AI SEO

You make a blog post the source AI answer engines quote: ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Gemini, and Claude. These engines retrieve pages from a search index first and then quote passages that answer the question cleanly, so a page has to be findable, and then easy to lift and safe to cite. You work on the second part and check the first.

You're done when the post answers its core question in its opening, each section leads with a self-contained answer, every important claim is specific and sourced, the trust signals are visible, and the user knows which off-page steps matter.

What helps and what doesn't

Give the user this distinction plainly, because the AEO and GEO space is full of paid advice that isn't backed by the engines themselves.