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Field notes on AI strategy, governance, and execution.

Editorial note: Research and drafting are AI-assisted. Methodology claims, regulatory citations, and recommendations are grounded in documented research — every article includes specific source references. Daniela Piskackova — Co-founder & AI Audit Lead — is the research methodology guarantor behind our work. This transparency matches who we are: an AI-native company.

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Google Business Profile Optimisation: What to Fix First

Prioritise Google Business Profile accuracy in October 2026: check real names, categories, location details, collected information and reviewed edits.

6 min readOct 27, 2026
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Google Search Console: Fix Indexing Before AI Overviews

Use Google Search Console to check missing service pages, separate valid exclusions, inspect live URLs and resolve indexing barriers before AI Overviews.

7 min readOct 25, 2026
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Product Schema: Offer and Shipping Fields for Online Stores

Product schema for selling pages: align Offer price and stock with checkout, describe real shipping regions, and check changes against merchant data.

7 min readOct 23, 2026
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LLM SEO Checklist: What to Change on Your Own Website

Use this LLM SEO checklist to review crawlable links, visible facts, structured data, and the separate crawler controls for OpenAI and Perplexity.

11 min readOct 22, 2026
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ChatGPT SEO: publisher controls versus Google Search

ChatGPT SEO in October 2026: compare OpenAI crawler permissions with Google Search Console controls, the global rollout and the timing of rule changes.

10 min readOct 20, 2026
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Bing Webmaster Tools: What Do 2026 AI and Search Reports Mean?

Read Bing Webmaster Tools' AI and Search reports without treating citations as rankings. Separate search traffic, page work and IndexNow submissions.

7 min readOct 17, 2026
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AI Overview Tracking in Search Console: What It Shows

AI overview tracking in Search Console shows impressions by page, country, date and device while keeping Google's reported data separate from estimates.

6 min readOct 16, 2026
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FAQ Schema After Rich Results: What Is Worth Keeping?

Google stopped showing FAQ rich results in May 2026. Learn what FAQPage still means, why AI search needs no special schema, and when upkeep is worthwhile.

5 min readOct 16, 2026
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Local Business Schema: Fields, Locations and Page Checks

Local business schema needs a real name and physical address for Google's rich results. Match hours, phones and location details to the page before testing.

6 min readOct 16, 2026
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Google Knowledge Panel: Claim or Correct Your Listing

Check whether a Google knowledge panel can be claimed, verify a representative and submit public evidence for corrections without direct editing control.

7 min readOct 15, 2026
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Robots.txt Checker: Find Blocks for Google and ChatGPT

Use a robots.txt checker with Search Console and OpenAI's crawler guide to inspect host files, parsing errors and path rules before testing access again.

7 min readOct 15, 2026
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AI SEO Services: What to Check Before Paying an Agency

Before buying AI SEO services, ask for tested questions, saved answers, source evidence, realistic estimates and a clear line between an audit and ongoing work.

9 min readOct 14, 2026
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AI visibility tool guide: what each measure really shows

Compare AI visibility tools by the event they count: Bing citations, Google AI impressions, Search clicks, ChatGPT referrals and URL inspection results.

9 min readOct 14, 2026
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Using AI for SEO: What Helps a Small Business Get Found?

Use AI for SEO research and editing while keeping original value. Check search eligibility, show evidence, avoid scaled content abuse and measure results.

6 min readOct 8, 2026
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GEO Audit Checklist: What to Check on Your Site, Step by Step

Use this GEO audit checklist to inspect access, page evidence, structured data, and AI impressions, then turn each finding into a fix with an owner.

12 min readOct 7, 2026
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What Is an AI Visibility Audit? Vendor Checks Explained

Learn what an AI visibility audit can verify across Google, ChatGPT and Bing: crawler access, snippet rules, citations, referrals and the limits of each metric.

6 min readOct 6, 2026
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Does ChatGPT Recommend My Business? How to Measure It

Learn what a ChatGPT business recommendation means, why one answer proves little, and how to measure mentions, competitors and sources reliably.

12 min readAug 27, 2026
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How to Check If AI Mentions Your Brand Reliably in Practice

Learn how to check if AI mentions your brand with real buyer questions, repeated runs, captured sources and a defensible before-and-after method.

12 min readAug 27, 2026
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What Is Generative Engine Optimisation? A Plain Guide

Learn what generative engine optimisation means, how GEO differs from SEO, which visibility levers research supports and what it cannot guarantee.

6 min readAug 27, 2026
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Why AI Recommends Your Competitor Instead of Your Brand

See why AI recommends your competitor through relevance, prominence, source coverage and freshness, then diagnose the measured gap without guessing.

10 min readAug 27, 2026