No Hacks: Optimising the Web for AI Agents

By Slobodan "Sani" Manić

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No Hacks is the weekly podcast about website optimisation, SEO, and web strategy in the age of AI search. If you work on websites and want to understand how AI agents, LLMs, and AI-powered search are changing everything, this is your show.


Your next million website visitors won't be human. And most websites are completely unprepared. AI agents can't navigate them. LLMs don't cite them. Search engines no longer rank them the same way.


Each week we dig into what's breaking, what's working, and what to do about it, covering AI SEO, AI Overviews, agent experience optimisation (AXO), CRO, structured data, and the future of organic search and discovery.


Built for SEO professionals, web strategists, developers, and CRO specialists who'd rather adapt early than scramble later.


Hosted by Slobodan Manic, consultant and speaker on Agent Experience Optimisation and AI-ready web strategy.


New episodes weekly. Subscribe to the companion newsletter at nohacks.co/subscribe


Episode Date
222: AI Visibility Is a Vanity Metric with Wil Reynolds
Apr 01, 2026
221: Machine-First Architecture: The Framework for Building Websites That Work for AI and Humans
Mar 25, 2026
220: Google Patented Replacing Your Landing Page With AI
Mar 11, 2026
219: Your Homepage Is Not Your Homepage Anymore with Rand Fishkin
Mar 04, 2026
218: Five Years of No Hacks - The Guest Host Takeover
Feb 18, 2026
217: The Browser Wars Are Back. This Time With AI Agents!
Feb 11, 2026
216: The Machine Layer - Building Trust in the Age of AI Search with Duane Forrester
Feb 04, 2026
215: The Agent-Broken Web - Why AI Can't See Your Website
Jan 28, 2026
214: How Google Just Took Control of AI Commerce (UCP + Apple Deal Explained)
Jan 14, 2026
213: Why Google & ChatGPT Are Ignoring Your "Dead" Content with Jono Alderson
Jan 07, 2026
212: Goodbye 2025 - Digital Tinnitus and the Non-Human Future
Dec 17, 2025
211: Why AI is Killing Your Clicks: The New Metrics for a Zero-Click World with Joe Doveton
Dec 10, 2025
210: AI Agents Are Here (And They Hate Your Website) with Jes Scholz
Nov 26, 2025
209: The Zero-Effort Lie - How AI Is Accelerating the Death of the Internet
Oct 21, 2025
208: How AI Is Forcing Brands to Be More Human with Brent Csutoras
Oct 01, 2025
207: The Empathy Advantage - Bryan Eisenberg on Why Stories, Not Tools, Will Win in the Age of AI
Sep 24, 2025
206: The Vibe Coding Trap and What to Do Instead
Sep 09, 2025
205: AI, Search, and the Jobs of Tomorrow with Olga Andrienko
Sep 03, 2025
204: #ChatGate - Your ChatGPT Conversation Could Be Indexed and Anyone Could Read Them
Aug 01, 2025
203: No Juniors, No Google, No Chill: Survival Tips for the AI Shake-Up with Erin Weigel and Lukas Vermeer
Jul 02, 2025
202: Behavioral Design Secrets from YouTube, Google, and Duolingo with Katie Dove
Jun 05, 2025
201: Know Your Customer, Grow Your Brand: Email Marketing Masterclass with Omar Lovert
May 29, 2025
200: Magician vs. Conductor: How to Build (and Fix) Products with AI in 2025
May 08, 2025
199: Data Minimalism, Experimentation, and Ethical AI with Matt Gershoff
Apr 27, 2025
198: Google Doesn’t Need Your Blog Posts Anymore, Here’s What to Do Instead with Jono Alderson
Apr 22, 2025
197: Is the Internet Dead? The Rise of Bot-to-Bot Web & the Decline of Human Content with Anne Berlin
Apr 15, 2025
196: Growing Smarter, Not Louder: The 1-1-1 Framework for Early-Stage Startups with Ward van Gasteren
Apr 03, 2025
195: Winning Buy-In: How to Build a Support Network for Digital Experimentation with Sam Barber
Apr 01, 2025
194: What Go-to-Market Really Means — Early Traction, Smart Systems, and AI with Maja Voje
Mar 27, 2025
193: What Google Analytics Can’t Tell You (But Your Users Will) with Daniël Granja Baltazar
Mar 25, 2025
192: The Power of Founder Brand: Why B2B Growth Starts With You with Ognjen Bošković
Mar 20, 2025
191: Podcasting 101: Building Brand Awareness and Networking with Anja Lordanić Mustać
Mar 17, 2025
190: Optimizing Events & Growth: Behind the Scenes of Europe’s Biggest Growth Summit with Julia Rumpf
Mar 12, 2025
189: The Extreme Growth Mindset with Chris Out
Mar 10, 2025
188: Bridging the Gap: How Product and CRO Are Merging with Hesh Fekry
Mar 07, 2025
187: Breaking It, Fixing It, Building It: The Mindset Behind Startup Success with Kevin Henrikson
Mar 05, 2025
186: How to Design Products That Drive Real Behavior Change with Roos van Duijnhoven
Mar 04, 2025
185: Can E-Commerce Sites Ever Be Fully Optimized with Anthony Morgan
Feb 28, 2025
184: AI vs Human Intuition in E-commerce with Mike Ryan
Feb 27, 2025
183: B2B SEO That Actually Drives Sales: Money Keywords & No-BS Strategies with Sam Dunning
Feb 26, 2025
182: Why Proper Consent Management Matters with Marin Radovan
Feb 25, 2025
181: What Skills Will Marketers Need to Stay Ahead in the Future with Jindrich Faborsky
Feb 24, 2025
180: How Experimentation Can Make You Customer Centric with Emilija Milevska Velkovski
Feb 21, 2025
179: Do Agile Product Teams and Experimentation Belong Together with André Morys
Feb 20, 2025
178: Navigating the Balance Between Product Clarity and Brand Voice with Lenka Stawarczyk
Feb 19, 2025
177: Beyond Conversion Rates: The Ethics and Hidden Costs of Optimization with Maren Costa
Feb 18, 2025
176: Safe Spaces, Democracy, and Experimentation with Marta Mijatov
Feb 14, 2025
175: Best Practices Are Almost Always Out of Date with Manuel Krähe
Feb 12, 2025
174: What Startup Founders Can Learn from Product People with Moshe Mikanovsky
Feb 11, 2025
173: Minimizing Friction in E-commerce with Usability Testing with András Kobza
Feb 10, 2025
172: AI in A/B Testing and Experimentation with Nils Stotz
Feb 07, 2025
171: The CRO Evolution: From Add-On to Essential Service with Luka Nikolić
Feb 06, 2025
170: Research Tips for Marketers and Product Builders with Brendan McNulty
Feb 04, 2025
169: How Conferences Fuel Career Success with Marcella Sullivan
Jan 31, 2025
168: Break Free from Amazon: The Step-by-Step Guide to Your DTC Journey with Dušan Popović
Jan 30, 2025
167: How Experimentation and CRO Will Evolve in 2025 with Jonny Longden
Jan 29, 2025
166: Level Up Your Life with Digital Optimization Tactics with Amrdeep Athwal
Jan 21, 2025
165: The Do's and Don'ts of Successful Employer Branding with Ben Labay
Jan 20, 2025
164: Future-proofing CRO: From Landing Pages to Product with Veronika Morozová
Jan 17, 2025
163: Unlocking the Secret to AI-Powered Copywriting with Chris Silvestri
Jan 16, 2025
162: Navigating the Future of Product Development: Opportunities for Solopreneurs with Iqbal Ali
Jan 15, 2025
161: Aligning Business Goals with OKRs & Experimentation Strategies with Bjarn Brunenberg
Dec 18, 2024
160: Segmentation 101: Demystifying Email Marketing Myths with Tara Dinoski
Dec 11, 2024
159: Bridging Data and Decision-Making: Bhavik Patel’s Take on Analytics
Nov 20, 2024
158: Experiment to Optimize: Balancing Risk and Growth with Gerda Vogt-Thomas
Nov 06, 2024
157: The Best Ideas Aren't the Loudest: Experimentation & Diversity with Lucia van den Brink
Oct 30, 2024
156: Balancing Pragmatic Change Management and Effective CRO with Tim Stewart
Oct 16, 2024
155: Understanding User Research: Surveys, Myths, and the Role of AI with Els Aerts
Oct 08, 2024
154: Embrace the Fear: Courage in Leadership and Experimentation with Luiza de Lange
Oct 02, 2024
153: SEO and Beyond: How ADHD Enhances Optimization Skills with Arnout Hellemans
Sep 25, 2024
152: Stewart Ehoff: Unlocking Business Potential Through Digital Experimentation
Sep 18, 2024
151: Empowered Teams Model in Experimentation with Lukas Vermeer
Jun 09, 2024
150: AI Customer Voice Analysis with Juliana Jackson
Jun 07, 2024
149: Mastering Conversion Design with Oliver Kenyon
Jun 05, 2024
148: Hybrid One Reader with Carolyn Beaudoin
Jun 03, 2024
147: Research and Experimentation with Vulnerable Populations with Georgia Sugarman
Jun 01, 2024
146: Starting a CRO Program with Haley Carpenter
May 30, 2024
145: Automate to Win with Shawn David
May 28, 2024
144: AI Cookbook: Practical applications for UX, CRO & Experimentation with Craig Sullivan and Iqbal Ali
May 21, 2024
143: The Good Experimental Design with Erin Weigel
May 21, 2024
142: An Experimenter’s Guide to the Galaxy with Bhavik Patel
May 20, 2024
141: Taming the HIPPO with Oreoluwa Akinnawo
May 15, 2024
140: Simplifying CRO with Gerda Vogt-Thomas
May 15, 2024
139: Your Copy Is *Not* Your Problem with Eden Bidani
May 15, 2024
138: Design for the Irrational with Line-Ariel Bretous
May 14, 2024
137: Your A/B Tests are Lying to You with May Chin
May 13, 2024
136: Email is Not A Checkbox with Omar Lovert
May 09, 2024
135: The Perfect Pricing Formula with Deborah O'Malley
May 06, 2024
134: Elite Experiments at Experimentation Elite with Jonas Alves
Apr 30, 2024
133: Do You Need an Experimentation Therapist? with Chris Gibbins
Apr 24, 2024
132: Analytics, AI, and Music with Analytics Wizard Josh Silverbauer
Apr 17, 2024
131: Behind the Click with Jon MacDonald
Apr 15, 2024
130: Test and Learn Community Mentorship Summit with Kelly Wortham and Matt Gershoff
Apr 11, 2024
129: Documenting Experimentation with Nils Koppelmann
Apr 09, 2024
128: Psychology Behind User Engagement and Community Building with Guido Jansen
Apr 03, 2024
127: Centers of Enablers in Experimentation with Ruben de Boer
Mar 27, 2024
126: E-commerce Optimization Pillars with Digital Expat Carlos Trujillo
Mar 20, 2024
125: Seven Deadly Sins of User Research with Els Aerts
Mar 13, 2024
124: Please Don't Test That with Karl Gilis
Mar 13, 2024
123: Handling Form Errors and Validation with Alun Lucas
Mar 07, 2024
122: Experimentation Elite Awards with Judges Dinah Alam and Joe Doveton
Mar 04, 2024
121: Emotion-based Optimisation with Talia Wolf
Feb 28, 2024
120: Solid and Safe Experimentation Environments with Ton Wesseling
Feb 21, 2024
119: Conversion Strategy for High-ticket Products and Services with Loredana Principessa
Feb 14, 2024
118: Avoiding the Early Growth Startup Mistakes with Foti Panagiotakopoulos
Feb 07, 2024
117: Curating Experimentation with Kevin Anderson
Jan 31, 2024
116: 2024 E-commerce Trends with Linda Bustos
Jan 24, 2024
115: Battle of Cultures in Experimentation with André Morys
Jan 17, 2024
114: Communicating CRO with Iqbal Ali
Jan 10, 2024
113: Optimizing for Taboo Products with Tracy Laranjo
Dec 20, 2023
112: CRAP and CARE in Web Analytics with Mikko Piippo
Dec 12, 2023
111: Customer Journey Optimization: Understanding Friction and Momentum with André Vieira
Dec 06, 2023
110: Learning from Failed Experiments with Daphne Tideman
Nov 29, 2023
109: Moderating Experimentation Elite with Joe Doveton and David Mannheim
Nov 22, 2023
108: Breaking Out of the CRO Pigeonhole with Jonny Longden
Nov 15, 2023
107: Using Psychology in CRO with Michael Aagaard
Nov 08, 2023
106: What AI Can and Can't Do in Digital Marketing With ChatGPT
Nov 01, 2023
105: From A to B: Memes, Podcasts, and Personal Branding with Shiva Manjunath
Oct 24, 2023
104: Building a Brand Using the Power of Great Content with David Tao
Oct 17, 2023
103: Generative AI for Marketing with Jim Sterne
Oct 11, 2023
102: Designing an Efficient Onboarding Email Series with Vassilena Valchanova
Oct 04, 2023
101: Loyalty Programs with Samuel Larsen
Sep 13, 2023
100: Building Communities in Marketing with Joe Glover
Aug 29, 2023
99: Should You Invest in a Mobile App with Neal Goyal
Aug 23, 2023
98: Why DTC Needs B2B eCommerce with Jason Greenwood
Aug 16, 2023
97: The Person in Personalisation with David Mannheim
Jun 28, 2023
96: Why Industry Benchmarks are Bullsh*t with Natalie Thomas
Jun 21, 2023
95: Your Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Survival Guide with Kate Cook
Jun 13, 2023
94: Product-Led SEO with Eli Schwartz
Jun 07, 2023
93: The Case of Hypersegmentation in Email with Kasey Luck
May 31, 2023
92: Using Experimentation to Optimize More than Just Conversion Rate with Paul Wilkins and Devon Boyd
May 24, 2023
91: Attention Tax with Rishi Rawat and Lorenzo Carreri
May 17, 2023
90: Maximising Traffic Through Retention Strategies with Adam Kitchen
May 10, 2023
89: Conscious Conversions with Kenda Macdonald
May 03, 2023
88: Building New Media with Juan Mendoza
Apr 26, 2023
87: Moving From Dark to Fair Patterns With Marie Potel-Saville
Apr 19, 2023
86: Urgency in E-commerce with Peter Gardner
Apr 12, 2023
85: Web Accessibility with Abi Hough and Charles Meaden
Apr 05, 2023
84: Demand Generation with Nemanja Zivkovic
Mar 29, 2023
83: Privacy Needs Marketing with Siobhan Solberg
Mar 22, 2023
82: UA to GA4 Migrations with Julius Fedorovicius (Analytics Mania)
Mar 15, 2023
81: CRO to UXO with Ihor Sokolov
Mar 08, 2023
80: Customer Value Optimization with Valentin Radu
Mar 01, 2023
79: Love, Hate, and UX with Helen and Simon
Feb 19, 2023
78: How to Prioritize the Right SEO Efforts With Maeva Cifuentes
Dec 02, 2022
77: Content at Scale With Nick Jordan
Nov 08, 2022
76: Do This Instead of Random Testing With Andra Baragan
Nov 02, 2022
75: Personalisation Isn’t Dead With Kate Cook and Darshana Patel
Oct 27, 2022
74: E-commerce Sales Models With Pancho Mendiola
Oct 19, 2022
73: Everything You Need To Know About Website Migrations With Steve Wiideman
Oct 13, 2022
72: Why You Need Developers in CRO With Sandeep Shah
Oct 04, 2022
71: How To Do Market Research With Jeremy Epperson
Sep 27, 2022
70: Building Websites That Convert With Annie Maguire
Sep 20, 2022
69: 4 Google Analytics Alternatives if You're Not a GA4 Fan
Sep 06, 2022
68: Google's Helpful Content and End of Third-party Cookie Delay
Aug 30, 2022
67: What's Wrong with Everything with Craig Sullivan
Jul 06, 2022
66: Carbon Neutral Websites with Marcus Tandler and Katharina Meraner (Ryte)
Jun 22, 2022
65: Growth Loops with Ognjen Boskovic
Jun 14, 2022
64: The Marketing Attribution Fantasy with Juan Mendoza
Jun 09, 2022
63: How To Get Your Optimization Efforts Better With Ben Labay
May 31, 2022
62: Optimizing Web Forms with Alun Lucas
May 24, 2022
61: Optimizing Customer Experience with Will Laurenson
May 18, 2022
60: Everything You Need to Know about GA4 with Julian Juenemann
May 10, 2022
59: How to Make WordPress Fast With Thomas Audunhus
May 03, 2022
58: Why Web Performance Monitoring Matters With Matt Zeunart
Mar 29, 2022
57: Email Marketing in a Privacy-oriented World With Adam Kitchen
Mar 22, 2022
56: How AI and ML Impact CRO With Amrdeep Athwal
Mar 15, 2022
55: Turning Conversations into Content Snippets With Zineb Layachi
Mar 08, 2022
54: Nailing Product-Message Fit With Diane Wiredu
Mar 01, 2022
53: Rishi Rawat Doesn’t Do User Research
Feb 22, 2022
52: The Problem With Heatmaps With Oliver Palmer
Feb 15, 2022
51: Optimizing the Customer Journey With Jeremy Epperson
Feb 08, 2022
50: If We Had Superpowers, This Is What We’ll Change Online
Feb 01, 2022
49: Experimentation Program Maturity With Shiva Manjunath
Jan 25, 2022
48: Collecting Zero Party Data To Personalize Customer Journey With Jon Ivanco
Jan 18, 2022
47: Converting Ice-Cold Traffic With Eden Bidani
Jan 11, 2022
46: What's the Biggest Fire You Had To Put Out at Work?
Jan 04, 2022
45: 2022 Predictions: 5 Experts Share What Marketers Should Focus On
Dec 21, 2021
44: Three Things We Gave a **** About in 2021
Dec 14, 2021
43: Using First Party Data to Drive Customer Retention with Juliana Jackson
Dec 07, 2021
42: Key Insights From the 2021 State of Technical SEO
Nov 30, 2021
41: Experimentation as a Business Philosophy With Luka Nikolić
Nov 23, 2021
40: The ROI of SEO-driven Content With Maeva Cifuentes
Nov 16, 2021
39: Creating Landing Pages That Convert With Annie Maguire
Nov 09, 2021
38: Case Study: How We Fixed A Client’s Core Web Vitals and 3x Their Mobile PageSpeed Score
Nov 02, 2021
37: Reviewing Jon MacDonald’s Opting In To Optimization
Oct 26, 2021
36: How To Get Your B2B Brand Messaging Right With Sara Lattanzio
Oct 19, 2021
35: Why Digging Into Analytics Will Help Your Paid Media Strategy With Blake Strozyk
Oct 12, 2021
34: Are Mobile Interstitials Acceptable in 2021?
Oct 05, 2021
33: How To Run a Google Tag Manager Audit With Neal Cole
Sep 28, 2021
32: Can Privacy and Personalization Co-exist? A Deep Dive Into Zero Party Data
Sep 22, 2021
31: Opting in to Optimization With Jon MacDonald
Sep 14, 2021
30: Trust the (CRO) Process with Khalid Saleh
Sep 07, 2021
29: Optimizing Your Core Web Vitals With Google’s Free Performance-focused Tools
Aug 31, 2021
28: Intersection of CRO and Technical SEO
Aug 24, 2021
27: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research with Helen Willmot and Simon Clark
Aug 17, 2021
26: Blogging Is Not Content Strategy With Simbar Dube
Aug 03, 2021
25: Marketing Hacks and Why You Should Avoid Them
Jul 27, 2021
24: Two More Years of Cookies and Other Privacy News
Jul 13, 2021
23: The Value of Content with Benjamin Grønvold
Jul 06, 2021
22: Google Rolls-Out Page Experience Update: What You Need To Know
Jun 29, 2021
21: Tracking Pixels and Apple's Mail Privacy Protection
Jun 22, 2021
20: Mobile Insights from Top 100 Shopify Stores
Jun 15, 2021
19: Strategic Approach to SEO with Jason Barnard
Jun 08, 2021
18: Increasing Your Revenue With Mobile CRO
Jun 01, 2021
17: Goodbye Funnel, Hello Messy Middle
May 25, 2021
16: Get the FLoC Outta Here
May 18, 2021
15: How to Run a Content Audit with Kelsey Jones
May 11, 2021
14: How to Work With Developers
May 04, 2021
13: How To Make Your Website Better
Apr 27, 2021
12: How To Prepare Your E-Commerce Website for Core Web Vitals
Apr 20, 2021
11: How To Use LinkedIn To Create Content Your B2B Audience Will Love
Apr 13, 2021
10: Improve Your Conversion Rate With Conversion Research Part 2
Apr 06, 2021
9: Improve Your Conversion Rate With Conversion Research Part 1
Mar 30, 2021
8: Why You Should Care About Privacy Even If You Don't Care About Privacy
Mar 23, 2021
7: Incorporating E-A-T in Your Content Strategy
Mar 16, 2021
6: Google Tag Manager: Why You Should Learn It
Mar 09, 2021
5: What Does Mobile-First Mean in 2021?
Mar 02, 2021
4: Does My Landing Page Suck?
Feb 21, 2021
3: Everything You Need to Do Before You Can Run an A/B Test
Feb 20, 2021
2: Why Copywriting is the #1 Skill to Learn in 2021
Feb 19, 2021
1: Core Web Vitals: What They Are and Why They Matter
Feb 18, 2021