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I'm worried that citation analysis research is misleading us... badly. AI tools often already know which brands they're going to search for and recommend, so looking at the sources or URLs ain't gonna help you much. Full report:

I'm worried that citation analysis research is misleading us... badly. AI tools often already know which brands they're going to search for and recommend, so looking at the sources or URLs ain't gonna help you much. Full report:

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33,227 Aufrufe • vor 25 Tagen

Google search is one of the most secretive, closely-guarded black boxes in the world. Well, maybe not anymore. In the last quarter century, no leak of this magnitude or detail has ever been reported from Google’s search division. If you're in #SEO, you should probably see this.

Google search is one of the most secretive, closely-guarded black boxes in the world. Well, maybe not anymore. In the last quarter century, no leak of this magnitude or detail has ever been reported from Google’s search division. If you're in #SEO, you should probably see this.

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358,476 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

What's the best persona generator tool on the web? Yesterday, the answer was murky. Lots of contenders. Today, after the latest @SparkToro launch, not so much 😎👇

What's the best persona generator tool on the web? Yesterday, the answer was murky. Lots of contenders. Today, after the latest @SparkToro launch, not so much 😎👇

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10,581 Aufrufe • vor 19 Tagen

Pre-order Zero Click Marketing ( and you'll have more $$ than you did prior to the transaction 🤔🤔🤔

Pre-order Zero Click Marketing ( and you'll have more $$ than you did prior to the transaction 🤔🤔🤔

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15,729 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

I can't stop thinking about these three graphs from Similarweb's report last week. And what they really mean, together, for how we should prioritize marketing work (and product design) 👇

I can't stop thinking about these three graphs from Similarweb's report last week. And what they really mean, together, for how we should prioritize marketing work (and product design) 👇

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15,673 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

Day 1 of recording the audiobook for Zero Click Marketing (just 6 more hours and 100 pages to go tomorrow) 😵‍💫

Day 1 of recording the audiobook for Zero Click Marketing (just 6 more hours and 100 pages to go tomorrow) 😵‍💫

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11,806 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

NEW FEATURE in SparkToro today: Brand Affinity Which products, companies, and names is your audience most familiar-with? Starting now, every audience research report contains this data 👇

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12,034 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

If you're not changing anything about how you do SEO following the Google Leak... You're not paying attention. I'm not even in search, and I'm changing a whole heap of tactics and strategy! New post & video on SparkToro with details.

If you're not changing anything about how you do SEO following the Google Leak... You're not paying attention. I'm not even in search, and I'm changing a whole heap of tactics and strategy! New post & video on SparkToro with details.

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99,973 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

DOnked up my video analysis of Similarweb's report yesterday night. But that doesn't take away from how critically important and valuable this data is. New version 👇

DOnked up my video analysis of Similarweb's report yesterday night. But that doesn't take away from how critically important and valuable this data is. New version 👇

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10,265 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

If you think AI tools are ethically shady, you have a moral duty to check out Ahrefs research from last week showing how to effectively spam your way into AI mentions with self-promotional "best of" lists 👇

If you think AI tools are ethically shady, you have a moral duty to check out Ahrefs research from last week showing how to effectively spam your way into AI mentions with self-promotional "best of" lists 👇

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28,113 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten

97% of visitors to Google perform a search 56% of visitors to ChatGPT enter a prompt And only 35% of visitors to Yahoo perform a search Using this data (from last week's report), we updated SparkToro to better show which search & AI tools your audience uses 👇

97% of visitors to Google perform a search 56% of visitors to ChatGPT enter a prompt And only 35% of visitors to Yahoo perform a search Using this data (from last week's report), we updated SparkToro to better show which search & AI tools your audience uses 👇

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15,811 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten

The report on ChatGPT vs. Google from SEMRush is outstanding. Anyone who cares about the adoption of AI tools and what it portends in the world of search/discoverability on the web should check it out. IMO, a few of the most interesting takeaways are... 👇

The report on ChatGPT vs. Google from SEMRush is outstanding. Anyone who cares about the adoption of AI tools and what it portends in the world of search/discoverability on the web should check it out. IMO, a few of the most interesting takeaways are... 👇

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33,781 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Is Google taking news publishers' traffic away? Sweet mother of media, are they ever. From 2023-2025, referrals from search dropped by almost HALF. Brutal. Insulting. Infuriating. And ironic given that Google is certainly training its AI answers on publishers' work. 🙄

Is Google taking news publishers' traffic away? Sweet mother of media, are they ever. From 2023-2025, referrals from search dropped by almost HALF. Brutal. Insulting. Infuriating. And ironic given that Google is certainly training its AI answers on publishers' work. 🙄

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14,662 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

The problem is not content creation.

The problem is not content creation.

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36,388 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

NEW Research: If we include ChatGPT, what is Google's *REAL* market share of search? After years of speculation, we finally have enough reliable data to build high quality numbers for both.

NEW Research: If we include ChatGPT, what is Google's REAL market share of search? After years of speculation, we finally have enough reliable data to build high quality numbers for both.

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31,076 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Oh SNAP. New Q4 2025 State of Search report from Datos, A Semrush Company + SparkToro just went live. Some highlights on the growth of AI Mode, Pinterest's impressive rise in searches/searcher, Gemini's growth rate > ChatGPT's declining use (for the first time ever!), and more 👇

Oh SNAP. New Q4 2025 State of Search report from Datos, A Semrush Company + SparkToro just went live. Some highlights on the growth of AI Mode, Pinterest's impressive rise in searches/searcher, Gemini's growth rate > ChatGPT's declining use (for the first time ever!), and more 👇

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15,901 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

I've got a... NEW Company? NEW Job? Yup. Today, alongside my buddies Nathan Kriege & Adam Doppelt, we're launching Imagine if Google Alerts was a great, highly accurate bit of software instead of a mystifyingly broken one. We made that 👇

I've got a... NEW Company? NEW Job? Yup. Today, alongside my buddies Nathan Kriege & Adam Doppelt, we're launching Imagine if Google Alerts was a great, highly accurate bit of software instead of a mystifyingly broken one. We made that 👇

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20,217 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

Umm... marketers... why aren't we helping more brands appear in AI answers? We know how LLMs work. We know how to influence their responses. We know how to do this kind of PR. What gives?

Umm... marketers... why aren't we helping more brands appear in AI answers? We know how LLMs work. We know how to influence their responses. We know how to do this kind of PR. What gives?

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28,392 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Quote it. Cite it. Link it. Share it. 👇👇👇

Quote it. Cite it. Link it. Share it. 👇👇👇

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13,028 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

2015: Traffic was our primary marketing KPI. 2025: Traffic is a vanity metric. How we measure marketing has to change because how platforms hoard vs. send out traffic has changed. IMO, this is the new path 👇

2015: Traffic was our primary marketing KPI. 2025: Traffic is a vanity metric. How we measure marketing has to change because how platforms hoard vs. send out traffic has changed. IMO, this is the new path 👇

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22,591 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr