by Gerald Huffman | Jul 16, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends
Google now lets you connect Instagram, TikTok, X, and YouTube as “platform properties” inside Search Console so you can see which search terms drive traffic directly to your social and video content, not just your website. You can read Google’s full announcement here:...
by Gerald Huffman | Jul 3, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Open ten “top 10” listicles right now. Read the first two paragraphs of each one. I’d bet you can’t tell which company wrote which. Same rhythm, same hedge words, same three-sentences-then-a-header structure. Everyone’s using the same...
by Gerald Huffman | Jul 1, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
I just got off a sales call where I was asked one of the most telling questions I’ve heard in a while: “If AI is so smart, why doesn’t it know we’re the best at what we do?” Here’s the reality: AI doesn’t “know” anything about your business unless you’ve made it...
by Gerald Huffman | Jun 29, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends
AI search headlines are getting wilder by the week. Visa is plugging payments into ChatGPT. Microsoft is building shopping and checkout experiences into Copilot. Google is pushing deeper into AI Mode. Reddit is becoming more influential in AI search. And every other...
by Gerald Huffman | Jun 16, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon did not talk about “the customer journey” in his CNBC interview. What he did say is that AI agents are going to replace apps as the main way people interact with their devices—and that phones, glasses, pins, and wearables will revolve...
by Gerald Huffman | Jun 16, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
The traditional customer journey is compressing fast. Recent developments around Visa-connected AI payments, Shopify-powered AI shopping, DuckDuckGo’s reaction to Google’s AI-heavy changes, and Google’s push toward AI Overviews all point in the same direction:...