Hastimal Jangid Win in AI Search: A Practical Guide to Ranking on AI Search Engines & LLMs
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Articles, columns, and features published elsewhere — newest first.
Aug 3, 2026
Coozmoo
Search Journey Optimization: How to Win in the Modern Search in 2026
Why ranking #1 on Google isn't the win condition anymore — mapping the full path buyers take across search, video, forums, and AI before they purchase.
Jul 20, 2026
Forbes Technology Council
When Patients Ask AI For Medical Advice, Who Gets Recommended?
On what it means for healthcare brands when the first opinion a patient hears comes from an LLM, not a search results page.
Jun 26, 2026
Medium
The June 2026 Google Spam Update Is Here: How to Protect Your Rankings
A practical look at what changed in Google's June 2026 spam update and how to keep rankings stable through it.
Jun 15, 2026
Medium
Patients Are Already Asking LLMs and AI for Medical Advice: The Real Question Is Who It Recommends
Search used to hand patients a list of links to judge for themselves. AI hands them a single answer instead.
Jun 8, 2026
Forbes Technology Council
Your Business Rankings Are Fine In Search. Your Discoverability Might Not Be.
Why ranking well in traditional search no longer guarantees a business gets surfaced by AI-driven discovery.
May 22, 2026
Medium
The End of Search As We Knew It: Agentic Marketing Begins 2026
Why getting cited by ChatGPT is starting to matter more than ranking on Google — and what marketers are doing about it.
May 21, 2026
Medium
GEO Is Officially Here, No More Buzzword: Google's I/O 2026
What Google's I/O 2026 confirmed about AEO and GEO no longer being separate disciplines.
May 5, 2026
Forbes Technology Council
Your Local Business Has A Visibility Problem, And Google Isn't The Whole Answer Anymore
Local discovery is spreading across more surfaces than Google Search alone — what that means for small businesses.
Jan 27, 2026
Medium
AI-Driven Automation in Marketing: Revolutionizing Content Creation and Campaigns
How AI-driven automation is changing the mechanics of content creation and campaign execution.
Jan 26, 2026
Medium
The $0/hr Digital Employee: Building a Team with n8n and CrewAI
Building an automated team of AI agents with n8n and CrewAI instead of hiring a virtual assistant.
Jan 26, 2026
Medium · AWS Tip
From Vibe Coding to Viable Code: Mastering SDD with Amazon Kiro
Moving past chaotic AI-assisted "vibe coding" toward spec-driven development with Amazon Kiro.
Jan 25, 2026
Medium · AWS Tip
Agentic QA: Building an Automated Critic Agent for AI Validation on AWS
Building an automated critic agent to validate generative AI outputs on AWS.
Jan 21, 2026
Medium
The FinOps of Agentic AI: Cost-Aware Autonomous Systems on AWS Cloud
The hidden cost of autonomy — designing cost-aware agentic systems on AWS.
Jan 21, 2026
Medium · AWS Tip
Beyond RAG: A Smarter Way to Track Brand Visibility and Search on AWS
Going beyond standard RAG patterns to track brand visibility and search performance on AWS.
2026
AWS Community Builders
Designing Agentic Marketing on AWS: A Bedrock AgentCore Blueprint for GEO and AEO
A Bedrock AgentCore blueprint for building agentic marketing systems tuned for GEO and AEO.
2026
AWS Community Builders
How We Built an Agentic AI Assistant for Small Businesses
An architectural walkthrough of an agentic AI assistant built for small and local businesses.
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