One hire you’d recommend every in-house SEO make

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• Part 1SEO Impact in a Product-Driven Enterprise

  Google's AI Overviews appear in 90% of informational queries. John Vantine, Director of SEO at GoodRx, has built cross-functional generative search frameworks over seven years that compete directly with WebMD and Healthline in healthcare's high-stakes YMYL category. The discussion covers establishing 50/50 collaboration between SEOs and subject matter experts for content integrity, implementing back-to-basics technical SEO approaches for less sophisticated AI crawlers, and developing strategic partnerships with LLM platforms like ChatGPT Health to secure direct brand mentions in AI-generated responses.

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• Part 2One page type should be analyzing more closely when tracking AI-driven traffic

  Enterprise SEO teams struggle to optimize for AI-driven traffic patterns. John Vantine, Director of SEO at GoodRx, has built a cross-functional generative search task force over 7 years that powers discovery across Google, ChatGPT, and emerging AI platforms. He discusses the critical need for product-led SEO roles that execute strategic roadmaps through engineered features, and shares frameworks for building cross-functional teams that maintain SEO strategy while developing user-focused products optimized for both traditional and AI-powered search engines.

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• Part 3SEO tactic people think involves AI but it really doesn’t

  Most SEO teams lack dedicated product-focused roles despite technical implementation challenges. John Vantine, Director of SEO at GoodRx, has built cross-functional generative search frameworks over 7 years that drive discovery across Google, ChatGPT, and emerging platforms. He advocates for hiring SEO professionals in product management roles who can maintain technical roadmaps, collaborate directly with engineering teams, and execute strategies that manifest as user-focused features with search optimization built-in. This product-led SEO approach bridges the gap between strategic planning and technical execution at enterprise scale.

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  Part 4One hire you’d recommend every in-house SEO make

  Content updates drive measurable traffic recovery for enterprise SEO teams. John Vantine, Director of SEO at GoodRx, has built cross-functional frameworks powering discovery across Google and ChatGPT over seven years of proven results. He outlines traffic-based content refresh signals that consistently deliver higher performance than original articles, plus systematic monitoring approaches that alert teams when content falls off performance cliffs.

• Part 5The most important signal to guide content updates

  Google's AI overviews now appear for 90% of informational queries. John Vantine, Director of SEO at GoodRx, has built cross-functional frameworks that drive visibility across Google, ChatGPT, and emerging AI platforms while competing directly with WebMD and Healthline in the high-stakes healthcare space. The discussion covers his 50-50 collaboration model between SEOs and subject matter experts, traffic-based content update signals as the primary performance indicator, and strategic positioning of SEO teams within product organizations rather than marketing to enable direct partnership development with AI platforms.

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• Part 6Which overlooked metric makes the case for generative search investment?

  Third-party sites capture traffic by explaining what brands actually do. John Vantine, Director of SEO at GoodRx, has built cross-functional generative search frameworks over seven years that power discovery across Google and ChatGPT. He reveals how About Us and FAQ pages become critical ranking assets when they proactively address common brand misconceptions in plain language. Vantine demonstrates how predictive search volume around questions like "how does [brand] make money" signals untapped content opportunities that competitors exploit when brands fail to clearly explain their value proposition.

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