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Ridho Putradi S'Gara.

AI Search Consultant

15 years in search and performance. Helping startups and SMEs across SEA get found in AI answer engines and Google.

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7 posts

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29 May 2026 · AI Search

How to write a content brief that gets cited in AI answers

Most briefs optimize for rankings. The ones that get cited optimize for extraction. Here's the operational difference.

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24 May 2026 · AI Search

What an AI Search audit actually looks like for a Series A

A four-week diagnostic, the artefacts each week produces, and the decisions that come out the other side. Written for founders who want to know exactly what they're buying.

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19 May 2026 · Strategy

Train your team or hire an agency? A founder's decision framework

Capability vs capacity, the two questions that tell you whether to invest in training, advisory, or an embedded team. Founders confuse the two and pay for the wrong fix.

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14 May 2026 · AI Search

The first 90 days of AI search for a stretched-thin founder

30 days to measure, 30 to fix the structure, 30 to make yourself quotable. A prescriptive plan that fits inside what one person can do per quarter.

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12 May 2026 · AI Search

Why AI search matters now, and what most companies are missing

Your customers stopped only googling. They started asking. Here's what changes for SEO and what to do about it before the gap widens.

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9 May 2026 · AI Search

Three AI search mistakes I see at almost every SME I audit

Burying the answer, inconsistent entity signals, optimising for keywords AI engines don't actually search. Fix these three and you'll move further than 90% of teams who buy a six-month transformation.

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28 Apr 2026 · Strategy

SEO and AEO are now one practice. Stop treating them as two

Answer Engine Optimization isn't a separate discipline. It's what good SEO looks like in 2026. Here's the operating model.

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