// Tommy’s Knowledge Center
Tommy’s Knowledge Center.
Deep-dive guides on SEO, GEO, AEO and local search - written from 23 years of doing the work, not reading about it. Click any article to read it in full.
Choosing an Agency
16 min read
Comparing SEO companies? The 12 questions that reveal which one will grow your business, the answers to look for, real costs, contract terms, AI search, and a one-page checklist.
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Consulting
12 min read
Agency, in-house or consulting? Real costs compared, what a consulting engagement includes, who it fits, and the first 90 days of installing the playbook in your team.
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Reporting
13 min read
Most SEO reports are theater. The five numbers that prove leads, how to read a geo-grid, Search Console and AI visibility, and six questions that expose a bad report.
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Reputation
13 min read
Reviews are the tiebreaker. The system that earns steady, specific reviews, how to reply, what Google actually removes and how the Reputation Shield gets a 75 percent removal rate.
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Video
14 min read
The playbook that grew The REKAP past 243,000 subscribers, translated for a business that wants the phone to ring: channel, video, thumbnails, retention, embeds and AI citations.
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Local SEO
15 min read
The profile wins the Map Pack. Every field, optimized the way I do it for clients, from primary category to geo-grid tracking.
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AI Search
13 min read
You cannot optimize what you cannot see. How I use EZY.ai to track AI mentions per prompt and per engine, and the monthly loop that earns citations.
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SEO
14 min read
Open the hood on SEO: the audit, the technical fixes, the keyword map, the content and the authority work, in the order I actually run them.
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SEO
12 min read
Search keeps changing, but the fundamentals still drive the leads - and they are the base your GEO, AEO and local rankings are built on.
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AI Search
13 min read
Your customers stopped clicking and started asking. Here is how I get businesses cited inside the AI answers - with the screenshots to prove it.
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Local SEO
14 min read
Three spots. Winner takes most. A step-by-step look at the local ranking factors that put you in the 3-pack in 2026.
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More articles are on the way - check back soon, or reach out if there is a topic you want me to cover.