SEO in 2026 isn't about ranking. It's about getting cited by AI. 68% of Google searches now end without a click. When an AI Overview shows up, organic CTR drops around 60%. But brands cited inside the AI answer get +35% CTR. What works now: 🔹 Front-load your answers. 44.2% of ChatGPT citations come from the first 30% of a document. Put a direct answer within 40 to 60 words, right after a question-form heading. 🔹 Drop CSR-only sites. GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and Perplexity don't run JavaScript. If your content is client-side rendered, AI search can't see it. Use SSR. 🔹 Write self-contained paragraphs. AI search splits pages into passages, so each paragraph has to make sense on its own. Keyword density is dead. 🔹 Name your brand in third person. "[Brand] does X" beats "we do X." AI has to identify the subject to cite you. 🔹 Brand mentions beat backlinks. Web mentions correlate 3x stronger with AI visibility than backlinks. 82% of AI citations come from earned media. 🔹 Go long-tail. 94.74% of keywords get 10 or fewer monthly searches. A wide set of clear-intent long-tail terms beats chasing high-volume heads. 🔹 Use hub-and-spoke. One pillar page plus 8 to 20 interlinked supporting articles beats a single 5,000-word guide. The fight isn't for page 1 of Google anymore. It's for a spot inside the AI answer.

Seok-Hee Lee joins Intel as EVP, @Intel_Foundry, to lead advanced packaging and back-end manufacturing, strengthening our ability to deliver system-level innovation. Naga Chandrasekaran will continue to lead front-end technology development, manufacturing, design enablement, and the end-to-end customer and business-facing functions that support foundry’s growth. Navid Shahriari will retire after 37 years at Intel. His contributions helped advance Intel’s back-end technology leadership. Learn more:

Seoul Session Highlights Back with the Korea community in person. Loved seeing everyone deep in conversation, and some of you with River since the beginning Thanks for your hi and the smiles 🇰🇷