Artem Daniliants - Marketing & SEOInsights on SEO, content marketing, and paid acquisition - practical tactics from running campaigns across multiple ventures.https://daniliants.com/How AI-generated content performs in Google Search: A 16-month experimenthttps://daniliants.com/insights/how-ai-generated-content-performs-in-google-search/https://daniliants.com/insights/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.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-contentgoogle-searchcontent-strategyseo-experimente-e-a-tranking-signalscontent-scaleOpenSEO, a Pay-as-You-Go Self-Hosted Alternative to Semrush and Ahrefshttps://daniliants.com/insights/github-every-appopen-seo-own-your-seo-research-keywords-and-competit/https://daniliants.com/insights/github-every-appopen-seo-own-your-seo-research-keywords-and-competit/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.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTseoopen-sourceself-hosteddataforseokeyword-researchbacklinkssite-auditpay-as-you-goAI Mode Data, Ask Maps & Branded Queries Go Live – SEO Pulsehttps://daniliants.com/insights/ai-mode-data-ask-maps-branded-queries-go-live-seo-pulse/https://daniliants.com/insights/ai-mode-data-ask-maps-branded-queries-go-live-seo-pulse/Google is inserting more AI layers between queries and websites. AI Mode self-citations tripled to 21%, and Ask Maps launched conversational search.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoogle-ai-modegoogle-mapssearch-consolebranded-queriesai-overviewslocal-seogoogle-search-changesWhy entity authority is the foundation of AI search visibilityhttps://daniliants.com/insights/entity-authority-ai-search-visibility/https://daniliants.com/insights/entity-authority-ai-search-visibility/AI search engines spend compute resolving ambiguous data. Structured entity markup makes your brand cheaper to cite and more likely to appear.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTentity-seoschema-markupgenerative-engine-optimizationknowledge-graphai-searchstructured-datajson-ldHow AI Agents Decide Which Brands To Recommend: Trust Is The New Ranking Factorhttps://daniliants.com/insights/how-ai-agents-decide-which-brands-to-recommend-trust-is-the-new-rank/https://daniliants.com/insights/how-ai-agents-decide-which-brands-to-recommend-trust-is-the-new-rank/AI agents making purchase decisions favor brands with verifiable evidence trails. Trust, not ranking, determines which brands get recommended.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-agentsagentic-commercebrand-trustseo-strategyllm-optimizationaeoeligibility-marketing7 organic content investments that drive ecommerce ROIhttps://daniliants.com/insights/organic-content-investments-ecommerce-roi/https://daniliants.com/insights/organic-content-investments-ecommerce-roi/Ecommerce organic strategy must shift from publishing more to proving more. Seven investment areas prioritize money pages and machine-readable data.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTecommerce-seocontent-strategyproduct-dataugcvisual-searchai-overviewsstructured-dataSearch Console adds brand filtershttps://daniliants.com/insights/search-console-adds-brand-filters/https://daniliants.com/insights/search-console-adds-brand-filters/Google Search Console now auto-classifies branded vs non-branded queries using AI, catching misspellings, abbreviations, and product names.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoogle-search-consolebranded-searchquery-filtersbrand-monitoringseo-analyticscompetitor-trackingWhat Does AI Think of Your Brand vs. Competitors? This Prompt Shows You… | Orbit Media Studioshttps://daniliants.com/insights/what-does-ai-think-of-your-brand-vs-competitors-this-prompt-shows-y/https://daniliants.com/insights/what-does-ai-think-of-your-brand-vs-competitors-this-prompt-shows-y/A practical framework for auditing how AI models perceive your brand versus competitors, with copy-paste prompts for competitive analysis.Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-searchgeogenerative-engine-optimizationcompetitive-analysisbrand-positioningconversion-optimizationai-recommendationsGoogle Published Official Playbooks for Ranking in Google Mapshttps://daniliants.com/insights/google-local-business-profile-playbooks-rank-higher-in-google-maps/https://daniliants.com/insights/google-local-business-profile-playbooks-rank-higher-in-google-maps/Google released official optimization playbooks for Google Business Profile, segmented by business type. Direct ranking guidance from the source.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoogle-mapslocal-seogoogle-business-profilegbp-optimizationlocal-searchsmall-businessGoogle Search Console's AI Feature Surfaces Low-Click, High-Impression Pageshttps://daniliants.com/insights/google-search-console-ai-powered-configuration-seo-tip/https://daniliants.com/insights/google-search-console-ai-powered-configuration-seo-tip/Google Search Console's AI-powered feature surfaces pages with high impressions but low clicks, highlighting quick keyword optimization wins.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTseogoogle-search-consoleai-toolskeyword-optimizationimpressionsctrquick-win5 Things I Learned About The Future Of Search From Liz Reid's Latest Interviewhttps://daniliants.com/insights/5-things-i-learned-about-the-future-of-search-from-liz-reids/https://daniliants.com/insights/5-things-i-learned-about-the-future-of-search-from-liz-reids/Google's Liz Reid signals agents will dominate web interaction, personalization will reshape ranking, and micropayments may finally happen.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoogle-searchai-overviewsai-agentssearch-futureliz-reidpersonalizationmicropaymentscontent-strategyDefensive SEO: How to protect your brand narrative in AI searchhttps://daniliants.com/insights/defensive-seo-protect-brand-narrative-ai-search/https://daniliants.com/insights/defensive-seo-protect-brand-narrative-ai-search/Defensive SEO shapes how AI systems describe your brand. If you don't control the narrative, competitors and outdated content will.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-searchbrand-narrativedefensive-seollmreputation-managementai-overviewsbrand-monitoringevaluation-queriesGoogle Answers Questions About Search Console's Branded Queries Filterhttps://daniliants.com/insights/google-search-console-branded-queries-filter/https://daniliants.com/insights/google-search-console-branded-queries-filter/Google's new branded queries filter in Search Console auto-classifies brand vs non-brand search performance. No manual customization planned.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoogle-search-consolebranded-queriesseo-analyticsbrand-signalssearch-performancegsc-filtersWe Analyzed 89K LinkedIn URLs Cited in AI Search: Here's What Drives Visibilityhttps://daniliants.com/insights/linkedin-ai-visibility-89k-urls-study/https://daniliants.com/insights/linkedin-ai-visibility-89k-urls-study/LinkedIn is the #2 most cited domain in AI search. Original educational content in the 500-2,000 word range gets cited regardless of follower count.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTseocontent-marketingsocial-medialinkedinai-searchllmchatgptperplexitygoogle-ai-modeai-visibilityPrompt research: The next layer of SEO and GEO strategyhttps://daniliants.com/insights/prompt-research-next-layer-seo-geo-strategy/https://daniliants.com/insights/prompt-research-next-layer-seo-geo-strategy/Prompt research is the AI-era evolution of keyword research, mapping the natural-language prompts users ask AI systems instead of short queries.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTseogeogenerative-searchprompt-researchkeyword-researchcontent-strategyai-searchtopical-authorityDefending Your Brand from AI Crawlers, Content Loops, and Ranking Volatilityhttps://daniliants.com/insights/the-dark-side-of-ai-no-one-talks-about/https://daniliants.com/insights/the-dark-side-of-ai-no-one-talks-about/AI crawlers ignore robots.txt and feed on AI-generated content in a self-reinforcing loop. A defensive playbook for protecting your brand.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-crawlersrobots-txtdefensive-seollm-contententity-authoritylog-analysisbrand-protectionWebflow buys AI content-generation platform Vidoso to bolster its marketing suitehttps://daniliants.com/insights/webflow-buys-vidoso-ai-content-generation/https://daniliants.com/insights/webflow-buys-vidoso-ai-content-generation/Webflow acquired Vidoso to integrate brand-specific AI content generation, positioning itself as an agentic marketing platform.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTwebflowvidosoai-content-generationacquisitionsmartechagentic-marketingllmWhat 23 tests reveal about Google AI Max performancehttps://daniliants.com/insights/what-23-tests-reveal-about-google-ai-max-performance/https://daniliants.com/insights/what-23-tests-reveal-about-google-ai-max-performance/Enabling all three AI Max features together delivers 40% higher success rates than search term matching alone across 23 tests over 9 months.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgoogle-adsai-maxbroad-matchsearch-term-matchingtext-customizationurl-optimizationroasquality-scoreperformance-maxsearch-bidding-explorationStructured data is not enough: why AI search needs a memory layerhttps://daniliants.com/insights/structured-data-not-enough-ai-memory-layer/https://daniliants.com/insights/structured-data-not-enough-ai-memory-layer/Structured data is not enough: why AI search needs a memory layerWed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTseoai-searchknowledge-graphgenerative-engine-optimizationstructured-dataschema-org