Authority and external presence: what makes AI cite you
Sources, expertise, reviews, Wikipedia, Reddit, LinkedIn: the signals that convince AI engines to recommend you.
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Newsletter and Email: Impact on AI Visibility
How newsletters boost your AI visibility: brand mentions, backlinks, fresh archives. 7 concrete actions to use email as a GEO lever.
Voice Search and AI: Optimizing for Voice Assistants
Voice has become a major gateway to search. How to optimize your site for Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa and ChatGPT voice mode.
Multimodal GEO: Images and Videos in AI Answers
YouTube accounts for 29.5% of AI Overview citations. How to optimize your images, videos and podcasts to get cited by AI engines in 2026.
Why Wikipedia Is ChatGPT's #1 Source
Wikipedia accounts for nearly half of citations among ChatGPT's top 10 sources. The 6 factors that make it the ideal content model for AI engines.
Reddit and GEO: Why AI Cites Reddit So Often
Reddit accounts for 16.9% of Perplexity citations (Otterly.AI). Build a useful Reddit presence without self-promotion and measure its AI impact.
Backlinks and GEO: Why Domain Authority Matters for AI Too
Backlinks, mentions, Wikipedia, forums: the authority signals AI engines inherit from search engines, and 5 actions to strengthen them.
E-E-A-T and AI: What Actually Gets You Cited
E-E-A-T is not a ranking factor. Our 317-page study: author bios and trust pages don't get pages cited; expertise shown in the content does.
Customer Reviews and Testimonials: Impact on AI Visibility
The 4 review types that maximize AI citability, 6 actions to optimize your testimonials, Review schema, third-party platforms and mistakes to avoid.
LinkedIn and GEO: Does Your Profile Impact Your AI Visibility?
How LinkedIn helps your AI visibility: articles and posts that AI cites, a factual profile, links to your site, and what does not matter.
Why AI Loves Numbers: The Art of Factual Content
Adding sourced statistics boosts visibility in AI answers by up to 40% (Princeton). The 5 types of numbers AI cites, practical rules and mistakes to avoid.
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