The 2026 B2B SEO Shift: Why Video + Schema Wins AI Rankings
Text-only SEO is losing ground. In 2026, Google and AI search engines prioritize multimodal content backed by structured data and strong entity signals.
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If you want your B2B brand to be cited in AI Overviews and LLM answers, you need more than long-form blogs. You need:
• Direct-answer video hooks
• Timestamped, keyword-aligned transcripts
• VideoObject + Clip + SeekToAction schema
• Strong Organization & Person entity linking
• Definition-style formatting for AI retrieval LLMs don’t “watch” your video — they read metadata, transcripts, and entity signals.
If your content isn’t structured for machine understanding, it won’t be cited. In 2026, ranking = being retrievable, citable, and trusted by AI systems. Are you building pages… or building entities?
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