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Digital Marketing Trends 2026 - What The Experts Are Saying
TL;DR “Search Everywhere” becomes the default go-to-market model “Presence + preference” beats “rankings + clicks” Visibility becomes the KPI, not traffic Trust signals: authentic expertise and “proof” content win Agentic era: optimisation shifts from “influencing” to “executing” Technical fundamentals matter more (not less) in an AI-search world Publishers: brand/entity strategy + UX become survival factors Multi-platform budgets and planning get rebalanced AI visibility too
Sean Barber
Jan 15 min read


Free Digital Marketing Tools
Here you’ll find my go-to collection of free digital marketing tools and extensions - ones I rely on daily and others I’ve discovered recently. Content / LLM Focus Query Fan Out Analysis By Locomotive Agency - Link Free LLM Visibility Report By LLM Pulse - Link Free SERP Similarity Tool By Keyword Insights - Link General Focus Search Console Analytics By SEO Gets - Link Google Search Console Analysis Tool Called Gandalf - Link Google Search Console Visualizer By Amin Forou
Sean Barber
Dec 8, 20251 min read


Can We Really Trust Wikipedia In 2025?
Wikipedia is everywhere. It dominates Google results, pops up in YouTube info boxes, and is baked into AI systems like ChatGPT and...
Sean Barber
Sep 4, 20253 min read


Digital Marketing Deep Dive: Weekly & Monthly Insights
I’ll be sharing Digital Marketing News updates on a weekly basis, covering the most important stories, trends, and conversations shaping search, SEO, AI, and digital marketing. Alongside these, I’ll also publish larger monthly deep-dive episodes, taking a more in-depth look at major SEO and AI developments when a topic deserves deeper analysis (see examples below). Weekly Digital Marketing News Episodes 03/11 This episode of Search With Sean: Weekly News explores how AI is re
Sean Barber
Jul 25, 20252 min read


Learning AI And SEO With NotebookLM: Key Terms & Techniques
This is a living blog (last updated: 08/12/2025) where I explore key concepts and terminology at the intersection of AI, SEO, and language models. I’m using Google’s NotebookLM to learn by building and refining conversations around each topic. From query fan-out to transformers, these entries are designed to simplify complex ideas through real-world context. Scroll down to explore each topic - and check back as I update with new insights. All About The Query Fan-Out Technique
Sean Barber
Jun 29, 20253 min read
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Navigating SEO & AI in 2025: Trends, Tools, and the Future [Survey Results]
About The Survey 📝 I asked 52 SEO professionals to share their thoughts on the latest developments in search - what they’re focusing on,...
Sean Barber
Jun 21, 202544 min read


Optimising For AI Overviews: Here’s What I’ve Found So Far
AI Overviews are showing up more often in Google search — and they’re starting to shift how we think about SEO performance. I’ve been...
Sean Barber
May 8, 20253 min read


Learnings From LLM Results (So Far)
After setting up tracking for website traffic from large language models in GA4 ( here’s how ), I started to notice some patterns....
Sean Barber
May 8, 20252 min read


I Asked ChatGPT, Meta AI & Grok: How Will AI Change Human Identity, Purpose and Meaning?
In the latest episode of Chat With Sean , I chatted with Gia Villondo to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of...
Sean Barber
May 1, 20252 min read


Best AI Image Generator Tools (Tested & Compared)
I often use AI to create images, so I decided to test a few different tools to see which one gave the best results for three different...
Sean Barber
Apr 18, 20252 min read


Will AI Take Your Job?
During this video, SEO specialist Sara Taher shares her thoughts on artificial intelligence and its potential to disrupt the SEO...
Sean Barber
Mar 2, 20253 min read
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