Archive - Growth Memo

State of AI Search Optimization 2026

Search is shifting from ranked lists to definitive answers. This guide breaks down the retrieval, citation, and trust factors that determine LLM…

Jan 5 • Kevin Indig

December 2025

A small thank you: hand-picked tool discounts for Growth Memo readers

Dec 29, 2025 • Kevin Indig

Thanks for your support

A personal email to premium subscribers

Dec 17, 2025 • Kevin Indig

2025 Reflection

My thoughts on the industry | where Growth Memo is at and where it's going | Personal reflection

Dec 15, 2025 • Kevin Indig

Scoring my 2025 predictions

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Dec 9, 2025 • Kevin Indig

Growth Intelligence Brief #11

ChatGPT reduces Amazon's visibility before BFCM | high value prompts on ChatGPT | the consultant vs. commodity economy | Gemini 3

Dec 5, 2025 • Kevin Indig

10 SEO, marketing, and tech predictions for 2026

2026 marks the beginning of the “Agentic Era,” where AI stops just consuming the web and starts writing to it.

Dec 2, 2025 • Kevin Indig

November 2025

The Alpha is not LLM monitoring

Exclusive data about the AI Search funding landscape reveals the true upside of the market - and potential down rounds

Nov 26, 2025 • Kevin Indig

Growth Intelligence Brief #10

AI commerce, building owned audiences, display advertising + AI shifts in entertainment and finance

Nov 19, 2025 • Kevin Indig

Selling AI search strategies to leadership is about risk

In AI search, you cannot sell certainty. You can only sell controlled learning.

Nov 17, 2025 • Kevin Indig and Amanda Johnson

Budget SEO for capacity, not output

Here’s how to rebuild your SEO budget for influence in a zero-click world.

Nov 10, 2025 • Kevin Indig and Amanda Johnson

LLM traffic is shrinking

LLMs are a visibility surface. Not traffic you can bank on.

Nov 3, 2025 • Kevin Indig

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