AI visibility guides for people who need the system to make sense.
index: guides · 51 published
Practical, research-grounded walkthroughs for making your site visible and citable to AI answer engines. No guaranteed-ranking promises — just the technical and content signals that help models find and quote you.
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Foundations
AI SEO, GEO, llms.txt, and crawler access.
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Citability
How answer engines choose sources and references.
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Execution
Checklists and implementation paths for real sites.
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Dashboard vs. Action Plan: Why a GEO Score Needs Both
Most GEO tools hand you a dashboard. What changes results is a prioritized action plan — and GeoReady's own free report already includes one.
published: September 11, 2026
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GEO Research, Explained: What the Papers Behind AI-Visibility Scoring Actually Found
A plain-language walkthrough of the peer-reviewed research behind Generative Engine Optimization — what was tested, found, and what wasn't.
published: September 10, 2026
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LLM Seeding and GEO: What's the Difference, and Do You Need Both?
LLM seeding places your brand in sources AI models draw from. Here's how it differs from GEO, what's legitimate, and what research actually supports.
published: September 10, 2026
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GEO for Higher Ed: Getting University Programs Cited by AI Assistants
How prospective students research programs through AI, why .edu authority alone isn't enough, and how to make program and research pages citable.
published: September 9, 2026
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How Often Should You Monitor Your AI Visibility?
How often to monitor AI visibility depends on how fast your site changes, not "as often as possible." A cadence framework by site type and plan.
published: September 7, 2026
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What Is a Good GEO Score?
A good GEO score is 68+ (the "good" band). Most sites average in the mid-50s. See real score bands, what moves your score, and how to check yours free.
published: September 5, 2026
Free tools
Use the tools when a guide turns into an implementation task.
cost: $0 · no account
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Free AI SEO audit
Check crawler access, schema, llms.txt, content quality, AI discovery, and entity signals before prioritizing fixes.
Audit
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ChatGPT visibility checker
Use this path when the question is whether ChatGPT can understand, mention, or cite a website.
Visibility
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Perplexity citation checker
Inspect source-backed answers and see whether Perplexity-style results cite your domain or competitors.
Citations
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Free llms.txt generator
Generate a starter llms.txt from a sitemap, then publish the editable Markdown at the domain root.
Tool
Pages for commercial questions
Use these when the guide topic maps to a buyer, SaaS, WordPress, or monitoring workflow.
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AI SEO audit for SaaS
Audit product, pricing, comparison, alternative, and docs pages before buyer-intent prompts send users elsewhere.
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ChatGPT visibility audit
Find the access, entity, schema, or content blocker that keeps a page out of ChatGPT-style answers.
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Perplexity citation monitoring
Move from one citation snapshot to recurring checks for source losses and competitor replacements.
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llms.txt generator for WordPress
Generate the file, publish it at the WordPress domain root, then audit AI discovery and crawler access.
Frequently asked questions
What topics do these guides cover?
Three areas: foundations (AI SEO, GEO, llms.txt, crawler access), citability (how answer engines choose and weigh sources), and execution (checklists and implementation paths for real sites).
Are these guides free to read?
Yes. Every guide is free with no account required, along with the free AI SEO check and other tools linked throughout.
How do these guides relate to the GEO Optimizer scoring engine?
Each guide maps to specific signals in the open-source GEO Optimizer's 8-category score — the free tool measures whether a site actually implements what a given guide recommends.
How often are new guides published?
New guides are published on an ongoing basis, alongside monthly State of GEO benchmark reports that track what changes in AI search visibility.
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