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Signals / 06 August 2026
11:20 · Link

The transactional layer is going agentic

Websites do not disappear. They become backend infrastructure.

By 2030 the transactional layer of the web is agents negotiating with brand APIs. The question worth asking now is not “how does my site rank” but “what does my site expose, and to whom”.

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