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Posting on Reddit Just Became a Lot More Valuable

· 2 min read

Reddit appears to be evolving from a simple discussion platform to influential content resource for ChatGPT.

That's not conjecture. OpenAI's recent partnership with Reddit has triggered a sharp rise in Reddit citations by ChatGPT. They're up an astounding 436% over the past month.

The Limits of OpenAI

· 3 min read

Constructing a custom content brief generator is an exciting endeavor. If done right, you can end up with a Clearscope-style tool that analyzes and summarizes the main topics from top-ranking search results. But testing your tool can also test your patience.

So when it came to choosing an LLM for this tool, I instinctively chose OpenAI. GPT 4 was a known quantity; it had the ecosystem and a simple API.

After some testing, however, I realized OpenAI was coming up short, especially when it came to flexibility, speed, and trial experience. That’s when I moved to Gemini 1.5.

Insights on How to Make SEO Work For You

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Ranking in Google search is no longer the only game in town, which means your content strategy is ripe for change. If you want to become visible with Google's AI Answer Engine, you'll need your content to follow an answer structure.

Content structure matters more than repetition when it comes to Google. For instance, directly answering a question in a clear manner makes content far more likely to be cited by AI engines.

Using phrases such as "According to [your brand]..." works especially well because they imitate the structure of reliable sources. The key here is to sound authoritative. The AI does not favor filler; it favors straightforwardness.

Why I Like DataForSEO, Pt. 2

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If you are considering DataForSEO for content strategy or brief creation, I have insights to share. Here's what I found.

DataForSEO handles search intent really well

Unlike other tools that visualize intent with trees or bubbles, DataForSEO gives you the information straight. The data is raw, structured, and ready for automation. Their Keyword Data API v3 includes an intent field for every keyword.

You can immediately see whether a keyword is associated with informational, navigational, commercial, or transactional intent. There's is no guesswork and no decoding required.

DataForSeo, The Low-Cost SerpAPI alternative

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Yesterday, I spent most of the afternoon sorting through API tools for use in my semi-automated SEO system. I need one that can feed select data into the custom Clearscope-style tool I’m building. The goal is to analyze top-ranking pages and generate detailed content briefs.

ChatGPT was helpful in narrowing down what factors to consider, but I was still let with plenty of options to pursue. In the end analysis, price was again a major factor.

When Everyone Has An n8n Agent

· 5 min read

Personal AI agents are small software companions that operate quietly in the background to manage your business. They can manage your schedule and generally optimize your life. They’re also about to go mainstream.

AI tools like n8n connect APIs and triggers in a drag and drop fashion and work with LLM models like GPT-4o. Which means you can understand just about anything you throw at them. The future is not some far-off vision, it's present reality. The big question is what happens when everyone has one of these little helpers. How will people use them to get ahead?

Let's review what the present reality looks like and where it might go from here.

How to Use GPT-4o’s Vision Capabilities for CRO

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If you're working on conversion rate optimization for a website, there's a new tool you’ll want to start using: OpenAI’s GPT-4o. Beyond interpreting visuals, it's also very sharp at identifying what’s not working on a webpage and how to improve it.

This article will show you how to leverage this technology for CRO. Using the guide below, you can run several CRO challenges across different B2B SaaS landing pages. It will deliver conversion-focused suggestions that are smart and actionable. Let's begin.

Link Building Without Breaking the Bank

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Link building is one of those SEO topics many professionals prefer to avoid. It’s less about analysis and insights and more about outreach. And for that, you need leads.

But buying leads is expensive. Subscribing to tools like Postega or Respona can be even worse, running $99 to $199 per month. So what’s a fledgling SEO pro to do? Connect a few solid tools together, of course.

The solution starts with Hunter.io, a lightweight email outreach tool that supplements basic lead info. It also generates niche lead lists through dropdown filters. The next step is to connect it to google sheets and a gmass browser extension.