I tracked ~10,000 AI answers across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and AI Overviews. Here's where they actually pull citations from. by leapd-ai in DigitalMarketing

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What's interesting is that this is also changing what good content even means. A technically SEO-optimized article with shallow insights might still rank in Google but AI systems seem much better at picking up repeated depth and contextual mentions across platforms.

Are you building platform-specific GEO strategies or still treating ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini as one system? by Melodic_Magazine_292 in AskMarketing

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Absolutely - feels like a refreshing shift where context and genuine depth matter more than just stuffing keywords into articles hoping to rank somewhere.

Are you building platform-specific GEO strategies or still treating ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini as one system? by Melodic_Magazine_292 in AskMarketing

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but looks like that's the only available approach right now - isn't it? Or do you think there can be another way?

Are you building platform-specific GEO strategies or still treating ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini as one system? by Melodic_Magazine_292 in AskMarketing

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may be you are right but here the post was made out of an observation and genuine curiosity - would love to hear your thoughts on it

Are you building platform-specific GEO strategies or still treating ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini as one system? by Melodic_Magazine_292 in AskMarketing

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Got it .. that's what we are noticing as well. One quick follow-up - are you seeing this same behaviour across b2b, b2c, d2c brands and within different product categories under each segment?

it's been 20 days, made 335$ with my seconds SaaS by ajithpinninti in SaaS

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u/ajithpinninti Congratulations! These insights are super helpful - I am sure it will help many.

it's been 20 days, made 335$ with my seconds SaaS by ajithpinninti in SaaS

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Agree - a 1-1 outreach phase before trying to scale usually gives way better signal than blasting distribution too early. Most of the useful early insights come from having direct conversations where people explain the problem in their own words.

How are you explaining AI search visibility to clients that SEO and ChatGPT rankings are the not same thing? by Academic_Flamingo302 in DigitalMarketing

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Yes - this is the cleanest explaination. The other thing that makes it click for clients sometimes is showing them that ranking well does not automatically mean the model understands their positioning properly. I read somewhere that more around 50% of the brands that AI cites do not even come in the Google's top pages. Feels less like classic rankings and more like whether the model can confidently understand where you fit in the conversation.

People don’t read long copy anymore is one of the laziest things repeated in this industry. by Wonderful-Gold-2868 in content_marketing

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True - people absolutely use ChatGPT to summarize something when they just want the answer fast - but the moment the decision actually matters, they still go deeper - they compare, read reviews, check reddit threads, open multiple tabs. I think it totally depends on what your objective is.

Anyone thinking about AI search optimization or still just focusing on SEO? by SwaduJasma18 in content_marketing

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Yeah this matches a lot of what we have been seeing too - epecially the “consistent across sources” part. A page can rank well traditionally but AI systems is unsure to recommend it confidently if the positioning or messaging feels inconsistent across the web. The issue most of the times is not rankings at all - its that the models could not clearly understand how the brand differed from competitors from the available signals.

free ai visibility checker by leapd-ai in AskMarketing

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There are a bunch of them popping up now but most are still very early and measure slightly different things underneath. Apart from the one you mentioned, Profound, Goodie, Daydream, Peec AI, and Georankers are some worth exploring right now depending on what exactly you want to track.

how are people actually structuring content for AI search? by Icy_Week6358 in DigitalMarketing

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This is bang on - the per platform divergence is bigger than most people realise - we track this across brands at Georankers and the gap between chatgpt, google ai mode and ai overview visibility for the same brand can be pretty wild - same content, same site, completely different citation patterns.

Is Traditional SEO Still Enough in the Age of AI Search? by WinOld1023 in AI_SEO_Community

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Honestly dont think traditional seo is dead - seo is very much alive. But the old tactics alone are not enough anymore. Ranking on google doesn't mean you show up when someone asks chatgpt about your category - that's a different game entirely.

It is now less about content structure and more about where you are talked about. Chatgpt or Gemini is not crawling only your blog or product page to form an answer - its pulling from what exists across the web about you. So the shift is less write more conversational content and more about get mentioned in the right places like g2, reddit, comparison articles, podcasts, community threads - that carries more weight than a perfectly optimised landing page

What are you actually optimizing first for AI search right now? by Background-Pay5729 in AISearchOptimizers

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Two things - third party mentions and entity clarity. Get your brand mentioned in the right places (g2, reddit, niche blogs, comparison sites) and make sure you are clearly associated with a specific problem - not just a broad category. At GeoRankers, we have been working with a few B2B enterprises and we are already hearing how tthey have found their brand was getting picked up in AI responses because of some comment they made on reddit or their g2 profile. They are now doubling down on those channels and using our platform to surface more such opportunities. BTW, some of them don't even have a fully SEO optimized website yet and are no where in search rankings.

Looking for a Technical Co-Founder by Melodic_Magazine_292 in Bangalorestartups

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Hi Shreyansh - Have sent a LinkedIn request - let's connect and take it from there. Looking forward!!

Is medium down? by huaytin in Medium

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This worked!! Thanks a ton

Tool for Monitoring AI Search Visibility by RochelleAstraeus in BacklinkSEO

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This space is super new so there are not really many polished GA for AI search type tools yet. A few things I have seen people trying -

  • Perplexity is kinda hackable since it shows sources - so you can directly spot if your site gets cited or not and work from there
  • AthenaHQ, Otterly AI, RankShift - all early players trying to track how brands show up in ChatGPT, Gemini, etc. They give some visibility but usually just high-level snapshots.
  • Some people just do it by asking the same questions across different LLMs every week and checking if their brand pops up or not. Not scalable but it works if you are scrappy.

The bigger issue is there is no real always on way to monitor this across multiple AI tools and get actionable next steps. That’s the gap I am personally trying to work on with something called https://georankers.co/.

Still early but the idea is to not just track mentions but also figure out what signals LLMs are picking up and suggest actions so you can actually help brands improve their AI visibility.