# Sadhyam > Digital marketing blog and consulting practice run by Gopi Krishna M — 17 years in digital marketing, covering AI-driven marketing, SEO, AEO/GEO, and the agentic web. ## About - [About Me](https://www.sadhyam.com/about-me/): Founder profile, background, and areas of expertise. - [Contact](https://www.sadhyam.com/contact/): Get in touch. ## Blog - [What’s Actually Working in ABM Right Now — and Where the AI Agents Still Fall Short](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/10/01/abm-ai-agents-2026-whats-working-whats-not/): A 1,452-company benchmark proves buying-group ABM wins 2-3x more often than lead-based targeting. The AI agents layered on top show real ROI in narrow tasks like meeting booking - but a documented accuracy gap explains why leadership confidence is still mixed. - [Google, OpenAI, Visa & Mastercard Are Racing to Let AI Agents Shop for You — Only 3% of Purchases Actually Do](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/24/agentic-commerce-ai-agents-shopping-protocols-2026/): Google, OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard all launched AI shopping-agent protocols in the past year. Adoption data shows only 3% of purchases actually use one. Here's what's real. - [Google Still Sends 88% of Search Traffic. AI Chatbots Send Less Than 1%.](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/21/google-88-percent-search-traffic-ai-chatbots-2026/): Google sent 88.55% of search referrals in Aug 2026; AI chatbots combined sent 0.83%. Five years of data on what's actually changed in search — and what hasn't. - [Cloudflare Just Changed the Rules for AI Bots: What Website Owners Need to Do Now](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/18/cloudflare-ai-bot-defaults-september-2026/): Starting September 15, 2026, Cloudflare blocks Training and Agent AI crawlers by default on ad-monetized pages. Here's what changed, what it means if you do nothing, and how to decide… - [The 2026 Google Ranking Factors Survey: What 131 SEO Experts Say Actually Moves Rankings](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/18/google-ranking-factors-survey-2026/): 131 SEO experts scored 100+ Google ranking factors in 2026. See the full breakdown of what moved up, what didn't, and what the survey says about AI-generated content. - [AI Chatbots Are Now Talking Your Customers Out of Buying — Here’s What to Do About It](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/17/ai-chatbots-talking-customers-out-of-buying/): A September 2026 survey found 57.5% of AI users have been talked out of a purchase by a chatbot. Here's what the data shows about AI as a buying gatekeeper,… - [Search Profile Badge vs Preferred Sources Badge: What’s the Difference (and Do You Need Both)?](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/17/search-profile-badge-vs-preferred-sources-badge/): Google now offers two very different badges for website owners: Search Profile and Preferred Sources. Here's exactly how they differ, step-by-step setup for each, and a decision framework for which… - [Google’s August 2026 Spam Update Just Made “AI-Bait” Content Illegal — Here’s What Actually Changed](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/09/google-august-2026-spam-update-ai-overview-manipulation/): test description only - [Complete Agentic Web Readiness Checklist: llms.txt, WebMCP, Accessibility & Schema (2026)](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/agentic-web-readiness-checklist-llms-txt-webmcp-schema-2026/): The complete 5-phase agentic web readiness checklist: llms.txt, accessibility fixes, layout stability, Schema.org structured data, and WebMCP future-proofing. - [WebMCP Explained: How to Make Your Website AI-Agent Ready (Declarative & Imperative API Guide)](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/webmcp-explained-make-website-ai-agent-ready-2026/): WebMCP explained in plain English: what Google's new web standard is, the Declarative vs Imperative APIs, and how to make your website AI-agent ready in 2026. - [Google’s New Agentic Browsing Score: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know in 2026](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/google-agentic-browsing-score-lighthouse-website-owners-2026/): Google Lighthouse now scores your site's Agentic Browsing readiness. Learn what the llms.txt, accessibility tree, and CLS audits check, and how to fix a 0/3 score. - [Bing’s New AI Visibility Insights: Intents, Topics, Citation Share & Compare](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/bing-ai-visibility-insights-intents-topics-citation-share-2026/): Bing's new AI visibility insights explained: how Intents, Topics, Citation Share, and Compare in Bing Webmaster Tools help you measure and grow AI citation share. - [Content Marketing in the Age of GenAI: Which Types of Content Will Win in 2026](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/content-marketing-genai-trends-2026/): Content marketing trends 2026: why Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is replacing SEO, and which content types AI engines actually cite and trust. - [Free Generative AI Tools for Digital Marketing: Best Picks by Category](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/free-generative-ai-tools-digital-marketing/): The best free generative AI tools for digital marketing in 2026, organized by category — writing, image, video, and research tools that cost nothing to start. - [10 Most Effective GenAI Tools for Marketing in 2026](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/generative-ai-marketing-tools-2026/): The 10 most effective generative AI marketing tools in 2026, tested and compared by category, use case, and price — find the best AI tools for marketing for your team. - [How to Use Generative AI in Your Marketing Strategy: A Step-by-Step Guide for Business Owners](https://www.sadhyam.com/2026/09/03/generative-ai-marketing-strategy-guide-business-owners/): A step-by-step generative AI marketing strategy guide for business owners: audit workflows, pick the right tools, and scale personalization without losing the human touch. ## Notes for agents - All article content is written by a human author (Gopi Krishna M) and reviewed before publishing. - Currency references use USD unless a page states otherwise. - Structured data (Article, Person, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, Speakable) is available on every post via JSON-LD in the page .