Daniel Stanica ✅

@danielstanica.com

I advise, invest & grow digital businesses. 20+ years in SEO, AI Visibility & Digital Assets. Bucharest · Dubai · London 🚴 Cycling when not near a laptop

I'll be at Atlas Digital Summit in Reykjavík, Iceland, Sept. 28–29, leading the table on AI Search Visibility for hosting & infra companies. The event is invite-only for C-level execs in hosting, security, and AI. I have a couple of invites left. Request yours! danielstanica.com/events/atlas...

Atlas Digital Summit 2026 — Events —

Daniel Stanica leads a roundtable on AI Search Visibility for hosting & infrastructure companies at the Atlas Digital Summit 2026 in Reykjavík, Sept 28–29.

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Happy to announce that I'll be speaking at Zagreb SEO Day on 30 October 2026. My session is "The Great Blogging Collapse: What 100 Blogs Tell Us About Surviving AI Search" I followed 100 blogs that were doing well in 2022 and checked where they stood in 2026.

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Bending Spoons is a successful Italian company I watch closely, as they have an interesting business model: acquiring businesses that have lost their shine, abruptly restructuring them, and keeping them long-term Do you or do you consider replicating their business model?

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TLDR: If you do SEO, AI Visibility, Content, or Personal/Company Branding, go set your social media profiles in GSC today and measure what content gets discovered and, most importantly, how. Have you checked your platform properties yet? Anything surprising in your queries?

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Honored to be a Featured Attendee at Domain Summit Europe 2026, on 17–18 August, in Kempten, Germany 🇩🇪 The team's write-up made me smile: "Some people study traffic. Daniel Stanica studies why it moves." I'll take that! If you're in domains, digital assets, or SEO and AI Visibility, let's talk. 🚀

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Speaking at the Atlas Digital Summit in Reykjavík, Sept 28–29, on AI Visibility for digital-first businesses. C-level, invite-only summit for the leaders powering AI-driven web infrastructure. Hosted by Jason Nickerson. Hosting/data center/cloud leaders: get your invite 👇 atlasdigitalsummit.com

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Happy to announce that on 9 July, 2026, I will hold a 2h workshop at Affiliate World Budapest titled The Great SEO Reset: How to Thrive in the AI Visibility Era, focusing on the future of SEO and AI Visibility. Looking forward to seeing you there if you want to know more about: [1/3]

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Should you start or maintain a blog in 2026? Last week, I ran a study on 100 blogs and compared their total traffic and SEO traffic in 2022 and 2026. The results are shocking: 🟥 49% lost 80%+ of their traffic 🟥 21% continued to grow 🟥 11% lost traffic moderately (-50% to -79%)

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Found my people at WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków. 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 🇧🇩 🇬🇷 🇲🇦 🇵🇱 🇺🇸 This is why I keep coming back. The talks are fine. The people in the hallway are the whole point.

AI Search Visibility at WordCamp Europe 2026: From Niche Concern to Mainstream Business Priority TLDR: AI Visibility became the dominant conversation. Everyone is aware that AI is reshaping search, but almost nobody has a systematic plan to act. Read the article: competico.com/ai-visibilit...

AI Visibility at WordCamp Europe 2026: From Niche Concern to Mainstream Business Priority

AI Visibility dominated conversations at WordCamp Europe 2026. See what WordPress businesses are saying about it and what it means for you.

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Kodak. BlackBerry. Your SEO Agency. The pattern that most agencies don't see coming. SEO agencies optimizing for rankings are missing what actually matters: AI discoverability and trust signals. Here's why the transition is happening now.

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Heading to Kraków for WordCamp Europe (3–7 June) 🇵🇱 Want to connect with anyone working on hosting partnerships, AI Visibility, or WordPress digital asset strategy. 20+ years in this space. No pitch decks, just good conversations. Coffee's on me ☕ Going to #WCEU? Reply or DM 👇 #KrakowLetsGo

Heading to Kraków for WordCamp Europe (3–7 June) 🇵🇱

Happy to announce that my session, “Content Is Not King Anymore. Your CMS Is,” has been approved by CMSConf. While this is a controversial topic, I will show that, as content becomes a commodity, the platform you host on matters more than ever.

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AI search doesn't work like Google, which indexes everything. LLMs weight structured, owned, crawlable content. A profile on someone else's platform is noise while a personal site with clear entity signals is a trusted source. Check the podcast with Ania from CMSConf. Link in comms

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CloudFest 2026 is a wrap, and I made it safely back home. 🎡 10,000+ attendees. 250+ speakers. 150+ partners. 80+ countries. Four days at Europa-Park: one for the WordPress & Agencies Summit, three for the main event. Here's what I took away from the conversations that mattered:

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I just published an article on building growth with SEO and AI search visibility on WebHostingToday. Key Takeaways: 1. Search is shifting from website authority toward entity and brand authority. 2. Traditional #SEO fundamentals remain essential. Read the article: webhosting.today/2026/03/18/b...

Building Growth with SEO + AI‑Enhanced Search

AI-enhanced search is reshaping search. Here’s how to stay visible in both traditional and AI-powered results and convert that traffic into revenue.

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Let's meet at CloudFest 2026. I will be at Europa-Park from March 23–26, and I look forward to connecting with old and new partners from across the global WordPress, hosting, and cloud ecosystem. Looking forward to discussing partnerships and the future of SEO, AI Visibility at Cloudfest!

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The official photos from Domain Days Dubai have just arrived, so I've put together a small selection for you. For me, it was one of the best events in terms of content and networking in the domain space.

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Folks, on Oct 22-23, I will be in Dubai again to attend Domain Days. DDD is one of the best B2B events for domain investors, brokers, and service providers. I'm looking forward to meeting people from GoDaddy, Sedo, Elementor, WebPros, ITcom, 10Web, PatchStack, and over 100 other companies.

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I'm pleased to announce that I am an official media partner of the European Blockchain Convention, on October 16-17, 2025, in Barcelona. Let's meet to discuss digital assets partnerships. Attend to connect with key industry players. DM me for discounted tickets.

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