Guest post by Ann Smarty.
AI platforms are changing organic findability channels, whether marketing pros want to believe it or not.
Yes, the fundamentals are there: You need to be relevant, earn authority (backlinks), and make sure your site is easily crawlable.
But the priorities are shifting.
Just a few years ago, becoming a brand (named entity) was also “a best practice,” but it was almost optional. You could create a niche site, find your long-tail queries with low “difficulty,” and quickly start getting search traffic.



