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How to Spot an AI SEO Scam in 2026

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The three clearest signs of an AI SEO scam are easy to check before you pay anyone: At TJ Digital, we track the exact pages ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI cite for every client. We started doing that because AI-referred visitors convert at about 8x the rate of traditional search visitors. After 17 years in […]

Social Media SEO: How to Track Your Posts in Google Search Console (2026)

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Google Search Console now shows you how your social media posts perform in Google Search. On July 7, 2026, Google added a new property type called platform properties, which lets you connect your Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube accounts. You’ll see the exact terms people typed into Google before your posts appeared, where those posts […]

Google’s 2026 Spam Update: Will It Penalize GEO Tactics?

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Google’s 2026 spam update targets attempts to manipulate AI answers, and it is aimed at people doing this at scale with automated tools. If you are surgically placing a few relevant recommendations on the pages AI already trusts, my read is that you are on safe ground. The update enforces a policy line Google added […]

Is an LLMs.txt File Needed for SEO?

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No, an llms.txt file will not help your SEO right now. Google has said it does not use llms.txt for traditional search or AI search, and a recent Ahrefs study of 137,000 domains found that 97% of llms.txt files got zero requests in a month. So why am I telling clients to add one anyway? […]

Why Now Is the Best Time for Content Creation

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The most common question I get sounds like this. Why create content anymore if AI is just going to train on it and answer the user directly without sending anyone to my website? I recently had Claude read through all my TikTok comments, and this exact concern came up more than any other. At TJ […]

Best Website Platform for 2027 (and What to Do Right Now)

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By 2027, the best website platform will be no platform. The software layer is becoming trivial, and the only thing that will matter is how your data is structured. At TJ Digital, where we manage websites for roughly 40 to 50 clients, we’ve been spending significant resources exploring this future with our development team. I […]

How to Find Blog Topics That Rank in 2026

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The best blog topics in 2026 come from Reddit. As AI search gets more conversational, people type longer, more specific queries that traditional keyword research tools simply don’t track. Reddit captures those queries in real time because real people are asking real questions in their own words. At TJ Digital, we run AI-powered SEO campaigns […]

Google May 2026 Core Update: What Changed and What to Do About It

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Google just announced a major update to their core search algorithm, and the timing is telling. Right before the update dropped, Google published a guide on AI search optimization that draws a hard line between “commodity content” (generic listicles, recycled tips) and first-hand, experience-driven content. At TJ Digital, we’ve been tracking algorithm updates and their […]

Reddit for SEO and AI Search: How to Get Your Brand Cited in 2026

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Reddit just became even more important for businesses. Google is now experimenting with showing Reddit comments directly inside AI responses, and Reddit threads are starting to appear on Google Business Profiles. If your brand isn’t showing up in the right Reddit threads, you’re missing one of the highest-impact opportunities in AI search right now. At […]