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Ranking in Google + AI search. SEO, SaaS, Affiliate + CRO. @ParasiteSEOcom @AnswerSocrates Free playbooks by email ↓

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How to Find Keywords That Rank Fast (In 11 Steps) After dropping that Black Friday guide, everyone’s asking: 'How do YOU find the best keywords?' Well, here’s the deal: I use a simple, 11-step process that takes me from broad keywords to ranking gold—all with @parasiteseocom Think: - Keywords your competition doesn’t even know about. - Insights on how easy it’ll be to rank. - A way to dominate the SERPs faster than ever. And the best part? You can do it all in minutes using the same tools I use—without all the fluff. Want the exact steps? [Watch the video] and get the SOP in the comments!
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My backlink tactic tier list for 2026, ranked by effort versus links won: S: Link reclamation, Unlinked mentions A: Broken link building, Listicles, Moving Man B: Competitor dead pages, Link gap, Guest posts C: Skyscraper, Resource pages, Prove me wrong. All 10 are for FREEE, and on @ProductHunt comment SKILLS and i'll dm the link.
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🚨LLM Tracker update Track your brand in AI search, even if you don't know where to start. - see every page AI cites for you - get prompts built from real searches - get to-dos from the gaps Works across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and more
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I built a Chrome extension for Answer Socrates. It took a few hours each week (v1.6). 5 things it gave me: - a Chrome Web Store listing that links to my site - another branded page in Google - keyword data right inside Google results - a sidebar on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity chats - a free way into the product with no account needed 341 users so far.
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James Oliver | Profit Focused SEO retweeted
🔥 Black Hat Day is less than 20 days away. The speaker line-up is locked in, and on 11 November 2026, eight operators take the stage in Chiang Mai to share the tactics, systems and strategies they’re actually using right now. 🎤 @Kasra_Dash 🎤 @oliver__com 🎤 Darko Brzica 🎤 @craigcampbell03 🎤 @cladxxx 🎤 Terry Kyle 🎤 @LeoPoitevin 🎤 Kevin Meng Expect sessions across: ⚡ Black Hat SEO 🤖 AI Search 🔗 Parasite SEO & links 📍 Local SEO 📈 Lead generation ⚙️ Content & automation No fluff. No recycled conference decks. Just practical tactics from people doing the work. 📅 11 November 2026 📍 Chiang Mai, Thailand 🎟️ blackhatday.com Grab your ticket before the room fills up.
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2023: spend a week on Skyscraper outreach. 2024: hire a VA for outreach. 2025: write a prompt. 2026: the agent reads the skill folder and drafts it all.
I put 10 backlink tactics into an AI agent skill repo. - Link reclamation - Unlinked mentions - Broken link building - Skyscraper, link gap and 6 more Each folder has the process, the prompts and the style to follow. Comment SKILLS and I'll send you the link.
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I put 10 backlink tactics into an AI agent skill repo. - Link reclamation - Unlinked mentions - Broken link building - Skyscraper, link gap and 6 more Each folder has the process, the prompts and the style to follow. Comment SKILLS and I'll send you the link.
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1/ Is AI search worth it? The traffic is still small. (2.4%) I changed @AnswerSocrates to be AI search first anyway. Here's what we changed and why...
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6/ Change 4: SEO pages aimed at MCP connections. People search "SEO MCP" and similar. We build pages for those searches so the traffic compounds. example: best SEO MCP for Grok bot
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8/ Most of these change are new. So time will tell if it was the right call... Would you rebuild for a channel this small?
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Submitted the official MCP connection on @perplexity_ai and @OpenAI for @AnswerSocrates You can still add custom connections...
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James Oliver | Profit Focused SEO retweeted
🎤 @oliver__com is taking the stage at Black Hat Day to break down: 🔥 Parasite SEO for AI Search How to use other people’s authority to influence ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and more. He’ll be covering: 🚀 How to borrow authority from established domains 🤖 How to get into the sources AI systems already trust 📈 How parasite assets can drive rankings, mentions and citations 💰 How to turn third-party visibility into traffic, leads and revenue If you’re trying to win visibility beyond traditional Google rankings, this is one to watch. 📍 Black Hat Day 🎤 James Oliver 🌐 blackhatday.com
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How to turn Google's "People Also Ask" box into a month of content. The People Also Ask box is the most underused free research tool in SEO. Every question in it is something real people search. And it doesn't stop at four. Step 1: Open it up Search your main topic. Click a question in the People Also Ask box. Google adds more questions underneath. Click those. Keep going. After a few minutes you'll have dozens, and they'll drift into related topics you'd never have thought of. Or use a tool like @answersocrates to save time. Step 2: Write every question down Copy them all into one list. Don't filter yet. The odd ones are often the most useful. Step 3: Repeat for your main subtopics Do the same for three to five related searches. Each one opens a different branch of questions. Step 4: Sort them into three piles Big questions. These need a full page to answer properly. "How does X work?" Supporting questions. These fit as a section inside a bigger page. "How long does X take?" Quick answers. One or two sentences. These go in an FAQ. Step 5: Build pages, not posts Each big question becomes a page. Its supporting questions become the headings on that page. Its quick answers go in the FAQ at the bottom. One page now answers ten real questions instead of one. That's what makes a page genuinely complete. Step 6: Answer the question first Put the direct answer in the first sentence or two under each heading. Then explain. The question is already in the reader's head. Don't make them scroll for the answer. Step 7: Link them together Your big pages should link to each other where the questions overlap. Now it isn't a pile of articles. It's a topic you cover properly. A few hours with the People Also Ask box gives you a month of pages built on questions people actually ask. You can also combine this with autocomplete questions, so you don't have to click for an hour. But the method works by hand, and doing it once teaches you a lot about your audience.
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