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Ann Smarty

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Covers:  SEO, content marketing, link building, generative AI, AI search, search trends, google search, organic search
Co-founder of @smartyMktg, SEO, GEO/AEO, Reddit Marketing 😎 20+ years of SEO experience. I've seen it all 💪 Newsletter: annsmarty.com

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Ann Smarty’s Biography

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Ann Smarty is the co-founder of Smarty.Marketing, a boutique SEO and content marketing agency based in New York. Ann has two decades of SEO experience, ranging from website audits and link building to SEO publication editing.

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Ann Smarty’s Journalist Portfolio

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Affiliate program manager (entertainment niche) - Freelance SEO consultant (celebrity niche) - In-house SEO c…

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Ann Smarty - Articles, Businesses and Biography

Ann Smarty - Articles, Businesses and Biography

The latest articles written by Ann Smarty you'll find only on Entrepreneur.com

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Ann Smarty - Community/Branding Manager and Internet Marketing Author

Ann Smarty - Community/Branding Manager and Internet Marketing Author

Currently Ann guest posts for Internet Marketing Ninjas Blog and runs a personal blog SEOsmarty.com

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Ann Smarty

Hosting a Twitter chat is an amazing way to interact with your fans and followers, to better understand and g…

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Ann Smarty - Search Engine Journal

Ann Smarty - Search Engine Journal

I am using tools.seochat.com a lot since they have basic tools which you can direct beginners to. There are s…

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Articles

How to Survive AI Search in 2026 & Beyond

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By Ann Smarty Verified
| Medium
How to Survive AI Search in 2026 & Beyond All the websites have been rapidly losing traffic for the past three years, and yet not much is being done to adjust content and SEO strategies. How to regain search and AI visibility? Here is what you need to start doing: >>>> Watch us discuss this topic! 1. Truly Unique Content (Based on Your Experience) That Requires a Click Most content strategies are not keeping up with current buying journeys.
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Why Most Businesses Fail at Data-Driven Digital PR Campaigns

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By Ann Smarty Verified
| LinkedIn
Digital PR has been on the rise ever since we were introduced to AI search because we don’t have too many options left to build backlinks and brand awareness. And there are many reasons for that: Data-driven studies were also found to drive consistent search visibility if you plan them with SEO in mind. High-quality assets attract backlinks and brand mentions consistently, when done right. Both are important for search and LMM visibility. They build trust and get cited a lot.
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Why Most Businesses Fail at Data-Driven Digital PR Campaigns

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By Ann Smarty Verified
| Substack
Digital PR has been on the rise ever since we were introduced to AI search because we don’t have too many options left to build backlinks and brand awareness. And there are many reasons for that: Data-driven studies were also found to drive consistent search visibility if you plan them with SEO in mind. High-quality assets attract backlinks and brand mentions consistently, when done right. Both are important for search and LMM visibility. They build trust and get cited a lot.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was contributor and then editor-in-chief at Search Engine Journal

How is social media changing news?

Social media make news more independent, faster and harder to verify.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

My email seosmarty@gmail.com with Twitter follow-up