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Practical guides, real problems included

Tool setups, workflows, configurations — with the actual points where I got stuck and how I solved them, not just the clean version of the tutorial.

What Is AI Overview? And When It Shows Up for Local Businesses
AI search

What Is AI Overview? And When It Shows Up for Local Businesses

What it is, whether you can turn it off and when it appears for local searches, from a study of 352 questions.

How Many Google Reviews Do You Need?
Reviews

How Many Google Reviews Do You Need?

The curve up to 200 reviews, the 4.8 threshold and how to ask with your review link.

Claude Code for SEO with DataForSEO
SEO tools

Claude Code for SEO with DataForSEO

The sequel to the OpenSEO guide: setup, real costs and limits of an AI agent with a pay-as-you-go API.

How to Rank in ChatGPT as a Local Business
AI search

How to Rank in ChatGPT as a Local Business

What ChatGPT reads when it recommends a local business, what weighs and what doesn’t, with data.

Google Business Profile Optimization: What the Data Says
Local SEO

Google Business Profile Optimization: What the Data Says

What matters most, based on a study of 1,353 local listings: website, reviews, rating, categories and how AI tools use your profile.

What Is iGaming? A Plain-English Guide
iGaming

What Is iGaming? A Plain-English Guide

The verticals, who does what, how operators make money and why licensing splits the industry market by market.

What Is a Sportsbook? Meaning, Odds and How It Works
iGaming

What Is a Sportsbook? Meaning, Odds and How It Works

What the word means, how the margin works, odds formats, the main bet types and how sportsbooks are regulated.

Curaçao Gaming License: How the New LOK Regime Works
iGaming licensing

Curaçao Gaming License: How the New LOK Regime Works

The end of sub-licences, B2C and B2B licences, the published fees — and what a Curaçao licence does not let you do.

Casino Link Building: What Actually Works in a Regulated Market
iGaming SEO

Casino Link Building: What Actually Works in a Regulated Market

The in-house view, not the agency-selling-links view: what actually works, what gets you penalised, and how to evaluate anyone offering to sell you links.

How to Self-Host OpenSEO on Cloudflare: The Complete Guide
SEO tools

How to Self-Host OpenSEO on Cloudflare: The Complete Guide

Step-by-step deploy, including a silent bug on Google Search Console that looked like a token problem and wasn’t.

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