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Educational resources on generative engine optimisation, AI search, and how to make your business the one AI recommends.

Data & Research8 min read

We Audited Two Real Websites for AI Search Readiness. Here's Exactly What Separates What Works From What Doesn't.

We ran our full AI-visibility audit on two real websites outside our usual trades niche — a free-tools utility site and an 86-location retail chain — and compared every finding against live, dated screenshots: what gets an AI system to cite a site, and what quietly keeps it invisible.

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Data & Research9 min read

Best Electrician in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds & Glasgow: Google vs Gemini, With Screenshots of Every Search

We tested "best electrician in [city]" on Google and Gemini across all five cities, with live screenshots of every search. Two of five cities showed zero overlap between what Google shows and what Gemini recommends — one showed the strongest overlap in our entire study.

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Data & Research9 min read

Best Plumber in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds & Glasgow: Google vs Gemini, With Screenshots of Every Search

We tested "best plumber in [city]" on Google and Gemini across all five cities, with live screenshots of every search. Plumbing had the highest Google/Gemini overlap of any trade we tested — but Glasgow still came back with zero matches.

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Data & Research9 min read

Best Roofer in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds & Glasgow: Google vs Gemini, With Screenshots of Every Search

We tested "best roofer in [city]" on Google and Gemini across all five cities, with live screenshots of every search — including direct, traceable proof that a third-party "Best Roofers" listicle seeded Gemini's top London recommendation.

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Data & Research9 min read

Best Carpenter in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds & Glasgow: Google vs Gemini, With Screenshots of Every Search

We tested "best carpenter in [city]" on Google and Gemini across all five cities, with live screenshots of every search. Carpentry had the lowest Google/Gemini overlap of any trade we tested, including a zero-overlap result reproduced twice in Leeds.

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Data & Research16 min read

We Searched "Best Electrician in London" on Google and Asked Gemini the Same Thing. Most of the Businesses AI Recommended Don't Even Rank on Google.

We ran 20 real searches across 4 trades and 5 UK cities on Google, then asked Gemini the identical question in a live browser session. 63% of the businesses Gemini recommended don't appear anywhere in Google's own results — with screenshots as evidence.

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Data & Research12 min read

Chegg Just Lost 99% of Its Value to AI Search. Here’s What Four More Months of Data Say About Your UK Business.

Four months after HubSpot lost 140 million visits, Chegg has lost 99% of its value and Business Insider cut a fifth of its staff. Here’s what the latest data says — and why 71% of UK business websites are still invisible to AI search.

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Cornerstone14 min read

HubSpot Lost 140 Million Visits to AI Search in One Year. Here’s the GEO Playbook Your UK Business Needs Before It’s You.

HubSpot lost 140 million website visits in a single year. The BBC reported it this morning. Here are 12 tactics to stop it happening to your UK business — with every claim sourced.

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GEO Fundamentals12 min read

What Is Generative Engine Optimisation? The Complete 2026 Guide

GEO is what SEO used to be, except the audience is no longer Google’s algorithm — it’s an LLM that synthesises an answer and names exactly one business per query. Here’s the complete explainer with original audit data from 50 UK SMB sites.

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Data & Research10 min read

GEO vs SEO: Why You Need Both in 2026 (With Data)

Stop asking whether GEO is replacing SEO. The actual question is whether you’re sophisticated enough to do both — with multi-source data and original audit findings from 50 UK SMB sites.

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How-To11 min read

Schema Markup for AI: The Structured Data That Gets You Cited

Schema markup is the single fastest GEO improvement most UK businesses can make — and 80% haven’t done it. Here’s the technical guide with code examples and original audit data.

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Research10 min read

How AI Search Engines Choose Which Businesses to Recommend

When someone asks ChatGPT ‘best accountant in Leeds,’ the model follows a process with identifiable signals you can influence. Here’s how the retrieval pipeline actually works.

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Small Business12 min read

I Tested the Full Small Business Tech Stack for 2026 — Here’s What Actually Works

I signed up for Kit, Webflow, monday.com, and QuickBooks to build my agency’s stack from scratch. Real setup experience, real pricing, real opinions.

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Cost Guide11 min read

What a Professional Website Actually Costs in 2026 (I Researched Every Path)

I priced out three paths to a business website — DIY, freelancer, and agency. Real platform costs, publicly listed rates, and which path fits your budget.

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Research8 min read

Best Plumber Websites UK: What the Winners Actually Do (2026)

We analysed the plumber websites Google and Gemini actually surface across five UK cities. Here is what the winning sites have in common — and what to copy.

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Research7 min read

Best Electrician Websites UK: What the Winners Actually Do (2026)

From our five-city study of which electricians Google and Gemini recommend: the practical things winning electrician websites share, and a checklist to copy.

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Research7 min read

Best Roofing Websites UK: What the Winners Actually Do (2026)

We analysed the roofing websites Google and Gemini surface across five UK cities. The winners share seven habits — here is the checklist, with real examples.

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Research7 min read

Best Carpenter Websites UK: What the Winners Actually Do (2026)

From our study of which carpenters Google and Gemini recommend across UK cities: what winning carpentry and joinery websites do differently, with a checklist to copy.

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Research8 min read

Best Construction Company Websites UK: What the Winners Do (2026)

What separates construction and builder websites that win five-figure jobs from the ones that never surface — a practical checklist for UK building firms.

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