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• AI SEO: how to get your business into AI answers

  What AI SEO is, how answer engines choose sources, and steps a small business can take, with our own site's 0/100 score as a worked example.

• GEO: what generative engine optimization is, and what works

  Generative engine optimization (GEO) explained: where the term came from, what the research found, what Google says, and a GEO checklist.

• Does ChatGPT recommend my business? How to check

  How to check if ChatGPT and Perplexity mention or cite your business: a step-by-step manual test, what our own test found, and what to fix.

• llms.txt explained: what it is and how to write one

  What llms.txt is, what it does and doesn't do for AI answers, and how to write one for a small business site in about 15 minutes.

• robots.txt for AI crawlers: what to allow and block

  Which AI crawlers read your site, which are for search and which for training, and copy-paste robots.txt rules for each choice.

• Can AI crawlers see my site? Six checks to run

  How to check if GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot and other AI crawlers can read your website: six checks, curl commands for each, and how to fix what fails.

• Do AI crawlers render JavaScript? How to check

  Why client-side rendered pages can look empty to AI crawlers, how to test yours with curl and view-source, and the fixes: SSR, static generation, prerendering.