Total Authority Podcast: Be the Brand that AI Recommends

The podcast for professional and service businesses that want to become the go-to brand recommended inside AI search.

We break down how to win visibility in OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and Perplexity AI Perplexity through authority building, digital PR, brand signals, trust, and smart search strategy.

Short, sharp episodes with practical insights you can use to grow.

Total Authority is hosted by Chris Panteli and Nick Biggs, founders of TotalAuthority.com

Episodes

May 8, 2026

10 min

ChatGPT does not just search the exact words you type. It fans out into related searches, checks sources, compares angles, and builds a broader answer from multiple queries. In this video, we break down how ChatGPT’s hidden search behaviour works, how to reveal those queries, and why this matters for SEO, local search, AI visibility, and brand discovery.
If you know what ChatGPT is actually searching for, you can build content that matches real high-intent customer journeys instead of guessing. Query fan-out shows the treatments, locations, costs, legal angles, services, and brand signals the model is using to decide who gets surfaced.
 
🔗 Resources 👇
Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-audit
Free AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
 
AI visibility is becoming the new battleground for SEO.
 
#AISEO #ChatGPTSEO #LLMVisibility #QueryFanOut #DigitalMarketing

May 8, 2026

10 min

May 7, 2026

12 min

AI is already shaping which clinics, med spas, and health brands get discovered — and which ones disappear. In this video, we break down the five pillars of AI visibility: clarity, positioning, offsite authority, content structure, and measurement.
If AI cannot understand who you are, what you specialise in, and why you should be trusted, it will not recommend you. This is the new SEO shift: your website, reviews, provider profiles, press mentions, and third-party listings all need to tell the same story.
 
🔗 Resources 👇
Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-auditFree AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
 
AI visibility is becoming the new front line of SEO.
 
#AIVisibility #SEO #MedSpaMarketing #ChatGPTSEO #HealthcareMarketing

May 7, 2026

12 min

May 6, 2026

13 min

Everyone says AI loves original data—but does it actually help you show up in ChatGPT? In this video, we test a real med spa search prompt around Botox, filler, lasers, and microneedling to see which sources AI pulls, when government sites dominate, and where local businesses can break through.
Original research can turn your business into the cited source, drive referral traffic, strengthen SEO signals, and improve your chances of being mentioned in listicles, articles, and AI answers. The key is knowing which data is worth creating before you spend money on a study.
 
🔗 Resources 👇Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-auditFree AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
 
AI visibility is becoming the new SEO battleground.
 
#AIVisibility #SEO #ChatGPTSEO #OriginalResearch #DigitalPR

May 6, 2026

13 min

May 5, 2026

8 min

Everyone says digital PR is the key to AI visibility—but when you actually test it, the story changes. In this video, we break down what really happens when AI models choose who to recommend, and why PR alone won’t get you there.
You’ll see where PR does matter, how it shapes authority behind the scenes, and why most businesses are focusing on the wrong layer. If you want to actually show up in AI-driven results, this is the shift you need to understand.
🔗 Resources 👇
Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-audit
Free AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
Timestamps00:00 Is digital PR really key to AI visibility?00:38 Why everyone started talking about PR01:22 Testing real AI prompts (what actually shows)02:10 Why PR doesn’t impact bottom-of-funnel queries03:05 What AI actually pulls into answers04:10 Where PR does influence outcomes05:25 Informational queries & PR impact06:40 The authority layer (this is the key)08:05 Knowledge graph + downstream effects09:10 How to control your narrative in AI
AI visibility isn’t about mentions—it’s about how models understand you.
#AISEO #DigitalPR #AIMarketing #SEO2026 #AIVisibility

May 5, 2026

8 min

May 4, 2026

8 min

The next wave of SEO spam is not built to manipulate Google rankings. It is built to manipulate AI systems. In this episode, we break down Google’s research into indirect prompt injection, how hidden instructions can be placed inside web pages, and why business owners, SEOs, developers, marketplaces, SaaS companies, and ecommerce brands need to pay attention.
This is not about stuffing keywords anymore. It is about controlling what AI tools see, summarise, and recommend. If your site content, plugins, guest posts, or third-party tools can be compromised, your AI visibility can be compromised too.
 
🔗 Resources 👇Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-auditFree AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
AI visibility is becoming the new SEO battleground.
#AISEO #PromptInjection #SEO #AIVisibility #DigitalMarketing

May 4, 2026

8 min

May 1, 2026

14 min

A Miami med spa ranked at the top of Google for a high-value facial balancing search — but ChatGPT completely ignored it. In this breakdown, we compare Google results against AI recommendations and reveal why clinics ranking well in search can still lose the buyer inside ChatGPT.
The big shift: AI is not just reading rankings. It is judging expertise, intent, doctor authority, procedure relevance, and whether your page actually matches what the patient wants. For clinics, this means every service page needs to be built for AI visibility — not just traditional SEO.
 
🔗 Resources 👇
 
Google Security Blog:►► https://security.googleblog.com/2026/04/ai-threats-in-wild-current-state-of.html
Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-audit
Free AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
 
AI visibility is becoming the new battleground for high-value SEO.
 
#AISEO #ChatGPTSEO #MedSpaMarketing #AIVisibility #LocalSEO

May 1, 2026

14 min

Apr 30, 2026

7 min

Are Google AI Overviews still killing website clicks — or is the zero-click apocalypse starting to reverse? A new study shows early signs of organic click-through rate recovery when AI Overviews appear, and the data points to a major shift in how users interact with Google search.
The big takeaway: AI Overviews may not just reduce clicks — they may redistribute them. Sites that get cited could win more valuable traffic, while sites left out may lose visibility entirely. The future of SEO is not just ranking anymore — it is being selected, cited, and trusted by AI.
 
🔗 Resources 👇
 
Search Engine Land Study:
►► https://searchengineland.com/google-ai-overviews-ctr-recovery-study-475566
 
Get your AI Visibility Audit:
►► ⁠https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-audit⁠
 
Free AI Visibility Gap Calculator:
►► ⁠https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator⁠
 
AI visibility is becoming the new battleground for search traffic.
 
#AISEO #GoogleAI #AIOverviews #SEO #AISearch

Apr 30, 2026

7 min

Apr 29, 2026

8 min

1 in 3 ChatGPT searches now trigger a live internet-connected search. That means ChatGPT isn’t just answering from memory anymore — it’s actively researching businesses, checking reviews, scanning websites, and recommending companies in real time. In this video, we break down what that means and why it matters now.
If your business isn’t visible, crawlable, trusted, and easy for AI to understand, you risk disappearing from the next generation of search. Traditional SEO still matters — but AI visibility is the next layer.
🔗 Resources 👇
SEMRush Study:►► https://www.semrush.com/blog/chatgpt-search-insights/
Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-audit
Free AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
AI search is already changing how buyers discover businesses.
#ChatGPT #SEO #AIMarketing #SearchMarketing #OpenAI

Apr 29, 2026

8 min

Apr 28, 2026

11 min

OpenAI has reportedly tripled how often it crawls the internet. That’s a massive signal for anyone serious about SEO, brand growth, and AI discoverability. In this video, we break down the three OpenAI bots, what they do, how ChatGPT gathers information about your business, and why cached knowledge may soon matter more than live search.
If your brand isn’t being understood correctly by AI models, you risk disappearing from recommendations. This is the next shift in search: not just ranking on Google, but being remembered by AI.
🔗 Resources 👇
Botify Report:►► https://www.botify.com/blog/openai-tripled-web-crawl
Get your AI Visibility Audit:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-audit
Free AI Visibility Gap Calculator:►► https://totalauthority.com/llm-visibility-gap-calculator
AI search rewards brands AI already understands.
#AISEO #ChatGPT #OpenAI #DigitalMarketing #SEO

Apr 28, 2026

11 min

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