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Welcome to the NO-BS Marketplace SEO blog.
Here we’ll cover the latest SEO industry news, link building tips and tricks, as well as other SEO related updates.
SEO and AIO is an ever-changing world. Now more than ever, at an increasing pace. We, as a business, not only need to stay on top of trends and changes, but also anticipate what might change in the coming months. We strive to share the knowledge we gain openly with our users, our community and colleagues to help brands and businesses gain visibility through value
Peter Beukering
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Your AI Visibility Rank Might Be Misleading
Similarweb tracked brand-level AI visibility from April last year through January, indexed to 100. Ulta tripled to 319. The Wall Street Journal collapsed to 52.3. A strong rank today can mask a weakening position if momentum is heading the wrong direction.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 29, 2026 • 9 min read
Blogs, SEO, Content Marketing, AI, Educative Content
How to Convince Your Leaders to Go Agentic AI for SEO
Jonas Trinidad
Apr 24, 2026 • 6 min read
Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content
One Man’s Broken Link is Another Man’s Opportunity
Jonas Trinidad
Apr 23, 2026 • 7 min read
SEO
90 Zero-Day Exploits in One Year: Why Cybersecurity Is Now an SEO Problem
Rasit Cakir
Apr 8, 2026 • 12 min read
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Google Search Just Grew 19% With AI Overviews
Alphabet’s Q1 2026 earnings showed Google Search and Other revenue rising 19% year over year to $60.4 billion. The quarter Google leaned hardest into AI Overviews and AI Mode posted its strongest Search ad growth in years.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 30, 2026 • 7 min read
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Your AI Visibility Rank Might Be Misleading
Similarweb tracked brand-level AI visibility from April last year through January, indexed to 100. Ulta tripled to 319. The Wall Street Journal collapsed to 52.3. A strong rank today can mask a weakening position if momentum is heading the wrong direction.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 29, 2026 • 9 min read
AI
Specialist Brands Are Outranking Household Names in AI
Similarweb’s AI Brand Visibility Index measured brand mention share across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity in six sectors. Specialist brands with structured, extractable content consistently outperform larger competitors with higher brand recognition and search volume.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 28, 2026 • 9 min read
SEO, AI
The Average Page ChatGPT Cites Is 500 Days Old
A study of 1.4 million ChatGPT prompts found that the median cited page from the search channel is about 500 days old. In the news channel, the pattern reverses: cited pages are younger. Age logic depends on which retrieval channel a page enters through.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 27, 2026 • 9 min read
Blogs, SEO, Content Marketing, Educative Content, AI
How to Convince Your Leaders to Go Agentic AI for SEO
Picture this: you're in a meeting with the company's top brass, and you want to propose adding agentic AI to evolve its SEO strategy. They have reservations about adopting relatively new technology, not to mention they also want it to be worth the investment. How do you go about this while still being realistic?
Jonas Trinidad
Apr 24, 2026 • 6 min read
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ChatGPT Learns From Reddit but Cites Someone Else
67.8% of non-cited URLs in a 1.4M prompt study came from Reddit. ChatGPT uses Reddit to build context, then cites authoritative pages.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 24, 2026 • 9 min read
Blogs, SEO, Link Building, Educative Content
One Man’s Broken Link is Another Man’s Opportunity
Broken links are a dime a dozen on the Internet. They're a hassle for users looking for information, but they can also be an opportunity for businesses to fill the gap. Discover how broken link building can be valuable in a brand's SEO efforts.
Jonas Trinidad
Apr 23, 2026 • 7 min read
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ChatGPT Only Cites Half the Pages It Retrieves
A study of 1.4 million ChatGPT prompts found the model cites only about half the URLs it retrieves. Title relevance to ChatGPT's internal sub-questions and URL readability are the strongest predictors of which pages earn a citation.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 22, 2026 • 9 min read
SEO, AI
35% of Brand Discovery Now Happens Before a Single Search Query Gets Typed
Similarweb data shows 35% of US consumers now use AI tools at the discovery stage versus 13.6% for search engines. AI holds a 2:1 advantage through every funnel stage except the final purchase, where search nearly catches up.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 20, 2026 • 11 min read
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Chrome Skills Moves AI Visibility Into the Browser
Google launched Skills in Chrome on April 14, letting users save Gemini prompts and run them across multiple tabs with one click. The browser becomes a new surface for AI visibility, with implications for link building, digital PR, and how content gets cited by AI.
Rasit Cakir
Apr 16, 2026 • 13 min read