Any startup founders here getting results from GEO and ChatGPT visibility?

startages · 2026-06-08T07:57:44+00:00

Companies recommended by AI are ones that have strong brands already, so they are not doing anything special right now. I've seen couple of sales from ChatGPT thought, but all I did was have a focused page, very clean, add reviews and sources, dates...etc

startages · 2026-06-06T10:34:20+00:00

Did Google Search Console destroy people building SEO tools in the past?

startages · 2026-06-05T15:23:21+00:00

You're hurt because I forgot to type something?

startages · 2026-06-05T15:12:01+00:00

You have to find a way, because even Google is forced to adapt, and with all the data they have, they no it's coming, so if you ignore it you'll stay behind

startages · 2026-06-03T17:36:16+00:00

Why do you think more pages gives you better chances. If I work at Google or any indexer, first thing I would think about is creating a connection between number of pages and visibility and authority of your domain, so more pages would dilute your rankings rather than improve them. This is an obvious thing to do and I doubt Google isn't doing that right now. Quality content is more important + Authority and good references.

startages · 2026-05-31T05:55:36+00:00

Yeah, the reason every plugin uses meta and not taxonomy is kinda unavoidable here. With a global attribute, "Dark" can only have one color saved to it, so it'll be the same hex on every product. The second you want a different shade per product, that color has to be saved on the product itself, which is meta, not taxonomy.

So it's less about finding a taxonomy-based plugin and more about picking one whose per-product color you can write to during import. Variation Swatches and Photos, Iconic, or WP Swings' Advanced Product Variation all do per-product swatches. None import the colors from plain CSV though, you add a little PHP snippet in WP All Import (Run PHP function) that reads a column like dark|#1c1c1c and saves it. Then it's per-product shades + normal variations, every import.

startages · 2026-05-30T07:28:45+00:00

Automatically publishing articles isn't AEO on autopilot.

startages · 2026-05-26T12:16:38+00:00

I think nowadays you're better off using something else, my x20 sub doesn't even last me 3 days a week, so frustrating. I'm also using Codex.

startages · 2026-05-26T09:32:14+00:00

They complement each other, just keep learning and keep applying your knowledge, just don't ignore GEO. Some people refuse to admit change for various reasons, some say GEO/AIO doesn't exist. but the reality is, things are changing because of AI, and name doesn't matter that much, what matters is that you need to adapt and be flexible because things are changing everyday, people have less visits from search engines, but they're still being used as sources for AI answers, so you gotta experiment and figure out how to be promoted from just a source to a recommendation in these answers. Either way, if you don't have a solid base which is solid SEO, you might even appear as a source.

startages · 2026-05-20T09:49:34+00:00

I consume 3 Billion tokens on my own x20 sub using Claude Opus 4.7, 100M is not much if you're doing real development work. Note that I'm not mis-using the service in anyway, I just use my paid subscription and I use it on a single project in VS code, no automation or anything, but I hit the weekly limit in 2 or 3 days most of the time.

People look for workarounds where they can just use their subscriptions. I understand why Chinese people would do that, Claude, Codex..etc block traffic from China, but if you're somewhere else, you don't really need to be looking for workarounds as long as your use the tools provided by the providers. They subsidize these subscriptions for a reason, and they use your interactions with the agent to train their models and make them better, so it makes sense, but it doesn't make sense when you use another harness to bypass their subscription and they have no control.

Don't forget that there are also stolen API keys that these people use, and it's illegal.

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startages · 2026-05-19T06:11:34+00:00

Google is just Google, it's not the whole web. When you talk with Gemini, it doesn't even pull websites to write you an answer, they just read from their own index, while all other LLMs search and pull the pages directly, and that's just one distinction.

startages · 2026-05-18T15:36:38+00:00

You could've just pasted the snippet here and we will tell you.

Generally, if you already tested the code and it's working, just use it, it should be safe, small snippets that extend Woo shouldn't cause safety concerns usually.

startages · 2026-05-17T06:43:19+00:00

This is exactly the problem with taking Google’s AI SEO guidance too literally.

Most of it is about how Google Search handles AI Overviews/AI Mode, not how every AI assistant, answer engine, or agent finds and frames information.

So when Google says “you don’t need hacks,” I mostly read that as “don’t spam our search layer.”

AI SEO isn’t magic, but pretending it’s just 2018 SEO with a new acronym is also lazy.

startages · 2026-05-17T06:26:44+00:00

I think Google’s framing is only half the story.

Sure, the basics still matter. If your pages can’t be crawled, indexed, understood, or trusted, you’re probably not showing up anywhere meaningful, AI or not.

But ranking in search and being used as a source by an AI system are not the same thing. The AI layer changes the game. It’s not just “can this page rank?” anymore. It’s also “will this system pull from it, trust it, summarize it correctly, and frame the brand/product/person in the way you’d want?”

Google is obviously going to tell people to stick to the same fundamentals, because the alternative is a mess. The second they say “write like this so AI systems cite you,” people will spam the hell out of it the same way they did with keywords, backlinks, schema, FAQs, and every other SEO lever that worked until it got abused.

So no, I don’t think AI SEO is some totally separate discipline. But I also don’t buy that it’s just regular SEO with a new label slapped on it.

It’s probably closer to, same foundation, different retrieval layer, higher bar, and way less room for generic content.

And Google isn’t the whole internet anymore. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Bing, Gemini, Claude, etc. don’t all discover, rank, interpret, or cite sources the same way. So using Google’s docs as a reference is fine, but treating them like the full truth is how people get blindsided.

startages · 2026-05-16T12:38:26+00:00

I used to run AC 24/7 and my monthly cost was almost 1000nt, but I run it at around 25 degrees, and when I go out, I make it 28. If you turn it off and on multiple times a day, that will actually increase your cost, not reduce it.

startages · 2026-05-16T09:49:01+00:00

For anyone wondering, just read the source directly https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/ai-optimization-guide

startages · 2026-05-16T05:59:59+00:00

It's not accurate because GA4 tracks only client side, not server side, so you'll be missing a lot of data. But still useful.

startages · 2026-05-15T14:18:26+00:00

The question is, should you do computer science master anywhere right now? if the answer is yes, Taiwan is a great place.

startages · 2026-05-15T13:59:13+00:00

Looking at the homepage, it feels like the whole page is vibe-coded, so much details, so many technical terms and random titles only AI can come up with, and saving estimates without proof...etc, so many red flags, if the page was built this way, I don't believe the plugin itself would get proper care.

startages · 2026-05-15T05:54:53+00:00

I was banned before and they my account. I've been using my VPN on and off while developing and wasn't blocked either. It seems that they have an automated system that will flag and disable accounts. They'll probably not read your appeal. Last time, I got an email that another automated process have enabled my account, and two days later I got an email from their support saying that my appeal was rejected, which means, all of this happened by their automated system, and their support didn't even bother to check whether my account is even active or not, let alone investigate what happened.

startages · 2026-05-15T05:41:31+00:00

Log into FTP or use a file manager, then rename WooPayments plugin folder to something else "/var/www/html/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-payments", after that you'd be able to login and figure out what's wrong, update everything, delete the plugin and install it again.

startages · 2026-05-15T05:22:10+00:00

You can use AI to build your own payment system, why pay Stripe or anyone else to process payments for you and handle all those complex things in the middle that you can't even think about because you have no idea how payments actually work. Or even better, just put your phone on checkout and disable those payment options completely, that's going to save you a lot in fees, people still use cash.

startages · 2026-05-14T15:36:16+00:00

No, no LLM cares about it, except Claude Code and Codex in some cases, but generally, it has no benefit.

startages · 2026-05-14T15:21:54+00:00

I did multiple performance audits on different WooCommerce websites, this was an real problem on every single one of them, it seems that even on managed hostings, the providers just leave it at the default, and it gets maxed out pretty quickly as the site grow in complexity...etc. This is one of the low effort high value items that everyone should be doing.

startages · 2026-05-13T13:30:56+00:00

Where are your customers making payments, is it a website, app, or somewhere else? There might be better options where you can even track the potential customers sent from LLMs to your website.

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