Nearly 30 years in search and the thing that nearly ended us produced our best work. VoyageDenver went further back than I usually do: voyagedenver.com/interview/in...

Gabriel Toledano of Hikoo on why Europe trails the US by 18 months in AI search. → Mentions 0.664, backlinks 0.218 → Source sets follow language, not country → Fix wrong citations first Listen: chrisraulf.com/podcast/the-... Cheers, Chris

Chat gives you an answer. Work gives you the finished document. Our head of AI, Harold, breaks down the five ChatGPT Work concepts that actually run a business. chrisraulf.com/chatgpt-work...

3.2x more traffic. 2.7x more form fills. 2.5x more calls. That's the gap between a local business AI crawls and one it ignores. I broke down Duda's 68M AI crawler study (co-presented with Shawn Davis). Full write-up: boulderseomarketing.com/ai-search-vi...

How Local Businesses Win AI Search: 68 Million Crawler Study

AI is the new front door for local search. Based on Duda's 68 million AI crawler study, here are the exact moves to get your local business cited. Let's talk.

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An AI agent shopped local for me while I slept. It visited their websites. I never did. Your site is being read by machines now: www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-c...

Your Customers Are Sending AI Agents to Shop for You. Are You Ready?

Google's Gemini Spark is a 24/7 personal AI agent. I put it to work shopping local, and what it did to those websites should worry you. Watch the full tip now!

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💥 50% of our new leads now come from AI search. 3 years ago, that number was 0. If your content isn't being cited in AI answers, you're invisible. Learn how to create AI content at scale that actually ranks in Google & AI search: chrisraulf.com/create-ai-co...

Harold dropped 7 screenshots in a folder, described the video, and walked away. 30 minutes later: a finished 60-second promo. No editor, no software. This week’s AI SEO & GEO tip -> www.linkedin.com/pulse/stop-p...

[Stop Paying for Promo Videos] Build Them With HyperFrames and Claude Code

HyperFrames by HeyGen is free and open source. Harold shows the three steps: install it, add your screenshots, and describe the video. Watch the full tip now!

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Four recent AI search updates are not random. They are one playbook: see the shift, measure your visibility, earn the citation, free up time. Full recap -> chrisraulf.com/ai-search-pl... Cheers, Chris

OpenAI @openaibot.bsky.social quietly upgraded ChatGPT ChatGPT scheduled tasks. Set a recurring task to watch whether ChatGPT still recommends your business, and get pinged only when it shifts. Check out more AI SEO tips right here -> chrisraulf.com/ai-seo-tips/

Gemini Spark is Google's new AI agent that works even when your laptop is closed. It connects to Gmail, Docs, Calendar, and 30+ apps and runs tasks for you. More AI, SEO, and GEO tips: chrisraulf.com/ai-seo-tips/

Just published an honest review on my Honest Travel Advice channel: a luxury private day tour from Zurich with Luxury Tours Switzerland. Hidden Alpine lakes, a cheese tasting, mountain scooters with the kids, and our dog running alongside the whole way down. www.linkedin.com/pulse/took-l...

Took a Luxury Private Day Tour From Zurich. Here's My Honest Review of Luxury Tours Switzerland

Learn why our luxury private day tour from Zurich beat every standard tour we've taken. Scooters, hidden lakes, Swiss cheese, chocolate, and more.

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When AI answers a question your business answers, does it name you? NotebookLM's new update helps you become that source. Read the full tip here: chrisraulf.com/notebooklm-c...

Cyrus Shepard of @zyppy.com Zyppy SEO on 54 studies of AI citations: → Google rank still drives citations → Fan out queries multiply your odds → Boring SEO beats over-optimized Listen: chrisraulf.com/podcast/goog... Cheers, chris

Traditional SEO rankings multiply AI citations Great conversation w/ @chrisraulf.bsky.social on earning AI Citations • Why Foundational SEO Still Wins • The Fan Out Multiplier • How AI Reads Your Page • How AI Reads Your Page www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KNH...

Google now shows whether your site appears in AI Overviews and AI Mode. Here is what the new Search Console report tracks -> chrisraulf.com/google-searc...

Most teams still do by hand what AI could handle in minutes. Here is the repetitive task audit we use to automate 80% of the busywork, and what to automate first: chrisraulf.com/stop-doing-i... Cheers, Chris

Google AI Mode just crossed 1 BILLION monthly users. I/O 2026 dropped 100 announcements, and 5 of them are reshaping AI SEO right now. Information agents, Universal Cart, an AI that shortlists vendors while buyers sleep. Full breakdown: chrisraulf.com/google-io-20... Cheers, Chris

New: Ask Me Anything on r/SEO_for_AI — run by @seosmarty.bsky.social - AI Citation Ranking Factors" - Type of content Google rewards in the age of AI - Ranking signals rewarded by Google's Helpful Content systems - Click+engagement signals in ranking content www.reddit.com/r/SEO_for_AI...

@mordyoberstein.bsky.social Mordy Oberstein at @seranking.bsky.social SE Ranking on branding in the age of AI. → LLMs reward digital footprint, not domain age → Only 14% citation overlap across AI engines → Stop optimizing, start resonating Listen: chrisraulf.com/podcast/bran... Cheers, Chris

Google, ChatGPT, and Perplexity favor video. Harold De Guzman shows the AI avatar workflow that finally makes weekly video SEO realistic. chrisraulf.com/ai-avatars-v...

2 people. That's how many in a packed room at GALA WorldReady Berlin had a virtual AI copy of themselves creating content that ranks in Google AND AI search. Just updated the full methodology + embedded the session video. Watch it, then run the prompt. chrisraulf.com/universal-co...

Chris sat with Jean-Charles “Jason” Dervieux on multi-location SEO risk, brand naming, and the AI search shift hitting every brand. Friday SEO Tip podcast edition. Read the full tip here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden-seo-risks-inside-multi-location-brands-friday-icshc/

Rebuilt our local SEO keyword research guide. Same URL. Tens of thousands of impressions, near-zero clicks. AI Overview trap. Pulled GSC data. Watched citations. Rebuilt around the signals. Methodology validated itself. Check it out -> boulderseomarketing.com/finding-the-...

Local SEO Keyword Research | How I Do It in the AI Era

A 30-year SEO veteran's live walkthrough of local keyword research using Google Search Console, SE Ranking, Google Trends, and Google Keyword Planner.

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New: AI Citation Ranking Factors Everyone talks about AI Citations as a way to boost visibility + traffic, but what works? To find out I gathered every study/experiment from the past 2 years and scored the biggest wins The result? 22 AI Citation Ranking Factors signal.zyppy.com/p/ai-citatio...

AI Citation Ranking Factors Analysis

Evidence-Based Analysis of 54 Experiments, Patents, and Case Studies. Plus a step-by-step checklist.

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Most AEO content is anecdotal. Shawn Davis at Duda changed that. 858K sites. 70M AI crawler visits. The result? → 3.2x traffic → 2.7x forms → 2.5x calls Check it out -> chrisraulf.com/podcast/ai-c...

We just shipped a complete AI agent workflow that builds custom SEO tools in days, not months. See how Pey orchestrates 6 agents inside Google Antigravity -> chrisraulf.com/vibe-coding-...

30 to 40% of our leads now come from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. If your agency isn't seeing the same shift, you're about to get left behind. Full episode on the High Ticket Systems Podcast. Watch the podcast right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGAE...

30% of His Leads Come From AI, Not Google (SEO Is Changing Fast)

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Got #AI content to rank #1 in Google for SEO for builders. The methodology is the Universal Content Engine. Just demoed it live in Berlin. Full prompts here: chrisraulf.com/universal-co...

Our head of AI R&D built a fully animated marketing video using Claude Code and Remotion in under 10 minutes. No editor, no designer. Just one plain English prompt. Full breakdown here: chrisraulf.com/ai-marketing...

Published 100% AI-generated content on April 4th using my Universal Content Engine. Ranked in Google within days using expert interviews, Virtual Chris, and @seranking.bsky.social. Full breakdown here: chrisraulf.com/universal-co...