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 22, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
AI is not just changing search anymore. It is changing the fundamentals of the customer buying journey. For the last 20 years, most businesses have understood online visibility through a pretty familiar process: A customer has a problem. They go to Google. They...
by Gerald Huffman | Jun 16, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), SEO Foundations
Visa’s ChatGPT update may look like a payment story at first. It is much bigger than that. This is not just about making it easier to buy something with AI. It is about where the customer journey is going next. For the last 20 years, businesses have fought to show up...
by Gerald Huffman | May 29, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
DuckDuckGo just reported a 30% bump in app downloads, and everyone’s celebrating it like some kind of privacy revolution. The narrative is simple: users want control over whether they use AI or not, and DuckDuckGo is giving them that choice with a convenient...
by Gerald Huffman | May 28, 2026 | AI Search & Visibility, AI Search News & Trends, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
TechCrunch reported this week that DuckDuckGo app installs are up 30% as users look for a way out of Google’s new AI-heavy search experience. On the surface, it looks like a clear signal: “People don’t want AI in search.” I don’t buy that. I think what we’re seeing is...
