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title: "Bradyn Gardiyash, CEO at Meridian15"
description: "Bradyn Gardiyash is CEO at Meridian15 in Calgary. Read the 65 articles they have written on performance, brand and the research practice."
url: https://fifteenthmeridian.com/authors/bradyn-gardiyash
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Meridian15 / Author

# Bradyn Gardiyash

CEO · Performance, brand and the research practice

Runs the research practice at Meridian15. Has audited 403 Calgary business homepages for structured data, contact access and AI-crawler policy, tested 152 Calgary sites for speed, and classified 330 organic results across 20 US search pages. Built the free AEO audit the agency publishes.

## What that is based on

- Audited 403 Calgary business homepages, then joined five datasets across 350 of them. [The work](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/platform-tax-calgary-2026)
- Ran a 14-signal AEO audit on 152 Calgary small business websites. 123 returned a usable result, zero scored Strong, and the average was 44%. [The work](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/state-of-aeo-calgary-2026)
- Classified 330 organic results across 20 US search pages and found half the category was vendors ranking themselves. [The work](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-search-tools-category-study-2026)
- Built the free AEO audit tool the agency publishes: 13 checks, 66 points, no email required. [The work](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/tools/aeo-audit)

## 65 articles

1. [Your Ad Reporting Is Taking Credit for Sales You Already Had 10 Aug 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ad-attribution-incrementality-2026)
2. [Colour Psychology in Marketing: What the Research Actually Supports 3 Aug 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/colour-psychology-evidence-2026)
3. [We Analyzed 330 Results in the AI Search Tools Category. Half of It Is Vendors Ranking Themselves. 2 Aug 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-search-tools-category-study-2026)
4. [AI Overviews Took Over One Category Completely and Left Another Untouched. We Measured 38 Search Results Pages. 2 Aug 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-overview-split-2026)
5. [ChatGPT SEO Tools Means Two Different Things. Half the Results Answer the Wrong One. 1 Aug 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/chatgpt-seo-tools)
6. [LLM SEO Tools: What the Category Contains, and the One Question That Sorts It 1 Aug 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/llm-seo-tools)
7. [Stop Sending Ad Clicks to Your Homepage 31 Jul 2026 5 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/landing-page-vs-homepage-ads)
8. [What a Local SEO Agency Actually Does, and How to Tell If You Need One 30 Jul 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/local-seo-agency)
9. [Calgary Video Production: What It Costs, What Takes Time, and What You Actually Get 29 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-video-production)
10. [Behavioural Science in Marketing: What Survived the Replication Crisis 28 Jul 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/behavioural-science-replication-crisis-2026)
11. [Five Marketing Myths That Peer-Reviewed Research Says Are Wrong 27 Jul 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/marketing-myths-peer-reviewed-2026)
12. [Calgary Graphic Design and Logo Work: What to Brief, What to Expect, and What to Own 26 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-graphic-design)
13. [Choosing a Digital Marketing Agency in Calgary: The Questions That Actually Sort Them 25 Jul 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/digital-marketing-agency-calgary)
14. [Website Redesign Services: Scope, Cost, and Timeline 24 Jul 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/website-redesign-services)
15. [Website Maintenance Services: What Care Plans Cover 24 Jul 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/website-maintenance-services)
16. [Construction & Contractor Website Design: 12 Examples, Broken Down 24 Jul 2026 13 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/contractor-website-design-examples)
17. [Best SEO Companies in Canada (2026): A Vetted Shortlist 23 Jul 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/best-seo-agencies-canada)
18. [AEO Services: The Four Layers and What Each Delivers 23 Jul 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/aeo-services)
19. [SEO for Law Firms: Practice Areas, Jurisdiction, and the Rules That Constrain It 22 Jul 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/seo-for-law-firms)
20. [SEO for Dentists: Why Reviews and Booking Decide More Than Content Does 21 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/seo-for-dentists)
21. [SEO for Contractors: Service Areas, Seasonality, and Proving the Work 20 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/seo-for-contractors)
22. [Google Business Profile Optimization: What Moves the Map Pack and What Does Not 17 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/google-business-profile-optimization)
23. [How to Get More Google Reviews Without Breaking the Rules 16 Jul 2026 6 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/how-to-get-more-google-reviews)
24. [Dental Website Design: The Four Pages That Decide Whether Someone Books 15 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/dental-website-design)
25. [Restaurant Website Design: The Menu Is the Website 13 Jul 2026 6 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/restaurant-website-design)
26. [The AI-Blocking Myth: 403 Calgary Sites Later, Almost No One Blocks AI (and the Ones Who Do Picked Wrong) 10 Jul 2026 11 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-blocking-myth-calgary-2026)
27. [B2B Website Design: Built for a Buying Committee, Not a Buyer 9 Jul 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/b2b-website-design)
28. [SaaS Website Design: The Pricing Page Is the Product Page 8 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/saas-website-design)
29. [Real Estate Website Design: Listings Expire, Everything Else Compounds 6 Jul 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/real-estate-website-design)
30. [Wix vs Shopify vs WordPress vs Webflow. What Each Website Builder Actually Costs a Calgary Business. 2 Jul 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/platform-tax-calgary-2026)
31. [Marketing Agency vs In-House in Calgary: The Real Cost Math (2026) 25 Jun 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-marketing-agency-vs-in-house)
32. [41% of Calgary Businesses Cannot Be Phoned in One Tap. Every Dentist Can. Almost No Cafe Can. 24 Jun 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/one-tap-contact-calgary-2026)
33. [72% of Calgary Sites Have Structured Data. Only 61% Told Search Engines They're a Business. 15 Jun 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/broken-schema-calgary-2026)
34. [Performance Marketing vs Brand Marketing: What Calgary Businesses Actually Need 3 Jun 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/performance-vs-brand-marketing-calgary)
35. [The State of AI Search in 2026: What the Data Actually Says 3 Jun 2026 11 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/state-of-ai-search-2026)
36. [6 Best AEO Tools for AI Search Visibility in 2026 13 May 2026 11 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-search-visibility-tools)
37. [We Tested 152 Calgary Small Business Websites for Speed. 71% Are Slow. 11 May 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-smb-website-speed-2026)
38. [AEO for London Finance Brands: How UK Firms Get Cited by AI Search in 2026 10 May 2026 11 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/aeo-for-london-finance-brands)
39. [Lisbon Web Design Pricing 2026: A Multilingual European Breakdown 10 May 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/lisbon-web-design-pricing-2026)
40. [SaaS AEO: How B2B Tools Get Recommended by ChatGPT in 2026 10 May 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/aeo-for-saas)
41. [AEO for Calgary Restaurants: How Local Spots Get Cited When Diners Ask AI 10 May 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/aeo-for-calgary-restaurants)
42. [We Tested 50 ChatGPT Queries About Calgary Marketing Agencies. Here Is Who Got Cited. 10 May 2026 11 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/we-tested-50-chatgpt-queries-calgary-marketing)
43. [Best Perplexity Rank Tracker Tools (2026): 6 Compared, Plus Free DIY 3 May 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/perplexity-rank-tracking-tools)
44. [The State of AEO in Calgary 2026: We Audited 152 Calgary Businesses (0 Scored Strong) 3 May 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/state-of-aeo-calgary-2026)
45. [Paid Ads vs SEO for Calgary Brands: Where Should Your Budget Go in 2026? 30 Apr 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/paid-ads-vs-seo-calgary)
46. [Calgary Fitness and Gym Marketing: The 2026 Playbook 30 Apr 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-fitness-gym-marketing)
47. [LinkedIn Ads for Calgary B2B Brands: A Practical 2026 Playbook 30 Apr 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/linkedin-ads-calgary-b2b)
48. [AI Ad Creative in 2026: What's Working, What's Noise, What's Next 30 Apr 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/ai-ad-creative-2026)
49. [We Built a Free AEO audit Tool. Here's What It Checks (and Why) 30 Apr 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/aeo-audit-tool)
50. [Liquor Brand Marketing in 2026: A Playbook for Growth 27 Apr 2026 11 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/liquor-brand-marketing)
51. [AEO for Calgary Businesses: Why Local Brands Need to Be Cited by AI Search 26 Apr 2026 12 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/aeo-for-calgary-businesses)
52. [AEO for Ecommerce: How DTC Brands Get Cited 26 Apr 2026 11 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/aeo-for-ecommerce)
53. [Calgary Real Estate Marketing: How Agents Win Leads in 2026 25 Apr 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-real-estate-marketing)
54. [Calgary Home Services Marketing: How Contractors Actually Get Leads in 2026 24 Apr 2026 10 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-home-services-marketing)
55. [Top Marketing Agencies in Calgary (2026): How to Compare 23 Apr 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/top-marketing-agencies-calgary)
56. [How Much Does Branding Cost in Calgary? Real Pricing by Scope 23 Apr 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/branding-cost-calgary)
57. [Calgary Marketing Agency Pricing: What It Actually Costs in 2026 17 Apr 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/calgary-marketing-agency-pricing)
58. [Why Most Paid Ad Creative Fails (And What to Do Instead) 10 Apr 2026 6 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/paid-ad-creative)
59. [Short-Form Video Is Eating the Funnel: What It Means for Your Brand 3 Apr 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/short-form-video)
60. [How We Scaled a DTC Brand from $12K to $140K Monthly Ad Spend (Profitably) 27 Mar 2026 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/dtc-scaling-case-study)
61. [TikTok Ads Calgary: What Works and What Wastes Budget 20 Feb 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/tiktok-marketing-calgary)
62. [Social Media Marketing in Calgary: What Actually Works in 2026 15 Jan 2026 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/social-media-marketing-calgary)
63. [How to Build a Brand That Actually Stands Out in a Crowded Market 2 Oct 2025 6 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/building-a-brand-that-stands-out)
64. [How to Scale Paid Ads Without Killing Your ROAS 28 Aug 2025 8 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/scaling-paid-ads)
65. [Influencer marketing in 2026: What Actually Works and What to Stop Doing 17 Jul 2025 7 min](https://fifteenthmeridian.com/blog/influencer-marketing-guide)