In this week's SearchTides Weekly SEO & AEO Update (July 25–August 1, 2026), we cover Andrea Volpini's benchmark on AI readability and retrieval, why slow server response times may be costing you AI citations, Google's new Search Console platform properties for social profiles, and the latest debate around AI-generated content following Ahrefs' 331,000-page study. We also discuss Wil Reynolds' take on AI exposing brand credibility gaps, Lily Ray's observations on ChatGPT's evolving behavior, and Daniel Foley Carter's reality check on the current AEO hype. Plus, we highlight three LinkedIn discussions worth following this week.
All of the original articles, studies, and posts mentioned are linked below in the show notes.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aleyda_google-has-officially-released-globally-activity-7488314293583581184-LRt8
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel-foley-assertive_the-obsession-for-being-present-in-ai-responses-activity-7488548953710370816-jBhv
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lily-ray-44755615_earlier-this-month-we-announced-platform-activity-7488213588449603586-6wK7
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lily-ray-44755615_i-took-the-latest-similarweb-llm-data-desktop-activity-7487564432169021441-hLu7
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lily-ray-44755615_the-way-that-chatgpt-is-using-site-searches-activity-7488289902111907841-lKxt
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markseo_seo-activity-7488612055617343489-45Vs
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matthewwoodwarduk_seo-aiseo-aioverviews-activity-7487778977538019328-uTQs
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/randfishkin_new-research-the-datos-a-semrush-company-activity-7488705003390640128-xG5K
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/suganthan-mohanadasan_how-do-you-get-your-brand-visible-on-perplexity-activity-7487422232017702912-a8-w
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/suganthan-mohanadasan_when-chatgpt-perplexity-claude-etc-need-activity-7487866874559643648-Nxh8
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thinkingslow_many-companies-are-unwilling-to-publish-ai-activity-7487429197578080256-ONfO
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/volpini_we-keep-measuring-how-capable-ai-models-are-activity-7487793417704493057-kUyn
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wilreynolds_the-next-few-years-in-optimization-is-going-activity-7487628197644398592-NL0j
