Why ChatGPT Cites One Page Over Another (1.4M Prompt Study)
Ahrefs analyzed 1.4M ChatGPT prompts: semantic similarity between page title and internal fanout queries drives citations, with search index pages cited 88% ...
I Studied 1,460 Onboarding Flows. Here's What I Found.
Analysis of 1,460 onboarding flows shows length is not the problem, perceived length is. Sell outcomes, personalize early, and deliver value fast.
Meta's AI ad black box: objective in, results out, targeting out
Zuckerberg frames Meta's ad end-state as a black box: objective + bank account, AI handles creative, targeting, optimisation. Audience limits hurt performance.
Google introduces spam policy for back button hijacking
Google is making back button hijacking an explicit spam policy violation starting 15 June 2026. Sites manipulating browser history face manual actions.
Tracing Success Patterns Webinar 11/14/2025 by Lee Lorenzen
Lee Lorenzen walks through Cialdini's six persuasion principles with examples. The playbook: stacking reciprocity, scarcity, social proof, and commitment com...
How Perplexity Lost the AI War
Perplexity built a better search product but lost ground when Google and ChatGPT copied it. Unit economics and distribution made incumbents impossible to dis...
Services: The New Software
Sequoia argues the next trillion-dollar company will sell outcomes, not tools, and maps services verticals by intelligence-vs-judgement ratio.
Seven Moats That Still Hold in the AI Era
Code is no longer a moat. Defensibility comes from seven advantages: data, trust, regulation, distribution, brand, capital, physical infrastructure.
Rory Sutherland on Alchemy: Ideas That Don't Make Sense
Rory Sutherland shows how cheap psychological interventions, like reframing or reverse benchmarking against competitors, outperform expensive engineering.
Rory Sutherland's 2026 Predictions
Rory Sutherland argues AI will be misused for cost-cutting (Doorman Fallacy), but the real opportunity is enhancing customer experience and reinventing models.
AI Is Cutting Junior Tech Hiring 35% While Senior Demand Grows
AI is restructuring tech hiring, not causing mass unemployment: entry-level postings are down 35% since 2023 while demand for senior engineers grows.
Why Tourists Skip Philippines Despite Southeast Asia Travel Boom
The Philippines has the slowest post-pandemic tourism recovery in Southeast Asia, hitting only 55-60% of 2019 numbers while Vietnam exceeds 120%.
Alex Hormozi 2026 Interview: AI, Agencies, Cold Email
Hormozi argues cold outreach only works above $10k ticket size. The fix for agency churn is raising client quality, not increasing volume.
How AI-generated content performs in Google Search
2,000 unedited AI articles saw 71% indexation in 36 days, then near-total ranking collapse by month 3. Only 3% of pages stayed in the top 100.
Apple Business: a new all-in-one platform for businesses
Apple consolidates its business tools into one free platform with MDM, custom-domain email, and a new local ad channel on Apple Maps.
OpenSEO, a Pay-as-You-Go Self-Hosted Alternative to Semrush and Ahrefs
OpenSEO is a self-hostable alternative to Semrush and Ahrefs using pay-as-you-go DataForSEO APIs at roughly $3.50 per 100 keyword searches.
Seven Economies Forming Around AI Adoption Levels
Seven distinct economies are forming based on AI adoption level, from analog opt-outs to single operators running dozens of agent-powered companies.
AI Lead Finders That Scrape Google Maps for Local Businesses
An AI lead finder uses agents to scrape Google Maps, Yelp, and LinkedIn for local businesses missing from traditional databases like Apollo.
Explee: Sales Intelligence API with Natural Language Search
Explee is a sales intelligence API with natural language company search, AI prospect scoring, and email enrichment with a generous free tier.
The art of influence: the skill AI can't replace
As AI commoditizes execution, the ability to influence decisions and get organizational buy-in becomes the single highest-leverage skill.