SEO & AEO
How to Get Cited by ChatGPT and Perplexity (Not Just Ranked on Google)
What actually makes an AI answer engine cite a page as its source — structure, clarity, and directness matter more than keyword density.
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AI answer engines aren’t ranking pages the way Google does — they’re looking for a clear, directly-stated answer they can lift and cite. Dense, keyword-stuffed pages that rank fine on Google often get skipped entirely by an AI Overview or a ChatGPT search result.
Structured data, direct answers near the top of the page, and clean heading hierarchy all matter more here than they used to. Getting cited is a different, and increasingly important, game from getting ranked.
