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What is answer engine optimization? AEO explained
Answer engine optimization (AEO) gets your business named when customers ask ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. How AI picks what to say, and how to check it.
AEO vs SEO: what changes when customers ask AI
AEO vs SEO compared: the goal, what gets measured, who reads the page, what a win looks like and how often to check, plus how one page can serve both.
How to get recommended by ChatGPT, step by step
How to get recommended by ChatGPT in five steps: list your customers' questions, check who it names, fix what blocks AI, publish answers, then ask again.
How ChatGPT chooses which businesses to recommend, explained
How ChatGPT chooses which businesses to recommend: what it reads on the web, what it remembers, the five things that shape an answer, and why answers vary.
Does ChatGPT recommend your business? Check, step by step
Does ChatGPT recommend your business? A manual check with 10 questions to ask, how to record the answers, why one answer is not enough, and what to fix.
Best AEO tools in 2026, compared on what they do next
The best AEO tools in 2026, compared on what happens after they find a question you are losing: who writes the answer, who publishes it, who asks again.
Why ChatGPT is not recommending your business: the checklist
When ChatGPT is not recommending your business, this checklist finds why: can AI get in, read your pages, tell what you sell and recommend you, with fixes.
How long until ChatGPT recommends you? The short answer
How long until ChatGPT recommends you has no fixed answer. Here is what decides it, when each step happens, and when you can see whether your work moved it.
How to get recommended by Perplexity, step by step
How to get recommended by Perplexity, step by step: the pages it reads, the settings that let it in, and how to check it named you after you publish.
How to get recommended by Claude and Gemini, step by step
How to get recommended by Claude and Gemini, step by step: what each assistant reads, the settings that decide it, and how to check the answer changed.
Get your local business recommended by ChatGPT, step by step
Get your local business recommended by ChatGPT, step by step: the questions locals ask, the facts ChatGPT has to read, and how to check it names you.
Get your Shopify store recommended by ChatGPT, step by step
Get your Shopify store recommended by ChatGPT, step by step: the product questions shoppers ask, the product facts it reads, and how to check it worked.
Get your law firm recommended by AI, step by step
Get your law firm recommended by AI, step by step: the questions clients ask, the firm facts AI reads, and the advertising rules every page has to follow.
Get your SaaS recommended by ChatGPT, step by step
Get your SaaS recommended by ChatGPT, step by step: the shortlist questions buyers ask, the pages that answer them, and how to check the answer changed.
Is AI written content good for SEO? The short answer
Is AI written content good for SEO? What Google's guidance says, the four failure modes that get pages demoted, and the checks to run before you publish.
How to write SEO articles that rank: the fifteen checks
How to write SEO articles that rank, step by step: choosing the phrase, the outline, the opening, and the fifteen checks we run on a draft before publishing.
AI SEO content generator: what to look for in the output
What separates a publishable draft from a liability, rule by rule: how to read the output of an AI SEO content generator before it goes out under your name.
The best Shopify SEO app for blog content: the shortlist
Most Shopify SEO apps fix meta tags and alt text. Here is what to look for in a Shopify SEO app that writes blog content naming and linking your real products.
SEO automation for agencies: five clients, step by step
SEO automation for agencies, worked through end to end: onboarding five clients, running 90 articles a month, and the weekly loop that keeps quality checkable.
How to get cited by ChatGPT: what moves AI citations
How to get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude: where a citation comes from, the five things that move it, and how to measure the change properly.
The best AI SEO tools in 2026, compared on what they publish
The best AI SEO tools in 2026, compared on the only things that matter: what reaches your domain, what checks it first, and who measures whether it worked.
The best Outrank alternatives in 2026 (and how to pick one)
The best Outrank alternatives in 2026, with every price read off the vendor's own live page, plus the five questions that decide which one you should buy.
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