2026
59 articles
Every SEMPITE article published in 2026.
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How to Check Page Rank for Keywords in Google
Check where your website ranks for keywords in Google: the free rank checker route, the Search Console route, the page math, and why results differ.
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SEO and Analytics: How They Fit Together
SEO is the work, analytics is the measurement. The three reports a small business needs, how to tie SEO to revenue, and a one-page reporting template.
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How Long Does It Take to Show Up on Google? Real Timelines From Three Sites We Operate
Real Search Console timelines from three sites: impressions in days, first page-one rankings in 1–9 weeks, first clicks about a month in. No guesses.
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How Long Until ChatGPT and Google’s AI Mention Your Brand? What We Measured
Measured, not guessed: first Google AI Mode impressions within days, an AI Overview citing a three-day-old page, and why ChatGPT lags months behind.
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SEO for Authors: Sell the Trope, Own the Setting
I just finished the keyword research for a novel launching September 8. The data says most authors optimize words nobody searches. Here's what works.
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Why “Accident Lawyer” Trends After Every Crash (and Who Wins the Spike)
Every highway crash sends 'accident lawyer' up Google's trending list, and the firms that win those searches decided the outcome months earlier. What every emergency-demand business should copy from that.
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When the News Cycle Owns Your Name
One day of Google's trending list: an Emmy winner reduced to body commentary, a WNBA star managing trade rumors, a Heisman favorite carrying a season of expectations. None of them chose those headlines. What every personal brand should learn from that.
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How an Actress Reached #1 for Her Name in 90 Days
Casting directors now discover talent through ChatGPT and AI Overviews, and most performers are invisible there. How we got actress Gredivel Vasquez from zero to page one for her name in 90 days.
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Is GEO Just SEO? The Honest 80/20 Answer
I sell AI search visibility, so this costs me something to say: about 80% of GEO is repackaged SEO. Here's the 20% that's genuinely new, and growing.
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Check Your AI Output on a Schedule
I built an AI agent to write our internal knowledge base. It ran for months, then its raw reasoning started leaking into client files. The real lesson: verify AI on a schedule.
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Inside SEMPITE: Q&A With Founder Jacob Gerrish
SEMPITE founder Jacob Gerrish on AI search, automation as leverage, and building a one-person consultancy that ships like a team.
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Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Digital Consultant
The five questions that separate a real digital consultant from a reseller dashboard, and how SEMPITE answers each one.
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