Losing traffic to AI? Gaining more traffic from SEO? Got 5 minutes to fill out a quick survey?
I see it daily: arguments for SEO vs. GEO, what's dead, what's a scam, and what drives traffic.
I believe in letting data guide my decisions rather than my personal feelings, so I created a quick survey I'd like your response to.
Not collecting emails, just data :)
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The 2-4 hours/week client communication drain matches what I keep hearing. I am researching this as a UX/UI designer and full-stack developer. For freelancers, would you rather pay for better scripts/prompts, or for a small workflow that turns an awkward request into approve/swap/defer plus a billing note?
Slightly different angle - running a quick validation for a product I'm considering building.
For freelancers specifically (not SaaS): the pain point I keep hearing is that client communication drains 2-4 hours/week. Not because the work is hard, but because the situations are awkward - scope creep pushes, late invoice follow-ups, difficult feedback conversations.
Quick question for anyone who freelances: would you pay $20 for 150 Claude prompts purpose-built for exactly those situations? Replies appreciated.
Running parallel research on this. We audited how 12 SaaS tools appear (or don't) in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude answers for their target keywords.
The pattern: tools with strong Reddit presence + specific how-to content get cited. Pure product pages get ignored.
If anyone's curious about the methodology or wants to run the audit on their own product, drop a comment - happy to share what we're learning. Also putting together a 10-question Typeform to benchmark AI visibility anxiety across founders. Will share results publicly.
SEO is becoming a game of "Systemic Authority" rather than just keywords in 2026. Losing traffic to AI is a sign that the old manual content loop is broken. I’m curious if your survey covers the shift from "Search Volume" to "Entity Trust" and automated hook-logic? That's where the real recovery happens.
Data over opinions every time.
Curious to see how AI vs SEO actually plays out across industries.
Surveys like this are gold for spotting trends early.