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THE DAILY INDEX

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NEWS & TRENDS

TLDR Marketing

56% OF CEOS SEE NO AI IMPACT, BUT MARKETING IS THE EXCEPTION

Most CEOs still see limited financial returns from AI. 56% report no impact on revenue or costs. Only 30% see revenue gains, and 26% see cost reductions. A clear internal gap is forming. 43% of C-suite leaders say AI saves them 8+ hours a week, compared with just 5% of workers. Meanwhile, 40% of employees report no time savings at all. As budgets shift from experimentation to accountability, pressure is rising for AI to prove real value. Marketing stands apart. AI is already shaping brand visibility and directing much of media spend, making it one of the few clear near-term enterprise wins.

HOW TO ACE B2B BRAND STORYTELLING THROUGH THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

B2B brand storytelling works when you center people, not products. Treat customers as the hero and show how your solution helps solve real problems. Build credibility through thought leadership and empower employees to share authentic stories. Share value directly in feeds with zero-click content, lean into relatable and entertaining posts, and expand reach through partnerships with credible external voices.

HOW SEOS ARE USING COMMON CRAWL'S WEB GRAPH DATA FOR AI RANKING SIGNALS

AI visibility is increasingly tied to how often a site appears in Common Crawl data, and that frequency is influenced by link-based authority metrics like Harmonic Centrality (HC) and PageRank. Common Crawl uses HC to determine crawl priority, and sites with higher HC scores are crawled more frequently. More frequent crawling means more appearances in monthly archives, which means greater representation in AI training data. Research also shows that traditional Google rank still matters. Position 1 pages have a 46-48% chance of AI citation versus about 19-20% at position 10.

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