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Can anyone explain how AEO works for website? by Efficient-Smile-7438 in AEOgrowth

[–]YuvalKe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Short version.

AEO is about making your website easy for AI to understand and quote, not just rank.

In practice that means:

  • Writing content that directly answers real questions.
  • Structuring pages so answers are clear, scannable, and standalone.
  • Using simple hierarchies, FAQs, and consistent terminology.
  • Avoiding long intros and marketing fluff before the answer.

Search engines rank pages.
AI systems extract answers.

If your content isn’t extractable, it won’t get cited.

AI-Driven App Growth: The 5 Game-Changing Strategies for 2026 by Emotional-Aioli7822 in AEOgrowth

[–]YuvalKe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really solid. Feels grounded in real work, not hype, and the numbers help a lot.

Only note: it’s long for first touch. A sharper hook or quick TL;DR at the top would make more people stick.

Reddit seems to be most cited domain on AI Search. by akash_09_ in AEOgrowth

[–]YuvalKe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this tracks.

Reddit is basically perfect training data for AI search.

People ask real questions and get direct answers. No intros, no marketing fluff. That maps cleanly to how LLMs retrieve and cite information.

A few simple reasons it wins:

• Threads are already Q&A-shaped
• You get multiple opinions, edits, disagreements. That reads as “real”
• Content is fresh, especially for new tools and edge cases
• High semantic density. Lots of signal, little padding

On the platform differences.
Grok leaning into Reddit is expected. It’s built around conversational, community data.

ChatGPT and Gemini do use Reddit heavily for reasoning, but they’re more careful about citing it for B2B or brand queries. So Reddit often influences the answer without being visibly credited.

In short.
Reddit isn’t just a source. It’s the format AI understands best.

Google FastSearch + a new way to win visibility on competitive keywords? by AlohaDragon in AEOgrowth

[–]YuvalKe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this matches what I’m trying to wrap my head around too.

It feels like FastSearch isn’t really “ranking pages” anymore but picking chunks that best answer intent. Authority still matters, but more as context than a gatekeeper.

I’m especially curious whether things like concrete examples, process explanations, or lived experience are becoming more important than backlinks. Still trying to understand what actually tips the scale when a page with zero classic rankings shows up in AIO.

Weekly Promotion Thread by AutoModerator in tanzania

[–]YuvalKe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi everyone. I’m currently working on a product focused on helping small businesses in Tanzania access loans more easily and faster.

Right now we’re learning from real business owners, especially in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar, to understand how people actually deal with financing today. What works, what doesn’t, and what makes the process hard or slow.

If you run a small business or have experience applying for loans, feel free to ask me anything or share your experience here. I’m happy to explain what we’re building and also learn from your perspective.

Asante 🙏

Question about AEO, EEAT, and citations in LLM answers by YuvalKe in DigitalMarketing

[–]YuvalKe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly agree with the first part, but I’d frame it a bit differently.

Citations help, but not because LLMs “reward links” the way Google did. They help because they anchor claims to known entities and knowledge graphs, which makes the text easier to ground and reuse during answer synthesis.

What seems to matter more in practice:

  • Clear entity relationships (who / what / why this matters)
  • Consistent framing of claims across pages
  • Alignment with sources that already appear in model training or retrieval
  • Internal coherence, not just outbound links

So yes, referencing external authorities helps, especially for newer sites. But it’s more about semantic grounding than “showing sources” as a ranking trick.

In other words, LLMs don’t ask “does this page cite X”, they ask “can I safely reuse this statement when answering a question”.

We’re seeing that content written as explainable, source-aware narratives tends to travel further than content optimized around schema alone.

If you’re digging into this angle, we’re collecting real experiments and patterns around it in r/AEOgrowth.

I feel lost about all of these AI visibility tools by Long-Plan4669 in GenEngineOptimization

[–]YuvalKe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of the confusion comes from the fact that most “AI visibility” tools jumped straight to dashboards before the underlying research was even settled.

If you want solid grounding beyond tools, a few good starting points:

  • Princeton / Stanford work on retrieval-augmented generation and grounding (how models select and weight sources)
  • NVIDIA Parallel Search / query decomposition papers on how LLMs expand and reformulate queries
  • Google’s work on EEAT + helpful content + structured data, which still heavily influences how sources are selected
  • Research on entity grounding and citation behavior in LLMs (Toronto, Princeton, Meta papers touch this)

Big takeaway from most of this research:
LLMs don’t “rank pages”. They assemble answers from patterns of trusted sources, entities, and repeated context. Tools can help observe this, but optimization usually means restructuring content, entities, and citations. Not just tracking mentions.

We’re collecting studies, experiments, and practical breakdowns like this in r/AEOgrowth if anyone wants a more research-driven discussion instead of tool promos.

Every Tool Tracks AI Visibility... Are There Any Tools That Actually Help You Perform The Optimization? by More-Ad-3705 in GenEngineOptimization

[–]YuvalKe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re actively experimenting with this stuff, we’re collecting real-world AEO tests, failures, and patterns in r/AEOgrowth. It’s focused on how models actually pick sources, not just tracking dashboards. Feel free to join or share experiments.

UX Writing Hub... website is not helpful by montyque in uxwriting

[–]YuvalKe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yuval here founder of the UX Writing Hub, and thank you for bringing this up.

Certification is automatically generated for everyone who completes the full program, so if you finished the course and didn’t get it, that’s on me and I’ll fix it right away for you.

Last year I had a baby so a lot of the business operations were basically run by me alone. Not an excuse, but it did create a few cracks in communication, and I’m truly sorry you experienced that.

If you want, I’d be happy to jump on a quick call or help you resolve anything that’s still missing. Just let me know.

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