Notes on AI search, product, and the changes that drive them.
We keep up with what really matters in search and AI — Google's updates, AI platform announcements, real customer results, major releases. We publish here when there's a real change to respond to. No filler. The list below is the paper trail.
- MAY 19, 2026·Product·PlainSaid product release
Catalog sync, rebuilt around Shopify's scale patterns
We re-architected PlainSaid's catalog sync around Shopify's two scale primitives: the Bulk Operations API for initial backfills and webhook subscriptions for ongoing changes. Here's what shipped and what it means for premium DTC brands.
Read · 6 min → - MAY 17, 2026·AI Search·Google Search Central
We aligned PlainSaid with Google's AI Optimization guide. Here's what it means for your store.
Google's official guidance on AI search optimization is clear: there's no separate AEO/GEO discipline. Here's how PlainSaid was already aligned — and the framings we tightened in response.
Read · 7 min →
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