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What's changing in web, search and AI, and what it means for your business. Notes from the team that builds, ranks and gets brands recommended by AI.

6 articles

  1. Always-On AI Agents: What Dots, Muse and Grok Bot Mean for Business

    AI Tools · Automation · E-Commerce

    OpenAI, Meta and xAI now sell AI workers that keep going after you log off. What they can do, how to trial one safely, and how to get your site ready for them.

    Naveed Mahmoudian

    7 min read

  2. How to Get Your Business Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI Answers

    AEO · SEO

    A practical AEO guide for small businesses: how AI assistants choose their sources, what makes a page citable, and how to measure whether it’s working.

    Destiny Flaherty

    4 min read

  3. Shopify and AI Shopping: How to Get Your Products Recommended by ChatGPT

    E-Commerce · Shopify · AEO

    Shoppers now ask AI assistants what to buy, and Shopify stores can sell right inside those chats. What it takes for your products to be the ones that get recommended.

    Destiny Flaherty

    4 min read

  4. Custom Software vs SaaS in 2026: When Building Your Own Actually Pays Off

    Custom Software · Automation

    Off-the-shelf tools are fast and cheap to start, until you’re paying for seats nobody uses and gluing five apps together with spreadsheets. A practical way to decide when custom software is worth building.

    Naveed Mahmoudian

    4 min read

  5. SEO in 2026: What Still Moves Rankings When Google Answers First

    SEO · AEO · Analytics

    AI Overviews now answer many searches before anyone clicks. What still earns rankings and customers in 2026, and what small businesses can safely ignore.

    Destiny Flaherty

    5 min read

  6. AI Agents for Small Business: What to Automate First (and What to Leave Alone)

    AI Tools · Automation · Custom Software

    AI agents can now carry out whole workflows. Which tasks small businesses should automate first, which to keep in human hands, and how to measure the return.

    Naveed Mahmoudian

    4 min read

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