Shalin Siriwardhana

Shalin Siriwardhana

Search, growth, and digital strategy notes.

Personal notes on SEO, AI search, content strategy, and durable organic growth.

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Notes / SEO / Oct 26, 2026

Google Gets the Thank You

Around me, I see people increasingly asking an assistant first and using Search afterwards. That's an observation about the. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

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Notes / SEO / Oct 24, 2026

Google Explains 503s, Robots.txt Limits & Bracket URLs, SEO Pulse

If your site returns a 503 error due to downtime caused by a PHP patch, it will have to be triggered via an entity that remains. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

8 min read
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Notes / SEO / Oct 24, 2026

GEO Is a Distraction: Here’s Where the Real Opportunity Is

Of the 100 sites in my dataset, 55 were tracking conversions in GA4. I did indeed find that ChatGPT visitors converted at a. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

6 min read
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Notes / SEO / Oct 23, 2026

How Rank Trackers Say They Handle Suspect Google Results

An Oct. 10 article by rank tracking company Nozzle looked at how Google's results pages were showing up without many (or. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

6 min read
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Notes / SEO / Oct 23, 2026

Do Comparison Posts, Roundups & Listicles Still Have Any Value?

If there are two, three, or five big brands in your space, and each has search volume, this is a golden opportunity for you as a. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

6 min read
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Notes / SEO / Oct 22, 2026

Getting Indexed No Longer Means Getting Visited

For more than 20 years, the bargain was easy to read. A crawler took your pages, and the search engine sent people back. Getting. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

7 min read
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Notes / SEO / Oct 22, 2026

The Real Reason Reddit Belongs in Your PR Strategy

On May 22, Boston.com covered a dispute involving Olivia's Kitchen in Somerville. Screenshots of a review and a sharply worded. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

6 min read
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Notes / SEO / Oct 22, 2026

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Views Search Absorbed into Agentic Layer

The interviewer, Alex Heath, invoked Google Spark, a product introduced at Google I/O. Google Spark is a cloud based personal. The practical question is what this changes for SEO, content quality, and AI search visibility.

6 min read
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Notes / SEO / Oct 22, 2026

Google AI Overviews: Everything You Need to Know

A practical view on Google AI Overviews: Everything You Need to Know, focused on the signal to inspect, the risk to avoid, and the decision it should change.

6 min read