guides

What we learned, written down.

No theory for its own sake. What AI engines read, how they choose the names they give, and what actually moves the needle on a real site.

How AI engines choose the companies they name

Three mechanisms, and none of them works much like classic search ranking.

5 min read · 2 October 2026

GEO and SEO: what changes, what does not

Neither a new SEO nor a clean break. What transfers, and what does not.

4 min read · 2 October 2026

What each engine reads before it answers

Five engines, five ways of finding information. The consequences for you differ in each case.

4 min read · 2 October 2026

Getting onto the pages engines pull names from

Directories, comparisons, trade press, forums. How to find the pages that build the answers, and how to get onto them.

3 min read · 2 October 2026

Measuring AI visibility without fooling yourself

Which questions, how often, and how to read a result that moves between readings.

4 min read · 2 October 2026

Reading is one thing. Your own numbers are another.

Run the Scan