Getting cited by AI answer engines
When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews for a recommendation, there is no page of ten links to climb — either you are named in the answer or you are invisible. Everything we have written on measuring and improving that.
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How to rank in ChatGPT: a practical guide to ChatGPT search
How to rank in ChatGPT: let OAI-SearchBot crawl you, appear in the results ChatGPT search reads, publish answer-first pages, and measure your citation rate.
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When ChatGPT and Perplexity disagree
When ChatGPT and Perplexity disagree, a blended citation rate hides a zero on the engine buyers use. Score each assistant. Run the free AI Citation Audit.
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What gets a company excluded from AI answers
Companies get excluded from AI answers when crawlers, published facts, or the brand name conflict. The page can still exist. Run the free AI Citation Audit.
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How to check your own AI visibility in 30 minutes
Check AI visibility free this afternoon: a spreadsheet, four tabs, what to ask, what to record, and three mistakes that ruin a DIY audit.
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Your buyers are asking ChatGPT for a shortlist. Are you on it?
B2B AI search visibility: shortlists are drafted by an assistant before anyone calls. You can check in five minutes whether you're on them.
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llms.txt explained: the new file most sites don't have yet
A one-page machine-readable summary of your site, in Markdown, at /llms.txt. What it is, what it isn't, and an honest answer on whether it does anything.
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Answer-Market Fit: the metric that replaces rankings in the AI era
Product-market fit means the market wants what you built. Answer-Market Fit means its AI assistants recommend you by default. How to measure and reach it.
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AI citation rate: what counts as a good one?
We ran 18 buying questions through Google AI Mode: the most-named firm appeared in 20% of answers. What a good AI citation rate is.
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How ChatGPT decides which companies to recommend
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for a vendor, the answer isn't ranked, it's assembled. What the engines retrieve, what they trust, and how to be cited.
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Generative Engine Optimization: how to get cited by ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity
Generative engine optimization is how you get cited when search splits into blue links and answer engines. Be the source an LLM quotes, not the one it skips.
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