SEO strategy

By 2026, 1 in 4 online shoppers will start their buying journey on ChatGPT — not Google. Instead of browsing through search results, they ask direct questions, get curated answers, and often bypass traditional search engines entirely. Faster answers. Faster purchases.

Most content won't survive AI search. Not because it's bad — but because it lacks trust signals.While most marketers focus on keywords, AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity are reshaping how content is found, quoted, and recommended.That’s where EEAT comes in.

To thrive in this AI-driven ecosystem, marketers must embrace a new trinity of optimization strategies: GEO, AIO, and AEO. But what do these acronyms mean, and how do they differ?

If you're still treating influence marketing and SEO as separate channels, you're likely missing out on significant growth opportunities.