MAXVolume: The Future of Search

About MAXVolume: The Future of Search

MAXVolume (https://www.maxplaces.com/podcast/) by MAXPlaces Marketing explores SEO, AI search, and the strategies that help brands get discovered, cited, and recommended online. Join Brian Winum (https://brianwinum.com/) for conversations on search engine optimization (SEO), generative engine optimization (GEO), and answer engine optimization (AEO). Explore what it takes to build visibility across Google Search, Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity, and how the changing search landscape affects your business. Built for business owners, marketing leaders, and SEO professionals, MAXVolume covers content strategy, technical SEO, structured data, brand authority, and AI visibility measurement. Understand how AI answer engines select sources, why some brands earn recommendations, and how to strengthen your brand’s presence. Subscribe for practical insights into the future of search from MAXPlaces Marketing (https://www.maxplaces.com/).

Publisher

Brian Winum

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   Technical SEO Is Now AI Crawl Readiness — Here's What Changed Under the Hood

   The technical SEO checklist barely changed — but who it’s for did. Brian Winum goes under the hood on how crawlability, rendering, speed, and structured data quietly became AI crawl readiness, and the cheap fundamentals most sites skipped.

2. 

   28 Oct 2026

   Answer Engines and the Death of the Click: What Zero-Click Means for Your Funnel

   Zero-click is moving the buying decision into AI answers, before the click. Brian Winum on what that does to your funnel. MAXVolume Ep. 7.

3. 

   25 Oct 2026

   Is Your Brand in the Data That Trains ChatGPT?

   If you’re not in Common Crawl, you’re not in the model. Brian Winum on checking your AI training-data footprint — free. MAXVolume Ep. 6.

4. 

   23 Oct 2026

   How to Become the Source an LLM Quotes (Not Just the Site It Scrapes)

   Your site is already scraped by AI — but is it cited? Brian Winum on the citation stack that gets an LLM to quote you by name. MAXVolume Ep. 5.

5. 

   21 Oct 2026

   The Difference Between GEO and AEO (and Why Doing One Isn’t Enough)

   GEO and AEO aren’t the same thing, and doing only one costs you. Brian Winum settles the confusion for good. MAXVolume Ep. 4.

6. 

   19 Oct 2026

   What an AI Readiness Audit Actually Finds (and Why It’s Invisible in Your Reports)

   ChatGPT is telling buyers things about your business you can’t see in any report. Inside the AI Readiness Audit with Brian Winum. MAXVolume Ep. 3.

7. 

   17 Oct 2026

   You Can Rank #1 and Still Be Invisible

   You can rank #1 and still be invisible. Brian Winum on why search stopped being about ranking — and the two disciplines that win now. MAXVolume Ep. 2.

8. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Do LLMS.txt Files Actually Work? (Watch What Google Does, Not What It Says)

   Google says skip LLMS.txt, then audits for it. Brian Winum on whether the file actually works — and why it’s useless in a vacuum. MAXVolume Ep. 1.

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