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Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) stories

Sangeeta

Agentic commerce and the evolution of retail purchase behaviour

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Retail shifts as AI agents move from recommending products to completing purchases, forcing brands to make catalogues legible to machine buyers.
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Optimizely training sparks surge in marketing AI agents

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Optimizely training programme sees 375 AI agents built in five days as waitlist tops 1,500 amid rising enterprise marketing demand.
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Superdry appoints Verde Digital to boost organic search

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Superdry & Co turns to Verde Digital for SEO and AI search support as the rebranded retailer targets broader fashion discovery worldwide.
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The rush to GEO is understandable. But here's what gets missed in the scramble

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GEO spending is surging, but marketers risk wasting money if they do not first fix inconsistent brand messaging and content foundations.
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Bazaarvoice launches API to boost AI review discovery

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Bazaarvoice unveils patent-pending API to help brands and retailers surface verified reviews in AI-led shopping and search results.
Sangeeta

AI expert reveals the 'New Currency' in AI discovery for eCommerce brands

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AI discovery is levelling eCommerce, with mid-sized Shopify brands gaining an edge over bigger rivals by making products clearer to generative engines.
Pipin

The new world of GEO - are you ready?

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Search is shifting from clicks to citations, and brands that still rely on old SEO alone risk losing visibility where B2B buyers now decide.
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The Golden Triangle of marketing in the AI era

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As AI reshapes search, B2B brands must fuse thought leadership, media clout and GEO to stay visible, trusted and cited in summaries.
Pipin

Why technical foundation is critical for Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) success

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Strong GEO technical foundations now decide if AI engines even see your brand, turning structured data into future B2B revenue.
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Five red flags that suggest your AI content is actually hurting your rankings

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Unedited AI content could soon tank your Google rankings; here are five warning signs your pages are hurting rather than helping.
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Radisys & AccelerComm extend satellite 5G IoT reach

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Radisys and AccelerComm add NB-IoT to their 5G satellite stack, letting operators serve low-power IoT and broadband over shared spectrum.
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The Optimisers launches in Auckland to target AI search

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Auckland's The Optimisers debuts as a digital agency helping brands win visibility in AI-led search, summaries and autonomous agent results.
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Q4 upgrades IR sites to boost visibility in AI search

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Q4 adds AI-focused optimisation to investor relations sites, helping listed firms surface verified disclosures in answer engines like ChatGPT.
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Multipole AI launches AIMSOO to boost SME AI visibility

Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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Multipole AI has launched AIMSOO, a free platform to help SMEs boost visibility in AI-driven search and chat interfaces.
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Gartner: LLMs to reshape PR budgets & staff chatbots

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Gartner predicts public LLMs will double PR budgets by 2027 as AI search reshapes discovery and employee chatbots replace intranets.
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Clarity unveils Surfacd to track B2B brands in AI search

Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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Clarity launches Surfacd, a tool tracking how B2B brands are portrayed across AI search and assistants such as ChatGPT and Perplexity.
Jack wheeler

Why AI search is reshaping how Kiwis see businesses

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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As Kiwis increasingly 'ask AI' before buying, leaders must learn to shape algorithm answers or risk losing control of their brand story.
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Pead launches GEO service to shape AI brand answers

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Auckland agency Pead launches GEO service to help brands influence how AI tools like ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini answer consumer queries.
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Umbraco debuts Compose for GraphQL-first data integration

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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Umbraco launches Compose, a GraphQL-first SaaS to standardise data flows across composable digital experience and eCommerce stacks.
Varun kapoor

AI reshapes banks' role in Asia Pacific financial wellness

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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Most APAC banks are failing to meet customers' financial wellness needs, an Adobe index finds, leaving a trust gap ripe for fintechs.