You can't predict the future, especially in publishing. You never know exactly which pieces of content will be hits and which will be a waste of time and money. But you can, as the finance folks have taught us, forecast your impact.
How to measure your content's performance, regardless of the business model
ke it or not, it's up to us, the people who enjoy making things, to advocate for what we value and to value what we create. We must, on a base level, understand our numbers.
Everyone else's numbers are inflated, but your own data is your gold. Learn to trust your owned data and make decisions with verifiable performance metrics.
Should I, as a website publisher, be angry that an AI summary engine includes my content in its index? Or should I not be so precious about my intellectual property? Here's how I'm making that data-driven decision.
Instead of trucks and newsstands, in 2024 we have web- and social network-based aggregator systems that pipe content directly to consumers via software. Navigating algorithmic distribution is a necessary challenge. Here are some tips.
To put it another way: optimizing with GEO reverse engineering tactics is like entering a house through a small attic window. GEO ignores that the research frameworks literally embedded in the outputs of the model are the keys to the front door.
