This one started with a question from Adorján-Csaba Demeter, a subscriber in Romania, who asked how big the behavior change could be after Google’s AI Mode Personal Search launch, and it pushed me to think past the product announcement and into the habit shift underneath it. AI changing search is a foregone conclusion. The real story is […]
Is Google Finally Cracking Down On Self-Promotional Listicles?
Jump straight to examples of affected websites. Over the past year, one of the most common tactics for gaining visibility in AI search has been for companies to publish “listicle” content on their own blogs – ranking the best companies or products in their niche and placing themselves in the No. 1 spot. There are […]