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GOOGLE TOP-10 vs. AI-CITED OVERLAP 70–76% Mid-2025 17–38% Early 2026 Ranking well in Google no longer predicts AI citation
5th July, 2026 · 9 min read

GEO vs. Traditional SEO: Which Sites Are Winning AI-Generated Answers Right Now

The overlap between Google's top 10 and AI-cited sources has collapsed from roughly 70% to under 40% in a year. Ranking well no longer guarantees AI citation — here's what a real academic study found actually moves the needle.

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THE 3 STATES THAT REQUIRE REGISTRATION New York Threshold: $5,000 Bond: required File: 30 days prior Winners: 90 days after Florida Threshold: $5,000 Bond: required File: 7 days prior Winners: 60 days after Rhode Island Threshold: $500 Bond: not required Retail-tied only Winners list: n/a Sourced from state statutes & sweepstakes law firms
2nd July, 2026 · 8 min read

Sweepstakes & Giveaway Legal Compliance: Registration and Bonding Rules by State

Run a sweepstakes with a prize over $500 and a Rhode Island retail tie-in, or over $5,000 nationally, and three states require registration before you launch. Here's exactly what New York, Florida, and Rhode Island require.

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WHAT THE SLA PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY MEANS 99% 3.65 days/year down 99.9% 8.76 hours/year down 99.95% 4.38 hours/year down 99.99% 52.6 minutes/year down SLAs typically exclude planned maintenance & short-duration outages
28th June, 2026 · 8 min read

Managed Hosting Uptime Report: What Your SLA Percentage Actually Means

99.9% and 99.99% sound almost identical. One means 8.76 hours of downtime a year, the other 52 minutes. Here's the real math behind uptime SLAs, and why advertised uptime and experienced uptime aren't the same number.

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WHERE THE B2B FUNNEL ACTUALLY LEAKS Visitors 1.5–2.5%↓ Leads 37–41%↓ MQLs 13–40%↓ (varies most) SQLs Forrester: ~1% of marketing leads reach closed revenue
25th June, 2026 · 9 min read

Sales Funnel Benchmark Report: Average Conversion Rate at Each Stage

Forrester puts it at 1%: the share of marketing-generated leads that ever reach closed revenue. Here's the stage-by-stage benchmark data — visitor to lead, MQL to SQL, and why that compression isn't a failure.

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ONE ENGINE'S CITATIONS ≠ ANOTHER'S ChatGPT Perplexity 11% overlap Confirmed by 3 independent studies: Averi, Whitehat SEO, Ahrefs
22nd June, 2026 · 9 min read

AI Search Visibility Study: How Often Brands Get Cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI Overviews

Cited brand rates range from 0.59% to 15% depending on the study — because they're measuring different things. Here's the one number that holds up across three independent methodologies: only 11% domain overlap between engines.

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