AI search and answer engines
Being indexed no longer means being cited. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews assemble answers rather than list links, and the work of being the source one is built from is related to SEO but not identical to it. These posts cover AI visibility, answer engine optimisation and what actually changes on the page.
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How to Test What AI Crawlers Actually See on Your Site
Test AI crawler access in ten minutes by comparing status codes, byte size, structured data, and word count against a normal browser.
13 October 2026AI Visibility Is the Least Tested Area in SEO. That Is the Opportunity.
AI visibility testing is largely untested in SEO, presenting a critical opportunity for businesses to gain an advantage through rigorous experimentation.
8 October 2026What We Still Do Not Know About Getting Cited by AI Search
The exact mechanisms for getting cited by AI search engines still hold many unknowns, from structured data impact to answer churn rates.
6 October 2026We Fetched Our Own Site as Four AI Crawlers. Here Is What They Got.
22 September 2026We Asked AI 40 SEO Tool Questions. Two Brands Answered 90%.
We put 40 buying questions to a search-grounded AI assistant. Semrush appeared in 92% of answers, Ahrefs in 82%. Full data, method and limitations.
6 September 2026Claude Citation Optimisation: The Practical Playbook
A technical guide to securing citations in Claude through schema, consistency, and precise tracking methods.
20 August 2026AI Content Editorial Guidelines: What Actually Works Post-2025
Learn how to update your editorial guidelines for AI content in 2025 with practical workflows and audit strategies.
20 August 2026AI Search Visibility Audit: The Practical Playbook
A practical guide to running an AI search visibility audit, measuring presence quality and tracking AI referral traffic.
20 August 2026LLM Ranking Factors: The Practical Playbook
Master LLM ranking factors for RAG systems. Optimise citation velocity and answer density for AI visibility.
20 August 2026ChatGPT Search Optimisation: The Practical Playbook
Learn practical strategies for ChatGPT search optimisation, including technical health checks and ethical content design for AI models.
20 August 2026Humanising AI Output: What Actually Works Post-2025
Explore the ethical and technical methods for refining AI-generated content to ensure authenticity and high quality.
20 August 2026Gemini Answer Ranking: The Practical Playbook
A practical guide to optimising for gemini answer ranking, focusing on third-party credibility and answer-first content structures.
20 August 2026Google AI Mode Ranking: The Practical Playbook
Learn how to optimise for google AI mode ranking with actionable strategies and data-driven insights.
20 August 2026Perplexity SEO Strategy: The Practical Playbook
Master the perplexity SEO strategy. Learn to optimise for AI citability, track referrals, and run a visibility audit with UtilitySEO.
20 August 2026Fix SEO With AI for High-Stakes Content
Automate technical SEO repairs with AI-generated code and consensus validation.
19 August 2026AI Audit Consensus for High-Stakes Content
Use AI audit consensus to validate technical SEO issues with multiple LLMs for higher accuracy.
19 August 2026LLM Brand Visibility for B2B SaaS Brands
Monitor your brand presence across large language models with UtilitySEO's LLM brand visibility features.
9 August 2026Multi Model SEO Audit: Why LLM Consensus Beats One Opinion
Learn how a multi model SEO audit, powered by LLM consensus, offers superior insights and AI driven fixes for comprehensive website optimisation.
7 August 2026UtilitySEO vs Otterly for AI Brand Tracking
UtilitySEO and Otterly are two AI brand tracking tools with different approaches to monitoring and optimising brand presence online.
6 August 2026AI Brand Tracking: Practical Methods That Work
Monitor your brand mentions and visibility within AI-generated content with AI brand tracking.
6 August 2026UtilitySEO vs BrandRank for AI Brand Tracking
A comparison of UtilitySEO and BrandRank for AI brand tracking, including features, ideal use cases, and pricing.
6 August 2026Sentiment Analysis in AI Brand Tracking: What It Tells You
Sentiment AI brand tracking analyses emotional tone in AI generated answers, offering crucial insights for reputation and marketing strategy.
4 August 2026Web Mentions vs AI Mentions: Tracking Both Modes of Discovery
Understand the difference between web mentions and AI mentions to effectively track brand visibility in the evolving digital landscape.
4 August 2026Fix With AI: Turning SEO Issues Into Code Changes
AI is now generating code changes to fix SEO issues, streamlining meta rewrites, schema, and robots directives for greater efficiency.
4 August 2026Citation Churn in AI Answers: Why Your Mention Rate Drops Weekly
Understand why AI citations quickly disappear and learn practical strategies to increase your content's longevity in AI answers.
4 August 2026Brand Mentions in ChatGPT: How to Track and Get Them
How ChatGPT decides which brands to mention, how to test your brand mentions properly without fooling yourself, what makes a mention more likely, and the tools that can track it for you.
3 August 2026Robots.txt for AI Crawlers: Blocking GPTBot Perplexity Google-Extended
Learn how to use robots.txt to block unwanted AI crawlers and optimise your website.
3 August 2026AI Referral Traffic: How to Track Visitors From ChatGPT and Perplexity
Track AI referral traffic from ChatGPT and Perplexity with UtilitySEO.
3 August 2026LLMs.txt Explained: When to Add It and How to Test It
Learn about llms.txt implementation and how to test it.
3 August 2026AI Visibility Tracking Across ChatGPT Gemini Perplexity and Claude
Monitor your brand mentions and sentiment across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude with AI visibility tracking.
3 August 2026UtilitySEO vs Peec.AI for LLM Visibility Monitoring
LLM visibility monitoring tools help track brand mentions and citations in AI search results.
3 August 2026Optimizing for AI Content Ranking: Strategies and Best Practices
Improve your online visibility with AI content ranking and drive more traffic to your website.
5 July 2026Mastering Geo Strategy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Location-Based Success
Learn about geo strategy and how to use it to improve your online visibility.
4 July 2026How to Find the Best Platform to Track Brand SEO Across Regions and Languages
Branded SEO tools compared on the two things that matter: how your brand ranks in Google by country, and whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity mention you.
1 July 2026How to Brand Tracking SEO: A Practical Walkthrough
Learn how to effectively implement brand tracking SEO, understand its key components, and leverage UtilitySEO's tools for enhanced online visibility.
1 July 2026AI Content Detection: What It Actually Is and How to Do It
Demystify AI content detection, understand its impact on SEO, and discover how UtilitySEO helps maintain content quality and AI visibility.
14 June 2026Geo Strategy: What It Actually Is and How to Do It
Learn how to implement a successful geo strategy and improve your online visibility.
7 June 2026LLM SEO: What It Actually Is and How to Do It
Learn what LLM SEO is, how it works, and key strategies for optimising your content to be cited by AI models for enhanced online visibility.
3 June 2026AI Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO): What It Is and How to Do It
A plain English guide to AEO: how ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews choose sources, the steps that get you cited, and how to track it.
3 June 2026SEO, AEO, GEO: Understanding Modern Search Optimisation Through an SEO Audit
Explore what SEO, AEO and GEO really mean and how a complete SEO audit helps you rank across search engines and AI platforms.
28 March 2026Geo Rank Tracking: When City-Level Data Actually Matters
A practical look at when geo-specific rank tracking is worth the cost and when location-agnostic tracking is enough.
25 March 2026How to Rank in AI Overviews and Track Your Citations
What Google has actually said about AI Overviews, what you can do to be cited in them, and how to see which of your keywords trigger an AI Overview and whether your site is in it.
23 March 2026
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