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Generative Search Optimization (GSO): The New Playbook 

By Rachel Hernandez

Imagine if AI platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity began recommending your products and citing your content to your target audience.  It would be like having an omnipresent brand advocate consistently feeding your business leads and sales.  The best part? Not much effort is required on your behalf. Once AI models trust your brand, they’ll handle … Continued

Large Language Models as the New Gatekeeper 

By Rachel Hernandez

If Google is a buffet, AI search is a curated menu.  By that, we mean Google’s organic results function like a content buffet. There are 10 results per page, and a wide variety of brands get to compete for their audience’s attention: AI search tools work the opposite way.  Rather than presenting a diverse array … Continued

From Link-Building to Trust-Building: How LLMs Change the Game 

By Rachel Hernandez

Want better visibility on AI search platforms? If the answer is yes, you’ll need to earn real-world trust instead of building a large volume of backlinks.  That’s because LLMs (large language models) have completely changed the way online authority works.  For roughly a decade and a half, Google’s PageRank was the dominant authority measuring system. … Continued

Reputation as a Ranking Factor: AI Search vs. Classic SEO

By Rachel Hernandez

On AI-powered search platforms, your brand’s reputation is a first-rate ranking factor.  Wait, doesn’t a business’s reputation matter on regular search engines, too? Yes, but it’s more of a proxy than a direct ranking factor.  Google’s organic search algorithm weighs a brand’s authority by analyzing its backlink profile.  At its core, it uses math to … Continued

Measuring What Matters: AI Visibility Reporting 

By Rachel Hernandez

Regardless of your industry, traffic is down, and zero-click searches are up.  According to the latest research, almost 60% of generic searches end in zero clicks, while more than 69% of news searches result in no clicks (Similarweb).  Organic click-through rates (CTRs) have also plummeted by 37% – 40% because of Google’s AI Overviews (Malte … Continued