Article Performance Data from Ahrefs The number of websites linking to this post. Get the week’s best marketing content We analyzed our Brand Radar database of 5.5 million AI Mode queries to identify the domains that appear most often in Google’s AI Mode responses. These are the 100 most cited domains, along with their number…
Tap, tap. Hello, is anyone there? 🎤 Getting views on YouTube can feel like talking to an empty room — especially if you’re just starting out. But don’t let that feeling discourage you. It’s all part of the process. And, with the right tactics, it’s definitely possible to get more views on YouTube in 2025.…
When we fall behind, it’s tempting to hustle to catch up. When the competition heats up, it’s imperative we hustle to get ahead. Hustle is a particular kind of shortcut. Hustle is pushing the boundaries of cultural expectation, creating pressure and discomfort to make a sale. Hustle pushes us to cut corners, cut the line…
When you search on the internet, there’s a good chance LLMs are involved somewhere in the process. If you want any chance of visibility in LLM search, you need to understand how to make your brand visible in AI answers. The latest wave of experts claim to know the “secret” to AI visibility, but the…
One of the most common questions creators ask or get asked: “Is my engagement rate good?” The truth is, it depends on how many followers you have. A 5% engagement rate means something very different for an account with 500 followers compared to one with half a million. That’s why we analyzed more than 27…
It is impossible to make a perpetual motion machine, you’ll waste your time if you try. It is possible to write a book of poetry that will sell 10 million copies. It is unlikely, it probably won’t happen, but it is possible. Science and innovation and creativity engage with the possible. Possible means “might.” It…
In a dataset of 15,000 prompts, we found that—on average—only 12% of links cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot appear in Google’s top 10 results for the same prompt. Perplexity is the outlier: nearly 1 in 3 of its citations point to pages that rank in the top 10 for the target query. We analyzed…
Attention is expensive, and if you don’t win it in the first few seconds, your content may never get the chance to be seen. A hook — the opening part of a piece of content, whether audio or visual — is often the ticket to gaining that first few seconds of attention. But a strong…
Don’t swallow Polonium-210. You won’t last long, and it won’t be pleasant. There are poisons all around us. The arsenic in your rice, the drain cleaner under your sink. Alas, some poisons are impossible to avoid, and it’s not productive to live a life that’s poison-free. But it might be worth considering three questions when…
Search is changing. People are no longer just “Googling it.” Increasingly, they’re asking AI systems for answers and getting them instantly without having to click and sift through different websites. SEO is still essential for brands to show up in these answers, but visibility now depends on more than rankings. What matters is whether your…