Part of GEOly's "GEO / AEO Expert Watch" series — meet Joshua Hardwick, a quick map of their public work and where to follow them, with links to the original sources.
Who is Joshua Hardwick
Head of Content at Ahrefs, Joshua turns SEO fundamentals into clear, widely-used guides, audits, and templates. A go-to reference for translating GEO basics into repeatable content checklists.
These experts excel at turning complex AI-search optimization into executable checklists, videos and Q&As — ideal for teams that need to ship and scale across markets. Their recurring focus areas include: SEO education, Ahrefs content.
What GEO / AEO practitioners can learn from Joshua Hardwick
- Start from real questions: organize content around what users actually ask (PAA / community questions), which naturally fits how AI answers retrieve.
- Structured and liftable: clear subheads, direct answer sentences and structured data make content easier to cite.
- Multilingual & localized: for each market, language, entities and local signals must each be in place — not a mechanical translation.
GEOly angle: Reusable checklist angle: how a standard SEO audit expands for AI search.
What it means for brands going global
For multi-market AEO, the biggest mistake global-facing brands make is translating one set of content everywhere. Optimize per market for real local questions, language and local entities to be reliably cited in that market’s AI answers.
Want to see how your own brand shows up across ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers — and how you stack up against competitors? That is exactly what GEOly's brand GEO audit measures: citations, share of mentions and answer share, tracked over time.
