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I write down what I learn about how people search and what gets a page found, understood and chosen.

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27 posts across 8 topics

Eevee, the base form. Every topic starts as one Eevee and branches. These eight are where my writing went.How Eevee branches into my six pillars

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Each of these 27 posts answers one question. Find the problem that sounds like yours and tap the question to go straight to its post.

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  1. Technical SEO Crawling, indexing and site structure 7 posts
  2. Content strategy What pages should exist, and how they connect 10 posts
  3. Search behavior and intent What people mean when they search 13 posts
  4. AI and modern search How AI answers find, use and cite pages 10 posts
  5. SEO measurement Reading Search Console without fooling yourself 3 posts
  6. Local SEO Getting found by people nearby 2 posts
  7. Enterprise SEO SEO across big sites and many teams 2 posts
  8. Industry SEO How search changes from one industry to the next 1 post

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Earlier posts

Every post, by month

  1. Why a page isn't showing up in search

    Technical SEOSEO measurement 5 min

  2. Why a ranking page still isn't picked

    AI and modern searchSearch behavior and intent 4 min

  3. Search intent to page brief

    Search behavior and intentContent strategy 4 min

  4. Seasonal SEO: updating a gift guide

    Content strategySearch behavior and intent 4 min

  5. Search intent when AI does the searching

    Search behavior and intentAI and modern search 7 min

  6. Topic clusters: what to build next

    Content strategyAI and modern search 7 min

  1. The recommendation layer in AI search

    AI and modern search 20 min

  1. My audit: where I trusted AI too soon

    Content strategyTechnical SEO 13 min

  1. SEO strategy vs SEO systems

    Content strategyTechnical SEO 3 min

  2. What technical SEO is for: clarity

    Technical SEO 4 min

  3. What is commercial search intent?

    Search behavior and intent 6 min

  4. Informational vs transactional pages

    Search behavior and intent 10 min

  5. What is navigational search intent?

    Search behavior and intent 5 min

  6. The 4 types of search intent

    Search behavior and intent 6 min

  7. Content structure for answer-first search

    AI and modern searchContent strategy 5 min

  8. Why impressions rise and clicks stay flat

    SEO measurementSearch behavior and intent 6 min

  9. Why AI Overviews appear in Google

    AI and modern searchSearch behavior and intent 9 min

  10. How I structured my old site for search

    Content strategyTechnical SEO 14 min

  11. Repeatable SEO systems for site launches

    Enterprise SEOTechnical SEO 7 min

  12. Search Console as a visibility dashboard

    SEO measurement 5 min

  1. How AI search understands your content

    AI and modern search 7 min

  2. Why informational content stalls

    Search behavior and intentContent strategyAI and modern search 6 min

  3. How misaligned intent stalls decisions

    Search behavior and intentContent strategyAI and modern search 7 min

  4. Why transactional pages fail ready buyers

    Search behavior and intentContent strategyAI and modern search 8 min

  5. Auto dealership SEO trends for 2026

    Industry SEOLocal SEO 2 min

  6. Why local SEO is underrated

    Local SEO 2 min

  7. Technical SEO on complex websites

    Technical SEOEnterprise SEO 3 min

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