Month: July 2026

Our Bounce Rate Is High and We Do Not Know Why: How to Read the Signals and Actually Fix the Cause

How to Fix a High Bounce Rate: Causes & Fixes | Haarty Hanks

The way to fix a high bounce rate is to diagnose the cause before changing anything, because a bounce is an indicator of one or more underlying issues, from mismatched search intent to slow-loading pages. Guessing at fixes usually wastes months. Reading the signals properly usually takes an afternoon.  A high bounce rate feels alarming precisely because it is vague. …

Our Competitors Keep Appearing in AI Answers and We Do Not: How to Close the Gap in the Next 90 Days 

How to Appear in AI Answers: A 90-Day Plan | Haarty Hanks

If your competitors appear in AI answers and you do not, it is almost never because they have better products. It is because their content is easier for AI tools to extract, trust and cite, and that gap can be closed within 90 days with a structured plan.  Watching a rival get mentioned by ChatGPT or featured in Google’s …

How to Rewrite Old Blog Posts So They Get Picked Up by AI Search Without Losing Their Google Rankings

How to Rewrite Old Blog Posts for AI Search | Haarty Hanks

The safest way to rewrite old blog posts for AI search is to restructure them around clear questions and direct answers while keeping the URL, target keyword and search intent exactly as they were. Do that, and you can appear in AI Overviews and ChatGPT citations without sacrificing the Google rankings you have already earned.  Most websites …