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Field notes on getting named by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity — and turning AI answers into customers.
September 19, 2026 · 15 min read
A practical Query Intelligence playbook for helping SaaS products earn mentions, citations and recommendations across leading AI search engines.
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September 14, 2026 · 12 min read
What OpenAI's Labrador retrieval system means for crawling, AI citations and getting your business recommended in ChatGPT.
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September 12, 2026 · 28 min read
Compare 10 leading AI SEO, GEO and AEO agencies by pricing, services, best use cases and their approach to AI visibility.
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September 7, 2026 · 17 min read
A1 Garage Door agreed to sell to KKR for around $2 billion. The real story isn't garage doors — it's a repeatable demand machine built from brand, local SEO, reviews, and disciplined conversion.
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September 4, 2026 · 13 min read
62% of AI citations never name the brand behind the source. Here's why ghost citations happen, how to measure your rate, and how to turn silent citations into named mentions.
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September 1, 2026 · 13 min read
ChatGPT recommended only 1.2% of audited locations vs. 35.9% in Google's map pack. Here's the local AI playbook that actually earns the recommendation.
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August 29, 2026 · 9 min read
A citation credits your page; a mention credits your business. 72% of AI mentions carry no link at all. Here's how the two differ, how you earn each, and which one actually wins customers.
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August 26, 2026 · 11 min read
ChatGPT recommends businesses it's confident about — and that confidence is built off your own site. Here's the 3-stage filter it uses and the five moves that get you named.
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August 25, 2026 · 12 min read
GEO runs from $30/month for DIY tools to $50,000+ for enterprise programs. Here's what each price point actually buys, where businesses overpay, and how to scope a realistic budget.
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August 22, 2026 · 11 min read
Ask three AI engines the same question and you'll get three different shortlists. Here's why each engine reads a different slice of the web — and how to make sure your name is in every pool.
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August 15, 2026 · 10 min read
Being named inside an AI answer is the new word of mouth — and mentions, not backlinks, are what earn it. Here's why it matters and how to get mentioned across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google.
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August 13, 2026 · 11 min read
ChatGPT crossed 900 million weekly users, AI Overviews appear on a quarter of searches, and 93% of AI sessions end without a click. 50+ verified stats, each attributed to its source.
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August 10, 2026 · 10 min read
A backlink is a vote. An AI citation is a recommendation. Ahrefs studied 75,000 brands and found unlinked mentions predict AI visibility ~3x more strongly than links.
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August 8, 2026 · 10 min read
AI Overviews are built on top of Google's organic results — so ranking is the entry ticket. Here's the 7-step process to get your business named in them.
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August 4, 2026 · 10 min read
AI doesn't quote the best-written page — it quotes the most extractable one. Here are the 8 formatting rules that turn ordinary pages into quotable ones.
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August 3, 2026 · 13 min read
ChatGPT retrieves through Bing, not Google. Here's the crawler to allow, the structure that gets quoted, and the 8-step framework that earns citations in 2026.
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August 1, 2026 · 12 min read
Measure whether AI names you inside answers, not where you rank. The free first-party sources most teams ignore, the four metrics that matter, and when a paid tool is actually worth it.
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July 31, 2026 · 13 min read
AI skipping your site is almost never a quality problem. Here are the 8 blockers that actually cause it — Bing indexing, blocked crawlers, buried answers and more — with the exact fix and test for each.
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July 31, 2026 · 12 min read
AI citations are the mentions and source links AI answers hand out. Here is how they work, why they beat rankings, and the 7-step framework to earn them.
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