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Depth, not generic tips. Frameworks, formulas and operator notes on Generative Engine Optimization, AI Overviews, entity engineering and reputation engineering — written from 20+ years of operator practice.

AI Search · Audience

Google Preferred Sources: Readers as a Ranking Signal

With Preferred Sources, users have their favorite sources surfaced preferentially in Top Stories, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. How the feature works, who should use it, and how to…

26 Aug 2026 · 8 min
AI Search · Measurement

GSC Generative AI Report: Reading AI Visibility Right

Search Console's Generative AI report shows impressions from AI Overviews and AI Mode for the first time. What it delivers, what it conceals, the logging bug — and how to use it right.

26 Aug 2026 · 10 min
GEO · AI Search

GEO Experts in the DACH Region — an Honest Assessment

Who are the GEO experts in the DACH region? What ChatGPT, Gemini & Co. answer today, why the category is still unclaimed — and the 7-point checklist for telling real GEO competence…

25 Aug 2026 · 9 min
GEO · AI Search

Prompt Reverse Engineering: Why AI Systems Don't Recommend You

Ask AI systems for their own selection criteria instead of guessing: the method for finding out why ChatGPT, Gemini & Co. do not recommend you — and what you need to change.

25 Aug 2026 · 11 min
Agent SEO · MCP · x402 · ACP

Agentic Commerce SEO — when AI agents buy for users

ChatGPT Operator, Claude Computer Use, x402 and ACP change e-commerce SEO fundamentally. Agents do not read images, do not accept cookies, and need structured data and payment endpoints.…

7 May 2026 · 13 min
Google AI Mode · Multi-Turn Search

Google AI Mode SEO — Visibility in the New AI Tab 2026

Google AI Mode is not AI Overviews. Its own tab, multi-turn conversation, deeper query fan-out, its own citation logic. How to optimize for the new engine — with KPIs, schema setup and…

7 May 2026 · 11 min
AEO · GEO · Meta-discipline

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) — the full 2026 stack

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): structured optimization for answer machines instead of rankings. Boundaries vs. SEO/GEO/LLM-SEO, levers, schema, citation strategy.

22 Apr 2026 · 11 min
Entity Engineering · E-E-A-T · Author

Author Entity & E-E-A-T — The Author as a Verifiable Knowledge-Graph Entity

The author entity as foundation for E-E-A-T and LLM citations: Person schema with @id, sameAs cluster, Wikidata items for authors, credential provenance, author-bio architecture,…

22 Apr 2026 · 15 min
Microsoft Copilot · Bing · GEO

Bing Copilot SEO — Microsoft Copilot Visibility for Brands

Bing Copilot SEO: how brands appear inside Microsoft Copilot. Bing indexation, IndexNow, Bing Webmaster Tools, enterprise Copilot integration. Guide for B2B and enterprise.

22 Apr 2026 · 9 min
Brand SERP · Reputation · Entity

Brand SERP Optimization — Take Control of Your Brand Search

Brand SERP optimization: how brands control the Google search for their own name. Knowledge Panel, sitelinks, social profiles, reviews, Wikipedia. A 2026 guide.

22 Apr 2026 · 11 min
Generative Engine Optimization · ChatGPT

ChatGPT SEO: How Brands Get Cited Inside ChatGPT Answers — 2026 Guide

ChatGPT SEO: how brands get systematically cited inside ChatGPT answers. Retrieval mechanics, Bing index, passage citability, entity resolution, schema graph. Operator guide for 2026.

22 Apr 2026 · 14 min
Claude · Anthropic · GEO

Claude Citation Optimization — Visibility Inside Anthropic's LLM

Claude citation optimization: how brands get cited inside Anthropic's Claude answers. ClaudeBot, Constitutional AI preferences, source attribution, passage structure. Guide for 2026.

22 Apr 2026 · 10 min
AI Overviews · SGE mechanics

Fan-out queries — how Gemini and SGE generate sub-queries

Fan-out queries: how Google AI Overviews turns a main query into multiple sub-queries and what that means for SEO. Optimizing for intent fragments and deep-question coverage.

22 Apr 2026 · 9 min
Google Gemini · GEO

Gemini SEO — Visibility in Google's AI Assistant & AI Overviews

Gemini SEO: how brands get cited inside Google's Gemini. Google-Extended, Knowledge Graph integration, multi-modal retrieval, Workspace integration. Operator guide for 2026.

22 Apr 2026 · 10 min
Taxonomy · GEO · AEO

GEO vs. AEO — a precise boundary between the two disciplines

GEO vs. AEO: the boundary between Generative Engine Optimization and Answer Engine Optimization. Overlap, differences, levers, KPIs and practical implications for SEO teams.

22 Apr 2026 · 12 min
Wikipedia · Entity · Reputation

How to Create a Wikipedia Entry — A Guide for Companies and People

How to create a Wikipedia entry: notability criteria, independent secondary sources, conflict-of-interest rules, article structure, reference minimums. A strategic guide.

22 Apr 2026 · 12 min
Google AI Overviews · GEO

Optimize Google AI Overviews — The 2026 Guide

Optimize Google AI Overviews: retrieval through Google's index, passage ranking, entity signals, SGE mechanics, schema graph. How brands get cited inside AI Overviews. Eight-step framework.

22 Apr 2026 · 14 min
Generative Engine Optimization · Perplexity

Perplexity SEO: How to Appear in Perplexity Answers — 2026 Guide

Perplexity SEO: retrieval mechanics with Brave index, source cards, citations. How brands enter Perplexity answers, entity signals, passage citability. Operator guide for 2026.

22 Apr 2026 · 12 min
RAG · Embeddings · GEO

RAG & SEO — Retrieval Augmented Generation in search

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): the mechanics behind AI Overviews, ChatGPT search and Perplexity. Embeddings, vector retrieval, re-ranking, chunk engineering. What RAG structurally…

22 Apr 2026 · 15 min
Taxonomy · SEO · GEO · LLM-SEO

SEO vs. GEO vs. LLM-SEO — three disciplines, precisely separated

SEO vs. GEO vs. LLM-SEO: a precise separation of the three disciplines — mechanics, levers, KPIs, ranking logic. How to allocate budget correctly and what each discipline actually delivers.

22 Apr 2026 · 13 min
Wikidata · Entity · Knowledge Graph

Wikidata Guide — Build and Maintain Your Own Item

Wikidata guide for SEO: create your own item, maintain properties like P31, P106, P108, anchor references. Foundation for the Knowledge Graph and LLM entity resolution.

22 Apr 2026 · 10 min
Entity Engineering · Knowledge Graph

How to Build a Knowledge Panel: Entity Trust Playbook

How to build a Knowledge Panel in 8 steps: build entity trust, link Wikidata, use structured data. A senior SEO operator's guide.

18 Apr 2026 · 13 min
Entity SEO · Personal Brand

Entity SEO: Turning a Person into a Verifiable Brand

Entity SEO for people: how a person becomes a verifiable brand in the Knowledge Graph. Five building blocks plus a 90-day protocol.

10 Apr 2026 · 12 min
Online Reputation · Data Engineering

ORM 2026: Reputation as a Structured Data Model

ORM 2026 as a structured data model: measure LLM sentiment drift, steer the Reputation Vector Score, overwrite negative signals in 90 days.

2 Apr 2026 · 14 min
B2B · AI Search

AI Overviews B2B: what changes for B2B websites

AI Overviews in B2B SEO: what changes for enterprise websites, which funnel stages are affected and which content strategy works in 2026.

25 Mar 2026 · 13 min
International · Content Architecture

Semantic Content Architecture for International Brands

International SEO with semantic content architecture: hreflang, canonical master, topical maps and the ARS score for global brands in LLM search.

18 Mar 2026 · 13 min
Featured · AI Search

The quiet revolution: AI Overviews & traffic

AI Overviews absorb up to 41 % of informational traffic. What the data shows — and which KPI frameworks enterprise brands need now.

12 Mar 2026 · 11 min
GEO · LLM-SEO

GEO vs. SEO — a new discipline

GEO optimizes for selection by LLMs — SEO for ranking. The three decisive levers, the boundary line and the operational workflow.

3 Mar 2026 · 8 min
Reputation Engineering

Reputation Engineering for LLMs

How LLM sentiment drift quietly devalues brands. The RDI formula, source-weight tiers and a three-phase crisis playbook from practice.

24 Feb 2026 · 9 min
Strategy · Content

Topical Maps — the end of keyword research

Why semantic topical maps and entity graphs are the new foundation of content leadership — and how they are built in practice.

14 Feb 2026 · 7 min
Measurement · KPI

Zero-click and the ROI fallacy: KPIs in the AI era

Zero-click and the ROI fallacy: attribution mathematics, Share of Model, the PVI formula and the 90-day attribution rule for CMO reporting.

28 Jan 2026 · 10 min
Technical SEO

Technical SEO for AI crawlers (GPTBot & Co)

Steer GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot & Co with precision: production robots.txt, log-file analysis, three-sitemap strategy.

22 Jan 2026 · 8 min
LLM Optimization

Prompt-level SEO: the ChatGPT citation playbook

How brands appear systematically as the preferred recommendation in ChatGPT answers. Passage engineering, entity embeddings, quotable claims.

15 Jan 2026 · 9 min
International

Multilingual LLM SEO across 15+ language markets

Multilingual LLM SEO across 15+ language markets: the MVG formula, corpus compensation, entity bridging. Operational four-quarter rollout plan.

8 Jan 2026 · 8 min
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