My personal list of 28 AI Search experts you cannot but follow (and why I’m not on this List)

Most lists of “top GEO experts” confuse visibility with expertise. This one takes a different approach: 28 AI Search practitioners selected for their original contributions, from technical experiments and semantic infrastructure to strategic frameworks and industry education. With 10 honorable mentions and links to their work, the article also explores what these experts reveal about the future of Search.

Pichai, again: decoding “How Sundar Pichai is rethinking Google for the AI Era”

When Sundar Pichai told Nilay Patel that “sources and links will always be there as part of it,” he demoted the open web from substrate to feature. This piece goes claim by claim through the Decoder interview, translating each declaration into the primary-source docs that prove it — patents, the DOJ record, Pew’s click data — and ends with eight practical imperatives for staying legible to the system replacing traditional search.

Spam in the age of AI Search

The rise of AI search has triggered a new era of black-hat manipulation. Spammers are shifting from traditional keyword-stuffing and link schemes to next-generation tactics like semantic data poisoning, forced consensus spam, and LLM prompt injection. Discover how bad actors are actively fighting to hijack the mind of AI search engines.