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Essays on SEO, AI search, and Google Ads for people who actually run businesses.

No listicles. No “top 10 tips” posts written by an intern. Just the things I’ve learned over fifteen years that I wish someone had told me, written for owners who have ten minutes, not ten hours.

SEO and digital marketing blog

Is SEO still worth it in 2026 with AI Overviews everywhere?

Short answer: yes, but not the way you did it in 2020. Long answer below. A realistic look at what’s changed, what hasn’t, and where to put your effort if you’re running an Australian business right now.

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The practical guide to Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) for SMBs.

How to get your business cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. Written for small and mid-sized Australian businesses who want the actual playbook, not the conference talk version.

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How to brief an SEO specialist (so you don’t get fluff back).

Most clients give SEOs a vague “we want more traffic” brief and then wonder why the strategy feels generic. Here’s the one-page brief template that makes everyone’s life easier, and saves you from a bad hire.

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A 14-point Google Ads audit checklist you can run yourself in one afternoon.

The exact questions I ask when auditing a Google Ads account for the first time. Still in the drafts folder, should be out within the next couple of weeks.

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Local SEO for Australian businesses, what actually moves the needle in 2026.

Google Business Profile, location pages, citations, reviews. The order matters more than you’d think. Working on this one next.

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Five AI agents every small business should consider, and one to avoid.

The one that replies to every Google review. The one that qualifies your contact-form leads at midnight. And the one that promises to “do all your marketing”, which isn’t ready.

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