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Page 6 of Will's Journal.

This is page 6 of Will's Journal — a later slice of the archive, not the hub.

Writing on AI visibility, automation, agents, and websites — from Spurlock Studios.

Which notes are on page 6 of Will's Journal?

Two clipped paper packets. Thesis: BLOCKING AI CRAWLERS REMOVE ME. AI Visibility

Can blocking AI crawlers remove me from ChatGPT answers

No. Blocking GPTBot stops future training crawls. ChatGPT search uses OAI-SearchBot. Trained weights do not rewind, and other sources can still name you.

34 MIN
A lime beam hitting a small brass nameplate. Thesis: ANSWER ENGINE OPTIMIZATION PLAYBOOK GETTING. AI Visibility

Answer Engine Optimization: The Playbook for Getting Cited by AI

AEO is how ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews cite your brand: entity facts, extractable pages, corroboration, and a 90-day measurement loop.

28 MIN
A brushed metal coupon. Thesis: THERE SPECIAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AI. AI Visibility

Are there special technical requirements for AI Overviews

No secret Google API exists for AI Overviews. You need crawlable HTML, extractable answers, valid structured data, indexable pages, and Googlebot access.

31 MIN
A film still, a paint chip, a stud wall. Thesis: AFTER REDESIGN PROVE TRACKING BEFORE. Websites

After a Redesign, Prove Tracking Before You Blame the Design

Conversions dropped after a redesign? Prove GA4 key events, consent, and redirects still work before you blame the design — then diagnose real UX loss.

26 MIN
A lime beam hitting a small brass nameplate. Thesis: WHICH AI BOTS SHOULD ALLOW. AI Visibility

Which AI bots should I allow vs block

Allow citation crawlers if you want to be recommended; block Bytespider and CCBot if you do not need them. GPTBot trains. Googlebot is not Google-Extended.

28 MIN
A small text-file card with no glyphs. Thesis: LLMS TXT QUESTION NOBODY ANSWERS. AI Visibility

The llms.txt Question Nobody Answers Properly

Everyone is shipping llms.txt files. Almost nobody is shipping one that changes whether a model can actually answer a question about them.

12 MIN
Amber node beads on a dark rail. Thesis: PRODUCTION N8N HANDBOOK AUTOMATIONS SURVIVE. Automation

Production n8n: The Handbook for Automations That Survive Contact With Reality

Run n8n in production with idempotency keys, dead-letter queues, verified webhooks, credential lifecycle, and queue mode only when concurrency hurts you.

34 MIN
A small text-file card with no glyphs. Thesis: AEO MYSELF NEED AGENCY. AI Visibility

Can I do AEO myself or do I need an agency

Yes — DIY week one: extractable answers, matching schema, and allow GPTBot. Hire for competitive categories, a measurement stack, or entity-cleanup work.

30 MIN
A lime beam hitting a small brass nameplate. Thesis: ORIGINAL RESEARCH HELP ME GET. AI Visibility

Does original research help me get cited by AI

Yes if the finding is unique, extractable, and method-labeled. Uncited blog opinions do not get reused as AI citations. Methods, sample, and date required.

31 MIN
A lime beam hitting a small brass nameplate. Thesis: APPEAR GOOGLE AI OVERVIEWS. AI Visibility

How do I appear in Google AI Overviews

Appear in Google AI Overviews by shipping extractable answers, consistent entity facts, and crawlable HTML, then measuring citations on a frozen query panel.

29 MIN
A lime beam. Thesis: SEO DEAD 2026 BECAUSE AI. AI Visibility

Is SEO dead in 2026 because of AI answers

No. SEO is not dead in 2026. AI answers changed clicks and the scoreboard; rankings still matter for crawl, snippet eligibility, and the candidate pool.

26 MIN
A path that dead-ends. Thesis: AI REFERRED LEADS CONVERT BETTER. AI Visibility

Do AI-referred leads convert better than organic search leads

You cannot know if AI-referred leads close better until you tag them apart from Google organic and compare close rate on the same opportunity — not a lift %.

32 MIN

What should I know about this archive page?

What is page 6 of Will's Journal?
Page 6 of Will's Journal is a later slice of the archive, not the hub. The writing is on AI visibility, automation, agents, and websites — from Spurlock Studios.
Where is the first page of Will's Journal?
The first page is the hub at /blog. This URL is a later page of the same journal; previous and next links move through the rest of the archive.
Is this a different journal than the hub?
No. This is the same Will's Journal from Spurlock Studios — page 6 of the archive, after the notes on the first page.