
Guides
Getting cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews & Claude: answer-engine optimization, llms.txt, and AI search visibility, in plain steps.
## Technical SEO
llms.txt generator: the prompt and templates to write yours
A copy-paste prompt that generates your llms.txt, a blank template to fill in by hand, worked examples for service and advisory businesses, and the validation pass that catches what AI gets wrong.
11 min · Updated 2026-08-29
E-E-A-T tools: how to evaluate what actually measures your trust signals
Which categories of tool can measure E-E-A-T signals, what each one can and cannot see, how to evaluate a tool before trusting its score, and how to measure improvement over time.
10 min · Updated 2026-08-29
E-E-A-T checker: how to score your site's trust signals
What an E-E-A-T checker measures, the signals behind each of the four pillars, how to audit them by hand, and how to read a score once you have one.
9 min · Updated 2026-08-12
What a backlink graph is and how to read one
A backlink graph maps the sites linking to you as nodes and edges. What the shape tells you, the four patterns worth finding, and how to build one free.
8 min · Updated 2026-08-12
How to write an llms.txt file (with example)
How to write an llms.txt file: what it is, where it goes, the exact markdown structure, a worked example, and the best practices that get you cited by AI.
9 min · Updated 2026-08-29
## AI Search
Impressions but no clicks: what your Search Console data is actually telling you
How to read impressions without clicks in Search Console: when it is too little data to mean anything, when an AI answer took the click, and the questions to ask your own GA4 and GSC data.
11 min · Updated 2026-08-29
AEO link building: why citations beat backlinks for AI search
AEO link building is citation building. Why unlinked mentions count for ChatGPT and Perplexity, which links still matter, and how to earn corroboration that gets you named.
9 min · Updated 2026-08-12
AI search statistics for local business (2026)
AI search statistics for local business in 2026: how many buyers ask ChatGPT and Perplexity for recommendations, how rarely local businesses show up, and why that gap matters.
8 min · Updated 2026-06-28
Why ChatGPT recommends your competitor instead of you
Why ChatGPT names a rival and not you: they give engines more to confirm and quote. How to teardown the cited competitor and close every gap.
10 min · Updated 2026-08-29
Why your business isn’t showing up in AI search
Why AI search skips your business: no entity proof, JS-rendered pages crawlers can’t read, nothing quotable, blocked bots. How to test which one, fix it, and confirm it landed.
14 min · Updated 2026-08-29
How to show up in AI search: a small-business checklist
A practical checklist to get your small business named and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews: entity proof, schema, and llms.txt.
11 min · Updated 2026-08-29
Check if ChatGPT recommends your business (free guide)
Step-by-step prompts to check whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude recommend your business, and why you might be invisible.
8 min · Updated 2026-08-29