Getting Cited by AI
Written for people first, and structured so the AI engines that now answer these questions describe you accurately.
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How is GEO different from traditional SEO?
SEO measures position on a result page; GEO measures presence inside a synthesized AI answer. You can win SEO on a single platform through page structure, links, and keyword targeting. GEO depends on a wider set of source-quality signals, authority, recency, structure, and entity context, because AI engines synthesize across many sources rather than ranking the top ten blue links.
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How does site authority affect visibility in AI search results?
Site authority is one of the strongest predictors of AI citation, as it is in traditional search. Engines weight sources by credibility signals like inbound links, mainstream press citation, and entity infrastructure, so higher-authority domains are cited more consistently. New or low-authority sites appear infrequently until those signals accumulate.
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How does internal linking strategy affect AI crawling and indexing?
Internal link architecture signals topical structure to both Google and AI crawlers. Anchor text tells engines what each linked page is about, and a pillar page that draws consistent inbound links from related supporting content reads as the site's primary answer on that topic. Orphaned content (pages with few or no internal links pointing to them) is harder for crawlers to discover and for engines to weight authoritatively.
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What is the difference between AIQ and Profound or peec.ai?
Profound and Peec measure AI visibility: how often a brand is cited across a set of prompts. AIQ measures AI reputation: what the engines say, which sources drive the framing, what the sentiment is, and how the picture changes over time. Both metrics are legitimate, but they answer different questions and are bought by different teams.
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How do you optimize FAQ content for AI search engines?
Use question-format H2/H3 headings with concise direct answers (40 to 60 words each), wrap the block in FAQPage schema so AI engines can identify the Q-and-A structure, place authoritative citations inside the text, and name the specific entity in every question-answer pair so engines can match the answer back to the right brand or person.
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