{"id":7652,"date":"2025-11-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?p=7652"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T04:37:12","slug":"speaker-james-hunt-seo-in-the-age-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker-james-hunt-seo-in-the-age-of-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker: James Hunt &#8211; The State of Search: SEO in the Age of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Search is changing \u2014 fast. Between Google\u2019s AI Overviews, TikTok search, ChatGPT answers, and social discovery, the old \u201cjust rank on Google\u201d mindset doesn\u2019t cut it anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter <a href=\"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/james-hunt\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/james-hunt\/\"><strong>James Hunt<\/strong>,<\/a> a digital nomad, WordPress developer, and marketing pro who\u2019s been living the SEO life on the front lines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/11\/Speaker-James-Hunt.webp?resize=1024%2C538&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Speaker - James Hunt\" class=\"wp-image-7651\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:10px;border-top-right-radius:10px;border-bottom-left-radius:10px;border-bottom-right-radius:10px;box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/11\/Speaker-James-Hunt.webp?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/11\/Speaker-James-Hunt.webp?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/11\/Speaker-James-Hunt.webp?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/11\/Speaker-James-Hunt.webp?resize=500%2C263&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/11\/Speaker-James-Hunt.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his session,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-display has-x-large-font-size is-style-text-display--1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/the-state-of-search-seo-in-the-age-of-ai\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/the-state-of-search-seo-in-the-age-of-ai\/\">The State of Search: SEO in the Age of AI<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>James will unpack how search is evolving and what creators, developers, and business owners can do to stay visible in 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-medium-font-size\">Get ready to explore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Real-world traffic data showing where users <em>actually<\/em> discover content today<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Actionable SEO tactics that still work (and a few that don\u2019t anymore)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to optimize for AI-powered discovery tools and chat-based search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSEO isn\u2019t dying \u2014 it\u2019s evolving,\u201d says James. \u201cIf you understand how AI changes the game, you can stay ahead of the curve instead of chasing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>James isn\u2019t just theory \u2014 he\u2019s <em>living it.<\/em> Based in Malaysia but truly global, he\u2019s a <strong>professional WordPress developer<\/strong>, experienced marketer, and <strong>host of the Chiang Mai WordPress Meetup<\/strong>, where he\u2019s spent the last year giving in-depth, 1\u20132 hour sessions on everything from SEO to content strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond WordPress, James has led marketing teams for successful startups, built online businesses, and even ran one of the world\u2019s best internet radio stations . His journey as a <strong>digital nomad<\/strong> has been featured in <em>Fast Company<\/em>, <em>Huffington Post<\/em>, and <em>The Bangkok Post<\/em>, and he continues to share insights with a global community of 100,000+ nomads and remote workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Get ready to connect, collaborate, and celebrate all things WordPress \u2014 see you at WordCamp Malaysia 2025!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/schedule\/\">Check Schedule<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/tickets\/\">Get Tickets<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Hunt &#8211; The State of Search: SEO in the Age of AI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23165102,"featured_media":7651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[60,63],"class_list":["post-7652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-speakers","tag-announcements","tag-schedule"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/11\/Speaker-James-Hunt.webp?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23165102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7652"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7847,"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652\/revisions\/7847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysia.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}