Ideas on AI visibility, GEO, and how AI decides who to cite
Thought leadership on the shift from search rankings to AI answers, written for the marketers and SEO teams navigating it first.
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New to answer engine optimization? These four cover the fundamentals — what AEO is, how AI engines pick who to cite, and how to write pages worth citing.
- 01What Is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)? A Plain-English GuideAEO is optimizing to be the answer, not just a ranking. What it means, how it differs from SEO and GEO, and the practices that actually move the needle.
- 02How AI Engines Choose Which Sites to CiteAI engines don't cite sources at random. What actually drives who gets cited, and why CiteCue scores head-to-head losses across 13 factors.
- 03How to Write Citation-Ready Content Without Keyword StuffingMake pages easier to quote, verify, and cite with direct answers, bounded claims, evidence, clear structure, and useful source links.
- 04GEO vs. SEO: What Changes When AI Writes the AnswerSEO earned you a ranking and a click. GEO earns you a mention inside an answer nobody clicks through from. What carries over, what's new, and where they overlap.
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