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Is WordPress Dead? The 2026 Data and 9 Real Alternatives
GEO & AI Search

Is WordPress Dead? The 2026 Data and 9 Real Alternatives

WordPress still runs 40.8% of the web, but in 2025 its ecosystem produced 11,334 vulnerabilities and only 49% of its sites pass Core Web...

August 17, 2026
Brand Extension: When Stretching a Brand Creates or Destroys Value
Brand & Marketing Science

Brand Extension: When Stretching a Brand Creates or Destroys Value

Extending a brand into new categories can accelerate growth or dilute the brand. Research points to two success conditions: perceived fit...

August 8, 2026
Attention Metrics: Measuring Attention, Not Just Visibility
Advertising

Attention Metrics: Measuring Attention, Not Just Visibility

Reach, impressions and viewability count how often an ad could be seen, not how much attention it actually got. Attention metrics close the...

August 5, 2026
Category Entry Points: How to Map and Own Them (2026)
Brand & Marketing Science

Category Entry Points: How to Map and Own Them (2026)

Category entry points (CEPs) are the thoughts and moments that lead someone into a buying category. They are the building blocks of mental...

August 1, 2026
Effective Frequency: How Many Times an Ad Should Run (2026)
Advertising

Effective Frequency: How Many Times an Ad Should Run (2026)

How many exposures does an ad need to work? From Krugman's "rule of three" (1972) to Ephron's recency planning, to modern frequency...

July 29, 2026
Double Jeopardy Law: Why Small Brands Lose Twice
Brand & Marketing Science

Double Jeopardy Law: Why Small Brands Lose Twice

The double jeopardy law (Ehrenberg, Goodhardt, Barwise 1990) says smaller brands suffer twice: they have fewer buyers and those buyers are...

July 25, 2026
Share of Search: the Free Predictor of Market Share
Brand & Marketing Science

Share of Search: the Free Predictor of Market Share

Share of search, the proportion of brand searches for you within your category, leads market share by 6-12 months and is measurable for...

July 22, 2026
The 95-5 Rule: 95% of B2B Buyers Aren't Ready to Buy (2026)
Brand & Marketing Science

The 95-5 Rule: 95% of B2B Buyers Aren't Ready to Buy (2026)

In any given quarter only about 5% of potential B2B customers are in-market; the other 95% aren't buying. The Ehrenberg-Bass 95-5 rule...

July 18, 2026
Marketing in a Recession 2026: Why Cutting Ads Is the Costliest Mistake
Advertising

Marketing in a Recession 2026: Why Cutting Ads Is the Costliest Mistake

In a downturn the ad budget is the first to go, and the data calls it one of the costliest moves. Brands that cut lose 15-18% of...

July 15, 2026
AI for Video Marketing 2026: Tools and Workflows (Runway, HeyGen, Synthesia, CapCut)
GEO & AI Search

AI for Video Marketing 2026: Tools and Workflows (Runway, HeyGen, Synthesia, CapCut)

Operational guide to AI video tools in 2026: text-to-video (Runway, Pika, Sora), AI avatars (HeyGen, Synthesia), edit assist (Descript,...

July 10, 2026
LLM Referral Traffic 2026: How to Track It in GA4 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini)
GEO & AI Search

LLM Referral Traffic 2026: How to Track It in GA4 (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini)

GA4 setup for tracking traffic from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini in 2026. Source filters, UTM strategy for links in custom GPT/MCP, real...

July 9, 2026
Expensive SEO and link building? Wasted money in 2026
GEO & AI Search

Expensive SEO and link building? Wasted money in 2026

Paying for link building and keyword SEO delivers less and less: AI engines cite the brands the press names. Ahrefs: unlinked mentions...

June 20, 2026
How to Appear on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini in 2026: A GEO Guide
GEO & AI Search

How to Appear on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini in 2026: A GEO Guide

Getting cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini in 2026 depends above all on earned media: 84% of AI citations come from mentions on...

June 3, 2026
Brand Tracking in 2026: what to actually measure (and how growing companies do it)
Trade & Performance

Brand Tracking in 2026: what to actually measure (and how growing companies do it)

Brand tracking as a growth tool, not a vanity report. What to measure according to Ehrenberg-Bass, the IPA and Kantar: mental availability,...

May 26, 2026
System1 Star Rating Explained: How to Interpret the Numbers (2026)
Advertising

System1 Star Rating Explained: How to Interpret the Numbers (2026)

System1 Test Your Ad: 1.0-5.9 scale that predicts long-term ROI of ads. How it's measured, ROI multiplier per level (5+ star = 3x...

May 9, 2026
Citation Monitoring 2026: 5 Tools to Measure LLM Citations (Profound, Otterly, Peec, Athena)
GEO & AI Search

Citation Monitoring 2026: 5 Tools to Measure LLM Citations (Profound, Otterly, Peec, Athena)

Operational comparison of the 5 citation monitoring tools for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini in 2026: Profound, Otterly.ai, Peec AI, Athena...

May 9, 2026
Does Social Proof Really Work? Scientific Experiments
Brand & Marketing Science

Does Social Proof Really Work? Scientific Experiments

Social proof doesn't always work: effectiveness depends on the fit between proof type and decision context. What Cialdini, Asch, JCR, PNAS...

May 9, 2026