MaxAEO Blog
Insights on AI Search Visibility, GEO, and how brands get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
Robots.txt for AI Crawlers: What Each Rule Really Costs You
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Robots.txt for AI crawlers is three decisions, not one: training, retrieval, and live user fetches. See what each rule costs in citations, with panel data — then audit your file.
AI Agents Blocked by Cookie Banners: Where Tasks Die on Your Site
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AI agents blocked by cookie banners abandon the task and answer from a competitor instead. Our 252-run test shows where agents die — and how to audit your own site.
Deep Research AI Citations: How Agents Build a 40-Source Report
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We tagged 2,340 deep research AI citations across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity to map which report sections cite whom — and how to win a slot. See the teardown.
Voice Assistant AI Brand Visibility: How Siri, Alexa+ and Gemini Live Pick One Name
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Voice assistant AI brand visibility runs on a 50-75 word budget that fits one brand. See how Siri, Alexa+ and Gemini Live pick that name, plus a 40-prompt audit protocol.
Agentic Commerce Visibility: How AI Assistants Build a Shopping Shortlist
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Agentic commerce visibility runs on five data layers: feeds, marketplaces, reviews, live page reads, checkout protocols. See which layer each AI engine trusts.
Product Feed for AI Shopping: Which Fields Actually Get Quoted
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We logged 4,480 AI shopping answers: price, specs and ratings get quoted; GTINs never do. Build a product feed for AI shopping on the fields that surface.
Reviews in AI Product Recommendations: How Star Ratings and Review Text Get Quoted
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Reviews in AI product recommendations hinge less on star average than on your most quotable complaint. Trace the review-to-caveat path, then audit your own.
Ads in ChatGPT: Where Sponsored Slots Appear and How to Report Them
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Ads in ChatGPT render in labeled boxes below the answer, on Free and Go tiers only. See where paid slots appear on every assistant, how to tell them from citations,…
When AI Routes Your Buyer to Amazon Instead of Your Brand Site (And How to Fix It)
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AI recommends a marketplace over your brand site in 56% of buying answers we tracked across six engines for 60 days. Per-engine data, the four causes, and the five fixes…
Multilingual AI Search Visibility: Winning in English, Invisible in German
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Multilingual AI search visibility fell 55% from English to German across 4,000 AI answers. Why prompt language beats user location — and how to close the gap.