The RankLLM Blog
Practical guides to AEO, GEO, and getting your website recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.
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The AI Visibility Checklist: 15 Things to Fix Before Your Next Audit
A practical, no-fluff checklist covering crawler access, content structure, trust signals, structured data, and freshness — everything that determines whether AI assistants recommend your site.
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Structured Data for AI Search: A Beginner's Guide to JSON-LD
Structured data tells machines exactly what a page is, instead of making them guess. Here is a plain-English introduction to JSON-LD and which schema types matter most for AI visibility.
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How Perplexity Chooses Which Websites to Cite
Perplexity is a live, source-citing answer engine. Here is what actually determines whether it picks your site as one of its cited sources.
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8 Reasons AI Assistants Aren't Recommending Your Website
If ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity never mention your site, it usually comes down to one of eight fixable signals. Here they are, in plain English.
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Is Your robots.txt Blocking ChatGPT and Claude From Your Site?
A single line in robots.txt can silently lock every major AI assistant out of your website. Here is how to check for it and fix it in minutes.
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llms.txt Explained: Does Your Website Actually Need One?
llms.txt is a proposed standard for giving AI systems a clean, curated summary of your site. Here is what it does, what it does not do, and whether it is worth adding.
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How to Appear in Google AI Overviews: A Practical Guide
Google AI Overviews are built on top of normal Google Search. Here is what actually influences whether your site gets featured in that AI-generated summary box.
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How to Get Your Website Cited by ChatGPT
ChatGPT cites sources when it browses the live web and recalls sources it learned from during training. Here is exactly what increases your odds of being one of them.
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GEO vs SEO: What's the Difference, and Do You Need Both?
GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and SEO solve different problems. Here is exactly how they differ, where they overlap, and why most sites need both in 2026.
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What Is AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)? A Plain-English Guide
AEO is the practice of structuring your content so answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews can lift a direct answer straight from your page. Here is how it works.