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Episode 55 · June 27, 2026 · 07:39

NEW Google Gemini + NotebookLM Update is INSANE!

Google Gemini + Notebook LM: The Ultimate AI SEO Hack

Discover how the new Google Gemini and Notebook LM integration is revolutionizing SEO research and content strategy. Learn how to identify content gaps, build topic clusters, and automate your workflow to rank faster on Google.

00:00 - Intro: Google Gemini's Big Update
00:26 - Gemini Meets Notebook LM
01:35 - Finding Content Gaps & SEO Gold
02:08 - Audio Overviews & Research Magic
03:26 - Instant SEO Audits & Competitor Analysis
04:05 - How to Build Topic Clusters
05:31 - Your 6-Step SEO Game Plan

Full transcript

new google gemini plus notebook lm update is insane seo is changing fast and google just dropped a tool that makes it way easier it's called study notebooks and it lives inside the gemini app now you might be thinking julian this is a study tool what's it got to do with seo good question and the answer is going to surprise you because once you see what this thing can do you'll never go back to plain old research again okay let's get into it so here's what just happened google took two tools and smashed them together one is gemini their main ai chat tool the other is notebook lm their research tool and now they work as one here's the cool part you can build a notebook around one topic think of it like a folder that never forgets you drop in your stuff and the ai remembers all of it every single time you open it no more starting from zero no more copy and paste now why does this matter for seo because seo is all about research you need to know what your readers want you need to know what your competitors are doing you need to write content that google loves and this tool helps with all of it let me show you how say i'm working on the ai profit boardroom which is our ai automation community i want to write a blog post that ranks on google and brings in new readers first i make a notebook just for that then i add my sources and here's what you can drop in you can add pdfs you can add google docs you can add website links you can even add youtube videos and it pulls the words right out of them so i grab a few top blog posts from my competitors i grab a couple of youtube videos about ai automation i drop in my own notes about the ai profit boardroom and now gemini knows all of it but here's the catch most people stop there they just ask a question and move on that's a huge mistake and i'll show you why in a second first let me show you a prompt i love i type look at all these competitor posts tell me what topics they cover that i'm missing for the i profit boardroom boom now i've got a list of content gaps these are topics my readers want that i haven't written yet that's gold for seo because every gap is a chance to rank for a new keyword want another one i type pull out the main questions people ask about ai automation from these sources now i've got real questions in real words that real people search i can turn each one into a blog post or an faq section and google loves faq sections but wait it gets better and the best part is coming up so don't go anywhere here's where the magic kicks in remember i said both tools now work as one so i can start in gemini then jump over to notebook lm and notebook lm has some tricks gemini doesn't one of them is called an audio overview it turns all my sources into a little podcast style chat so i can listen to my research while i walk the dog there's also a thing called a video overview it makes a short video out of your sources and there are flashcards and summaries too now here's a clever seo move i take all my research and i say write me a blog outline for the ai profit boardroom that answers these questions and fills these content gaps and just like that i've got a full outline built from real research not made up that's how you write content that actually ranks because google rewards content that truly helps people and content built on real sources does exactly that okay quick pause let me give you something that will really move the needle and one more thing if you're doing all this research and writing all this great content but nobody's finding it on google you've got a problem a traffic problem you can have the best blog posts in the world but if it's stuck on page 10 no one sees it that's where seo comes in and that's what my team does every single day if you want more leads more traffic and more people finding your business on google my team can help we handle the hard stuff like your backlinks so you can focus on running your business just book a free seo strategy session the link is in the comments in the description go grab a spot and let's get you ranking higher okay back to the good stuff let me show you more ways to use this for seo here's one for your own website i drop my whole website into a notebook then i ask find weak spots in my content about ai automation what's thin what's missing now i know exactly what to fix that's an instant seo audit done in seconds here's another one i add a competitor's whole site as a source then i ask what keywords and topics does this site rank for that i don't cover now i've got a content plan straight from my competitors playbook and here's a really smart one i type take this research and write 10 title ideas for the ai profit boardroom that people would click now i've got headlines that grab attention and good headlines mean more clicks and more clicks tell google your page is worth ranking see how it all connects let me show you one more because this one's my favorite you can build a topic cluster that's a fancy seo word but it's simple it means one big page with lots of smaller pages around it all linked together all about one subject google really loves this so i ask based on these sources give me one main topic and 10 supporting topics for the ai profit boardroom and just like that i've got a whole content map a main page about ai automation and 10 smaller posts that link back to it that's an seo strategy that took me years to learn and now the ai builds it in seconds now let me be straight with you about a few things because i don't want you to get the wrong idea some folks online are saying this is free for everyone everywhere right now that's not quite true right now study notebooks are rolling out on the web for personal accounts mobile is coming later this summer and the wider notebooks feature started with paid plans first with free access rolling out over time so check if you've got access yet it's spreading fast but not everyone has it this second i'm telling you this because i won't make stuff up just to hype a video you can trust what i say here now here's why i'm so excited about this for seo people for years research was the slow part you'd open 10 tabs you'd read for hours you'd take messy notes you'd lose half of them this tool fixes all of that it reads your sources for you it remembers everything and it shows you the exact spot where it found each answer that last part is big because it cites its sources so you're not guessing you're working from real facts and real facts make better content and better content ranks better simple as that let me give you a quick game plan you can use today step one make a notebook for your main topic step two add your competitor posts your notes and a few youtube videos step three ask it for content gaps and common questions step four turn those into blog outlines and titles step five jump to notebook lm and make an audio overview to study on the go step six build a topic cluster and start writing that's it that's a full seo content engine and it costs you nothing but a few minutes now think about how much time this saves what used to take a whole day now takes an hour that means you can write more you can cover more topics you can answer more questions and every new piece is another door for people to find you on google that's how you grow not by working harder by working smarter and tools like this are how the smart people get ahead here's the thing though a tool is just a tool it can find the gaps it can write the outline but it can't do the deep seo work that actually gets you to the top of google the backlinks the strategy the technical stuff that's where the real work happens so before i let you go i've got three quick things for you first one if you're completely new to seo and you want to build a solid base alongside these ai tools i've got you covered we've got a free seo course in the description it's got over 260 lessons it covers how content strategy works it covers how to approach link building it shows you what a good keyword looks like everything you need to get started so go check that out too the link is below second thing if you love using ai to grow your business come join us in the ai profit boardroom it's our community where we share the latest ai automation tricks real tools real workflows real people helping each other the link for that is in the description as well and third if you want more traffic more leads and more people finding your business on google my team can help you we'll handle your backlinks and the heavy lifting you just focus on your business book a free seo strategy session the links in the comments and the description go grab your spot now all right the real wins come from putting in the work and getting your pages to rank so go try it build a notebook find your gaps write better content and if you want help getting that content to the top of google you know where to find me if you got value from this smash that like button hit subscribe so you don't miss the next ai update and drop a comment below because julian reads every single one i'll see you in the next one

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