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The Founder Gazette
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Filed under: seo

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Tips

Earned media supplies 84% of AI citations, study finds

Muck Rack looked at more than 25 million links cited by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Paid placements accounted for 0.3% of them. Your homepage is not where the machines do their reading.

96 · 19 August 2026
Growth tactics

One search fix, then $10,000 of catering in two weeks

Kevin Walker runs six food businesses around Chicago and does not claim to understand SEO. He says rewriting his restaurant's website for search brought in $10,000 of catering orders inside a fortnight.

65 · 12 August 2026
Marketing

Fake deodorant brand won AI recommendations within weeks

A marketer invented a deodorant company with no stock. Inc. reports that recommendation systems began suggesting it over real products.

41 · 9 August 2026
Tips and tricks

Why AI models cite third parties 84% of the time

Two industry surveys suggest the coverage you cannot buy is now the coverage that counts. Here is how to get it without a retainer.

28 · 8 August 2026