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How to get recommended by AI
Practical guides to AEO and GEO, built from real scans of what ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Copilot actually say.
We asked 7 AI engines to recommend AI visibility tools. Here's who they named (and who they didn't)
We asked ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Copilot 25 buyer questions about AI visibility tools. Profound, Semrush, Otterly and Peec AI dominated. CiteFinder was named 0 times.
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What is AEO (and GEO)? Answer engine optimization explained
AEO (answer engine optimization) and GEO (generative engine optimization) mean getting your brand named and cited in AI answers from ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Copilot. Here's how it works and how it differs from SEO.
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How to get ChatGPT to recommend your business (a 7-step plan)
A practical plan to get your business named by ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Copilot: find your questions, get on the pages AI cites, publish direct answers and track the results.
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Which websites do AI engines cite? We counted 3,084 citations
We counted the sources ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Copilot cited across 350 buyer-question answers. Vendor sites and publisher roundups dominate; Reddit was a small share.
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llms.txt: what it is, whether it helps, and how to write one
llms.txt is a Markdown file at your site's root that tells AI models what you do and links your key pages. Here's what it is, what it can and can't do, and a copy-ready example.
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