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Guides on AI search, technical SEO, WordPress and Elementor, and running SEO from your AI assistant.
AI search
All AI search articlesGoogle I/O 2026: AI Agents Are Your New Visitors. Is Your Site Ready?
Google's I/O 2026 made AI Mode the center of Search: 1B+ users, agents browsing 24/7, generative results. What it means for your site's visibility, and the fixes that matter now.
October 13, 2026
What Is llms.txt? How to Make Your Site Visible to AI Crawlers
Learn what llms.txt is, why it matters for GEO, and how to create one for your site. Includes format spec, working examples, and robots.txt configuration for AI crawlers.
October 13, 2026
What Is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)? The Developer's Guide
Learn what Generative Engine Optimization is, how it differs from SEO and AEO, and the 15 GEO signals that make your content easier for AI models to cite.
October 13, 2026
How to Check If AI Is Recommending Your Brand (And What to Do If It's Not)
A step-by-step guide to testing whether ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude recommend your business. Learn how to check, interpret the results, and fix the gaps.
October 13, 2026
Your Shopify Product Descriptions Are Invisible to AI: Here's What to Fix
Many Shopify stores have product descriptions that AI can't use. Thin content, no structure, nothing quotable. Here's how to rewrite them so ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude have something to recommend.
October 13, 2026
Why ChatGPT Recommends Your Competitor Instead of You
You searched your product category in ChatGPT and your competitor showed up, not you. Here's exactly why that happens and what you can do about it.
October 13, 2026
The Complete Guide to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Learn how to optimize your content for AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. 18 AEO signals, structured data, and practical implementation.
October 13, 2026
AI-Powered SEO & AEO Content Optimization for Engineering Teams
How engineering teams can use AI to automate SEO and AEO content analysis, gap detection, and content rewrites. Optimize for search engines and AI answer engines.
October 13, 2026
Technical SEO
All Technical SEO articlesCanonical Tag Best Practices: Setting rel=canonical So Google Uses It
Canonical tag best practices from Google's docs: self-referencing absolute URLs, one method per page, matching sitemaps and links, and mistakes to avoid.
October 13, 2026
Core Web Vitals Optimization: What to Fix First When Time Is Short
Core Web Vitals optimization with limited time: read field data, find the failing metric, then fix the LCP image, long tasks and unsized media first.
October 13, 2026
How to Fix Crawl Errors: Find, Sort and Validate in Search Console
How to fix crawl errors: find them in Search Console, sort them by cause (server, DNS, robots.txt, 404, soft 404, redirects), fix the source, then validate.
October 13, 2026
Schema Markup Types Worth Adding in 2026, and the Ones to Skip
Which schema markup types are worth adding in 2026: Organization, Article, Product, LocalBusiness and Breadcrumb first, plus FAQ, HowTo and retired types.
October 13, 2026
SEO Audit Checklist: What to Check, and in What Order
An SEO audit checklist that runs in order: indexing, crawl access, status codes, canonicals, sitemaps, titles, content, links, schema and Core Web Vitals.
October 13, 2026
How to Use the Google Search Console API: A Developer's Guide
Learn how to programmatically access Google Search Console data using the API. Covers authentication, querying analytics, and building automated SEO workflows.
October 13, 2026
How Your JavaScript Framework Affects SEO Rankings
React, Next.js, Vue, Angular, Svelte — each framework renders differently for search engines. Learn CSR vs SSR vs SSG impact on crawlability and indexing.
October 13, 2026
Is Nuxt.js Good for SEO? A Practical Guide for Developers
Nuxt.js is one of the best JavaScript frameworks for SEO thanks to built-in SSR and SSG. Learn how to configure Nuxt for optimal crawlability, indexing, and AI visibility.
October 13, 2026
Deep Page Analysis: SEO Audit Walkthrough with Real Data
Walk through a complete SEO and AEO page analysis using real crawl data. Technical SEO, content quality, readability scores, link health, and actionable recommendations.
October 13, 2026
Technical SEO & AEO Checklist for Developers
A practical technical SEO and AEO checklist built for developers. Cover crawlability, Core Web Vitals, structured data, AEO signals, and more — with code examples.
October 13, 2026
WordPress and Elementor
All WordPress and Elementor articlesHow to Build a WordPress Site with AI in 2026 (Claude & Codex)
Build and edit a real WordPress site by chatting with AI. Step-by-step guide to creating pages, blog posts, and images with Claude or Codex: no plugins beyond a connector, no code.
October 13, 2026
Vibe Coding WordPress: Build Elementor Pages by Talking to AI
Vibe coding comes to WordPress. Build and redesign Elementor pages by chatting with Claude or Codex: when to use Elementor vs custom HTML, prompting tips, and a safe workflow.
October 13, 2026
WordPress Security Best Practices in 2026 (and Safe AI Editing)
A practical WordPress security checklist (updates, strong auth, Application Passwords, HTTPS, backups, and malware scanning), plus how to let AI edit your site safely without weakening it.
October 13, 2026
Version Control for WordPress: Safe AI Edits, Drafts & Rollbacks
WordPress doesn't have Git, but you can still edit safely with drafts, revisions, surgical patches, and audit logs. How to give AI edits a version-control mindset so you can always roll back.
October 13, 2026
Elementor Best Practices in 2026 (Containers, Performance, Accessibility)
Build faster, leaner, more accessible Elementor pages. Best practices for Containers vs Sections, native widgets, global styles, performance, accessibility — and how AI follows them by default.
October 13, 2026
Keywords and content
All Keywords and content articlesContent Decay in SEO: How to Spot Pages Losing Clicks Early
Content decay is the slow loss of clicks on pages that used to perform. Catch it early in Search Console, rule out other causes, then refresh, merge or wait.
October 13, 2026
Content Gap Analysis: How to Find What Competitors Cover and You Don't
Content gap analysis compares your pages with competitors' to find topics and questions they answer that you don't. Here is a process that ends in new pages.
October 13, 2026
Internal Linking Strategy: A Repeatable Process for Any Site
An internal linking strategy is a repeatable routine for deciding which pages link where and with what anchor text. Here is how to run it, start to finish.
October 13, 2026
Keyword Funnel Mapping for TOFU, MOFU and BOFU Pages
Keyword funnel mapping tags each keyword as TOFU, MOFU or BOFU and gives it one target page. How to tag real queries, find gaps and link the stages together.
October 13, 2026
Agency operations
All Agency operations articlesMulti-Site SEO Management: Running SEO for 20 Client Sites
Multi-site SEO management works when client sites share the same access, baseline and review routine. A setup for Search Console, weekly triage and reports.
October 13, 2026
SEO Client Reporting: Get Approvals Without a 40-Page Report
SEO changes are easier to approve when each request fits on one page: the change, evidence from the client's own data, the risk and the undo. Template inside.
October 13, 2026
SEO KPIs for Agencies: What to Report and What to Drop
The SEO KPIs an agency should report are the ones a client can act on. A short list to keep, the vanity metrics to drop, and how to set baselines that hold.
October 13, 2026
Ecommerce SEO
All Ecommerce SEO articlesProduct Schema Markup: What Google Actually Reads
Product schema markup tells Google a product's name, price, availability and reviews. Here are the properties Google reads for snippets and merchant listings.
October 13, 2026
Shopify Collection Page SEO: How to Make Collections Rank
Shopify collection page SEO: match each collection to a category search, write copy that helps shoppers choose, link products cleanly and keep filter URLs out.
October 13, 2026
Shopify SEO: The Issues That Cost Stores Traffic and How to Fix Them
Shopify SEO issues that cost stores traffic: duplicate collection URLs, handle changes without redirects, thin pages, filter URLs and weak product schema.
October 13, 2026
AI agents and MCP
All AI agents and MCP articlesWordPress MCP: Connect Claude or Codex to Edit Your Site by Chat
What a WordPress MCP server is and how to connect Claude or Codex to read and edit your WordPress site. Setup steps, the tools you get, and how it stays secure.
October 13, 2026
XeoRank MCP Server: SEO Tools You Can Use in Claude
Connect Claude to the XeoRank MCP server and use its SEO, AEO, and GEO tools: crawl pages, research keywords, run audits, measure Core Web Vitals, track AI visibility, and more.
October 13, 2026
Vibe Coding Meets SEO: How to Give Your AI Agent Full SEO Context
AI coding agents write great code but ignore SEO, AEO, and GEO. Connect the XeoRank MCP server and Claude, Codex, and Claude Code get more than 200 live SEO tools they can call while they build.
October 13, 2026