Aura8 bloghttps://aura8.ai/blog/Plain-English, sourced articles on being found in search and AI answers, and the governance that goes with it.en-AU Your robots.txt says yes. Your firewall might say no.https://aura8.ai/blog/a-clean-robots-txt-is-not-enough/https://aura8.ai/blog/a-clean-robots-txt-is-not-enough/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +1100A clean robots.txt can hide a site that AI crawlers cannot read at all. Here is how to tell. The privacy policy rule that starts on 10 December 2026, in plain Englishhttps://aura8.ai/blog/privacy-policy-automated-decisions-10-december-2026/https://aura8.ai/blog/privacy-policy-automated-decisions-10-december-2026/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +1100A new duty to say how computer programs are used in decisions about people. Who it covers, what to say and what to check. Does the Privacy Act apply to your small business? Not always, but checkhttps://aura8.ai/blog/does-the-privacy-act-apply-to-small-business/https://aura8.ai/blog/does-the-privacy-act-apply-to-small-business/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +1100The $3 million line, who is covered whatever their size, and why clinics and allied health are on the list. A 30-minute AI search check you can do yourselfhttps://aura8.ai/blog/a-30-minute-ai-search-check-you-can-do-yourself/https://aura8.ai/blog/a-30-minute-ai-search-check-you-can-do-yourself/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1100Seven steps, no special tools. Catch the most common reasons AI cannot read or describe your business. How to measure AI visibility without fooling yourselfhttps://aura8.ai/blog/measuring-ai-visibility-without-fooling-yourself/https://aura8.ai/blog/measuring-ai-visibility-without-fooling-yourself/Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +1100No rank to read off, so you need a method: fixed questions, dated samples and enquiries, with the limits stated. How to write the page your customer's question deserveshttps://aura8.ai/blog/write-the-page-your-customers-question-deserves/https://aura8.ai/blog/write-the-page-your-customers-question-deserves/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +1100Start with the question, answer in two sentences, keep the facts in text. A practical guide for any business. Fake reviews and misleading claims: what the ACCC says, and why it matters for AI searchhttps://aura8.ai/blog/fake-reviews-and-misleading-claims/https://aura8.ai/blog/fake-reviews-and-misleading-claims/Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100Writing your own reviews, or promising results nobody can guarantee, is a legal risk. What the ACCC has said and done. OpenAI and Anthropic run different crawlers for different jobs. Which should you allow?https://aura8.ai/blog/ai-crawlers-search-vs-training/https://aura8.ai/blog/ai-crawlers-search-vs-training/Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100Some AI crawlers collect training data. Others help you show up in answers. What the two companies say, and how to choose on purpose. How does Google decide which local businesses to show?https://aura8.ai/blog/how-google-ranks-local-businesses/https://aura8.ai/blog/how-google-ranks-local-businesses/Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100Relevance, distance and prominence. What Google says, and the simple habit that helps with all three. Do you need special markup to show up in Google's AI answers? Google says no.https://aura8.ai/blog/what-google-says-about-ai-features/https://aura8.ai/blog/what-google-says-about-ai-features/Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100A lot of advice says you need new files and tricks. Google's own guidance says otherwise. The six practices the Government says any business can use for AIhttps://aura8.ai/blog/six-practices-for-using-ai-responsibly/https://aura8.ai/blog/six-practices-for-using-ai-responsibly/Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100A plain-English look at Australia's Guidance for AI Adoption, and what it means for a business using AI in marketing. No AI Act: what Australia's National AI Plan means for your businesshttps://aura8.ai/blog/no-ai-act-national-ai-plan/https://aura8.ai/blog/no-ai-act-national-ai-plan/Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1100The Government will manage AI through existing laws. What that means when you use AI in your marketing. When Google shows an AI answer, fewer people click. What a Pew study found.https://aura8.ai/blog/pew-ai-summaries-and-clicks/https://aura8.ai/blog/pew-ai-summaries-and-clicks/Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +1100Researchers tracked what 900 Americans did on Google for a month. The numbers tell a clear story about where customers make up their minds. Google switched on AI Overviews in Australia. What does that mean for your business?https://aura8.ai/blog/google-ai-overviews-australia/https://aura8.ai/blog/google-ai-overviews-australia/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100On 29 October 2024, Google began showing AI-written answers to people searching in Australia. Here is what Google said, what it did not say, and what you can do about it.