Guides
How to get cited by AI, explained.
Practical, sourced playbooks on AEO/GEO — the mechanics behind why answer engines cite what they cite, and how to earn it. Everything we know, written down.
Who AI Actually Cites for AEO Questions: 637 Answers, 980 Domains
We asked ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI Overviews 90+ real questions about answer-engine optimization and logged every source they cited. The data on which domains win AI citations in the AEO category — and how differently each engine behaves.
25 June 2026 · 7 min read
How to Get Cited by AI: The Complete 2026 Playbook
Everything that decides whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI Overview name your brand — the four surfaces, the on-page spec, the schema, the entity and the links — in one place, with the data behind each move.
24 June 2026 · 16 min read
What AI Actually Cites: 3,050 Answers Analysed
We ran the same commercial questions through ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI Overviews and counted every source they cited. The engines don't agree — and what's citable depends on your category.
22 June 2026 · 9 min read
Best AEO Tools & Services in 2026: Tracking vs Doing
The AEO market splits in two — tools that tell you whether you're cited, and services that do the work to earn the citation. Here's how to tell which one you actually need.
21 June 2026 · 8 min read
The Chunk Spec: How to Structure Content So AI Cites It
AI answer engines lift the one passage that answers the question. Structure your page as self-contained, liftable chunks — and a before-and-after that proves it — to get cited far more often.
21 June 2026 · 8 min read
How to Get Cited by Perplexity and in Google AI Overviews
Perplexity and Google AI Overviews retrieve differently from ChatGPT — here are the extra moves that earn citations on each, on top of the shared fundamentals.
21 June 2026 · 8 min read
How to Get Cited by ChatGPT in 14 Days
A step-by-step playbook for earning citations in ChatGPT Search — the prompt battery, the on-page spec, the entity layer, and the one lever that moves the needle most.
21 June 2026 · 9 min read
Listicles on ChatGPT vs Perplexity vs Google AI Overviews
Listicles dominate AI citations on every surface — but each engine retrieves and weights them differently. Here's how to pursue a placement per engine.
21 June 2026 · 8 min read
Reddit, Wikipedia & Community: The Overlooked AI Citation Levers
A huge share of AI citations trace back to community and reference sources. They're powerful, they can't be gamed, and they reward genuine, aged, value-first presence over any growth hack.
21 June 2026 · 8 min read
G2, Capterra & Review Platforms: Why They Matter for AI Visibility
Review-platform profiles aren't a vanity layer — for software, they're an inclusion gate. If you're not on G2, Capterra and Trustpilot, AI often can't recommend you at all.
21 June 2026 · 7 min read
How to Build a Wikidata Entry for Your Brand (2026)
Wikidata is the lowest-cost, highest-leverage way to turn your brand from a string of text into a resolvable entity that frontier LLMs recognise — here is the notability bar and the exact build.
21 June 2026 · 8 min read
What is AEO? The 2026 Guide to AI Citations
Answer Engine Optimization, defined — what it is, how it differs from SEO, which surfaces matter, and the levers that actually earn citations.
20 June 2026 · 8 min read
Why 'Best X for Y' Listicles Win AI Citations
Comparison listicles are the single biggest source of AI citations. Here's why answer engines over-index on them — and how to earn a place on one.
19 June 2026 · 7 min read