Brand's Broken SEO Sends Traffic to Random Sites, an AEO-Era Warning
oyacaro · x · 2026-09-17
Blogger @oyacaro publicly called out Tim Hortons for having 'broken SEO,' saying traffic is leaking to random third-party websites while customers expect the brand to be the first link.
The rant highlights a real AEO-era pain point: as users get answers via AI assistants, brands are losing control of their own traffic entry points, and slow official-channel maintenance amplifies the damage.
Related event: Tim Hortons' basic SEO failures hand top search spots to third parties(2 posts)→
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