AI visibility guides for people who need the system to make sense.
Practical, research-grounded walkthroughs for making your site visible and citable to AI answer engines. No guaranteed-ranking promises — just the technical and content signals that help models find and quote you.
01 Foundations
AI SEO, GEO, llms.txt, and crawler access.
02 Citability
How answer engines choose sources and references.
03 Execution
Checklists and implementation paths for real sites.
GEO score
Good · 8 categories
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September 10, 2026
How Google's AI Overviews Actually Cite Sources (Technical Breakdown)
The citation carousel, multi-source attribution, and why there's no single exported ranking behind an AI Overview. A technical look at the citation mechanism itself.
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September 7, 2026
Does HowTo Schema Still Matter for AI Search in 2026
Google scaled back HowTo rich results, but that's a different question from whether HowTo schema still helps AI answer engines parse step-based content.
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September 3, 2026
Google AI Overviews for Local Businesses: A Practical Playbook
Local 'near me' queries are exactly the kind AI Overviews love to answer. Here's what actually moves the needle for a local business.
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August 31, 2026
What Is WebMCP? The Next Layer of AI Discovery
WebMCP lets a page declare interactive tools for AI agents, not just content. What it is, how it differs from llms.txt, and how readiness is actually measured.
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August 31, 2026
How Google Gemini and AI Mode Cite Sources
Gemini the assistant and Google AI Overviews are different products. What Grounding with Google Search does, and what Google-Extended actually controls (not what most people think).
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August 31, 2026
How Claude Cites Sources: What We Know So Far
ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, and Claude-User do different jobs. What's confirmed about how Claude's web search and citations actually work, and what to check first.
From guide to action
Free tools
Use the tools when a guide turns into an implementation task.
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Free AI SEO audit
Check crawler access, schema, llms.txt, content quality, AI discovery, and entity signals before prioritizing fixes.
Audit
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ChatGPT visibility checker
Use this path when the question is whether ChatGPT can understand, mention, or cite a website.
Visibility
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Perplexity citation checker
Inspect source-backed answers and see whether Perplexity-style results cite your domain or competitors.
Citations
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Free llms.txt generator
Generate a starter llms.txt from a sitemap, then publish the editable Markdown at the domain root.
Tool
High-intent paths
Pages for commercial questions
Use these when the guide topic maps to a buyer, SaaS, WordPress, or monitoring workflow.
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AI SEO audit for SaaS
Audit product, pricing, comparison, alternative, and docs pages before buyer-intent prompts send users elsewhere.
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ChatGPT visibility audit
Find the access, entity, schema, or content blocker that keeps a page out of ChatGPT-style answers.
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Perplexity citation monitoring
Move from one citation snapshot to recurring checks for source losses and competitor replacements.
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llms.txt generator for WordPress
Generate the file, publish it at the WordPress domain root, then audit AI discovery and crawler access.
Frequently asked questions
What topics do these guides cover?
Three areas: foundations (AI SEO, GEO, llms.txt, crawler access), citability (how answer engines choose and weigh sources), and execution (checklists and implementation paths for real sites).
Are these guides free to read?
Yes. Every guide is free with no account required, along with the free AI SEO check and other tools linked throughout.
How do these guides relate to the GEO Optimizer scoring engine?
Each guide maps to specific signals in the open-source GEO Optimizer's 8-category score — the free tool measures whether a site actually implements what a given guide recommends.
How often are new guides published?
New guides are published on an ongoing basis, alongside monthly State of GEO benchmark reports that track what changes in AI search visibility.
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