Toren Ajk
fthead9.bsky.social
Toren Ajk
@fthead9.bsky.social
Interests: Internet marketing, web performance, music, fitness, sports, wine
State of Enterprise 2025: WordPress Usage Deepens as Long-Term Commitment Jumps to 95% www.therepository.email/state-of-ent...
State of Enterprise 2025: WordPress Usage Deepens as Long-Term Commitment Jumps to 95%
New survey data shows WordPress embedded in daily enterprise operations, with rising adoption at scale and declining reliance on bespoke CMS platforms.
www.therepository.email
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Good perspective to keep in mind for 2026 plans.
Working with some updated @similarwebinsights.bsky.social data that shows the total visits by month for various LLMs.

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December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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The United States national debt increased by $2.3 Trillion since Trump took office.

What happened to DOGE?
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
2024 and 2025 were used in 21.3% of fan-out queries. This validates our previous data that tested the hypotheses of LLMs preferring recent content for prompts ranging from affordable home insurance to looking for an enterprise payroll software.
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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CTRs on search just keep dropping, we updated our research through September - adjust those KPIs and expectations in 2026 accordingly: www.seerinteractive.com/insights/aio...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Interesting study. Worth a read - I Tracked AI Brand Mention Volatility Across 481 Sites — Here’s What I Learned | The Freelance Coalition for Developing Countries freelancecoalition.org/blog/awr-bra...
I Tracked AI Brand Mention Volatility Across 481 Sites — Here’s What I Learned | The Freelance Coalition for Developing Countries
This article was edited by Chima Mmeje and Michelle TanseyEarning brand mentions in AI-generated responses is the new hot thing, but sustaining visibility
freelancecoalition.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
4 Prompts to Boost AI Citation Frequency and SERP Presence ampwptools.com/how-to-use-p...
4 Prompts to Boost AI Citation Frequency and SERP Presence
Learn four effective prompts to enhance AI citation frequency and improve your content's SERP presence for greater visibility.
ampwptools.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My guide for using AI crawler behavior to provide a blueprint for increasing your brand mentions - A Step-By-Step AEO Guide For Growing AI Citations & Visibility www.searchenginejournal.com/aeo-guide-se...
A Step-By-Step AEO Guide For Growing AI Citations & Visibility
Discover the content that AI engines value and how to build a blueprint for optimizing your website for AI citations.
www.searchenginejournal.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Blogging, AI, and the SEO road ahead: Why clarity now decides who survives searchengineland.com/blogging-ai-...
Blogging, AI, and the SEO road ahead: Why clarity now decides who survives
AI is rewriting discovery and retrieval. Clarity now decides which blogs stay visible through Google volatility and AI-powered search.
searchengineland.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Definitely reinforces the need for a YouTube presence. Most of the dominant sites are to be expected but a few interesting ones pup up in certain niches. - Tracking AI search citations: Who’s winning across 11 industries searchengineland.com/ai-search-ci...
Tracking AI search citations: Who’s winning across 11 industries
An analysis of 800+ websites across 11 sectors reveals which domains AI assistants cite most and what it means for authority in the AI era.
searchengineland.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Thirty-two years ago, we were given the web as a gift.
Today, we must live up to such a gift and defend it.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Schema and AI Overviews: Does structured data improve visibility? searchengineland.com/schema-ai-ov...
Schema and AI Overviews: Does structured data improve visibility?
A head-to-head schema experiment uncovers whether well-implemented structured data gives pages an edge in Google AI Overviews.
searchengineland.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
YouTube dominates AI search with 200x citation advantage: Data searchengineland.com/youtube-ai-s...
YouTube dominates AI search with 200x citation advantage: Data
AI platforms overwhelmingly cite YouTube, while rivals like TikTok, Vimeo and Twitch barely register in search results, new data shows.
searchengineland.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The EU ended its quarterly-report mandate in 2013, with the U.K. following in 2014. Studies showed no significant increase in corporate investment from this change. Companies did not shift to long-term thinking. www.investopedia.com/will-quarter...
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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To explain:

At the start of his opinion, Judge Young includes an anonymous note received by his chambers, which reads “Trump has pardons and tanks..what do you have?”

Responding to the note, Young says we have our “magnificent Constitution” and “here’s how that works out in a specific case —“
Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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"Small Businesses Wither Under Trump’s Tariffs: ‘It’s Hard to Breathe’" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/b...
"It’s difficult to have to survive because of poor policy,”
September 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.

List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AI progress stalls for SEO tasks despite wave of new models
AI progress stalls for SEO tasks despite wave of new models
Claude still leads, ChatGPT-5 rebounds, and Gemini rises – but new AI models show limits in handling real-world SEO tasks.
searchengineland.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Everything Wil puts out is thought proviking. If you're in digital marketing this is a must read - "Survival Kit" for Marketers Career Path in an AI World www.seerinteractive.com/insights/sur...
"Survival Kit" for Marketers Career Path in an AI World
Dear Marketer, your career path is going to be effected by AI - this post will help you know where you stand and how to get to the next level.
www.seerinteractive.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all.

Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery.

I salute you, sir! 🫡
September 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
September 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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PRO PUBLICA: “.. at least three of Trump’s Cabinet members call multiple homes their primary residences on mortgages.

* Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ..

* Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ..

* EPA administrator Lee Zeldin

@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Perplexity and ChatGPT scrape Google, so how do the results compare across platforms?

*65% of Perplexity’s short-tail results hit Google’s top 10
*ChatGPT cites ranking domains 3x more than ranking pages
*Just 10% of ChatGPT’s short-tail results hit Google’s top 10

ahrefs.com/blog/chatgpt...
September 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM