Nebojsa / Cookie Duster
@cookieduster.bsky.social
(Webmaster of old) Marketing guy at https://crystallize.com and https://reactnorway.com/
Extreme sports wannabe. End-to-end marketer. #SEO wiz turned #jamstack n00b😜
Extreme sports wannabe. End-to-end marketer. #SEO wiz turned #jamstack n00b😜
GEO is changing the way people make decisions. Zero-click search is kicking us in the proverbial, and my winning strategy, which still drives ranking positions, no longer drives comparable growth.
Many in marketing feel like this which is why this post resonates.
foundationinc.co/lab/geo/
Many in marketing feel like this which is why this post resonates.
foundationinc.co/lab/geo/
An Old SEO’s Musings: How I’m Thinking About GEO
As search evolves through AI, GEO is emerging as the next strategic edge for brands competing to be seen and cited.
foundationinc.co
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
GEO is changing the way people make decisions. Zero-click search is kicking us in the proverbial, and my winning strategy, which still drives ranking positions, no longer drives comparable growth.
Many in marketing feel like this which is why this post resonates.
foundationinc.co/lab/geo/
Many in marketing feel like this which is why this post resonates.
foundationinc.co/lab/geo/
Can we all agree Google is not a search bar anymore. It's a chat box now?
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Can we all agree Google is not a search bar anymore. It's a chat box now?
The dark side of AI growth on the environment includes high energy consumption, significant carbon emissions, and heavy freshwater usage for cooling data centers.
November 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The dark side of AI growth on the environment includes high energy consumption, significant carbon emissions, and heavy freshwater usage for cooling data centers.
We swapped intuition, taste, and strategy for spreadsheet obsession. And now half the industry can’t ship a landing page without calling a committee meeting on UTM tags.
www.elenaverna.com/p/marketing-...
www.elenaverna.com/p/marketing-...
Marketing attribution is a LIE.
And this lie is killing all good marketing.
www.elenaverna.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We swapped intuition, taste, and strategy for spreadsheet obsession. And now half the industry can’t ship a landing page without calling a committee meeting on UTM tags.
www.elenaverna.com/p/marketing-...
www.elenaverna.com/p/marketing-...
I didn;t lke writing for search and I sure don;t like writing for AI. SO, as with search previously I am writing outside of AI expectations (in terms of form, type) and write the way I think story/blog/article should be.
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I didn;t lke writing for search and I sure don;t like writing for AI. SO, as with search previously I am writing outside of AI expectations (in terms of form, type) and write the way I think story/blog/article should be.
How many follow-ups to a cold email outreach is one too many? Original email + one follow-up is enough.
October 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
How many follow-ups to a cold email outreach is one too many? Original email + one follow-up is enough.
ChatGPT Atlas... don't know if I'm blow aways with it or scared as hell 👀
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
ChatGPT Atlas... don't know if I'm blow aways with it or scared as hell 👀
Examples are the best documentation.
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Examples are the best documentation.
It had to happene… Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/s... via @techcrunch.com
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users | TechCrunch
OpenAI says it will soon roll back some of ChatGPT's safeguards, and even allow the chatbot to engage in erotica for adult users.
techcrunch.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It had to happene… Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/s... via @techcrunch.com
Before prompt AI think…a lot. That’s where the gold is minted. Not in the prompt, but the pause before it.
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Before prompt AI think…a lot. That’s where the gold is minted. Not in the prompt, but the pause before it.
Once there were dmoz mods. Now reddit mods and they too shall pass.
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Once there were dmoz mods. Now reddit mods and they too shall pass.
AI startups doing lead gen tricks with pdf on prompting topics is hilarious :-)
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
AI startups doing lead gen tricks with pdf on prompting topics is hilarious :-)
Everything wrong in todays SEO/GEO/AEO/whatever practice is wrapped in this post on Reddit
Locked post, no comments, new account, keyword AI writing, keyword links to website pages.
www.reddit.com/user/shopify...
Even companies Shopify are trying to gain big G and AI via Reddit and it sucks.
Locked post, no comments, new account, keyword AI writing, keyword links to website pages.
www.reddit.com/user/shopify...
Even companies Shopify are trying to gain big G and AI via Reddit and it sucks.
October 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Everything wrong in todays SEO/GEO/AEO/whatever practice is wrapped in this post on Reddit
Locked post, no comments, new account, keyword AI writing, keyword links to website pages.
www.reddit.com/user/shopify...
Even companies Shopify are trying to gain big G and AI via Reddit and it sucks.
Locked post, no comments, new account, keyword AI writing, keyword links to website pages.
www.reddit.com/user/shopify...
Even companies Shopify are trying to gain big G and AI via Reddit and it sucks.
Tags + code = chaos? Let’s fix that.
Check out a decision checklist built for both devs and marketers so your tag strategy won’t tank performance.
👉 dev.to/cookieduster...
Check out a decision checklist built for both devs and marketers so your tag strategy won’t tank performance.
👉 dev.to/cookieduster...
Tag manager for eCommerce decision checklist (developer + marketer friendly)
While working this week on a project to evaluate alternatives to Google Tag Manager (GTM), I dug into...
dev.to
October 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Tags + code = chaos? Let’s fix that.
Check out a decision checklist built for both devs and marketers so your tag strategy won’t tank performance.
👉 dev.to/cookieduster...
Check out a decision checklist built for both devs and marketers so your tag strategy won’t tank performance.
👉 dev.to/cookieduster...
Prompting’s cheap. Thinking’s premium. Stop to think before you press Enter.
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Prompting’s cheap. Thinking’s premium. Stop to think before you press Enter.
This is so good...How To Write Like A Human Again?
- Vary sentence length instead of defaulting to extremes
- Use rhetorical questions sparingly
- Group related ideas into paragraphs
- Prioritize clarity and voice over drama.
www.searchenginejournal.com/and-the-trut... via , @sejournal.bsky.social
- Vary sentence length instead of defaulting to extremes
- Use rhetorical questions sparingly
- Group related ideas into paragraphs
- Prioritize clarity and voice over drama.
www.searchenginejournal.com/and-the-trut... via , @sejournal.bsky.social
And The Truth? This Writing Style Screams AI
AI writing’s cadence isn’t just clipped and dramatic. It makes everything feel like the world is ending – and it is exhausting to read.
www.searchenginejournal.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is so good...How To Write Like A Human Again?
- Vary sentence length instead of defaulting to extremes
- Use rhetorical questions sparingly
- Group related ideas into paragraphs
- Prioritize clarity and voice over drama.
www.searchenginejournal.com/and-the-trut... via , @sejournal.bsky.social
- Vary sentence length instead of defaulting to extremes
- Use rhetorical questions sparingly
- Group related ideas into paragraphs
- Prioritize clarity and voice over drama.
www.searchenginejournal.com/and-the-trut... via , @sejournal.bsky.social
Despite a heavy investment, a survey shows AI is costing companies money www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025... via @morningbrew.bsky.social
AI is creating ‘workslop’ and hindering productivity
Despite a heavy investment, a survey shows AI is costing companies money
www.morningbrew.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Despite a heavy investment, a survey shows AI is costing companies money www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025... via @morningbrew.bsky.social
AI is reshaping discovery (with it buyers journey).
Once you knew who to ask when looking for something specific.
Then you knew which magazines/newspapers to read.
Then cam 10 blue links.
With Gen Z came influencers.
Now we have AI.
What's next?
Once you knew who to ask when looking for something specific.
Then you knew which magazines/newspapers to read.
Then cam 10 blue links.
With Gen Z came influencers.
Now we have AI.
What's next?
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
AI is reshaping discovery (with it buyers journey).
Once you knew who to ask when looking for something specific.
Then you knew which magazines/newspapers to read.
Then cam 10 blue links.
With Gen Z came influencers.
Now we have AI.
What's next?
Once you knew who to ask when looking for something specific.
Then you knew which magazines/newspapers to read.
Then cam 10 blue links.
With Gen Z came influencers.
Now we have AI.
What's next?
Fake music, Sora 2, Agentic Commerce Protocol and other beasts are coming.
October 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Fake music, Sora 2, Agentic Commerce Protocol and other beasts are coming.
Private LLMs… so you want answers from your own perspective? Tailored search results for your point of view? Why?
September 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Private LLMs… so you want answers from your own perspective? Tailored search results for your point of view? Why?
Being sick on vacation is awesome excuse to catch up with social media and go through emails.
What did i miss? Nothing.
What did i miss? Nothing.
August 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Being sick on vacation is awesome excuse to catch up with social media and go through emails.
What did i miss? Nothing.
What did i miss? Nothing.
The rise of listicle and ‘full of bullet points’ articles is amazing. Llm seo at work i guess.
Whatever happened to personal views and stories in your content? and in search results?
Whatever happened to personal views and stories in your content? and in search results?
June 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The rise of listicle and ‘full of bullet points’ articles is amazing. Llm seo at work i guess.
Whatever happened to personal views and stories in your content? and in search results?
Whatever happened to personal views and stories in your content? and in search results?
I detect a new tone/style AI voices in videos on social networks taking over on all those, make, AI made and produced videos🙄
Have you heard/seen them?
Have you heard/seen them?
May 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I detect a new tone/style AI voices in videos on social networks taking over on all those, make, AI made and produced videos🙄
Have you heard/seen them?
Have you heard/seen them?
AI overviews...like it's not enough to have ads, a knowledge panel and people also ask, and video/image results widget and so on and on.
May 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
AI overviews...like it's not enough to have ads, a knowledge panel and people also ask, and video/image results widget and so on and on.
Today I can't seam to find my ‘The night was moist moment…’😟 so I dug into researching things…and it’s fun
May 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Today I can't seam to find my ‘The night was moist moment…’😟 so I dug into researching things…and it’s fun