Ice Nine Online

06/16/2026

We've launched our AI Command Center, a tool we built for our clients that tracks how their company shows up when people search for their products or services on AIs like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude 📊

In practice, we're able to assess when someone asks an AI something like "Who are the best companies in Chicago for [service]?" and whether our client shows up. If not, why not, and what would it take to change that? The tool answers those questions and builds a roadmap around the specific gaps we find, including the websites and sources those AI tools are actually pulling from when they answer.

Ice Nine's AI Command Center is exclusive to our clients and included with any SEO/GEO engagement. We use it to guide ex*****on, and it works. A few B2B clients have seen their AI visibility increase 5-10x, which has driven real gains in inbound leads.

06/05/2026

You've probably attended a meeting where someone says, “Just put it on the intranet,” then there are looks of confusion around the room because no one actually knows where the intranet is or how to use it 🙃

Choosing the right internal platform for your B2B organization is an important decision because a poorly chosen intranet actively costs you productivity and money.

In this post, we break down the differences between the major intranet providers and why, in my experience, the WordPress route is a great option for most small and mid-size B2B companies.

If you have ever sat in a meeting where someone says, “just put it on the intranet,” and everyone in the room panics because no one actually knows where the

05/07/2026

Grateful for this incredible 5-star Google review. Being called a "dream collaborative partner" means everything to our team! 😁

03/25/2026

When a B2B buyer searches for a solution on Google, they don't see one result. They see a page full of them. The question is how many of those positions belong to you.

Here's what that looks like across a commercial query today:

AI Overview -- Citations at the top of the page shape how buyers understand the competitive landscape before they click anything. Being included there puts your brand inside Google's narrative about the category.

Top paid position -- Guaranteed visibility. When the same company holds the top ad spot and the top organic result, the combined presence signals authority, even if the buyer doesn't consciously notice the overlap.

Video carousel -- YouTube results are now surfacing on many commercial queries. If you have content matched to what buyers are actually searching, you can own visual space that a lot of competitors are ignoring.

#1 organic result -- Still the place where serious evaluation happens. Most buyers eventually land here to go deeper.

Third-party sites -- Industry directories, review platforms, and comparison sites rank independently for "best vendor" searches and function as outside validators. Showing up there at the same time you appear in ads and organic results compounds credibility.

Secondary SERP features -- People Also Search For, related panels, recommendation modules. Lower volume individually, but each one is another exposure point.

The common thread is repetition. Buyers who encounter the same brand across multiple sections of the same results page build familiarity faster than any single placement can create alone.

03/11/2026

We're appreciative of this fantastic review we just received for a recent website rebuild project!

"Ice Nine was a fantastic partner from start to finish." 😁

02/03/2026

If your company attends events and tradeshows throughout the year, publish an events calendar blog post in Q1.

Here’s why:

• It clearly signals to prospects and customers where they can meet you in person

• It captures high-intent event SEO/GEO searches (event name + year, exhibitors, attendees, etc.)

• It creates early awareness that you’ll be at the event

• It strengthens brand entity signals for + AI search ( )

• It becomes a central internal-linking hub you can use year-round

• It positions your company as a well-organized, marketing-savvy brand

• For smaller or niche events, I’ve seen these posts rank on page one, sometimes side-by-side with the event site itself!

Bonus: Update the post as events get closer, link to post-event recaps, and reuse it across sales, email, and social.

01/19/2026

LLMs like ChatGPT lean on third-party signals to establish a company’s credibility. In practice, most AI answers are built from multiple independent sources rather than a single brand-controlled asset.

We published a short breakdown of how to build high-credibility third-party signals that actually influence AI outputs, based on how models source information today.

Enterprise buyers and B2B audiences are turning to AI assistants and search agents to evaluate vendors, compare solutions, and identify emerging trends. These

01/05/2026

We just received this fantastic client review. What a motivating way to start the new year! 😁

12/31/2025

Happy New Year! 🎆 Cheers to new beginnings, big goals, and an amazing 2026 ahead! 🥂

12/12/2025

Over the past few months, we've seen a consistent pattern across multiple WordPress sites. Content with clear author bylines and well-structured author pages is outperforming similar content without them, often by a meaningful margin in impressions and traffic from Google, Bing, and ChatGPT.

We documented the exact approach we're using, why authorship has become a stronger E-E-A-T signal for both SEO and AI systems, and how to implement it cleanly in WordPress. If you’re investing in expert content but not reinforcing who created it, this is a practical optimization worth considering.

Over the past few months, I've been seeing a consistent pattern across multiple WordPress sites.Posts with real author bylines and properly built author pages