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Practical guides on getting your brand read, trusted and cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.

An AI answer engine naming and citing a brand when a customer asks who to choose
AI Search / AEO · Pillar

How to Get Your Brand Featured in AI Answer Engines

When a customer asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity who to choose, it names a few brands — and buys them the decision. How to be one of the names, across every engine, and how to know it's working.

July 29, 2026 · 8 min read Read the guide →
Website visitors from AI assistants arrive pre-qualified, fewer visitors but better customers
AI Search / Analytics

Fewer Visitors, Better Customers

Does AI search traffic convert better than Google? Adobe says yes: 42% better in Q1, 54% by May. But the 4.4x claim is inflated. Fewer visitors, worth far more per visit, and where the channel wins.

July 22, 2026 · 6 min read Read the article →
Rand Fishkin called AI rankings baloney, then his own study on AI visibility scores surprised him
AI Search / Measurement

Fishkin Called AI Rankings "Baloney." Then His Own Study Surprised Him.

2,961 prompts, less than a 1-in-100 chance two runs return the same brand list. Yet frequency trends are real. The 5 rules Fishkin, Indig and Solis agree on, and 6 questions to ask any AEO tool.

July 19, 2026 · 6 min read Read the article →
Google Search Console gen-AI performance report showing AI Overviews and AI Mode impressions
AI Search / Measurement

Google Just Gave You an AI Visibility Report

Search Console's gen-AI report is rolling out now: AI Overviews impressions, but no clicks, no prompts, no citation detail. What it shows, what it hides, the Bing report that beats it, and the 20-minute setup for this week.

July 15, 2026 · 6 min read Read the article →
A marketer facing a boss with a website-traffic chart pointing down
AI Search / Strategy

Is Website Traffic Still a Valid KPI?

68% zero-click, a randomized 39.8% click loss with no satisfaction gain, and B2B buyers shortlisting inside AI. The debate, the tiebreaker experiment, and the 5-metric stack that replaces traffic-only reporting.

July 13, 2026 · 7 min read Read the article →
A founder asking an AI assistant to recommend a startup lawyer in NYC
Original Research · Legal

Who Does AI Recommend for a Startup Lawyer in NYC?

We asked one AI engine 10 questions a real founder types when hiring startup counsel. BigLaw: 9 of 10 answers. The boutiques winning Google: 0. Three questions returned no firm at all, the empty slots are the story.

July 12, 2026 · 6 min read Read the research →
AI engines read websites, but there is no Google Search Console for LLMs to show the receipts
AI Search / AEO

Where Is the Google Search Console for LLMs?

Your AI-visibility score was 62 last month, 41 this month, same site, nothing changed. Which is true? Nobody can say. Why the "GSC for LLMs" gap is the real story, and 5 honest ways to measure meanwhile.

July 11, 2026 · 7 min read Read the article →
Best AEO tools for legal marketing, a client asking AI for the best lawyer near them
Legal Marketing

Best AEO Tools for Legal Marketing in 2026

Search is shifting to AI. When a client asks ChatGPT for a lawyer, which tool helps your firm get named? An honest guide, trackers vs done-for-you agents, bar-rule compliance, and how to choose.

July 9, 2026 · 8 min read Read the article →
A client arriving at a law firm with AI-drafted documents, asking for a discount
AI Search · Legal

"ChatGPT Wrote This, Lower Your Fee"

Clients are arriving with ChatGPT-drafted documents and asking for a discount. The 5-part playbook that works, and why the negotiation actually started in the AI answer, before they called.

July 7, 2026 · 6 min read Read the article →
Google search rank is not ChatGPT rank for brands
SEO vs AEO

Your #1 Google Ranking Won't Get You Cited by AI

Ranking #1 on Google no longer means ChatGPT or Gemini will cite you, the overlap is now just 8–12%. Why the two systems diverged, and the 6 things that actually earn AI citations in 2026.

July 5, 2026 · 5 min read Read the article →
Real AI-search work vs the AEO grift, heavy fees but no AI visibility results
AEO Buyer's Guide

He Paid $4,200 for "AEO" and Got Nothing

Much of what's sold as AEO is unverifiable retainer-ware. Real AI-search work is measurable, the 7 deliverables it always includes, the 6 red flags of a grift, and how to verify before you spend.

July 3, 2026 · 6 min read Read the article →
AEO vs GEO vs AI Overviews, three roads leading to the same AI answer
AI Search

AEO vs GEO vs AI Overviews

Different names, one destination: being the answer AI gives. Underneath, it's all embeddings and graph RAG. Here's what actually matters for your brand.

July 1, 2026 · 7 min read Read the article →
How to get cited in AI answers, an AI answer citing a brand
AEO Playbook

How to Get Cited in AI Answers

Exactly how to get your brand cited by ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, and how to choose the best AEO, GEO or AI SEO tool.

June 25, 2026 · 8 min read Read the playbook →