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Written for people who run agencies, not for search engines. Every number says where it came from and when it was taken. No explainers on what an AI Overview is.

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llms.txt: what it does for AI search, and what it does not

llms.txt is a plain text file that points language models to your best pages. Here is what it is, what the engines actually say about it, and whether it is worth your time.

1 Nov 2026 - 5 min read
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Best AI visibility trackers in 2026: LLM visibility trackers compared
Eight AI visibility trackers compared on the question that matters after you sign up: what does it actually record about each answer, and can you act on it?
1 Nov 2026 - 7 min
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Best AI SEO agencies - top US agencies ranked (2026)
Who to hire to get your brand named in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews, ranked on what you can check before you sign.
28 Sep 2026 - 6 min
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How LLMs pick which brands to recommend
A model asked for a recommendation does not evaluate suppliers. It reads a small set of third-party sources - best-of lists, comparisons and round-ups - and returns what they say.
30 Apr 2026 - 5 min
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AEO vs SEO: what is actually different
Two overlapping channels with different surfaces, different measurement and different time horizons. What carries over, and what does not.
30 Apr 2026 - 5 min
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Why most AEO audits are a waste of money
The industry has a new product to sell, and most of it is a report nobody acts on. What to buy instead.
30 Apr 2026 - 5 min