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https://thatseoagent.com/en/research/feed.xml Research — That SEO Agent Long-form research grounded in Google Search Central, peer-reviewed papers, and causal studies — no SEO blog recycling. Newest first. 2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z That SEO Agenthttps://thatseoagent.com That SEO Agent https://thatseoagent.com/icon-192.png https://thatseoagent.com/icon-192.png © 2026 That SEO Agent. All rights reserved. https://thatseoagent.com/en/search-console-opportunities Find the SEO Opportunities Hiding in Search Console 2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z 2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Search Console shows hundreds of rows; few are worth your week. That SEO Agent scans decay, quick wins, CTR gaps, and more, ranked by what each is worth.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/do-you-need-an-seo Do You Need an SEO? What Google Actually Recommends 2026-06-09T10:00:00.000Z 2026-06-09T10:00:00.000Z

Google answers the question in two official docs most SEO vendors hope you never read. We go through both and show where a read-only agent honestly fits.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/how-we-score-ai-visibility How We Score AI Visibility (and What It Isn't) 2026-06-01T10:00:00.000Z 2026-06-01T10:00:00.000Z

How That SEO Agent's ai_visibility_score works and the framework behind it. No AI platform publishes a citation standard, so the score stays directional.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/seo-cargo-cult-cycle The SEO Cargo Cult Cycle: Born, Spammed, Killed 2026-05-16T14:00:00.000Z 2026-05-16T14:00:00.000Z

FAQ schema died because the industry abused it, exactly like meta keywords, link wheels, and PBNs before it. The same cycle is now repeating with AI SEO.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/semantic-faq-html-pattern From FAQPage Schema to Semantic HTML for Q&A 2026-05-16T13:00:00.000Z 2026-05-16T13:00:00.000Z

With FAQ rich results gone, how should you mark up Q&A content? The semantic HTML pattern that works for users, AI engines, and structure-rewarding surfaces.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/google-ai-optimization-guide What Google Actually Says About AI Overviews 2026-05-16T12:00:00.000Z 2026-05-16T12:00:00.000Z

Google's AI Optimization Guide tells site owners to ignore llms.txt, chunking, and AI-specific rewriting. Here's what it says, and what to do instead.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/schema-ai-citations-study Does Schema Help AI Citations? The Ahrefs Study 2026-05-16T11:00:00.000Z 2026-05-16T11:00:00.000Z

Ahrefs ran the first causal experiment on JSON-LD schema and AI citations: 1,885 treated pages, 4,000 controls, ±30 days each. What the numbers mean.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/faq-schema-deprecated FAQ Schema Is Dead: What the 2026 Deprecation Means 2026-05-16T10:00:00.000Z 2026-05-16T10:00:00.000Z

Google removed FAQ rich results on May 7, 2026, and the Ahrefs causal study shows schema gives no AI citation boost. What the sources say, and what to change.

https://thatseoagent.com/en/generative-engine-optimization GEO Research: What Gets You Cited in AI Search 2026-04-11T00:00:00.000Z 2026-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

What 9 peer-reviewed papers, 4 official platform docs, and 7 industry studies say about appearing in AI search answers. Primary sources only. No opinion.