM’s Video Overview feature, you can now turn any text content into a serviceable video in minutes. Here’s […]

I ChatGPT’d Myself: What I Learned About AI and Brand Control

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ChatGPT closed a deal for me yesterday. Not through some automated sales funnel or chatbot—it literally vouched for me when a potential client did their due diligence. This was my second client from ChatGPT, but the first time I realized the platform was actively recommending me. After the client told me what happened, I did […]

Does Google Penalize AI Content?

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No, Google does not penalize content simply because it was created with AI. Google has repeatedly stated that it cares about content quality, not how the content was produced. However, using AI to mass-produce low-quality content at scale can result in a manual penalty called “scaled content abuse.” The confusion around this topic stems from […]

Do Backlinks Still Matter in 2026?

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Backlinks still matter for traditional search rankings, but their importance is declining. More significantly, data from AI search platforms shows that backlinks have almost no correlation with which sites get cited by large language models. With Google pushing AI Overviews and ChatGPT gaining traffic, smart SEO strategies now focus on creating content that AI systems […]

ChatGPT AI Shopping 2025: What E-commerce Businesses Need to Know

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The way people find and buy products online is about to change dramatically. Within the last 24 hours, both OpenAI and Google announced competing AI shopping features that let users discover and purchase products without leaving their platforms. ChatGPT now allows direct in-chat purchases from Shopify and Etsy stores with a 2% referral fee. Google […]

AI Will Change Everything by 2027: What Businesses Need to Know

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The way people find information and choose businesses online is changing fast. By 2027, AI-generated answers will dominate search results, and traditional browsing will become obsolete for most tasks. Instead of opening multiple tabs and visiting several websites, users will rely on smart AI assistants to research, compare, and recommend solutions. This shift is already […]