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Get found by AI search
How AI assistants pick what to cite, and how to make sure it is you. Practical guides on SEO, AEO, GEO, SXO, and AIO from the team that scores it.
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The AI-Visibility Audit: Check If AI Can Find and Quote You in 15 Minutes
A do-it-now checklist to see whether AI can actually read and quote your site, how to read each result, and what to fix first.
The 5 Channels of AI Search (and Why Doing SEO No Longer Covers It)
Ranking on Google is now one of five ways to get found. Meet the five channels of AI search and why they add up to a single score, not five separate projects.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): How to Get Quoted by ChatGPT and Perplexity
AI assistants quote one or two sources instead of ranking ten links. Here is how to make your content quotable enough to be the source they cite.
From ranking to being chosen: where search is heading in 2026
Ranking got you seen. Being chosen gets you used. Our grounded, opinion-first read on where AI search is heading in 2026, based on signals visible today.
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): How to Show Up Inside AI Answers
GEO is the practice of getting your brand and facts into the answers AI tools generate, not just the links at the bottom. Here is how it works and how to start.
llms.txt and AI-Readable Files: The robots.txt Moment for AI Crawlers
A small file at your site root can tell AI crawlers what your site is and what to quote. Here is what llms.txt is, how it differs from robots.txt, and how to use it honestly.
How AI Engines Actually Choose Which Sources to Cite
A plain-language breakdown of how AI answer engines pick which sources to cite, the signals that get you in, and what you can fix this quarter.
Latest
ChatGPT is already recommending your competitors' products. Here's why yours are missing.
ChatGPT now recommends specific products when people ask shopping questions - and the picks are based on product data, not ads. If your products aren't structured in a way AI can read, you're invisible to a fast-growing channel.
The 7 Best AI Visibility Tools in 2026 (Honest Review)
Seven tools, five scoring criteria, and zero pretending our own product is not on the list. A buyer's guide to AI visibility tools that tells you who each one is actually for.
How to Show Up in Google AI Overviews (What Works in 2026)
There is no special AI markup, no secret file, no magic schema. Here are the three levers that actually decide whether Google's AI Overviews use your pages, and the popular tactics that are verified wastes of time.
AEO vs GEO vs SEO: What Each Means and When It Matters
SEO wins the link, AEO wins the citation, GEO wins the sentence. One comparison table, an honest look at how much the three overlap, and a priority order you can act on this quarter.
Why Is My Website Not Showing Up in ChatGPT? 5 Real Reasons
Most buyers now start their research in an AI chatbot, and if ChatGPT cannot see, use, or trust your site, you are invisible at that moment. Here are the five failure points, ranked by how often they are the real culprit, each with a check you can run yourself.
6 Profound Alternatives for AI Visibility (2026)
Profound is a serious enterprise platform, and it is still not the right tool for everyone. Six alternatives compared honestly, including our own, plus the five questions that separate the tools on any demo.
AI Search Volatility Is the Real Risk - Not the Acronym You Use
AI search citations shift across engines without warning - and the brands winning aren't the ones with the cleverest optimization label. They're the ones actively monitoring what AI engines say about them.
AI is already deciding who gets recommended in your market
The only question is whether it points people to you or to a competitor. See exactly where you stand across all five channels - SEO, AEO, GEO, SXO, and AIO - in about a minute. Free, no card, and every fix is one click.
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Never miss a shift in AI search
The engines quietly change what they cite all the time - and by the time your traffic dips, the competitor who adapted first is already the one being recommended. We catch the shifts early and tell you exactly what to do, in plain English, in a couple of minutes a week.