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The majority of our Reddit marketing leads come to us asking if we can delete negative threads or sponsor positive threads and comments on their behalf.

Here are the risks you are facing when trying to take shortcuts to Reddit visibility -> www.annsmarty.com/p/reddit-mar...

04.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How should content creators adapt their #SEO strategies to align with Google's AI overviews in 2025?

The key is content that can't be easily summarized! Original research, surveys, infographics, image/video-rich pages, expert tips - all helpful and unique!

Thanks, @seosmarty.bsky.social!

05.11.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"GSC Groups Keywords as AI Queries Expand" | Google Search Console's shift to keyword groups reflects consumers' use of longer queries on #genAI, making solo keyword tracking ineffective. @seosmarty.bsky.social explains. www.practicalecommerce.com/gsc-groups-k... #ecommerce #seo

23.12.2025 13:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dangers of Reddit: If You Cannot Beat it, Lead it open.substack.com/pub/annsmart...

15.10.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google Chrome’s AI Integration: AI Mode in the URL Bar + Follow-up Questions open.substack.com/pub/annsmart...

24.09.2025 14:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SEO vs GEO: Are These Really the Same Strategy? open.substack.com/pub/annsmart...

20.08.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ChatGPT Using Google’s Index: SEO Is Back :))) SEO is back without ever going anywhere :)

ChatGPT Using Google’s Index: SEO Is Back :)))
www.annsmarty.com/p/chatgpt-us...

06.08.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ChatGPT Using Google’s Index: SEO Is Back :))) ChatGPT used to rely on Bing and its internal search functionality to find sources. There have been multiple tests over the past two weeks showing that ChatGPT may have silently started using Google s...

Is it just me or is AI technology making a step back to traditional search, little by little?

Anyway, SEO is alive and strong, go back to your spreadsheets :)

www.linkedin.com/pulse/chatgp...

05.08.2025 18:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fan-Out Technique: More Than β€œOptimizing for AI” LLM-based platforms generate AI answers by running several queries across their training data. If they don’t have enough confidence in an answer, they will al

AI-driven search is dicing queries into multiple sub-questions, nicknamed "query fan-out". It's not just about optimizing for AI snippets anymore. Details in this great post by Ann Smarty @seosmarty.bsky.social

www.searchengineworld.com/fan-out-tech...

#SEO #AIsearch #QueryFanOut #backlinks

22.07.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reddit as a Getaway to Google Search (and ChatGPT): Do’s and Don’ts Yes, Reddit ranks in Google. Yes, it is cited by ChatGPT and AI Mode, and yes, it is ok to ride that wave IF YOU DO IT RIGHT!

Reddit as a Getaway to Google Search (and ChatGPT): Do’s and Don’ts
www.annsmarty.com/p/reddit-as-...

30.07.2025 14:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Do Reddit Marketing without Making Enemies Reddit marketing is hard but so much worth it!

How to Do Reddit Marketing without Making Enemies
www.annsmarty.com/p/how-to-do-...

20.06.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Answer Optimization (spoiler: OVER-OPTIMIZATION in this case) and "chunking" in practice (spoiler: IT WORKS!) You know that AI Mode highlights the part it pulls as an answer, right?

Well, here's the paragraph that made it reference a page for my query "Best local SEO experts..." Kinda stupid, no?

19.06.2025 19:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ChatGPT AI Writer: 6 Ways To Update & Repackage Old Content Learn how to maximize the potential of the AI chatGPT writing technology for your blog. Utilize AI tech to drive blogging productivity.

Updated Post!

Generative AI is no longer a new, trending toy everyone is excited about. It’s part of our lives.

We all use one or more AI platforms (like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claudia) for problem-solving and productivity.

via @seosmarty.bsky.social

inspiretothrive.com/ai-chatgpt/

18.06.2025 10:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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When people are questioning an increase in Google searches year over year...

11.06.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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GOOGLE and CHATGPT BOTH picked Reddit (arguably the angriest place) as the major data source.

Reddit now controls all the narrative around brands & that narrative is unlikely to be kind or positive.

Good time to provide Reddit marketing services (which we do 😎😎 at @smartymarketing.bsky.social )

11.06.2025 14:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google AI Mode Will Be Incorporated Into Web Search Overtime Lex Fridman had a really great interview with Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai. In that interview, Sundar explained that the "current plan is AI mode" will remain in a separate tab but over time, Google wi...

Source @seroundtable.bsky.social -> www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mo...

09.06.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I watched that interview but I don't think it sounded that straightforward... (1) they were not going to make AI Mode a default tab (yet) and (2) they are going to integrate its better performing features into the main tab (which sounded like they were going to improve existing AI Overviews)...

09.06.2025 16:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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AND YET, according to our research *almost 90% of businesses* are not doing anything on Reddit, citing a lack of understanding of the platform as the main reason (which is totally understandable! I am lucky to have a team that has been heavily into Reddit marketing for 12+ years.)

05.06.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It ranks for 1.8 MILLION queries containing β€œreviews”, according to Semrush (most of these are branded) *directly influencing buying decisions at the very bottom of the funnel*

05.06.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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REDDIT IS THE TOP CITED SOURCE!!!

- #6 top ranking website in Google search WORLDWIDE => visibility in AI mode and Gemini, obviously.
- #2 cited site in ChatGPT (right after Wikipedia) πŸ‘‡

05.06.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, it's actually a quote. They literally have "PageRank" in the email subject.. Let's ask them?

02.06.2025 03:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fresh Doc Dump: PageRank, Navboost, and RankEmbed: DOJ Papers Outline Google’s Stack Google’s own court-filed slide deck just spilled more tea on Navboost, and the details punch a few holes in years of SEO guesswork.Β  The newly released trove goes further, mapping more than 100 raw si...

Source: www.searchengineworld.com/fresh-doc-du...

01.06.2025 22:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

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01.06.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In case you missed it: Gemini (and consequently AI Mode) IS BEING TRAINED by Google's traditional search signals (cough, *PageRank*)

Talk about the death of link building or SEO 😎

/weekend reading

01.06.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6
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Google's AI Mode & SEO, Demystified (No Buzzwords) Here's your clear, jargon-free explanation of what's going on with Google, AI and SEO

More details: www.annsmarty.com/p/googles-ai...

30.05.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OK, SEO is changing but not as dramatically as someone wants you to believe, and not for the first time in its history too.

Some tactics we've been talking about for YEARS become unavoidable, and it's better to change priorities now (or better yesterday) to remain findable

#aimode #aisearch

30.05.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Prove me wrong 😎

29.05.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google’s AI Mode and The Future of Online Marketing (& SEO) Google announced its AI Mode is going public to US users, which, judging from the history of AI Overviews, means it will soon be a global feature. Today, I’ll explain what AI Mode is and what it means...

Here's more on this: www.linkedin.com/pulse/google...

27.05.2025 22:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Google's AI Mode brings nothing essentially new:

βœ… Traffic has been a vanity metric for years
βœ… "Similarity" and semantic indexing have been used by Google for years
βœ… Organic findability hasn't been easy to predict for years
βœ… Branding (becoming an entity) has been key for years

27.05.2025 22:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œEEAT Optimization” is Crap. Differentiate Your Brand to Become a Destination Every business, even a small one, can become a brand and get found! Here's how

β€œEEAT Optimization” is Crap. Differentiate Your Brand to Become a Destination
www.annsmarty.com/p/eeat-optim...

21.05.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1