Google will start to roll out a big update in April 2026 to it’s Chrome browser, that a majority of people use, that will make the browser’s default setting requiring SSL to access websites. In other words, if your website does not have SSL set up, then most won’t be able to go on your website.

It’s great to get ranked at the top of Google, but I believe that the next step of SEO is going to be convincing the robots that your company is the main company for customers to go with. Because for a lot of searches, AI is recommending companies. So the goal would be to do work to get AI to recommend you.

Don’t Panic! AI search is only at 3% of all searches. And a recent study says 95% of Chatgpt users still use Google.

Google has recently launched “AI overviews” to pop up in the 1st page sometimes for different keyword combinations. So how would I get my website is there?

Google still owns the vast majority of search, but ChatGPT’s search engine and other AI platforms are seeing explosive growth. So much growth that an Apple executive mused last week that AI could replace Google in Apple’s Safari browser.

I’m not saying email is dead or that businesses should stop using email. What I am saying is that most consumers aren’t using email much anymore and that businesses can get more leads from their website by changing their email form to a text us form.