AISQ Progress Update #10–Fall G2 Awards, Ghost Doctor, and a New Connector for AI Assistants

Fall is bringing a lot of good news our way this time around: fresh G2 recognition for two of our tools, a major WP Ghost release with a genuinely useful new diagnostic feature, a way to connect Squirrly SEO to your favorite AI assistant, and a fun back-to-school game with real prizes attached. Oh, and Florin Muresan has something to say about where online visibility is headed next. Let’s get into it.

Why “Being Found” Is Starting to Mean Something Different

Florin Muresan opens up about a shift he’s been anticipating for over a decade: people are increasingly turning to AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude to figure out which businesses to trust and which products to buy, rather than relying solely on a traditional search engine.

He argues this isn’t just another algorithm tweak, it’s a genuine change in how discovery and decision-making work online. In response, he’s launched GEO Academy, a free training program aimed at helping business owners understand this new landscape before their competitors get recommended by AI while they get left behind.

The program starts with the basics, covering how AI systems evaluate and recommend businesses, what GEO and AEO actually mean, and how to prepare, no technical background required. His goal is to reach over a million business owners with this knowledge, for free.

Read the full article here.

A Playful Way to Kick Off the School Year (With Real Prizes)

To mark the start of the new school season, Squirrly rolled out a browser-based game called the BackPack Game. No downloads needed, just click in and start playing directly in your browser.

Each backpack you open carries a chance to win real resources from Squirrly, including courses, eBooks, and premium access to Squirrly SPY. It’s a lighthearted nod to the season, with genuinely useful prizes attached for anyone looking to sharpen their digital marketing skills.

Check out the game here.

WP Ghost Picks Up 4 New Awards and a Major Update

WP Ghost had a strong showing in the Fall 2026 G2 Awards, picking up four badges.

Alongside the recognition, version 9.1 landed with a standout new feature called Ghost Doctor, a diagnostic tool that checks your server rules, cache, and theme, explains what’s broken in plain language, and fixes most issues with a single click.

The update also brings a prioritized security check, a vulnerability scanner covering every installed plugin and theme, a frontend check for assets that fail to load, and the option to force two-factor authentication by user role. Under the hood, there are meaningful performance gains too, including lighter memory use for media files and CSS/JS files that no longer need rebuilding on every visit.

Get the full rundown on WP Ghost 9.1 here.

Squirrly SEO Wins Big and Now Talks to Claude and OpenAI Codex

Squirrly SEO also had its own award moment this fall, earning three High Performer badges in the G2 Fall 2026 Awards across the UK Regional, Small-Business, and general Grid Reports.

But the bigger story might be a new feature: Squirrly SEO can now connect directly to AI assistants like Claude or OpenAI Codex, letting them read and update your site’s SEO right from WordPress. Setup is simple: flip on the connector from the new AI Tools screen under Technical SEO, copy the address, paste it into your assistant, and approve the connection, with access limited to whatever permissions the approving WordPress user already has.

The update also fixes several structured data issues and cleans up how Rich Snippets pull descriptions and headlines, plus a fix that stops WordPress menu items from wrongly showing up as internal link suggestions.

See everything that’s new in Squirrly SEO here.

That’s a Wrap for This Round

From AI-driven discovery to shiny new G2 badges and some genuinely handy product updates, there’s a lot to like in this batch of news. Whether you’re diving into GEO Academy, testing out Ghost Doctor, or connecting your SEO to your AI assistant of choice, there’s plenty here worth exploring.

Stick around, because there’s always more coming.