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How AI assistants decide which websites to quote, and the concrete changes that get a business cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Grok answers.
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Does llms.txt Help AI Citation? What the File Can and Cannot Do
llms.txt sounds official, but it's not. Learn what the file can and cannot do for AI citation, and where to focus your GEO efforts instead.
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Does Cloudflare block AI crawlers by default?
Cloudflare's defaults don't block AI crawlers, but Bot Fight Mode and stray rules often do. Here's how to tell which layer is stopping citation, and what to fix.
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Does Google-Extended Control AI Overviews? What the Crawler Setting Actually Governs
Confused about Google-Extended and AI Overviews? This article explains what the token actually controls, why it doesn't affect AI Overviews, and how to set up robots.txt for search and AI training.
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How to Allow PerplexityBot in robots.txt (and Why It Matters for AI Citations)
Write a robots.txt group that lets PerplexityBot in without breaking your other bot policies, then confirm the crawler can actually fetch the pages you want cited.
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OAI-SearchBot vs GPTBot: What Is the Difference and Why It Matters for AI Visibility
OAI-SearchBot and GPTBot are both OpenAI crawlers but do different jobs. Learn which one controls ChatGPT citations, which one only affects training, and how to set access deliberately.
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What Can I Check Myself Before Paying for a GEO Audit?
Before you pay for a GEO audit, run these four self-checks to see if your site is even readable by AI answer engines. Find out what you can fix yourself and when to call in help.
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How to Tell If AI Assistants Can Read Your Website
Discover the technical and content factors that determine whether AI assistants can read and cite your website, and what you can do to fix them.
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GEO Audit vs SEO Audit: What Each One Checks and Why You Need Both
A GEO audit and an SEO audit overlap on crawlability, speed and keywords, then diverge on AI-crawler access, answer-first structure and freshness. Here is what each inspects and which to run first.
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GEO Audit Checklist for Small Business Websites: What to Check and How to Run One
A practical GEO audit checklist for small business websites covering crawler access, answer-first structure, schema, and freshness signals, with steps to fix findings and track citations.
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What Is a GEO Audit and What Does It Check?
A GEO audit shows what is blocking AI answer engines from citing your site. Learn what it checks, what a report includes, and how to run one.
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GEO for Consulting Firms: How Consultancies Get Cited by AI Answer Engines
Consulting expertise usually lives in private conversations, not readable pages. Here is how firms restructure their sites so AI answer engines can actually read, understand and quote them.
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AI Visibility for Local B2B Service Companies: How to Get Cited by AI Answer Engines
A practical guide to AI visibility for local B2B service companies: how AI engines find, read and quote your pages, and what actually drives citation.