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Adobe’s June launch of Adobe Brand Visibility definitely makes this market shift in search behaviour, and business attitudes to it, feel more concrete than ever. Until recently, Generative Engine Optimisation, or GEO, has been discussed largely as an emerging discipline. Brands knew AI search was changing discovery, but many were still trying to understand what…
Speaking at Cannes in June, Ekta Chopra, chief technology and AI officer at E.l.f. Beauty, said brands cannot simply repurpose their existing content for AI. AI tools need full conversational context, not just keywords. That is a really useful way to understand what is changing with AI search and what is driving the shape of…
Many brands already have a significant YouTube back catalogue, but are unsure how to make that existing content work in an AI-driven search landscape. As generative systems such as ChatGPT and Perplexity increasingly rely on YouTube as a trusted source when generating answers, the way videos are titled, described and transcribed now directly affects brand…
The Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) changes how AI search agents engage with brand content. Instead of simply discovering, summarising, or citing webpages, AI agents can now evaluate, select, and transact with businesses directly. This shift fundamentally changes the role of content. GEO has taught brands how to be found and trusted by large language models;…
We’ve been banging the drum on AI Search Optimisation (GEO) for some time now, with a clear focus on helping brands get found by AI search agents. Until recently, this was about visibility: being cited, being included, and being part of the conversation. Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) changes that. It introduces a new model where…
AI search has evolved again. UCP is taking it beyond discovery and into complete shopping missions. This seismic shift will ultimately revolutionise the way that customers interact with businesses. Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) introduces a new standard for AI-driven commerce, enabling AI agents to move beyond search and recommendation to complete transactions on a…
schedule Read time: short_text Word count: Welcome to the new search There’s a new challenge in marketing, a moment every CMO is going to hit, usually mid-quarter after one of those pipeline reviews where the numbers don’t quite add up. You open ChatGPT, Perplexity or your other preferred LLM just to…