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Your traffic didn’t disappear because of Google
It disappeared because your signals were already broken.
Jun 6 • Esme | The Trust Signal
The question AI is asking about your brand
Would AI recommend you? Here is how it decides.
Jun 6 • Esme | The Trust Signal
The pattern you absorbed
Why your brand behaves the way it does and where it learned that
Jun 6 • Esme | The Trust Signal
Your brand tells the truth even when you don't
The gap between what you mean and what the evidence says
Jun 6 • Esme | The Trust Signal

May 2026

The Trust Signal Mystery · Chapter One
The Crime Scene Or The Curious Case of the Vanishing Business
May 3 • Esme | The Trust Signal
Case File #A001 - The Walnut Audit
A Consistency signal investigation into a well-funded B2B SaaS platform with clients including Adobe, Dell, and NetApp. One channel consistent. Three…
May 3 • Esme | The Trust Signal
Would AI Recommend Your Brand?
What this newsletter investigates, and why it matters right now
May 2 • Esme | The Trust Signal

April 2026

Would AI Recommend Your Brand?
Most brands are optimising for visibility. The Trust Signal Diagnostic investigates why AI systems don't trust your brand enough to recommend it and…
Apr 14
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