October 30, 2026·14 min read
Podcasts as an AI Citation Source: What Actually Gets Indexed
175M podcast episodes exist, and citation studies covering 680M AI citations name zero podcast platforms. What AI engines actually index from podcasts.
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July 13, 2026·9 min read
Review Pages That Get Cited: Structuring Product Reviews for AI Search
G2 alone captures a third of review citations in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. Here's the structural blueprint that gets your own product review pages extracted into AI answers, with schema, layout, and the traps to avoid.
July 13, 2026·10 min read
Statistics and Data Roundup Posts: The Highest-Cited Format for AI
Listicles account for 21.9% of AI citations and stats-heavy posts win the freshness game. Here's the blueprint for a data roundup that ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews return to for years.
July 13, 2026·10 min read
Trends Reports for AEO: How to Author the Industry Report AI Cites
Original research now accounts for ~95% of AI Overview citations. Here's how to author a State-of-X industry report that ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode return to for years, from methodology to distribution.
July 13, 2026·8 min read
Wikipedia and Wikidata for AI Recall: How to Earn a Brand Entity
Wikipedia drives up to 48% of ChatGPT's top citations, but startups get 6% article approval. The two-phase entity playbook: Wikidata first, Wikipedia earned.
September 18, 2026·10 min read
Content Refresh for AI Search: Which Signals Actually Trigger Re-Indexing
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews re-index on different clocks. The refresh signals that actually work, the ones that are cosmetic, and what to refresh first.
October 30, 2026·8 min read
Alternatives Pages: The Underused Format for AI Citation Wins
Alternatives pages are the highest-intent format almost nobody optimizes for AI. How to build, structure, and measure pages ChatGPT and Claude actually cite.
July 11, 2026·9 min read
EEAT for AI Search: Why Author Pages Matter More Than Ever
Named authors get cited 1.8x more than anonymous content in AI answers. How EEAT transfers to AI search, and how to rebuild author pages as infrastructure.
October 30, 2026·8 min read
Glossary Pages for AEO: Own Your Category's Definitions
Glossary pages are the cheapest way to own your category's definitions in AI answers. Term selection, entry structure, DefinedTerm schema, and measurement.
July 11, 2026·11 min read
Keyword Research Is Dead. Prompt Research Is Here.
Search volume can't see the buyers asking ChatGPT for recommendations. Why keyword research stopped mapping to real demand, and what replaces it.
October 30, 2026·11 min read
17 On-Page AEO Tweaks for 2026 You Can Ship in a Weekend
Seventeen small on-page AEO tweaks, grouped by effort, with the evidence behind each one. Flip the right switches this weekend and citations follow.
October 30, 2026·9 min read
Pillar Pages Rebuilt for the AI Search Era
AI engines cite chunks, not pages. Here's how to rebuild pillar pages and topic clusters so every section is extractable, with specs and real citation data.
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