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Amit Raj
Amit Raj
What AI search is actually worth

Aug 25, 2026

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9 min read

What AI search is actually worth

Record enquiry rates, bottom-of-the-pack close rates, a fraction of the deal size. The SEO ROI maths on AI traffic - plus a free tracker and dashboard to run it on your own numbers.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
There is no AI search

Aug 11, 2026

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10 min read

There is no AI search

There are four engines reading four different internets - and a deindexed spam site topped the dashboards that pretend otherwise. The map, engine by engine.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
The state of international link building, 2026

Aug 4, 2026

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8 min read

The state of international link building, 2026

Where links really are half price, what the quality actually is, and the one question that decides if it's worth a cent.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
what do a comedy show, a handyman and a botox clinic have in common?

Jul 28, 2026

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4 min read

what do a comedy show, a handyman and a botox clinic have in common?

They all got advice on the house. Here's what it saved them.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
what the mofu: why AI skips your comparison pages

Jul 21, 2026

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5 min read

what the mofu: why AI skips your comparison pages

the category shortlist problem, the pages that crack it, and a free planning tool inside

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
Get onto other people's listicles, not just your own

Jul 14, 2026

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5 min read

Get onto other people's listicles, not just your own

Your own "best of" page can hand AI straight to your rivals. Other people's can't.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
Off-page is having a renaissance

Jul 7, 2026

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1 min read

Off-page is having a renaissance

and modern SEO is the reason. six months of it, in one free guide

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
high authority gets you considered, not recommended

Jun 30, 2026

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5 min read

high authority gets you considered, not recommended

Two different jobs, and links only do the first. the second is decided by whether you're on the pages AI already cites for that exact topic, the half I didn't cover with the calculator as week ago

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
how much link building do you actually need? (free calculator)

Jun 23, 2026

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6 min read

how much link building do you actually need? (free calculator)

A backlink intelligence report you run yourself. It sizes the gap in referring domains, then the build pace to close it.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
What actually moves pipeline now: the modern SEO trifecta

Jun 16, 2026

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8 min read

What actually moves pipeline now: the modern SEO trifecta

AI didn't change what matters - leads, revenue, branded search. It changed which levers move them.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
the show notes link is the smallest payoff

Jun 9, 2026

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5 min read

the show notes link is the smallest payoff

links, mentions, AI citations, the occasional inbound. all from one hour of yapping

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
your link building shortlist is too short

Jun 2, 2026

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7 min read

your link building shortlist is too short

67.8% of pages AI cites don't rank for your head term. The shortlist you built on May 5 is missing the other 90% of the publisher pool. Here's the wider audit.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
the missing link in your knowledge graph

May 26, 2026

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6 min read

the missing link in your knowledge graph

Why some authors get cited by AI and others don't.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
mind telling me where you need help?

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

mind telling me where you need help?

Three buckets where I might be useful - and a 3-min survey so the next quarter of work matches what you actually need.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
convert harder. rank longer

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

convert harder. rank longer

the on-page work that lifted views 22% on my own site.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
How to get on the AI shortlist with off-page SEO

May 5, 2026

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7 min read

How to get on the AI shortlist with off-page SEO

62% of brand citations don't name the brand. here's an AI workflow which maps the publisher pool you're missing from.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
ranking #1 for SaaS terms and still getting ghosted by AI

Apr 28, 2026

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8 min read

ranking #1 for SaaS terms and still getting ghosted by AI

A free tool that scans 200+ citation sources to show exactly where your SaaS brand is invisible

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
Your backlinks work. Your content doesn't. (What the FLUQ?)

Apr 21, 2026

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14 min read

Your backlinks work. Your content doesn't. (What the FLUQ?)

Why the pages you're building links to might be invisible to AI — and the free tool to fix it

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
I built a internal linking tool  -  here's why (and how to get it)

Apr 14, 2026

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6 min read

I built a internal linking tool - here's why (and how to get it)

A Chrome extension that adds internal links to your articles in seconds

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
The pages AI keeps citing - structure, authority, and links

Apr 7, 2026

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11 min read

The pages AI keeps citing - structure, authority, and links

New research confirms what link builders should already be doing - but with more intention.

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
One marketer, 380 billion in growth. here's what nobody asked.

Mar 31, 2026

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7 min read

One marketer, 380 billion in growth. here's what nobody asked.

the human-in-the-loop problem most teams are ignoring

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
Everyone's arguing about AI citations. here's where I land

Mar 24, 2026

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9 min read

Everyone's arguing about AI citations. here's where I land

The honest answer depends on who's telling you to track them - and why

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
How to write listicles in 2026 (without getting burned)

Mar 17, 2026

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6 min read

How to write listicles in 2026 (without getting burned)

what survived Google’s comparison content penalty - and why

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
Link building can’t fix this alone

Mar 10, 2026

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7 min read

Link building can’t fix this alone

The alignment gap most SEO and marketing teams ignore

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
What 80% automated link building actually looks like

Mar 3, 2026

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10 min read

What 80% automated link building actually looks like

Three real workflows compressing research, prospecting, and outreach

Amit Raj
Amit Raj
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