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January 13, 2026

Exploding Topics vs. Keywords Everywhere: Which Tool Has More Trends?

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January 13, 2026

Exploding Topics vs. Keywords Everywhere: Which Tool Has More Trends?

Keywords Everywhere is a tool that adds keyword data to any search engine results page (SERP). In early 2026, the company launched its own trend database, too. In this guide, I'...

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January 08, 2026

Looking Ahead to a Year of Smarter Trend-Spotting

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January 08, 2026

Looking Ahead to a Year of Smarter Trend-Spotting

In 2025, we took Exploding Topics to a new level of trend detection power. We enhanced our core features and introduced new add-ons that give you more insights into the latest t...

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December 15, 2025

Do AI Tools Know Your Brand Exists? Free AI Visibility Checker

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December 15, 2025

Do AI Tools Know Your Brand Exists? Free AI Visibility Checker

AI-powered search is continuing to shift consumer behavior in disruptive ways. Your potential customers will likely hear about you first in an AI chat before they ever visit you...

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December 11, 2025

TikTok Shop Breaks Records on Black Friday With $500M Blitz

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December 11, 2025

TikTok Shop Breaks Records on Black Friday With $500M Blitz

TikTok Shop has well and truly arrived in the US. The platform recorded a staggering half a billion dollars in gross merchandise value (GMV) over the 4-day Black Friday and Cybe...

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December 09, 2025

9 Experts Explain How Digital PR Can Improve Your SEO and GEO in 2026

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December 09, 2025

9 Experts Explain How Digital PR Can Improve Your SEO and GEO in 2026

If you’ve been trying to keep up with search engine optimization (SEO) in the past year you probably know that “best practices” are evolving so rapidly that it’s hard to keep tr...

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December 04, 2025

New TikTok Insights Add-on: Early Social Trend Detection for Smart Sellers

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December 04, 2025

New TikTok Insights Add-on: Early Social Trend Detection for Smart Sellers

If you’re a TikTok Shop seller, you’ll know the key to explosive sales is catching products before they trend. Exploding Topics now has a brand new TikTok Insights tool to help...

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November 11, 2025

Blind Boxes: The TikTok-Driven Retail Hack Behind Labubu Success

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November 11, 2025

Blind Boxes: The TikTok-Driven Retail Hack Behind Labubu Success

Pop Mart, maker of Labubu blind boxes, generated more than $5 billion in 2025. Revenue soared 185% year-over-year. Yet amid heavy reliance on Labubus, the Chinese firm actually...

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November 10, 2025

Why AI Share of Voice Matters More Than Your Organic Traffic Numbers

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November 10, 2025

Why AI Share of Voice Matters More Than Your Organic Traffic Numbers

Your organic traffic has decreased since AI Overviews appeared at the top of Google’s search results, and you’re not alone. Traditional organic search traffic is down across muc...

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November 04, 2025

How to Rank on AI Search Engines in 2026: Practical LLMO Guide

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November 04, 2025

How to Rank on AI Search Engines in 2026: Practical LLMO Guide

Visibility in AI search engines is a delicate combination of on-page, off-page, and technical optimization. AI search platforms are as highly coveted as they are mysterious for...

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November 03, 2025

8 Best LLM Tracking Tools: Track Your Visibility Across LLMs

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November 03, 2025

8 Best LLM Tracking Tools: Track Your Visibility Across LLMs

8 Best LLM Tracking Tools: Track Your Visibility Across LLMs It’s no secret that traditional search traffic is slipping. More people are getting what they need directly from AI...

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October 31, 2025

How to Measure Your Brand Sentiment in LLMs

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October 31, 2025

How to Measure Your Brand Sentiment in LLMs

Measuring online brand sentiment used to be fairly straightforward: you looked at mentions on social media and review sites, and that was that. But with large language models (L...

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October 29, 2025

How I Use Semrush to Identify AI Visibility Opportunities

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October 29, 2025

How I Use Semrush to Identify AI Visibility Opportunities

Optimizing for AI search is similar to plain old-fashioned SEO in many ways. They both require smart tracking and analysis to create a strategy that works for you. Generic best...

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