FIRST-PARTY RESEARCH
TRIPLEDART AND SLATE
Research and templates from the accounts we run.
Studies and field reports we publish ourselves, each one carrying its sample, its numbers and what it can't tell you.
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WHERE TO START
By role.
Two reads per role, picked for what they settle.
SEO LEAD
Know what earns a citation now.
How AI Overview Chooses What to Cite: 50-Plus Page Signals Tested, Only Four Truly Create Impact
Which page signals moved the result.
Who Owns Page One in B2B SaaS Search: A 100-Query Study
How little of page one you can own.
CONTENT LEAD
Rebuild the process behind the posts.
How to Structure Content for AEO and GEO [With Templates]
How to lay a page out for answer engines.
Content Brief Template: Free Example and Walkthrough
Every brief field explained, with an example.
MARKETING LEAD
Plan the quarter on evidence.
What's Working in B2B SaaS Marketing Right Now: A Q2 2026 Field Report from TripleDart
Sixty days of client data on what produced pipeline.
The 2026 State of AI Search Visibility: Benchmarks, Citation Patterns, and What Marketers Should Do Next
A baseline to read your own numbers against.
PAID LEAD
Argue the budget with account numbers.
SaaS PPC Agency Q1 2026 Field Report: Lessons From 100+ Accounts
A quarter of wins and losses, account by account.
Microsoft Ads vs Google Ads for SaaS (2026)
Where each platform earns its spend.
HOW TO CHOOSE
Which one to read first.
Need a number for a board deck?
Start with the statistics pages.
Both carry the publisher and the year on every figure, so a number survives the follow-up question.
Google AI Overviews Statistics 2026: Usage, CTR, and Traffic Impact Data
Click loss with an AI Overview, shown as a range.
75+ AI SEO Statistics & Performance Benchmarks for 2026
Sourced figures on referral growth and conversion.
Working out whether AI search sends anything?
Read the traffic evidence first.
One counts the sessions and the leads by page type, the other shows who gets quoted when you don't.
What Page Types Do LLMs Cite? A Study of 28 B2B SaaS Companies
Sessions and leads across 28 companies.
AI Citations Study: 76% Go Beyond Brands and Competitors
Where the other three quarters of citations go.
Rebuilding a content process?
Take the pieces with owners attached.
A seven-stage sequence and a brief template get you further than another argument about quality.
7-Step AEO Workflow for AI-Ready Content in 2026
Seven stages with an owner on each.
Content Brief Template: Free Example and Walkthrough
Every brief field explained, with an example.
About to defend a paid budget?
Bring account-level numbers.
One is a quarter of accounts written up play by play, the other settles a platform question.
SaaS PPC Agency Q1 2026 Field Report: Lessons From 100+ Accounts
What held and what died across 100+ accounts.
Microsoft Ads vs Google Ads for SaaS (2026)
Cost and intent compared for SaaS buyers.
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