New Instructions from Google: How to Optimize for AI

Google released updated guidance for optimizing websites in both traditional and AI-powered search. The message is clear: SEO hasn't changed as much as you think. In this episode, Meredith's Husband walks through the new guidance from Google's ...

Google I/O Updates: AI Search & Local SEO

Google's recent developer conference announced several updates worth paying attention to as a local business owner. This episode breaks down what those announcements mean for your website, including a new AI detection tool, changes to Google Bu...

Ubersuggest vs Semrush/Adobe: Honest Take

A listener asks whether Ubersuggest's $290 lifetime plan is worth it as an alternative to Semrush. The answer covers the founder's reputation, why lifetime pricing at that level raises red flags, and what Adobe's $2 billion acquisition of Semru...

Update from Google: The Next Step in AI Search (2026)

Google's developer conference just delivered what may be the most significant shift in SEO in years. Meredith's Husband breaks down what Google announced about AI-powered search, why website traffic will decrease for most owners, and why that c...

12 Must-Do Steps: Google Business Profile

Your Google Business Profile is often the first thing a potential client sees when searching your name, and most small business owners leave it incomplete. In this episode, Meredith's Husband walks through 12 must-do steps to optimize your prof...

Your Website Navigation is Costing You Money

Your website navigation is doing more damage than you might think. Meredith's Husband walks through three common mistakes photographers and small business owners make with their main nav, why each one hurts both SEO and conversions, and what to...

Stagnant Rankings? Why It Might be a Good Sign

Two common Google Search Console questions get answered in this episode: what it means when impressions are rising but average rankings stay flat, and whether keywords still matter for blog posts. The short answer on rankings might surprise you...

How to Build an AI Engine for Your SEO

Most photographers rely on AI tools that hand them the same baseline everyone else gets. This episode breaks down why that approach keeps you stuck in the crowd with mediocre results. Meredith's husband talks about how building a custom AI engi...

From Hostels To Penthouse Suites With AI

Three listener questions, three straight answers. This episode covers what agentic AI actually is and why over-relying on it is a risk, whether an LLMS.txt file is worth having on your site, and what Google really does when it detects AI-writte...

SEO Is Not as Hard as You Think

Meredith's Husband breaks down why SEO and AI search sound so confusing and why the confusion is mostly by design. The SEO industry benefits from complex-sounding language, but the rules behind all of it are common sense. This episode explains ...

Your AI+SEO Questions, Answered

Wondering about AI and/or SEO?👉 Send your questions!https://www.meredithshusband.com/podcas...

Rank Faster by Starting With What Works

Most SEO advice, including what AI suggests, starts with picking a keyword and trying to rank for it. That approach works against how Google actually evaluates your site. This episode breaks down a smarter strategy: build on what Google already...

How To Move From ChatGPT To Claude Without Starting Over

If you've been using ChatGPT and you're thinking about switching to Claude or another AI model, the biggest obstacle isn't the technology. It's the time you've already invested. This episode covers why people are leaving ChatGPT right now, why ...

Avoiding the Killer Robots (bonus episode)

How Blog Tags Hurt Your Rankings

You've probably heard this common advice about using blog categories and tags, and it may be demoting your entire website in Google. This episode breaks down why putting keywords into your tag and category names is often a spam signal and how t...

How to Make AI Content Sound Like You

AI-generated content has a voice problem. In this episode, Meredith's Husband explains how to fix it using "shots" so your content ends up sounding more like you instead of a machine. This is the practical starting point for using AI to help wr...

ChatGPT v. Claude: Design, Ads & Privacy

A quick update episode covering recent AI news, including a side-by-side comparison of ChatGPT and Claude for cartoon image generation, major announcements from OpenAI and a look at what the removal of "safety" from OpenAI's mission statement m...

Which AI is best for users? (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)

This episode breaks down strengths and weaknesses between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity across the things that matter for us, the people who actually use them. For each AI model, we consider factors:PersonalityMem...

AI Ethics: Comparing ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini

Meredith's Husband shares recent AI developments, including a piece of advice from Sam Altman, ChatGPT's personalization updates, and concerns about safety issues at OpenAI. He reviews alternative AI models including Google Gemini 3.0's impress...

Using AI to Plan Your Goals (Not Just Do Tasks)

👉 Get the AI Strategy PromptEpisode Summary: Learn how to use AI as your strategic assistant to break down goals into actio...

SEO Questions from Photographers [Answered]

Listeners ask about image galleries and SEO, spammy URLs, linking strategies, Google verification videos, moving cities, and image alt text. We cover when to change URLs (almost never), how page traffic matters more than authority for internal ...

Things to Avoid In 2026

AI+SEO Mentoring→ https://www.meredithshusband.com/program/mentoringAvoid these ...

Protecting Your Work From AI Training Without Killing Your Visibility

Get the AI Opt-Out checklist:https://www.meredithshusband.com/blog/177-ai-opt-outIn this episode, we revisit how visual artists can protect their work from bei...

A Simple Step to Prepare for AI in 2026

This episode looks ahead to 2026 as a transition year for AI, search, and work. It explains why the next stage of AI is less about replacement and more about adaptation, and how small, practical habits now can help website owners, and people, s...

What 2025 Taught Us About AI & SEO

In this year-end episode, Meredith’s Husband and Meredith unpack how AI reshaped search in 2025—and why SEO didn’t die, but changed. They explain the shift from the attention economy to a trust economy, how AI tools now influence search behavio...