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Jim Hunt
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Jim Hunt

Jim Hunt is a technical SEO architect and digital engineer specializing in search visibility for industrial-scale brands. With over a decade of experience in the "State of Search," he focuses on the intersection of technical performance and AI-first discovery.

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AI Searchers Visit Different Websites Than Google Searchers. The Data Proves It.

AI search destination domains reveal a different web than traditional Google search. Clickstream data from Q4 2025 shows GitHub at #3 after AI search (absent from Google top 15), while Wikipedia and Facebook dominate Google but vanish from AI destinations.

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Zero-Click Searches: The Numbers Behind the Panic

A zero-click search is any Google search session where the user doesn't click on any result. They search, see the results page, and either leave Google...

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Google AI Mode: The SEO Guide for 2026

Google AI Mode is a conversational AI interface within Google Search that allows users to have multi-turn conversations about their search queries. Here is what it means for SEO strategy in 2026.

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How to Get Cited by ChatGPT

ChatGPT draws from two primary sources when generating responses: the data it was trained on and real-time web browsing. Understanding what triggers a citation gives you a framework for earning them.

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ChatGPT is Now a Top-10 Search Destination (Here’s What That Means)

ChatGPT has climbed to the 7th most-visited domain after a Google search, up from 9th last quarter. The Datos/SparkToro data shows AI tools are becoming a routine part of how people navigate the web.

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AI Search Doubled in a Year – What That Actually Means

AI search tools roughly doubled their share of desktop activity in 2025. The headline number gets repeated everywhere, but the context behind it tells a more nuanced story about what actually changed.

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