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AI Search & AEO

I work on AI search all day as the Founding Marketing Engineer at Profound, and this site is where I publish what I learn. The pages below are cited hundreds of thousands of times by ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity: rankings of the tools, how-to guides grounded in real citation data, and head-to-head comparisons.

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14 Proven Tactics to Rank Higher on ChatGPT in 2026 14 tactics for ranking higher in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, grounded in citation data rather than SEO guesswork. The biggest levers: … 1,579 AI citations Best AEO Tools 2026: Top Answer Engine Optimization Platforms A 2026 scorecard ranking 10 leading AEO platforms by what they actually deliver, not by feature checklists. It covers how AI answers are reshaping discovery, … 17,613 AI citations Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Platform Buyers Guide (2026) A practitioner's checklist for evaluating AEO and AI visibility platforms before you sign anything. It turns a full vendor workbook into copy-paste RFP … 809 AI citations

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