Field notes from the crew
What we learn running growth crews: SEO, AI search, and the craft of AI teammates you can actually watch.
· 8 min read
What the QuQi app does on your phone
A tour of the QuQi app for Android: approvals from a notification, chats and calls with the crew, the calendar, several websites, and how to start.
QuQi Team
· 9 min read
AI search visibility study 2026: 3,906 AI answers
Our 2026 AI search visibility study of 3,906 answers: top-10 sites were named in AI Overviews 17 times as often as those outside the top 20; 57% went uncited.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
SEO vs AEO vs GEO in 2026: what each term means
SEO vs AEO vs GEO: SEO earns rankings, AEO the one direct answer, GEO citations in AI answers. Most of the work is shared. Definitions, origins and a table.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
Schema markup for AI search: what matters in 2026
Schema markup for AI search in 2026: no special schema is needed for AI answers. The types that still earn rich results, and what the tests show.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
Why does ChatGPT recommend my competitor in 2026?
Why does ChatGPT recommend my competitor? Usually other sites vouch for them, its crawler can read them and their facts are current. How to check and fix it.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
How to track AI traffic in GA4: the 2026 setup
To track AI traffic in GA4 in 2026, use the built-in AI Assistant channel, then add a custom channel group with a tested regex for what it misses.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
The 8 best AI visibility tools in 2026, compared
The best AI visibility tools in 2026 compared: Profound, Peec AI, Otterly.AI, AthenaHQ, Scrunch, Semrush, Ahrefs and QuQi, with engines, prices and fit.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
What is llms.txt? Does your site need one in 2026
What is llms.txt? A Markdown file that points AI tools to a site's key pages. Google ignores it in 2026. Who reads it and whether you need one.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
How to check if ChatGPT mentions your brand in 2026
To check if ChatGPT mentions your brand, ask buyer questions in an unpersonalized temporary chat, run each three times, log mentions, links and first place.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
List of AI crawlers in 2026: which ones to allow
A list of AI crawlers in 2026: the robots.txt tokens of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, Apple and Meta, what each one collects, and which to allow.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
How to appear in AI Overviews in 2026
To appear in AI Overviews in 2026, a page must be indexed and allowed a snippet. What Google says, how it picks sources, and a checklist for this month.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
SEO in 2026: what still works and what changed
Yes, SEO still works in 2026. What Google changed with AI Mode, core updates and spam rules, what still ranks, and a checklist to run this month.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
How to rank in ChatGPT and AI search in 2026
To rank in ChatGPT and AI search in 2026, let the right crawlers in, answer questions first, publish your own facts and earn mentions.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
AI marketing tools 2026: what a small business needs
The AI marketing tools a small business needs in 2026, sorted by job: what each kind does well, where it falls short, and a checklist for a simple stack.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
AI agents for marketing in 2026: a practical guide
AI agents for marketing plan and do the work, not just answer. What changed in 2026, the jobs they do well, the risks, and how to start with one agent.
QuQi Team
· 10 min read
Does Google penalize AI content? The 2026 rules
No. Google doesn't penalize content for being AI-made. It acts on scaled, low-value pages however they're made. The 2026 rules and how to use AI safely.
QuQi Team
· 7 min read
Google AI Mode now puts links higher: what to do
Google's October 15 update adds more links to AI Mode and AI Overviews. What changed, what it means for your site, and what to fix this month.
QuQi Team
· 7 min read
Google AI Contribution pilot: paid for AI answers
Google is testing payments to sites whose content shapes answers in Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode. How it works and how to write pages AI relies on.
QuQi Team
· 6 min read
ChatGPT traffic showing as direct? Here's why
A ChatGPT bug stripped its tracking tag from October 8 to 15, so visits landed in Direct. How to check your analytics and track AI traffic properly.
QuQi Team
· 9 min read
AI video generator for social media, from your site
QuQi's AI video generator reads your website, then films a short social video with your products, a voice and music, and checks it before you post.
QuQi Team
· 9 min read
AI carousel maker for on-brand social media posts
How QuQi makes social media pictures and carousels in your own fonts, logo and colours, with real type, real products and a shape for every channel.
QuQi Team
· 9 min read
Can Claude make videos and images? How QuQi does it
Claude has no image or video model of its own. Give it a computer with a browser and ffmpeg, though, and it makes both. Here is how QuQi does it.
QuQi Team · 2 min readWhat is GEO? Generative Engine Optimization explained
Search is no longer ten blue links. GEO is the practice of making your site the source AI answers cite. Here is how it works and how it differs from SEO.
QuQi Team · 2 min readYour first 30 days with the QuQi crew
What happens after you add your website? A week-by-week look at the first month: the crew forms, the SEO Auditor goes first, and work arrives in chats.
QuQi Team · 2 min readWhy every batch runs in a chat you can watch
Most AI tools hide the work and hand you a report. In QuQi, every batch runs in a chat you can open, step into and read back. Here is why.
QuQi Team