<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>SEO216 Blog (English)</title><description>Notes from our work on organic search, modern stacks, and AI answer engines. Written for the DACH Mittelstand.</description><link>https://seo216.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>AI search is no longer optional — after Google&apos;s 2026 updates</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/ai-search-optimization-google-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/ai-search-optimization-google-2026/</guid><description>The May 2026 core update and Google I/O rewired search: AI Overviews on nearly half of all queries, AI Mode past one billion users, organic clicks more than halved on some terms. What the data says — and what to do about it Monday morning.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Strategy</category><author>M. A. 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Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>Core Web Vitals in 2026 — every threshold, one table</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/core-web-vitals-thresholds-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/core-web-vitals-thresholds-2026/</guid><description>LCP, INP, CLS: the official thresholds, the 75th-percentile rule, lab vs. field data, and the most common causes per metric — the reference sheet to link to, as of June 2026.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Engineering</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>GEO vs. SEO — what actually changes</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/geo-vs-seo-difference/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/geo-vs-seo-difference/</guid><description>SEO earns rankings, GEO earns citations. The complete side-by-side in one table, the five operational differences — and why you still don&apos;t have to choose between them.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Strategy</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>Google Fonts and the GDPR — the alternative that&apos;s faster</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/google-fonts-gdpr-alternative/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/google-fonts-gdpr-alternative/</guid><description>Since the Munich ruling, CDN-embedding Google Fonts is a legal risk in Germany. The fix takes an hour, improves load time — and we just implemented it ourselves. The guide.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Engineering</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>How to create an llms.txt — the honest guide</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/how-to-create-an-llms-txt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/how-to-create-an-llms-txt/</guid><description>The file takes an hour and makes your website readable to ChatGPT, Perplexity &amp; co. like a table of contents. What belongs in it, what doesn&apos;t — and what it honestly can&apos;t do.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Engineering</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>How Spindle thinks — and why it works</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/how-spindle-works/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/how-spindle-works/</guid><description>Six signal sources, one engine, one senior review: a look inside the machine that ships 4 to 30+ reviewed posts a month — and why that complexity is exactly the reason it succeeds.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Engineering</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>Is your website open to AI — or invisible?</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/is-your-website-open-to-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/is-your-website-open-to-ai/</guid><description>Buyers ask ChatGPT before they Google. Many websites lock out AI crawlers without knowing it. Our free 10-second check shows where you stand — and what the next step is.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Strategy</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>The monthly SEO PDF is the wrong format</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/end-of-the-monthly-pdf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/end-of-the-monthly-pdf/</guid><description>Most agencies still send a glossy PDF on the third of every month. The format hides more than it shows — and the alternative is older than anyone admits.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Reporting</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>AI Overviews changed what content has to look like</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/ai-overviews-changed-content-strategy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/ai-overviews-changed-content-strategy/</guid><description>Google&apos;s AI Overviews don&apos;t link to the best page. They cite the cleanest one. Here&apos;s what that means for how a 2026 blog post needs to be structured.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Strategy</category><author>M. A. Mokhtar (Founder · SEO216)</author></item><item><title>Why we left WordPress behind</title><link>https://seo216.com/en/blog/why-we-left-wordpress-behind/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://seo216.com/en/blog/why-we-left-wordpress-behind/</guid><description>Google&apos;s Core Web Vitals weighting crossed the line from tiebreaker to primary signal. 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