Writing

On search, AI, and the questions behind both.

Search & AI

The Receipt, Not the Transaction

The Receipt, Not the Transaction by Ajay Rathod

Lately I have been watching a pattern. Marketing teams open the same conversation. Sessions are down. Impressions flat. Average position steady. Queries the same. People are still searching. The engine is still showing the page. The number that mattered to the budget has gone missing. The question that opens every meeting now is the same … Read more

May 23, 2026