GEO & AI Search Visibility
Practical guides on Generative Engine Optimization, AI crawlers, llms.txt, and how to be cited by ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity.
- May 18, 2026 · ai-crawlers · robots-txt · geo
14 AI crawlers controlling your visibility in 2026
Complete list of the AI crawlers you must know in 2026 — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, and 10 others — with what each one does and how to allow or block them in robots.txt.
- May 18, 2026 · ai-search · geo · comparison
ChatGPT search vs Perplexity vs Google AI Overviews: how each one picks citations
The three biggest AI answer engines pick citations differently. ChatGPT favors recency, Perplexity favors source diversity, and Google AI Overviews favors traditional SEO authority. Here is what optimizing for each one actually requires.
- May 18, 2026 · citability · geo · content-design
Citability scoring: why 134–167 words is the AI quotation sweet spot
AI answer engines lift paragraphs whole, not sentences. The 134–167 word range is where ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity disproportionately cite from. Here is the data, the methodology, and how to rewrite your content to fit.
- May 18, 2026 · ai-overviews · google · geo
How AI Overviews actually pick citations: a reverse-engineered look
Google AI Overviews cite an average of 5.8 sources per answer. After analyzing 1,200 AI Overview citations across 47 topic categories, here are the patterns that determine whether your page gets picked — or skipped.
- May 18, 2026 · llms-txt · geo · standards
The complete guide to llms.txt (with examples)
llms.txt is the emerging Markdown standard for telling AI assistants what your site is about. Here is the spec, a working template, and why it matters more than robots.txt for GEO.
- May 18, 2026 · schema-org · structured-data · geo
Schema.org for AI engines: which types ChatGPT, Claude & Perplexity actually read
Not all Schema.org types help with AI search. Here are the 7 types that measurably increase your citation rate in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews — and the 5 that no longer matter.
- May 18, 2026 · geo · ai-search · fundamentals
What is GEO? Generative Engine Optimization explained
GEO is the practice of making your website citable by AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Here is the definition, the difference from SEO, and how to start.