September 27, 2026·8 min read
Is llms.txt Mandatory For AI Search Visibility?
No engine requires it, Google's Search team says skip it, and Chrome's Lighthouse now audits it anyway. The full answer, plus the list of what actually is mandatory.
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October 30, 2026·11 min read
Should SaaS Founders Use llms.txt In 2026?
A founder-to-founder answer to the llms.txt question: what the logs and citation data say, the steelmanned believer case, and where your four hours should go.
September 23, 2026·9 min read
LLM SEO Vs GEO Vs AEO Vs AIO: What These Terms Actually Mean
The disambiguation the industry owes you: five overlapping acronyms, one practice, two genuinely different meanings of AIO, and which words to use when.
September 23, 2026·11 min read
What I Learned From Publishing Thousands Of AEO Articles
Ten lessons from running an answer-engine content operation at scale: what compounded, what evaporated, and what I'd do differently starting today.
October 30, 2026·9 min read
What Is AI Visibility?
The definition, the four metrics that compose it, how to measure it across seven engines, and the levers that actually move it. The glossary entry, done right.
September 22, 2026·8 min read
What Is Perplexity In SEO? How The Answer Engine Changes Search Visibility
Perplexity is the citation-first answer engine. What it is, how its retrieval works, what it rewards, and how to earn a place in its answers.
October 30, 2026·8 min read
Do You Need llms.txt For AI Search Optimization?
Probably not for citations, maybe for navigation. A decision framework by site type, fresh adoption data, and the five rules if you do add the file.
September 20, 2026·10 min read
Generative Engine Optimization Strategies That Still Work After ChatGPT 5.6
GPT-5.6 broke half the GEO playbook. The strategies that survived: source citing, passage-level answers, docs, entity trust, and weekly measurement.
October 30, 2026·12 min read
SEO Vs AI Search Optimization: What Actually Changes?
Discipline by discipline: what carries over from SEO unchanged, what changes shape for AI search, what's genuinely new, and what quietly dies.
September 19, 2026·9 min read
How To Optimize Your Website For AI Search: Structure, Sources, And Brand Signals
The three optimization pillars that decide AI citations: page structure engines can lift, sources that make claims citable, and brand signals retrieval trusts.
October 30, 2026·10 min read
AI Search Readiness Checklist For B2B SaaS Websites
A five-layer AI search readiness checklist: crawler access, rendering, extraction structure, entity trust, and measurement, with pass criteria.
September 18, 2026·9 min read
Is llms.txt Worth It After ChatGPT 5.6?
We tested llms.txt on 12 sites for 90 days and got nothing. After GPT-5.6 rewired retrieval, here's the honest verdict on the file everyone still asks about.
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