The new rules of SEO for place brands: optimising for search, GenAI, and social

SEO certainly isn’t dead— but it is evolving. And as business executive, talent, and traveller search habits shift across platforms, your place brand’s strategy needs to evolve too.

With AI Overviews, social-first search, and generative AI chatbots on the rise, optimising content is no longer just about ranking links on Google (though that is still important)—it’s about showing up wherever your audience is doing their research.

For place marketers, that means embracing a strategic and cohesive multi-channel approach that aligns with how visitors, talent, and executives are exploring regions, destinations, and opportunities.

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