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The SEO Game Has Changed

Abdelrahman Ismail on May 15, 2025

If ChatGPT Can't Find You, Do You Even Exist? The rise of AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's new AI search is resha...
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Tan Yong He

Really insightful read β€” especially your take on how traditional SEO tactics are becoming less effective in an AI-driven search landscape. The shift toward intent and genuine value over keyword stuffing feels long overdue.

Curious to hear your thoughts on how devs and writers can practically adapt β€” especially when balancing helpful content vs. trying to β€œrank.” Have you experimented with semantic SEO or entity-based structuring yet?

Thanks for sharing β€” definitely following along for more!

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Nevo David

Honestly been thinking about this a lot - the AI side of search feels like a whole new game now.

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HeetVekariya • Edited

Very true, Just came across this concept yesterday and it is edge for the earlier movers in this space.

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Mike

I just focus on making my content clear, structured, and easy for an AI to read. If an AI can quickly figure out what my page is about, people usually can too.

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Wassim Soltani

Crazy to think that we're right in the middle of a major shift in how the internet works, and we're witnessing that firsthand. It's been crazy fast too.

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Bernard Kortor

Nice piece

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Armando Ota

nice article. My question is, how to prepare content for AI when you have a catalog like page?

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Flexprice

this is quite insightful.
do you know how can my product name appear in ChatGPT, say when someone searches for open source tool for usage-based billing, ChatGPT gives Flexprice as one of the tool?

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KC

While we have OpenGraph meta tags to help us implement SEO, I wonder how GEO is practiced in software development. Are you open to elaborate more on this point @ismail9k ?

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Vikash Kumar

A nice thing to think about

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Vladimir Mantov

It’s no longer just about showing up in search now it’s about being quoted by AI. A new era of SEO is here, and it’s truly changing the game.