Shauvik Kumar

Top 14 SEO accounts to follow in 2026 1. @aleyda = international SEO, technical audits, and highly practical guides and checklists​ 2. @Charles_SEO= bold link strategies, parasite SEO, and advanced affiliate/black‑hat‑to‑practical insights​​ 3. @CyrusShepard = smart experiments, internal linking/data studies, and clear explanations of what actually impacts rankings​ 4. @Dixon_Jones = entity‑first SEO, knowledge graphs, and semantic search thinking​ 5. @glenngabe = forensic analysis of core updates, traffic drops, and recovery patterns from real sites​ 6. @harpreetchatha_ = revenue‑focused SEO, AI search experiments, and hands‑on tests that move the needle​ 7. @JohnMu = official Google Search guidance, nuance behind the docs, and underrated context (even if he’s quieter on X!) 8. @Kasra_Dash = aggressive testing, AI search insights, and how to grow in brutally competitive niches 9. @lilyraynyc = E‑E‑A‑T, core update analysis, and how to build durable organic visibility​ 10. @Marie_Haynes = deep dives into Google’s systems, penalties, and calm, evidence‑based takes when everyone else is panicking​ 11. @mattdiggityseo = affiliate SEO, test‑driven case studies, and frameworks you can apply to rank and convert 12. @randfish = audience‑first marketing, zero‑click search realities, and building brands beyond just Google​ 13. @rustybrick = the fastest way to keep up with every Google update, SERP test, and search experiment in the wild​ 14. @SEO (AJ Ghergich) = enterprise SEO, technical SEO at scale, and content‑driven growth strategy Follow them and you'll stay ahead on updates, technical SEO, AI search, links, and the business side of search. Lists like this are never complete - if I missed someone you trust, tag them so more people can follow along.

Local SEO checklist for Google Business Profile rankings. Save this before your competitors do. - Choose the most specific primary category - Add 5+ secondary categories - Upload 30+ real photos - Reply to every review - Fill out the Services section - Add products in the Products section - Seed 3–5 FAQs in Q&A - Link to a location landing page - Keep NAP (Name, Address, Phone Number) consistent everywhere - Get reviews consistently - Report spam competitors Most businesses miss this 👇 - Add keywords naturally in review replies Google reads those replies too. Do this and you'll outperform 80% of local listings. #SEO #LocalSEO #GoogleBusinessProfile

I just discovered a brand new (and totally fascinating) way to come up with content ideas for your blog. It’s your 404 pages. (Stay with me…) I randomly checked if Ahrefs Blog had any 404 pages with lots of backlinks pointing at them. And saw hundreds of them.. Wow! I pinged my Head of Content Ryan Law asking why so much of our blog content was now “dead.” Turns out — none of it was ever alive. These are all hallucinated URLs from AI-generated articles. 🤯 Basically, hundreds of sites have published AI-generated content and never checked whether the links in those articles actually point to real pages. But here's the part that really blew my mind... Most of these hallucinated URLs actually make sense. AI "thinks" we should have articles on: /internal-linking /how-important-are-backlinks /domain-authority /content-decay etc. And... we don't. AI literally found gaps in our content strategy that we missed. So now we're going to publish articles on all these topics and turn hundreds of broken hallucinated links into real backlinks. If you run a blog, go check your 404s right now. You might be sitting on a goldmine of content ideas that AI already "voted" for. (go to Ahrefs' Site Explorer > "Best by links" report > filter by 404 status code) Fun times. 😅

@Marie_Haynes this would be really cool! when do you plan to share the results?

Tomorrow is going to be fun.

Not surprising!

@gabeciii Adapt or get replaced

unpopular opinion: AI isn't replacing developers. it's replacing developers who refuse to use AI.

@chrissyinspace now just don't break it.

honestly 63 daily visitors isn't too shabby for a small tool I created like 2 days ago

@md_kadiwal i still use both, often for different intent types.

Do you use ChatGPT to search for things instead of Google? If yes, you're not alone. And every SaaS founder should be optimizing for this. If no, you should be (and you should build for it).

@HsanC_ Great time to be productive, tough time to stand out, though.

I'm so happy there's AI for SEO. Otherwise it would take me days to write an article. Now it's just a few prompts away. What a time we're living in... 🙏

@Olivia0945 Nothing teaches direction quite like a dead end.

Every setback carries a hidden direction. A lesson, a shift, a quiet warning. Paying attention turns obstacles into guidance. Nothing is wasted when awareness stays sharp. Life always leaves clues.

@Olivia0945 thanks Olivia

@shauvikkumar This future-proof checklist is gold. Shifting from ranking pages to becoming the default AI answer source is the real SEO challenge now.

Ranking #1 on Google isn't enough. If ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity don't use your content in answers, you're invisible. Here's a practical LLM SEO checklist for 2026: - Put the answer in the first 2–3 lines - Use clean H2/H3 structure + tight definitions - Add stats, comparisons & step-by-step frameworks - Create named methods/models (quotable assets get reused) - Strengthen entity clarity (tools, brands, core concepts) - Build topical clusters, not random posts - Keep HTML clean, fast & crawlable - Use schema where relevant - Publish original insights - not rewrites - Earn brand mentions across communities - Update aggressively (freshness influences AI answers) - Track AI visibility separately from Search Console Are you also trying from "ranking pages" -> to becoming the default answer source? If you're working on LLM visibility and want to ask questions, or explore how this applies to your site - happy to connect over DM.

@yesadok The first 100 posts teach you more than any content strategy doc ever will.

Old playbook: perfect, polished content. New playbook: ship a LOT, analyze, iterate. Quantity unlocks quality.

@monetization_x nice

X has suspended API access for several spam-promoting AI tool accounts.

@codewithpri Every post ends with - what do you think?

Opened LinkedIn after a break and noticed instantly: Fake positivity. AI-written posts. Career advice from people who just started. Hustle stories with no context. Every problem solved by “consistency”. Different profiles. Same posts. LinkedIn is wild. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@gaganghotra_ that's the real loss.

Most people are capable of achieving more than even they know 🙂

@illyism AI, I understand but who paid you for this? lol

SEO

'Do you use AI for automating your SEO?'

@nikitabier glad you're finally addressing it

Today we're announcing Paid Partnership labels on posts. X's core value is providing on authentic pulse on humanity. While we want to encourage people to build their businesses on X, undisclosed promotions hurt the integrity of the product and lead people to distrust the content they read on X. This new feature will allow you to comply with regulations, but more importantly: it enables you to be transparent with your followers.

@vivek_naskar Did you make it ?

I have a team outing tomorrow. I am working on one of my personal tasks, and I simply cannot sleep because it is not completed. This is a problem. If I miss this outing, I will regret it, because these days I hardly take breaks. This is a good chance to switch off and enjoy.

@karatademada This is great

Never say never. Good things happen when the time is right. Read and Check the dates.