Crawling and indexing

What answer engine optimization (AEO) is, how AI answer engines choose sources, which tactics the research supports, and how to plan and measure AEO.

Complete guide · AEO

How to write AEO content that answer engines retrieve and cite: answer first, use the buyer's words, state checkable facts, and skip rewriting tricks.

Guide · AEO

An AEO checklist of 50 checks for AI answers: crawler access, facts in HTML, content, entities, schema, third-party sources, offers, and measurement.

Checklist · AEO

How HubSpot users can track answer engine visibility: what HubSpot's AEO tool measures, the AI Referrals source, what both leave out, and what to set up.

Use case · AEO

Generative engine optimization (GEO), stage by stage: how AI engines retrieve and cite pages, which GEO strategies hold up in research, and how to test them.

Complete guide · GEO

GEO vs SEO: goals, where results appear, what is measured, and what drives inclusion. AI answers draw on search indexes, so the two overlap heavily.

Comparison · GEO

What AI search optimization is, how AI assistants choose sources, which tactics hold up in research, and how to measure results. Every claim is sourced.

Complete guide · SEO+

How AI agents research and buy services in 2026: what ChatGPT, Google, Copilot, Perplexity, Claude, and Stripe support, and what a service business can do.

Guide · SEO+

What llms.txt is, who reads it, and whether it helps AI visibility: the proposal, Google's position, server-log studies, and when a file is worth keeping.

Guide · SEO+

A technical SEO checklist for AI search: robots.txt, status codes, canonical URLs, redirects, rendering, page elements, and crawler identity, with sources.

Checklist · SEO+

Twelve SEO mistakes that also keep pages out of AI answers, from blocked crawlers to facts hidden in JavaScript, with the evidence and a test for each.

Antipatterns · SEO+

The search index, crawlers, inclusion controls, and site-owner reports behind ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Copilot, from official docs.

Complete guide · AI assistants

How ChatGPT search finds and cites pages: OpenAI's crawlers, Bing as a search provider, query rewriting, and the steps the evidence supports.

Guide · AI assistants

How Claude's web search finds pages: Brave Search and TurboPuffer, what ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, and Claude-User do, and what to allow.

Guide · AI assistants

How the Gemini app finds and cites pages: Google Search grounding, the Google-Extended token, what Google does not document, and what studies show.

Guide · AI assistants

What a page needs to appear in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode: indexing, snippet eligibility, one Search Console setting, and what studies show.

Guide · AI assistants

How Microsoft Copilot finds and cites pages: Bing's index, the NOARCHIVE and NOCACHE controls, Bing's AI Performance report, and what studies show.

Guide · AI assistants

How Perplexity finds and cites pages: what PerplexityBot and Perplexity-User do, what is not documented, and what citation studies show.

Guide · AI assistants

How AEO HQ grades evidence, pulls search data, and measures AI visibility, and what its $499 automated audit does and does not measure today.

Reference · Measurement

Answer engine optimization services from AEO HQ: four fixed-price packages, $499 to $8,995, what each includes and excludes, how the work runs, and how to buy.

Service · Buying AEO

The Instant AEO Audit is AEO HQ's $499 automated audit of your site and up to three competitors: what it checks, what you receive, its limits, and how to buy.

Service · Buying AEO

Plain definitions of the terms used in answer engine optimization (AEO) and AI search, from AI Overviews to robots.txt, with a source for every fact.

Reference · Research

Sourced AI search statistics for 2026: chatbot use, AI Overviews and clicks, AI referral traffic, cited sources, answer accuracy, and B2B buyers.

Reference · Research

AEO for B2B SaaS: how software buyers use AI assistants, the sources they trust, and what SaaS companies should publish, fix, and measure.

Industry guide · Industries

SEO, AEO, and GEO for cybersecurity vendors and MSPs: what buyers are told to check, which sources AI cites, the rules on security claims, and what to measure.

Industry guide · Industries

SEO, AEO, and GEO for fintech: how people use AI for money questions, which sources AI answers cite, the SEC, FINRA, CFPB, and FDIC rules, and what to measure.

Industry guide · Industries

AI search optimization for healthcare: how patients use AI to find care, which sources AI cites, the HIPAA and FTC rules that apply, and what to measure.

Industry guide · Industries

Answer engine optimization for law firms: how clients use AI to find lawyers, which directories AI cites, the bar rules that apply, and what to measure.

Industry guide · Industries

SEO, AEO, and GEO for accounting, tax, and consulting firms: how buyers use AI to find firms, what AI cites, the AICPA and IRS rules, and what to measure.

Industry guide · Industries