2026 NOTES / DISPATCHES
✦ January
The Click Is Dead and You're Still Counting Corpses
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Your analytics dashboard shows 4,200 visitors last month. Google Analytics confirms they stayed an average of
SEO
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✦ January
2026: The De-Branding of AI and the Consolidation of the Retrieval Layer
Introduction: From Thesis to Mechanical Reality
In January 2025, we established the Retrieval Layer as the foundational architecture for AI-mediated
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✦ January
The Modular Content Debate Misses the Actual Problem
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On January 9, 2026, the industry experienced a brief, frantic collective shiver. Danny Sullivan, speaking from within
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✦ December
What AI-Native Means in 2026 and Why Plate Lunch Collective Was Built for the Retrieval Layer
Table of contents
* What AI-Native Actually Means
* How Traditional Marketing Disciplines Feed the Retrieval Layer
* GEO, AEO, and Retrieval Mechanics
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✦ November
Generative Engine Optimization: Field Notes for Early Adopters
Someone at Webflow was looking at attribution data when they noticed something. Eight percent of their signups were coming from
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✦ October
The AI Citation Arms Race: Why Your Optimization Tactics Have an Expiration Date
There's a coding bootcamp somewhere that lost 80% of its revenue because someone got mad at them on
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✦ October
Farm-to-Forgotten: When Your Web Marketing Catches Vibe But Misses Everything Else
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say, but your customers are scrolling past looking for the hundred words
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✦ October
Why SEO, Social Media, and AI Search Are Now Business Infrastructure (Not Marketing Tactics)
What business owners need to know about discoverability in 2025
There was a time when search engine optimization meant keywords.
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✦ October
Instagram Cracked the Spam Problem. Here's What It Means for AI Search
Last April, Mark Zuckerberg testified under oath during the FTC's antitrust trial against Meta. Kyle Chayka, writing in
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✦ July
The AI Browser Shift is Here: Why Hawaii Businesses Have a Unique Advantage
I'm sitting in my home office, staring out the window, watching the clouds bring the rain over from
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✦ June
What Is Answer Engine Optimization? No One Really Knows.
Preface
In 1990 we used to skateboard behind an AM/PM on the corner of Goldenwest and Heil in Huntington
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✦ May
Your SEO Strategy Is Missing 80% of Where People Actually Search
In Summary: Why SEO Isn’t Working Like It Used To
* Traditional SEO focuses on Google rankings—but discovery has
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✦ May
Google Doesn't Just Rank Anymore - It Quotes. Here's How to Get Cited
Today’s search engines don’t just rank. They quote. And trust is earned line by line. That’s why