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What works on Shopify, in plain English.

Notes on AI search visibility, competitor citations, source authority, and revenue attribution — written for store owners, not data scientists.

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Listicle outreach: the Power Move playbook

A practical, reviewable way to find existing 'best X' articles, decide whether you genuinely belong, and make a small number of personalized outreach attempts.

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Source decomposition: why your AI citations come from listicles, not your blog

When an AI answer cites a product, the cited page may be a listicle, review, forum thread, or another third-party source. That changes the work a store owner should prioritize.

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The /llms.txt guide for Shopify stores

What llms.txt is, why AI crawlers care, and how to ship one on a Shopify store without a theme edit. Includes a working template you can copy.

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AI visibility on Shopify: how to get cited by ChatGPT, Google AIO, and Perplexity

AI search isn't a future thing. ChatGPT cites real product pages today. Here's the operator's playbook for getting your Shopify catalog into those answers.

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Measure or die: why 'AI insights' apps don't survive a 30-day audit

A Shopify app that cannot explain what changed after an action deserves a harder trial. Here is a practical pre/post test for separating evidence from an interesting dashboard.

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Klaviyo sees clicks. We see hesitation. Why both matter.

Klaviyo's abandoned-cart flow is built for cart-stage abandons. But many shoppers leave BEFORE adding to cart — and Klaviyo's cart trigger can't see them. Here's the gap, and how to inspect it.

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Why most Shopify apps die in 30 days (and how to spot the keepers)

The Shopify apps that earn a permanent place in a store owner's stack tend to close a loop. The ones that only open another dashboard are easier to cancel.

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