All articles written by: Scott Walldren

Where Challenger Brands Win in AI Search

By Scott Walldren / May 5, 2026
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✍️ Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia. Earlier this year, I argued that AI systems don’t surface brands for being good. They surface brands for being obvious.…

Why AI Isn’t Recommending Your Brand

By Scott Walldren / February 26, 2026
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✍️ Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia. Most brands looking at AI visibility dashboards are asking the wrong question. They want to know: Are we showing up?…

Why AI Systems Describe Your Brand Inconsistently (And How to Fix It)

By Scott Walldren / February 10, 2026
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✍️ Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia. Most marketing teams focus on creating content. The bigger issue is whether existing signals actually align. – Your content strategy…

What Apple’s Deal with Google Means for Your Brand

By Scott Walldren / January 14, 2026
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Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia Apple and Google announced a multi-year partnership this week that will use Google’s Gemini models as the foundation for Apple’s AI…

How to Win Customers in the AI Search Era | AI Engine Optimization Guide for Marketers

By Scott Walldren / November 12, 2025
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About the Authors: ✍️ Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia ✍️ Matt Rosenfeld is the President of CRUSH, an Acadia Company Summary: AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude,…

How 700 Million People Use ChatGPT

By Scott Walldren / October 2, 2025
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Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia The first comprehensive study of ChatGPT usage contradicts much of what we have assumed about AI adoption. While executives debate automation…

Google’s June 2025 Core Update: Different Game. Same Fundamentals

By Scott Walldren / July 9, 2025
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Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia Google just rolled out its June 2025 core update, and SEOs are diving into traffic drops and ranking shifts like it’s…

Beyond Rankings: 5 Google I/O 2025 AI Innovations Reshaping SEO Strategy

By Scott Walldren / May 21, 2025
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Scott Walldren is the Head of SEO at Acadia Google just announced its most significant Search overhaul in years, and the implications for brands are substantial. This isn’t another algorithm…

AI Overviews as the New Discovery Vector: Positioning Your Brand in Generative Search Results

By Scott Walldren / April 24, 2025
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Remember when the biggest search shift was mobile-first indexing? We’re now facing something far more transformative. The search landscape of 2025 has fundamentally changed. Generative AI doesn’t just re-rank results-it…