Thoughts and Articles from Blend Interactive

AI was all over the Umbraco US Festival in Chicago — but the people are what made it work. Notes from Blend on Umbraco AI, Automate, and the community.

AI  |  Digital Optimization  |  Umbraco

Site search can be a smarter keyword tool or a full chatbot. A guide to the AI search spectrum and how to pick the right fit for your site.

AI  |  Development

A practical look at Umbraco Automate: how to spot the repetitive work in your content pipeline and build automations that handle it for you.

AI  |  Content and IA  |  Umbraco

Hiring is a bet on budget, fit, and time. Here's the case for extending the team you already have instead of adding to headcount.

Technology  |  AI  |  Optimizely

From model routing to Virtual Teammates, this year's Opticon highlighted the future of how we will manage content. Karla was there in person, and brings us this road report from Camp Opticon.

AI  |  Optimizely

The right site search solution depends on what your visitors actually want — and whether your content is ready to support it. Here's how to decide.

AI  |  Content and IA

We're thrilled to be an ai12z partner — furthering our commitment to solving complex web problems.

AI  |  Content and IA

Trust in web content is getting harder to earn. A few small, human touches — a real author, real sources, a point of view — show your writing came from a person.

AI  |  Content and IA

Just becuase your rates are public, it doesn't mean AI search can easily read them. How to structure credit union content for maximum crawlability. 

Financial Services  |  AI  |  Content and IA

Spinning up templates for new content types takes time. Here's a proof-of-concept that uses Optimizely Opal to make it faster and safer.

AI  |  Development  |  Optimizely