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Corpus uses this space to share work in progress thinking about upstream optimisation, zero click and AI search, experiments and the realities inside organisations. It is not a content calendar. We publish when there is something useful to say.
This page is for teams who want to see how we think about real systems, not just how we describe our services.

How we use this space.

We use field notes to:

Some pieces are practical. Some are more reflective. All are written to be useful to people doing the work, not just talking about it.

Featured.

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How AI summaries quietly reshape the decision journey

Many teams still plan and measure as if the main decision happens on their website.

In reality, AI summaries, rich snippets and other zero click results are now doing a large share of that work before anyone arrives.

Other articles.

When Trust Becomes Advertising Inventory

Abi Hough
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July 27, 2026

Yesterday OpenAI emailed me, and whilst I’d ordinarily just shift-delete any form of “communication trying to sell me something”, this one actually got added to their open rate. Why? Because they wanted me to buy advertising. An immediate red flag to this old bull, who quite frankly is fed up with being advertised at by […]

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The Raspberry Pi in the £35,821 Basket

Abi Hough
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July 21, 2026

A product page made an experienced IT buyer believe one Raspberry Pi cost more than a family car. The pack price was technically visible. Almost everything else said one unit.

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What Corpus is actually for

Abi Hough
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April 10, 2026

Corpus is a clarity and trust framework for the upstream web. It helps organisations diagnose how trust, contradiction, proof, and interpretation work across reality, public narrative, machine inference, human expectation, and interface experience.

Read about how to build trust in the upstream →
Upstream optimisation for zero click and AI search.
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We Are Corpus is an Abi Hough-led consultancy and the trading name of UU3 Ltd, registered in England and Wales. Company number 06272638.