Search as a Channel

Brand Is the New Backlink

June 18, 2026·19 min
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AI search no longer rewards the links you build. It rewards the brands it already trusts. This episode unpacks why brand is becoming the new backlink, how AI assembles its trusted sources topic by topic, and the practical moves search leaders should make now to stay inside the answer set. If your brand is not part of the trusted set, a competitor already is.

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